List of communist parties in India
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This page contains a list of political parties in India that are aligned with the communist ideology.
Most Communist Parties in India trace their origin back to-
(i) Communist Party of India (Abbr. CPI)
(ii) Communist Party of India (Marxist) (Abbr. CPIM)
(iii) Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) (Abbr. CPIML)
Communist parties registered with the Election Commission of India
[edit]Communist Parties with National Party Status
[edit]| Election Symbol | Name | Founded | Ideology | Leader | Seats in Lok Sabha |
Seats in Rajya Sabha |
Seats in State Assemblies |
Seats in State Councils |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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CPIM[1][2] | 7 November 1964[3][4][5] | Marxism–Leninism | Prakash Karat (interim)[6] | 4 / 543
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5 / 245
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82 / 4,036
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0 / 426
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Communist parties with state party status
[edit]| Election Symbol | Name | Founded | Ideology | Leader | Recognised In | Seats in Lok Sabha |
Seats in Rajya Sabha |
Seats in State Assemblies |
Seats in State Councils |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
CPI | 26 December 1925 | Marxism–Leninism | D. Raja | Kerala, Manipur, Tamil Nadu |
2 / 543
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3 / 245
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22 / 4,036
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1 / 426
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CPIML Liberation[7] | 28 July 1974[8][9][10] | Marxism–Leninism | Dipankar Bhattacharya[11][12][13] | Bihar[14] | 2 / 543
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0 / 245
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13 / 4,036
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0 / 426
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Naxal-Maoist Parties
[edit]| NAME | IDEOLOGY | LEADER | BASE REGION |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPIML Red Star[15] | Marxism–Leninism–Maoism[15] | K. N. Ramachandran | |
| CPIML Class Struggle | Visawam | ||
| CPIML New Democracy | Marxism–Leninism–Maoism | Yatendra Kumar |
Naxal-Maoist Parties engaged in armed struggle
[edit]Trotskyist Communist parties
[edit]- New Socialist Alternative (India)
- Radical Socialist (India)
- Bolshevik International Marxist Tendency India
- Workers' Socialist Party (India)
Trotskyist leaning Communist Parties
[edit]See also
[edit]
- Left Front (India)
- Socialism in India
- Communism in India
- Communism in Kerala
- Naxalite
- List of political parties in India
- Politics of India
- List of Naxalite and Maoist groups in India
References
[edit]- ^ Chakrabarty, Bidyut (2014). Communism in India: Events, Processes and Ideologies. Oxford University Press. p. 314. ISBN 978-0-19-997489-4.
- ^ "List of Political Parties and Election Symbols main Notification Dated 18 January 2013". India: Election Commission of India. 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
- ^ "ഇന്ത്യ - ചൈന സംഘർഷം : 1962 ൻ്റെ പാഠങ്ങൾ". www.leftclicknews.com/.
- ^ "CIA papers trace split of Indian Communists". The Times of India. 30 June 2007.
- ^ "Communist Party in Kerala". CPI(M). Archived from the original on 14 March 2012.
- ^ Bureau, The Hindu (2024-09-29). "Prakash Karat to be interim leader of CPI(M)". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2024-10-02.
{{cite news}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "Amending Notification regarding Political Parties and their Symbols Dated 01.03.2021". India: Election Commission of India. 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
- ^ "A Lesson In Dynamism And Dedication". Communist Party of India(Marxist-Leninist) Liberation. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
- ^ "Naxalism today".
- ^ "The road from Naxalbari". www.flonnet.com. Archived from the original on 17 October 2006. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
- ^ Sen, Jai (2012). Imagining Alternatives. Other worlds possible?. Gazipur: Daanish Books. p. 15. ISBN 978-93-81144-14-5.
- ^ "Organisation". cpiml.org.
- ^ Bhushan, Ranjit (2016). Maoism in India and Nepal. New York: Routledge. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-315-68549-6.
- ^ "Amending Notification regarding Political Parties and their Symbol dated 1 March 2021". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 26 October 2021.
- ^ a b "12th Congress Of CPI (ML) Red Star Calls For All Out Offensive Against RSS Fascism| Countercurrents". countercurrents.org. 2022-10-01. Retrieved 2024-05-03.