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This page contains a list of political parties in India that are aligned with the communist ideology.
A registered party is recognised as a national party only if it fulfils any one of the three conditions listed below: [1]
- The party wins 2% of seats in the Lok Sabha from at least three different states. [2]
- At a general election to Lok Sabha or Legislative Assembly, the party polls 6% of votes in any four or more states and in addition it wins four Lok Sabha seats.
- The party gets recognition as a state party in four states.
Election Symbol | Party Flag | Name | Ideology | Founded | Leader | State/UT governed | State/UT in Alliance partner in government | Seats in Lok Sabha |
Seats in Rajya Sabha |
Seats in
State Assemblies |
Seats in
State Councils |
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CPI(M) [3] [4] | Communism [5] | 7 November 1964[6] [7] [8] | Sitaram Yechury (General Secretary) [9] [10] [11] | 1/31 | 3 / 31
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3 / 543
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5 / 245
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82 / 4,036
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0 / 426
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A party has to fulfill any of the following conditions for recognition as a state party:
- A party should secure at least 6% of valid votes polled in an election to the state legislative assembly and win at least 2 seats in that state assembly.
- A party should secure at least 6% of valid votes polled in an election to Lok Sabha and win at least 1 seat in Lok Sabha.
- A party should win minimum three percent of the total number of seats or a minimum of three seats in the Legislative Assembly, which ever is higher.
- A party should win at least one seat in the Lok Sabha for every 25 seats or any fraction thereof allotted to that State.
- Under the liberalised criteria, one more clause that it will be eligible for recognition as state party if it secures 8% or more of the total valid votes polled in the state.
Election Symbol | Party Flag | Name | Ideology | Founded | Leader | Recognised In | States/UT Governed | Seats in Lok Sabha |
Seats in Rajya Sabha |
Seats in
State Assemblies |
Seats in
State Councils | ||
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chief minister | Alliance partner | ||||||||||||
CPI | Communism | 26 December 1925(98 years ago) | D. Raja | Kerala, | 0/31 | 4 / 31
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2 / 543
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2 / 245
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22 / 4,036
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1 / 426
| |||
CPI(ML)L [12] |
Communism
[13] Marxism–Leninism Maoism [13] |
28 July 1974[14] [15] [16] | Dipankar Bhattacharya [17] [18] [19] | Bihar [20] | 0/31 | 2 / 31
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0 / 543
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0 / 245
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13 / 4,036
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0 / 426
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RSP [21] |
Communism Marxism–Leninism [22] Revolutionary socialism |
19 March 1940 | Manoj Bhattacharya [23] |
Kerala
[21] |
0/31 | 0 / 31
|
1 / 543
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0 / 245
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0 / 4,036
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0 / 426
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In Kerala
Logo | Name | Abbr./A.k.a | Leaders | Foundation Year | Dissolution Year | Ideology | Notes |
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All India Coordination Committee of Communist Revolutionaries | AICCCR |
Charu Majumdar; Kanu Sanyal |
1967 | 1969 |
Communism Marxism-Leninism |
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Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) | CPI (ML) | Charu Majumdar | 1969 | 1972 |
Communism Marxism–Leninism Mao Zedong Thought |
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Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) People's War | 1980 | 2004 |
Communism Marxism–Leninism Mao Zedong Thought |
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Maoist Communist Centre | MCC | 1975 | 2004 |
Communism Marxism–Leninism–Maoism |
Party Flag | Name | Abbr. | Ideology | Founded | Leader | Notes |
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People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak | PRPK |
Communism Separatism |
9 November 1977 | |||
People's Liberation Army of Manipur | PLAM |
Communism Mao Zedong Thought Separatism |
25 September 1979 | |||
Kangleipak Communist Party | KCP |
Communism Marxism–Leninism–Maoism |
14 April 1980 | Ibungo Ngangom |
The KCP has now been divided into numerous factions. [24] | |
Maoist Communist Party of Manipur | MCPM |
Communism Marxism–Leninism–Maoism Separatism |
September 2011 | Chiranglen Sapamcha |
Party Flag | Name | Abbr. | Ideology | Founded | Leader | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Akhil Bharat Nepali Ekta Samaj | ABNES |
Maoism Nepalese unity in India |
1979 | Bhot Bahadur thapa hemraj Singh gaman khtri |
Logo | Name | Abbr. | Leaders | Foundation Year | Dissolution Year | Ideology | Notes |
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National Democratic Front of Boroland | NDFB | B. Saoraigwra G. Bidai [25] B.R. Ferrenga |
1986 | 2020 |
Ethnic nationalism
[26] Marxism Socialism Democracy Separatism |
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