List of communist parties

There are a number of communist parties active in various countries across the world and a number that used to be active. They differ not only in method, but also in strict ideology and interpretation, although they are generally within the Marxist communism tradition.

Official ruling parties in communist states      Communist parties as ruling parties or part of a governing coalition in multi-party states      Formerly ruled under a one-party system      Formerly ruled under a parliamentary majority or minority government      Formerly ruled as a coalition partner or supporter      Parts of countries formerly ruled under a one-party system

The formation of communist parties in various countries was first initiated by the Russian Bolsheviks within the Communist International. Since then, communist parties have governed numerous countries, whether as ruling parties in one-party states like the Communist Party of China or the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, or as ruling parties in multi-party systems, including majority and minority governments as well as leading or being part of several coalitions.

Many other communist parties did not govern any country, but they did govern several states or region within a country. Others have also been represented in the national, state or regional parliaments. Some communist parties and schools of thought reject parliamentarism, advocating in its place insurrection or social revolution as well as workers' councils.

Officially ruling in communist states

In the following countries, several communist parties either lead the ruling coalition or hold monopoly on state power as defined by their respective country's constitutions.

•  China[lower-alpha 1] – Communist Party of China leads the United Front
•  Cuba – Communist Party of Cuba
•  Laos – Lao People's Revolutionary Party leads the Lao Front for National Construction
•  North Korea[lower-alpha 2] – Workers' Party of Korea leads the Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland
•  Vietnam – Communist Party of Vietnam leads the Vietnamese Fatherland Front

Ruling or part of ruling coalition in multi-party states

•  Argentina – Communist Party of Argentina, Communist Party of Argentina (Extraordinary Congress) and Revolutionary Communist Party participate in the ruling coalition
•  Bangladesh – Workers Party of Bangladesh participates in the ruling coalition
•  Belarus – Communist Party of Belarus supports the government of president Alexander Lukashenko
•  Czech Republic – Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia supports the government of ANO 2011 and the Czech Social Democratic Party
•  Guyana – People's Progressive Party
•  Nepal – Nepal Communist Party
•  Palestine – Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine and Palestinian People's Party participates in the ruling coalition
•  Serbia – Communist Party participates in the Serbian Progressive Party–Socialist Party of Serbia coalition government
•  South Africa – South African Communist Party participates in the ruling coalition
•  Spain – Communist Party of Spain participates in the ruling coalition as part of the United Left alliance[5]
•  Sri Lanka – Communist Party of Sri Lanka participates in the ruling Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance
•  Syria – Syrian Communist Party and Syrian Communist Party (Unified) participate in the ruling coalition

Formerly ruling

One-party system

•  Afghanistan (1978–1992) – People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan abandoned Marxism–Leninism for social democracy
•  Albania (1946–1992) – Party of Labour of Albania (known from 1941 to 1948 as the Communist Party of Albania) abandoned Marxism–Leninism for social democracy and is now known as Socialist Party of Albania
•  Angola (1975–1992) – Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola – Labour Party (known from 1956 to 1977 as Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola) abandoned Marxism–Leninism for social democracy
•  Benin (1975–1990) – People's Revolutionary Party of Benin abandoned Marxism–Leninism for social democracy and is now known as Union of Forces of Progress
•  Bulgaria (1946–1990) – Bulgarian Communist Party, known from 1938–1948 as Bulgarian Workers' Party (Communists), abandoned Marxism–Leninism and is now known as Bulgarian Socialist Party
•  Cambodia (1975–1979, 1979–1992) – Communist Party of Kampuchea, broke up into the exile, non-ruling and now defunct Party of Democratic Kampuchea and ruling Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party which abandoned Marxism–Leninism for centrism and is now known as Cambodian People's Party
•  Congo (1969–1992) – Congolese Party of Labour abandoned Marxism–Leninism for social democracy
•  Croatia (1945–1990) – League of Communists of Croatia (known from 1937 to 1952 as the Communist Party of Croatia) abandoned Marxism–Leninism and Titoism for social democracy in 1989–1990 and is now known as Social Democratic Party of Croatia
•  Czechoslovakia (1948–1990) – Communist Party of Czechoslovakia broke up into the non-ruling Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia and the Party of the Democratic Left (Slovakia)
•  Ethiopia (1974–1987, (1987–1991) – Commission for Organizing the Party of the Working People of Ethiopia, Workers' Party of Ethiopia
•  East Germany (1949–1989) – Socialist Unity Party of Germany became Party of Democratic Socialism and is now a part of The Left
•  Northern Greece – Communist Party of Greece
•  Grenada (1979–1983) – New Jewel Movement
•  Hungary (1919, 1949–1989) – Hungarian Communist Party, Hungarian Working People's Party, Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party abandoned Marxism–Leninism for social democracy and is now known as Hungarian Socialist Party
•  Mongolia (1924–1992) – Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (known from 1921 to 1924 and from 2010 onwards as the Mongolian People's Party) abandoned Marxism–Leninism for social democracy
•  Mozambique (1975–1990) – Frelimo Party (known from 1962 to 1977 as the Mozambique Liberation Front) abandoned Marxism–Leninism for social democracy and democratic socialism
•  Poland (1944–1989) – Polish Workers' Party, Polish United Workers' Party abandoned Marxism–Leninism for social democracy and is now known as Democratic Left Alliance
•  Romania (1947–1989) – Romanian Communist Party dissolved after the Romanian Revolution (known from 1948 to 1965 as Romanian Workers' Party)
•  Somalia (1969–1991) – Supreme Revolutionary Council (1969–1976), Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party (1976–1991)
•  Soviet Union – Communist Party of the Soviet Union (known from 1918 to 1925 as the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) and from 1925 to 1952 as the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) (1917–1991)
•  Yemen (1967–1990) – Yemeni Socialist Party (known from 1963 to 1978 as National Liberation Front) abandoned Marxism–Leninism for social democracy
•  Yugoslavia (1945–1990) – League of Communists of Yugoslavia (known from 1919 to 1952 as the Communist Party of Yugoslavia) in 1990 broken up into separate parties in each constituent republic (republics' parties existed before and the League of Communists of Yugoslavia was a federation of League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina, League of Communists of Croatia, League of Communists of Macedonia, League of Communists of Montenegro, League of Communists of Serbia and League of Communists of Slovenia) which abandoned Marxism–Leninism–Titoism for social democracy, the New Communist Party of Yugoslavia could be considered the ideological successor

Parliamentary majority or minority government

•  Austria (1945–1949) – Communist Party of Austria participated in the provisional coalition of the Government of Austria after World War II and for four more years after the 1945 Austrian legislative election
•  Bangladesh (1975) – Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League
•  Chad (1993) – Chadian Action for Unity and Socialism
•  Cyprus (2008–2013) – Progressive Party of Working People
•  Guyana (1992–2015) – People's Progressive Party
•  Moldova (2001–2009) – Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova
•  Nepal (1994–1995, 2008–2013) – Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) and Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre), known from 1994 to 2009 as the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)

Coalition partner or supporter

•  Argentina (2003–2015) – Communist Party of Argentina, in coalition governments with Front for Victory
•  Brazil (2003–2016) – Communist Party of Brazil, in coalition governments with Workers' Party
•  Bulgaria (2005–2009, 2013–2014) – Communist Party of Bulgaria, in coalition government as member of the Coalition for Bulgaria
•  Chile (1937–1941, 1942–1946, 1970–1973, 2014–2018) – Communist Party of Chile, in coalition governments as a member of the Popular Front, Democratic Alliance, Popular Unity and now New Majority
•  Finland (1944–1948, 1966–1970, 1970–1971, 1975–1976 and 1977–1982) – Finnish People's Democratic League, in coalition governments with numerous other parties
•  France (1981–1989; 1997–2002) – French Communist Party as a part of the Union de la gauche and of the Gauche plurielle
•  Iran (1946) – Tudeh Party of Iran, in the coalition government of Ahmad Qavam[6]
•  Italy (1998–2001, 2006–2008) – Party of Italian Communists in the D'Alema I Cabinet, D'Alema II Cabinet, Amato II Cabinet with the The Olive Tree; Communist Refoundation Party and Party of Italian Communists in the coalition government of The Union
•  Mali (2005–2014) – Malian Party of Labour, participated in the Alliance for Democracy in Mali
•  Norway (1945) – Communist Party of Norway in coalition government as member of Gerhardsen's First Cabinet lead by the Labour Party
•  Peru (2011–2016) – Communist Party of Peru, in coalition governments as member of the Peru Wins
•  Portugal (2015–2019) – Portuguese Communist Party in support of the XXI Constitutional Government of Portugal led by the Socialist Party
•  San Marino (1945–1957, 1978–1992) – Sammarinese Communist Party, in coalition government with Sammarinese Socialist Party
•  Sri Lanka (1970–1975, 2004–2015) – Communist Party of Sri Lanka, in coalition governments with the Sri Lanka Freedom Party
•  Uruguay (2005–2020) – Communist Party of Uruguay and People's Victory Party, in coalition governments as members of the Broad Front

Modern non-ruling

•  Abkhazia (unrecognized country) – Communist Party of Abkhazia
•  Afghanistan – Communist (Maoist) Party of Afghanistan, Afghanistan Liberation Organization, Marxist–Leninist Organization of Afghanistan
•  Albania – Communist Party of Albania, Communist Party of Albania 8 November
•  Algeria – Algerian Party for Democracy and Socialism
•  Angola – Party of the Angolan Communist Community
•  Argentina – Revolutionary Communist Party of Argentina, Liberation Party
•  Armenia – Armenian Communist Party, United Communist Party of Armenia, Progressive United Communist Party of Armenia
•  Australia – Communist Party of Australia, Communist Party of Australia (Marxist–Leninist)
•  Austria – Communist Party of Austria, Party of Labour of Austria
•  Azerbaijan – Communist Party of Azerbaijan (1993), Communist Party of Azerbaijan (1996), Communist Party of Azerbaijan (2011), New Generation Communist Party of Azerbaijan, United Communist Party of Azerbaijan
•  Bahrain – National Liberation Front – Bahrain, Progressive Democratic Tribune
•  Bangladesh – Socialist Party of Bangladesh (Marxist), Communist Party of Bangladesh, Socialist Party of Bangladesh, Revolutionary Workers Party of Bangladesh, Communist Party of Bangladesh (Marxist–Leninist) (Dutta), Communist Party of Bangladesh (Marxist–Leninist) (Umar), Proletarian Party of East Bengal, Proletarian Party of East Bengal (Maoist Bolshevik Reorganisation Movement), Workers Peasants Socialist Party, United Communist League of Bangladesh
•  Belarus – Belarusian Left Party "A Just World", Group of Revolutionary Communists 'Red Wedge', Communist Party of the Workers of Belarus, Republican Committee of the Communist Party of Belarus
•  Belgium – Workers' Party of Belgium, Communist Party
•  Benin – Communist Party of Benin, Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Benin
•  Bhutan – Bhutan Communist Party (Marxist–Leninist–Maoist)
•  Bolivia – Communist Party of Bolivia, People's Revolutionary Front (Marxist−Leninist−Maoist), Communist Party of Bolivia (Marxist–Leninist–Maoist)
•  Bosnia and Herzegovina – Workers' Communist Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Communist Party
•  Botswana – Marx, Engels, Lenin, Stalin Movement
•  Brazil – Communist Party of Brazil, Brazilian Communist Party, Revolutionary Communist Party, Popular Unity,[7] Marxist–Leninist Communist Party[8]
•  Bulgaria – Bulgarian Communist Party, Bulgarian Workers and Peasants Party, Bulgarian Workers' Party/Communist/, Bulgarian Workers Socialist Party, Communist Party of Bulgaria, Party of the Bulgarian Communists, Resistance Movement "23rd September" Bulgaria, Union of Communists in Bulgaria
•  Burkina Faso – Party for Democracy and Socialism/Metba, Voltaic Revolutionary Communist Party
•  Canada – Communist Party of Canada, Communist Party of Canada (Marxist–Leninist), Revolutionary Communist Party of Canada
•  China – Maoist Communist Party of China, Revolutionary Communist Party of China
•  Colombia – Colombian Communist Party, Common Alternative Revolutionary Force, Clandestine Colombian Communist Party, Communist Party of Colombia (Marxist–Leninist), Colombian Communist Party – Maoist, Revolutionary Communist Group of Colombia, Revolutionary Independent Labour Movement, Labour Party of Colombia[9]
•  Costa Rica – Popular Vanguard Party
•  DR Congo – Revolutionary Organisation of Congo
•  Ivory Coast – Revolutionary Communist Party of Côte d'Ivoire, Proletarian Communist Party of Côte d'Ivoire
•  Croatia – Socialist Labour Party of Croatia, Workers' Front
•  Cyprus – Progressive Party of Working People, Committee for a Radical Left Rally
•  Czech Republic – Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia
•  Denmark – Communist Party of Denmark, Communist Party, Workers' Communist Party, Communist Party in Denmark
•  Dominican Republic – Dominican Workers' Party, Communist Party of Labour, International Communist Party, Communist Party of the Dominican Republic,[10] Dominican Workers' Party (Marxist–Leninist),[11] Force of the Revolution, Communist Party (Marxist–Leninist)
•  Donetsk People's Republic (unrecognized country) – Communist Party of the Donetsk People's Republic
•  East Timor – Socialist Party of Timor
•  Ecuador – Communist Party of Ecuador, Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Ecuador, Workers' Party of Ecuador, Democratic People's Movement, Communist Party of Ecuador – Red Sun
•  Egypt – Egyptian Communist Party
•  El Salvador – Communist Party of El Salvador
•  Ethiopia – All-Ethiopia Socialist Movement
•  Finland – Communist Party of Finland, Communist Workers' Party – For Peace and Socialism, League of Communists
•  France – French Communist Party, Pole of Communist Rebirth in France, Workers' Communist Party of France, Marxist–Leninist Communist Organization – Proletarian Way, Revolutionary Communist Party of France Revolutionary Party - Communists
•  Georgia – Communist Party of Georgia, Unified Communist Party of Georgia, New Communist Party of Georgia
•  Germany – German Communist Party, Marxist–Leninist Party of Germany, Communist Party of Germany, Communist Party of Germany (Roter Morgen)
•  Greece – Communist Party of Greece, Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Greece, Communist Party of Greece (Marxist–Leninist), Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece, Movement for the Reorganization of the Communist Party of Greece 1918–55, Communist Renewal, Left Anti-capitalist Group, Left Group, Left Recomposition, New Left Current, Revolutionary Communist Movement of Greece
•  Guadeloupe – Guadeloupe Communist Party
•  Guatemala – Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity
•  Haiti – New Communist Party of Haiti (Marxist–Leninist)[12]
•  Honduras – Communist Party of Honduras
•  Hungary – Hungarian Workers' Party, Workers' Party of Hungary 2006, Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party
•  India – Communist Party of India, Communist Party of India (Marxist), Communist Party of India (Maoist), Revolutionary Socialist Party, Revolutionary Socialist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist), Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist), Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) New Democracy, Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation, Communist Marxist Party, Revolutionary Communist Party of India
•  Iran – Tudeh Party of Iran, Komalah, Communist Party of Iran, Communist Party of Iran (Marxist–Leninist–Maoist), Labour Party of Iran, Worker-communist Party of Iran, Worker-communist Party of Iran – Hekmatist, Worker-communism Unity Party of Iran, Workers Left Unity – Iran, Fedaian Organisation (Minority), Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas, Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas (In Search of Identity Program), Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas, Toilers' Party of Iran
•  Iraq – Iraqi Communist Party, Worker-communist Party of Iraq, Left Worker-communist Party of Iraq, Popular Unity Party, Iraqi Revolutionary Marxist–Leninists Regroupment,[13] Kurdistan Communist Party – Iraq, Worker-communist Party of Kurdistan
•  Ireland – Workers' Party of Ireland, Communist Party of Ireland, Irish Republican Socialist Party
•  Israel – Israeli Communist Party, Da'am Workers Party
•  Italy – Communist Refoundation Party, Italian Communist Party, Italian Marxist–Leninist Party, Communist Party, Workers' Communist Party, Communist Alternative Party, Unified Communist Party of Italy
•  Japan – Japanese Communist Party, Japanese Communist Party (Action Faction), Japanese Communist Party (Left Faction), Japan Labor Party,[14] Workers' Communist Party In Japan,[15] Workers Socialist League
•  Jordan – Jordanian Communist Party, Jordanian Democratic People's Party
•  Kazakhstan – Communist People's Party of Kazakhstan, Communist Party of Kazakhstan
•  Kuwait – Kuwaiti Progressive Movement
•  Kenya – Communist Party of Kenya
•  Kyrgyzstan – Party of Communists of Kyrgyzstan, Communist Party of Kyrgyzstan
•  Latvia – Socialist Party of Latvia, Communist Party of Latvia
•  Lebanon – Lebanese Communist Party, Communist Action Organization in Lebanon
•  Lesotho – Communist Party of Lesotho
•  Lithuania – Socialist People's Front, Communist Party of Lithuania
•  Luxembourg – Communist Party of Luxembourg, Communist Organization of Luxembourg
•  Madagascar – Congress Party for the Independence of Madagascar
•  Mali – Malian Party of Labour, African Solidarity for Democracy and Independence
•  Malta – Communist Party of Malta
•  Martinique – Martinican Communist Party, Communist Party for Independence and Socialism
•  Mexico – Popular Socialist Party, Popular Socialist Party of Mexico, Communist Party of Mexico, Communist Party of Mexico (Marxist–Leninist), Marxist-Leninist Centre in Mexico, Communists' Party
•  Moldova – Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova
•  Montenegro – Yugoslav Communist Party of Montenegro, New Communist Party of Montenegro
•  Morocco – Democratic Way, Moroccan Marxist–Leninist Proletarian Line
•  Myanmar – Communist Party of Burma
•  Namibia – Workers Revolutionary Party
•  Nepal – Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist–Leninist), Nepal Workers Peasants Party, Communist Party of Nepal (Masal), Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist), Communist Party of Nepal - Maoist, Communist Party of Nepal, Rastriya Janamorcha
•  Netherlands – New Communist Party of the Netherlands, United Communist Party, Group of Marxist–Leninists/Red Dawn
•  New Zealand – Socialist Party of Aotearoa, Communist Party of Aotearoa, Communist League
•  Nicaragua – Communist Party of Nicaragua, Marxist–Leninist Popular Action Movement, Nicaraguan Socialist Party
•  North Macedonia – League of Communists of Macedonia, Union of Tito's Left Forces, Communist Party of Macedonia
•  Norway – Communist Party of Norway, Red Party, Radical Socialists
•  Pakistan – Communist Workers and Peasants Party, Communist Party of Pakistan, Communist Party of Pakistan (Thaheem)
•  Palestine – Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Revolutionary Palestinian Communist Party, Palestinian Communist Party, Palestinian Communist Workers Party
•  Panama – People's Party of Panama, Communist Party (Marxist–Leninist) of Panama, November 29 National Liberation Movement
•  Paraguay – Paraguayan Communist Party, Free Fatherland Party, Paraguayan Communist Party (independent), Communist Party of Paraguay
•  Peru – Peruvian Communist Party, Communist Party of Peru – Red Fatherland, Communist Party of Peru (Marxist–Leninist), Shining Path, Proletarian Party of Peru, Marxist–Leninist Party of Peru
•  Philippines – Communist Party of the Philippines, PKP-1930, Filipino Workers Party,[16] Marxist–Leninist Party of the Philippines, Revolutionary Workers' Party of the Philippines
•  Poland – Communist Party of Poland, Polish Party of the Working Class - Initiative Group[17]
•  Portugal – Portuguese Communist Party, Portuguese Workers' Communist Party/Reorganized Movement of the Party of the Proletariat, Proletarian Communist Organization (Marxist–Bolshevik) of Portugal, Revolutionary Party of the Proletariat – Bases for Revolution, Workers Politics Communist Organisation
•  Puerto Rico – Puerto Rican Workers' Revolutionary Party, Communist Party of Puerto Rico
•  Republic of Artsakh (unrecognized country) – Communist Party of Artsakh
•  Réunion – Communist Party of Réunion
•  Romania – Romanian Communist Party, Communist Party (Nepeceriști), Romanian Socialist Party (present-day)
•  Russia – Communist Party of the Russian Federation, Russian Communist Workers' Party of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Russian United Labour Front, Russian Maoist Party, Party of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat, Alliance of the Revolutionary Socialists, Labour Russia, Regional Party of Communists,[18] Marxist–Leninist Platform, Communist Party of Social Justice, Communists of Russia
•  San Marino – United Left
•  Serbia – New Communist Party of Yugoslavia, Party of Labour, Communists of Serbia, Communist Party
•  Slovakia – Communist Party of Slovakia, Dawn, Society for Scientific Communism, RESISTANCE – Labour Movement
•  South Africa – Communist Party of South Africa (Marxist–Leninist), Socialist Revolutionary Workers Party (South Africa)
•  South Ossetia (unrecognized country) – Communist Party of South Ossetia
•  South Sudan – South Sudan Communist Party
•  Spain – Communist Party of the People of Spain, Communist Party of Spain (Marxist–Leninist), Communist Party of Spain (Reconstituted), Marxist–Leninist Party (Communist Reconstruction),[19] Communist Unification of Spain, Spanish Communist Workers' Party, Revolutionary Communist Party, Marxist–Leninist Front of the Peoples of Spain, Party of the Communists of Catalonia, Living Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia, United and Alternative Left, Communist Party of the Catalan People, Communist Workers Bloc of Andalusia, Galician People's Union, Communist Party of the Menadores, Communist Party of Spain (Maoist),[20] Communist Initiative,[21] Primeira Linha, Democratic Labour Party, Kimetz,[22] Communist Party of the Basque Homelands, Galician People's Front, Galician Movement for Socialism, Andalucía Comunista,[23] Red Roja[24]
•  Sudan – Sudanese Communist Party
•  Swaziland – Communist Party of Swaziland
•  Sweden – Communist Party of Sweden, Communist Party, Communist League, Communist Workers' League of Sweden
•  Switzerland – Communist Party (Switzerland), Swiss Party of Labour
•  Sri Lanka – People's Liberation Front, Communist Party of Sri Lanka, Ceylon Communist Party (Maoist)
•  Syria – Syrian Communist Party (Bakdash), Syrian Communist Party (Unified), People's Will Party, Communist Labour Party
•  Taiwan – Taiwan People's Communist Party
•  Tajikistan – Communist Party of Tajikistan
•  Togo – Communist Party of Togo
•  Transnistria (unrecognized country) – Pridnestrovie Communist Party
•  Tunisia – Workers' Party, Democratic Patriots' Unified Party, Patriotic Socialist Revolutionary Party WATAD, Progressive Struggle Party
•  Turkey – Communist Party of Turkey (current), Marxist–Leninist Communist Party, Communist Labour Party of Turkey/Leninist, Revolutionary Communist Party of Turkey, Labour Party, Communist Party of Turkey (Workers Voice), Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist–Leninist, Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist–Leninist (Maoist Party Centre), Communist Revolution Movement/Leninist, Communist Workers Party of Turkey, Maoist Communist Party, Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front, Union of Revolutionary Communists of Turkey, Communist Party of Kurdistan, Revolutionary Party of Kurdistan, Bolshevik Party (North Kurdistan – Turkey)
•  Turkmenistan – Communist Party of Turkmenistan
•  Ukraine – Communist Party of Ukraine, Communist Party of Ukraine (renewed), Marxist–Leninist Party of Ukraine, Communist Party of Workers and Peasants, All-Union Communist Party Bolsheviks - Ukraine,[25] Union of Communists of Ukraine, Association "Struggle"
•  United Kingdom – Communist Party of Britain, Communist Party of Britain (Marxist–Leninist), Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist–Leninist), Communist Party of Great Britain (Provisional Central Committee), Communist Party of Scotland, New Communist Party of Britain, Revolutionary Communist Party of Britain (Marxist–Leninist), Revolutionary Communist Group, Communist League, Communist Party Alliance[26]
•  United States – American Party of Labor, Communist Labor Party, Communist Party USA, Communist Voice Organization, League of Revolutionaries for a New America, Party for Socialism and Liberation, Party of Communists USA, Progressive Labor Party, Revolutionary Organization of Labor, Revolutionary Communist Party, U.S. Marxist–Leninist Organization, Workers Party, USA, Workers World Party, Socialist Workers Party, Freedom Road Socialist Organization
•  Uruguay – Revolutionary Communist Party of Uruguay
•  Uzbekistan – Communist Party of Uzbekistan
•  Venezuela – Communist Party of Venezuela, Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Venezuela, Red Flag Party, Tupamaro
• All-Union Communist Party, All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks), Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Bolshevik Platform of the KPSS[27]

Former

•  Afghanistan – Parcham faction of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan, became Watan Party of Afghanistan
•  Albania – Party of Labour of Albania, became Socialist Party of Albania
•  Angola – Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), abandoned Marxism–Leninism for social democracy; National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), abandoned Maoism for social democracy and then nationalism and social conservatism
•  Bosnia and Herzegovina – League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina abandoned Marxism–Leninism–Titoism for social democracy and civic nationalism and became Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina
•  Brazil – Brazilian Communist Party, became Cidadania
•  Bulgaria – Bulgarian Communist Party, became Bulgarian Socialist Party
•  Cambodia – Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party, abandoned Marxism–Leninism for social democracy, and became Cambodian People's Party
•  Congo – Congolese Party of Labour, abandoned Marxism–Leninism for social democracy
•  Croatia – League of Communists of Croatia abandoned Marxism–Leninism–Titoism for social democracy, and became Social Democratic Party of Croatia
•  Estonia – Communist Party of Estonia, Communist Party of Estonia (on CPSU platform)
• Germany (East) – Socialist Unity Party of Germany, became Party of Democratic Socialism, and is now a part of The Left.
•  Hungary – Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party, became Hungarian Socialist Party
•  Indonesia – Communist Party of Indonesia, dissolved and banned subsequently after an alleged coup attempt
•  Mongolia – Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party, abandoned Marxism–Leninism for social democracy, and became Mongolian People's Party
•  Montenegro – League of Communists of Montenegro abandoned Marxism–Leninism–Titoism for social democracy and liberalism, and became Democratic Party of Socialists
•  Morocco – Party of Progress and Socialism abandoned Marxism–Leninism for Democratic socialism
•  Mozambique – Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO), abandoned Marxism–Leninism for social democracy
•  Netherlands – Communist Party of the Netherlands, merged with GroenLinks
•  North Macedonia – League of Communists of Macedonia abandoned Marxism–Leninism–Titoism for social democracy, and became Social Democratic Union of Macedonia
•  Poland – Polish United Workers' Party, became Democratic Left Alliance
•  Romania – Communist Party of Romania, became National Salvation Front the descendants of which are Democratic Liberal Party and Social Democratic Party
•  San Marino – Communist Party of San Marino, became Party of Democrats
•  Slovenia – League of Communists of Slovenia abandoned Marxism–Leninism–Titoism for social democracy, and became Social Democrats
•  Serbia – League of Communists of Serbia abandoned Marxism–Leninism–Titoism for democratic socialism and nationalism, later social democracy, and became Socialist Party of Serbia
•  Tunisia – Tunisian Communist Party, became Movement for Renewal
•  Yemen – Yemeni Socialist Party, abandoned Marxism–Leninism for social democracy

Defunct

Once ruling

•  Afghanistan – People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan
•  Albania – Party of Labour of Albania became Socialist Party of Albania
•  Benin – People's Revolutionary Party of Benin
•  Bulgaria – Bulgarian Communist Party became Bulgarian Socialist Party
•  Cambodia – Communist Party of Kampuchea
•  Czechoslovakia – Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, Czech Republic branch became Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia and Slovak branch became the Party of the Democratic Left
•  Ethiopia – Workers' Party of Ethiopia
•  Germany – Party of Democratic Socialism (now a part of The Left)
•  Grenada – New Jewel Movement
•  Hungary – Hungarian Working People's Party, Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party became Hungarian Socialist Party
•  Poland – Polish United Workers' Party
•  Romania – Romanian Communist Party
•  Somalia – Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party
•  Soviet Union – Communist Party of the Soviet Union, previously the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party
•  Yugoslavia – League of Communists of Yugoslavia (as a federation of the constituent republics' parties, it was dissolved in 1990)

Non-ruling

•  Armenia – Armenian Workers Communist Party, Armenian Workers Union, Marxist Party of Armenia, Union of Communists of Armenia, Renewed Communist Party of Armenia
•  Australia – Communist Party of Australia
•  Belgium – Union of Marxist–Leninist Communists of Belgium, founded in 1970.[28][29][30]
•  Belgium – Communist Party of Belgium – Marxist–Leninist, founded in 1976.
•  Brazil – Free Homeland Party
•  United Kingdom – Communist Party of Great Britain
•  Bulgaria – Bulgarian Communist Party – Marxists
•  Canada – Labor-Progressive Party founded in 1943 when the Communist Party of Canada was banned (resumed former name in 1959), Workers' Communist Party of Canada
• Channel Islands – Jersey Communist Party
•  Chile – Chilean Communist Party (Proletarian Action), Revolutionary Left Movement
•  Colombia – Workers Revolutionary Party of Colombia
•  Costa Rica – Costa Rican People's Party
•  Cyprus – Communist Party of Cyprus
•  Cuba – Popular Socialist Party, joined Cuban Communist Party
•  El Salvador – Communist Party of El Salvador, merged into the FMLN
• Free Territory of Trieste – Communist Party of the Free Territory of Trieste, merged into the Italian Communist Party
•  Georgia – Revived Communist Party of Georgia, Georgian Workers Communist Party
•  Germany – Spartacist League formed in 1918 and became the Communist Party of Germany
•  West Germany – Socialist Unity Party of West Berlin, Communist Party of Germany (banned 1956 in West Germany)
•  Guatemala – Guatemalan Party of Labour, merged into the URNG
•  Haiti – Haitian Workers Party, Unified Party of Haitian Communists, merged into the National Reconstruction Movement in 1990
•  Honduras – Communist Party of Honduras, merged into the Patriotic Renewal Party
•  Iceland – Communist Party of Iceland
•  India – Indian Communist Party (Sen)
•  Indonesia – Communist Party of Indonesia
•  Ireland – Communist Party of Ireland (Marxist–Leninist)
•  Iraq – Leninist Group in the Iraqi Communist Movement
•  Israel – Maki (1948–1973) split in 1965 with formation of largely Arab Rakah which changed its name to Maki in 1989
•  Italy – Communist Party of Italy, Italian Communist Party of the Julian March, Marxist–Leninist Italian Communist Party, Marxist–Leninist Revolutionary Party of Italy, Movement for Peace and Socialism, Movement for the Confederation of the Communists
•  Lebanon – Lebanese People's Party
•  Malaysia – Malayan Communist Party, North Kalimantan Communist Party
•  Mexico – Mexican Communist Party
•  Moldova – Communist Reformers Party of Moldova
•  Myanmar – Communist Party (Burma)
•  Namibia – Communist Party of Namibia
•  Netherlands – Communist Party of the Netherlands merged into GroenLinks in 1989
•  New Zealand – Communist Party of New Zealand, Socialist Unity Party
•  Nigeria – Nigerian Communist Party, Socialist Workers and Farmers Party of Nigeria
•  Norway – Workers' Communist Party merged into the Red Party
•  Palestine – Communist Party of Palestine (1921–1948)
•  Poland – Communist Party of Poland
•  Saudi Arabia – Communist Party in Saudi Arabia
•  Swaziland – Swaziland Communist Party
•  Switzerland – Party of Labour Basel, founded in 1944
•  Taiwan – Taiwanese Communist Party, China Communist Alliance, Communist Party of the Republic of China, Taiwan Democratic Communist Party
•  Tatarstan – Communist Party of the Republic of Tatarstan
•  Thailand – Communist Party of Thailand
•  Transnistria (unrecognized country) – Communist Party of Pridnestrovie
•  Trinidad and Tobago – Communist Party of Trinidad and Tobago
•  United States – Communist Party Marxist–Leninist, May 19th Communist Movement, Communist Workers Party, Black Panther Party, Communist Labor Party of America, International Socialist Organization

Left communist organizations by country

The following is a list of left communist organizations by country which list only those political organizations and parties who officially call themselves left communist ideologically and still exist.

Organisations

•  Australia – Internationalist Communists Oceania
•  Canada – Klasbatalo
•  Italy – Internationalist Communist Party (Communist Battle), Lotta Comunista
•  Iran – Internationalist Voice
•  United Kingdom – Communist Workers Organisation, World Revolution
•  United States – Internationalism, Internationalist Workers Group, Workers Offensive
•  Venezuela – Internationalism

Notes

1. Hong Kong and Macau are administrated under the "one country, two systems" principle.
2. Although the government's official state ideology now incorporates the Juche element of Kim Il-sung's Kimilsungism–Kimjongilism policy as opposed to orthodox Marxism–Leninism, North Korea still considers itself a socialist state.[1] According to North Korea: A Country Study by Robert L. Worden, Marxism–Leninism was abandoned immediately after the start of de-Stalinisation in the Soviet Union and it has been totally replaced by Juche since at least 1974.[2] The Workers' Party of Korea is considered by some scholars to not be a communist party.[3] While recently it started to consider itself as Jucheist exclusively, the party participates in the International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties.[4]

References

1. Article Preamble, Section Preamble of the Socialist Constitution of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (27 December 1972). "The Democratic People's Republic of Korea is the socialist motherland of Juche, which has applied the ideas and leadership of Kim Il-sung".
2. Worden, Robert L. (2008). North Korea: A Country Study (PDF) (5th ed.). Washington, D. C.: Library of Congress. p. 206. ISBN 978-0-8444-1188-0.
3. Shin, Gi-wook (2006). Ethnic Nationalism in Korea: Genealogy, Politics, and Legacy. Stanford University Press. ISBN 9780804754088.
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25. "All-Union Communist Party Bolsheviks - Ukraine". All-Union Communist Party Bolsheviks - Ukraine. Archived from the original on 13 March 2013.
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External links

• Leftist Parties of the World (last updated 4 October 2006)
• Communist States animation (1850–2016)