List of communist parties in India

This page contains a list of political parties in India that are aligned with communism.

The majority of communist parties in India trace their origin back to the Communist Party of India (abbr. CPI) which was founded in 1925. The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbr. CPI(M)), the sole communist party currently recognized as a national party was formed from a split in the ranks of the CPI in 1964 over disputed differences. The Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) (abbr. CPI(ML)), split from the CPI(M) in 1969 before splintering into several Naxalite groups.

Registered Communist parties Communist parties with national party status +Electionsymbol Name FoundedIdeology Leader Seats inLok Sabha Seats inRajya Sabha Seats in StateAssemblies Seats in StateCouncils CPIM Marxism–Leninism M. A. Baby

Communist parties with state party status +Electionsymbol Name FoundedIdeology Leader Recognised In Seats inLok Sabha Seats inRajya Sabha Seats in StateAssemblies Seats in StateCouncilsCPIMarxism–LeninismD. RajaKerala,Tamil Nadu, Manipur CPI(ML)L Marxism–LeninismMaoism Dipankar BhattacharyaBhushan, Ranjit (2016). Maoism in India and Nepal. New York: Routledge. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-315-68549-6. Bihar RSPMarxism-LeninismManoj BhattacharyaKerala

Other parties +Partybanner Name FoundedIdeology Leader Seats inLok Sabha Seats inRajya Sabha Seats in StateAssemblies Seats in StateCouncilsCMP1986Marxism- LeninismC P John RMPI 2016Marxism–Leninism Mangat Ram Pasla RCPIAnti-StalinismMihir Bain RSP(L)2016Revolutionary socialismKovoor Kunjumon PWP1948Marxism-LeninismJayant Prabhakar Patil

Naxal-Maoist parties

+NameIdeologyLeaderCPIML Red StarMarxism–Leninism–MaoismP. J JamesCPIML Class StruggleViswamCPIML New DemocracyMarxism–Leninism–MaoismYatendra KumarCPIML Mass LineMarxism–Leninism–MaoismPradeep Singh

Naxal-Maoist parties engaged in armed struggle +Party bannerNameIdeologyLeaderCPI(Maoist)Maoism, CommunismThippiri Tirupathi

Trotskyist communist parties New Socialist Alternative (India) Radical Socialist (India) Workers' Socialist Party (India) Revolutionary Communists (India)

List of communist parties in India

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