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The following is a list of communist and anti-capitalist parties with representation in national parliaments. This list does not contain communist and anti-capitalist parties previously represented in parliament. This list includes only those parties who officially call themselves communist or anti-capitalist (or socialist parties who are declared anti-capitalist) ideologically. 115 communist and anti-capitalist parties have been elected worldwide to parliament in 56 different countries in both recognised and non-recognised states. Of the 66 states listed here, 9 of them are republics ruled by a socialist, communist or anticapitalist party, five of them are official socialist states ruled by a communist party, of them four of them espouse Marxism–Leninism (China, Cuba, Laos, and Vietnam) while the fifth (North Korea) espouses Juche.[1]

List

Country Party Electoral Coalition Election Lower house Upper house Official ideology
 Algeria Workers' Party — 2017 election
11 / 462
0 / 144
 Trotskyism[2]
 Argentina Workers' Party Workers' Left Front 2015 election
2 / 257
0 / 72
 Trotskyism
Socialist Workers' Party
1 / 257
0 / 72
 Trotskyism
 Bangladesh Workers Party of Bangladesh Grand Alliance 2014 election
6 / 300
 — Marxism–Leninism-Maoism
National Socialist Party
5 / 300
 — Socialism
 Belarus Communist Party of Belarus — 2016 election
8 / 110
17 / 64
 Marxism–Leninism
 Belgium Workers' Party of Belgium — 2014 election
6 / 313
2 / 150
 Marxism
 Bolivia Movement for Socialism — 2014 election
84 / 130
25 / 36
 Socialism of the 21st century[3][4][5]
 Brazil Communist Party of Brazil With the strength of the people 2014 election
13 / 513
1 / 81
 Marxism–Leninism[6]
Socialism and Liberty Party —
6 / 513
0 / 81
 Democratic socialism[6]
 Burkina Faso Union for Rebirth / Sankarist Party — 2015 election
5 / 127
 — Sankarism
Party for Democracy and Socialism/Metba —
1 / 127
 — Communism
 Burma National Unity Party — 2015 election
0 / 330
1 / 224
 Socialism[7]
 Cameroon Union of the Peoples of Cameroon — 2013 election
3 / 180
0 / 100
 Marxism–Leninism
 Chile Democratic Revolution Broad Fromt 2017 election
10 / 155
1 / 43
 Democratic socialism
Communist Party of Chile New Majority
8 / 155
0 / 43
 Marxism–Leninism[8]
Humanist Party Broad Front
5 / 155
0 / 43
 Democratic socialism
Citizen Power Broad Front
1 / 155
0 / 43
 Socialism of the 21st century
Equality Party Broad Front
1 / 155
0 / 43
 Anti-capitalism
Progressive Party For All Chile [es]
1 / 155
0 / 43
 Democratic socialism
País For All Chile [es]
0 / 155
1 / 43
 Socialism
 China Communist Party of China United Front 2012–2013 election
2,157 / 2,987
 — Marxism–Leninism
Socialism with Chinese characteristics [9]
 Colombia Revolutionary Independent Labour Movement Alternative Democratic Pole 2014 election
0 / 164
1 / 102
 Marxism–Leninism
People's Congress / Popular Power and Unity Alternative Democratic Pole
0 / 164
1 / 102
 Socialism
 Democratic Republic of the Congo Unified Lumumbist Party Alliance of the Presidential Majority 2011 election
34 / 500
3 / 108
 Lumumbism
 Cuba Communist Party of Cuba — 2013 election
612 / 612
 — Marxism–Leninism
 Cyprus Progressive Party of Working People — 2016 election
16 / 56
 — Marxism–Leninism
 Czech Republic Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia — 2013 –2014 elections
33 / 200
1 / 81
 Communism[10][11]
 Denmark Red–Green Alliance — 2015 elections
14 / 179
 — Anti-capitalism
Inuit Ataqatigiit —
1 / 179
 — Democratic socialism
 Ecuador PAIS Alliance United Front [es; zh] 2017 election
74 / 137
 — Socialism of the 21st century
Pachakutik National Agreement for Change [es; zh]
4 / 137
 — Socialism
 Ethiopia Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front — 2015 election
500 / 547
 — Socialism
 Finland Left Alliance — 2015 election
12 / 200
 — Democratic socialism
 France French Communist Party Left Front 2017 election
10 / 577
20 / 348
 Communism
Federation for a Social and Ecological Alternative Left Front
1 / 577
0 / 348
 Eco-socialism
La France Insoumise Left Front
17 / 577
0 / 348
 Democratic socialism
Communist Party of Réunion Alliance of the Overseas
0 / 577
1 / 348
 Communism
 Germany The Left — 2017 election
69 / 709
 — Democratic socialism
 Greece Communist Party of Greece — 2015 election
15 / 300
 — Marxism–Leninism
 Guatemala Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity — 2015 election
3 / 158
 — Revolutionary socialism[12]
 Guyana People's Progressive Party — 2015 election
32 / 65
 — Marxism–Leninism[13]
 Honduras Liberty and Refoundation — 2013 election
37 / 128
 — Democratic socialism
Democratic Unification Party — 2013 election
1 / 128
 — Socialism
 Iceland Left-Green Movement — 2017 election
11 / 63
 – Eco-socialism
 India Communist Party of India (Marxist) United National Progressive Alliance 2014 election
9 / 543
9 / 245
 Marxism–Leninism[14]
Communist Party of India United National Progressive Alliance
1 / 543
2 / 245
 Marxism–Leninism
Revolutionary Socialist Party United National Progressive Alliance
1 / 543
0 / 245
 Marxism–Leninism
 Iraq Iraqi Communist Party Civil Democratic Alliance 2014 election
1 / 328
 — Marxism–Leninism
 Ireland People Before Profit Alliance Anti-Austerity Alliance–People Before Profit Irish general election, 2016
3 / 158
0 / 60
 Democratic socialism
Sinn Féin Irish general election, 2016 —
23 / 158
7 / 60
 Democratic socialism[15][16]
Socialist Party Anti-Austerity Alliance–People Before Profit Irish general election, 2016
3 / 158
0 / 60
 Trotskyism[17]
Workers and Unemployed Action Group Irish general election, 2016 —
1 / 158
0 / 60
 Socialism
 Israel Communist Party of Israel Democratic Front for Peace and Equality 2013 election
3 / 120
 — Marxism–Leninism[18]
 Italy Italian Left — 2013 election
31 / 630
8 / 315
 Democratic socialism[19]
 Japan Japanese Communist Party — 2017—2016 elections
12 / 465
14 / 242
 Scientific socialism[20]
 Kazakhstan Communist People's Party of Kazakhstan — 2016 elections
7 / 108
 — Marxism–Leninism[21]
 Korea, North Workers' Party of Korea Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland 2014 elections
607 / 687
 — Juche[22]
 Laos Lao People's Revolutionary Party Lao Front for National Construction 2016 elections
144 / 149
 — Marxism–Leninism[23]
 Luxembourg The Left — 2013 elections
2 / 60
 — Democratic socialism
 Mali African Solidarity for Democracy and Independence — 2013 elections
5 / 160
 — Marxism–Leninism
 Mauritius Mauritian Militant Movement — 2014 election
7 / 69
 – Democratic socialism
 Mexico Labor Party Broad Progressive Front 2015 elections
6 / 500
4 / 128
 Socialism
 Moldova Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova — 2014 elections
21 / 101
 — Marxism–Leninism[24]
 Montenegro Worker's Party Democratic Front 2016 elections
1 / 81
 — Labour rights
 Morocco Party of Progress and Socialism — 2016 elections
12 / 395
 — Socialism
 Namibia Workers Revolutionary Party — 2014 elections
2 / 96
 — Trotskyism
   Nepal Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) — 2017 election
121 / 275
0 / 59
 People's Multiparty Democracy
Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) —
53 / 275
0 / 59
 Marxism–Leninism–Maoism–Prachanda Path
Naya Shakti Party, Nepal —
1 / 275
0 / 59
 Marxism
Nepal Workers Peasants Party —
1 / 275
0 / 59
 Maoism
Rastriya Janamorcha —
1 / 275
0 / 59
 Communism
 Nicaragua Sandinista National Liberation Front — 2016 election
71 / 92
 — Sandinismo[25]
 Norway Socialist Left Party — 2017 election
11 / 169
 — Democratic socialism
Red Party —
1 / 169
 — Communism
 Pakistan Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party — 2013 election
4 / 342
3 / 104
 Democratic Socialism
Awami National Party — 2013 election
2 / 342
6 / 104
 Democratic Socialism
 Palestine
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Palestine Liberation Organization 2006 election
3 / 132
 — Marxism–Leninism
Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine Palestine Liberation Organization 2006 election
1 / 132
 — Marxism–Leninism–Maoism
Palestinian People's Party Palestine Liberation Organization 2006 election
1 / 132
 — Scientific socialism
 Paraguay Guasú Front — 2013 election
1 / 80
5 / 45
 Democratic socialism
 Peru Broad Front — 2016 election —
20 / 130
 Democratic socialism
 Philippines New Patriotic Alliance National Democracy Movement 2013 election
7 / 292
0 / 24
 Filipino communism[26]
 Portugal Portuguese Communist Party Unitary Democratic Coalition 2015 election
15 / 230
 — Marxism–Leninism[27]
Ecologist Party "The Greens" Unitary Democratic Coalition
2 / 230
 — Eco-socialism
Left Bloc —
19 / 230
 — Socialism
 Russia Communist Party of the Russian Federation — 2016 election
42 / 450
2 / 170
 Marxism–Leninism[28]
 Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Polisario Front — 2012 election
53 / 53
 — Democratic socialism
 San Marino United Left Active Citizenship 2012 election
5 / 60
 — Eurocommunism[29]
 Slovenia Initiative for Democratic Socialism United Left 2014 election
3 / 90
 — Democratic socialism
Party for Sustainable Development of Slovenia United Left
1 / 90
 — Eco-socialism
Democratic Labour Party United Left
1 / 90
 — Democratic socialism
 South Africa Economic Freedom Fighters — 2014 election
25 / 400
 — Marxism–Leninism[30]
South African Communist Party[note 1] Tripartite Alliance
0 / 400
 — Marxism–Leninism
 Spain Podemos Podemos 2016 election
71 / 350
23 / 266
 Democratic socialism
Sortu Amaiur 2011 election
5 / 350
3 / 266
 Revolutionary socialism
Communist Party of Spain United Left
4 / 350
2 / 266
 Eurocommunism[32]
Republican Left of Catalonia —
3 / 350
1 / 266
 Democratic socialism
Initiative for Catalonia Greens United Left
2 / 350
2 / 266
 Eco-socialism[32]
Galician Nationalist Bloc —
2 / 350
0 / 266
 Anti-capitalism
Aralar Party Amaiur
1 / 350
0 / 266
 Democratic socialism
Chunta Aragonesista United Left
1 / 350
0 / 266
 Eco-socialism
Communist Youth Union of Spain United Left
1 / 350
0 / 266
 Marxism–Leninism
Open Left United Left
1 / 350
0 / 266
 Democratic socialism
Party of the Communists of Catalonia United Left
1 / 350
0 / 266
 Marxism–Leninism
United and Alternative Left United Left
1 / 350
0 / 266
 Communism
EH Bildu EH Bildu
0 / 350
1 / 266
 Democratic socialism
 Sri Lanka People's Liberation Front — 2015 election
6 / 225
 — Marxism–Leninism
Communist Party of Sri Lanka United People's Freedom Alliance
2 / 225
 — Marxism–Leninism
Lanka Equal Society Party United People's Freedom Alliance
2 / 225
 — Trotskyism
 Sweden Left Party — 2014 election
21 / 349
 — Socialism
 Syria Syrian Communist Party (Bakdash) National Progressive Front 2016 election
8 / 250
 — Marxism–Leninism[33]
Syrian Communist Party (Unified) National Progressive Front
3 / 250
 — Communism
 Tajikistan Communist Party of Tajikistan — 2015 election
2 / 63
 — Marxism–Leninism[34]
 Tunisia Workers' Party Popular Front 2014 election
15 / 217
 — Marxism–Leninism[35]
Democratic Patriots' Movement Popular Front
15 / 217
 — Socialism[36]
 Turkey Peoples' Democratic Party — June 2015 election
80 / 550
 — Democratic socialism
 United Kingdom Sinn Féin — 2017 election
7 / 650
0 / 811
 Democratic socialism[15][16]
Green Party of England and Wales –
1 / 650
1 / 811
 Eco-socialism[37]
United Kingdom Northern Ireland Sinn Féin — 2017 election
27 / 90
 — Democratic socialism
People Before Profit Alliance — 2017 election
1 / 90
 — Democratic socialism
 Uruguay Communist Party of Uruguay Broad Front 2014 election
50 / 99
15 / 30
 Marxism–Leninism
Movement of Popular Participation Broad Front Socialism of the 21st century
Popular Assembly — 2014 election
1 / 99
0 / 30
 Marxism–Leninism
 Venezuela United Socialist Party of Venezuela Great Patriotic Pole 2015 election
52 / 167
 — Socialism of the 21st century[38]
Communist Party of Venezuela
2 / 167
 — Marxism–Leninism
Republican Bicentennial Vanguard
1 / 167
 — Chavismo
 Vietnam Communist Party of Vietnam Vietnamese Fatherland Front 2016 election
475 / 500
 — Marxism–Leninism[39]
 Yemen Yemeni Socialist Party — 2003 election
8 / 301
 – Democratic socialism
 Zambia Patriotic Front — 2016 election
80 / 156
 — Democratic socialism[40][41]

See also

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Notes

  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".[31]

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  14. ^ The first two references are about seats in parliament.
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  37. ^ https://www.greenparty.org.uk/assets/files/resources/Manifesto_web_file.pdf
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