List of socialist parties with national parliamentary representation

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The following is a list of political parties presently espousing a variety of socialism which have representation in national parliaments, grouped by states in which they operate. The list does not contain parties previously represented in parliaments, nor social democratic parties. 173 socialist, communist and anti-capitalist parties have been elected worldwide to parliament in 74 different recognized and non-recognized states. Of the 74 states listed here, 19 of them are republics ruled by a socialist, communist or anti-capitalist party, 5 of them are official socialist states ruled by a communist party; 4 of which espouse Marxism–Leninism (China, Cuba, Laos, and Vietnam) while the 5th (North Korea) espouses Juche . [1]

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  1. ↑ Its currently unknown how many seats the South African Communist Party has in the national legislature since its MPs are elected through the African National Congress, a separate political party. In the last election "almost the entire top SACP leadership was absorbed into the government". [18]

    References

    1. ↑ Kim Jong-un, "Let Us Brilliantly Accomplish the Revolutionary Cause of Juche, Holding the Great Comrade Kim Jong Il in High Esteem as the Eternal General Secretary of Our Party", 6 April 2002.
    2. ↑ Ediciones El País (21 April 2008). "Evo Morales insta a "erradicar el capitalismo" para salvar el planeta". EL PAÍS. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
    3. ↑ "Evo Morales: Ten commandments against capitalism, for life and humanity". Climate & Capitalism. 15 January 2013. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
    4. ↑ "Evo Morales: "Capitalism is the worst enemy of humanity"". Climate & Capitalism. 3 October 2007. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
    5. 1 2 The first reference is for the lower house, the second for the upper house.
    6. ↑ "South America: Chile – Government". The World Factbook . Central Intelligence Agency . Retrieved 13 January 2012.
    7. ↑ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2019). "Denmark". Parties and Elections in Europe.
    8. ↑ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2019). "Greece". Parties and Elections in Europe.
    9. ↑ "Acuerdo No. 1319-2011 – Resultados oficiales" (in Spanish). elecciones2011.tse.org.gt. Archived from the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
    10. ↑ The first two references are about seats in parliament.
    11. ↑ "Middle East: Israel – Government". The World Factbook . Central Intelligence Agency . Retrieved 13 January 2012.
    12. ↑ "Parties and Elections in Europe - Italy" . Retrieved 8 February 2017.
    13. ↑ "East & Southeast Asia: Japan – Government". The World Factbook . Central Intelligence Agency . Retrieved 13 January 2012.
    14. ↑ "Central America and Caribbean: Nicaragua – Government". The World Factbook . Central Intelligence Agency . Retrieved 13 January 2012.
    15. ↑ "Democratic People's Republic of Korea". Inter-Parliamentary Union . Retrieved 13 January 2012.
    16. ↑
    17. ↑ "About us". Archived from the original on 2014-05-08.
    18. ↑ Matuma Letsoalo (15 May 2014). "Parliamentary payoff for pro-Zuma Cosatu officials". The M&G Online. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
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