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-
Communist parties registered with the Election Commission of India
editCommunist Parties with National Party Status
editElection 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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Communist Party of India (Marxist)[1][2] | 7 November 1964[3][4][5] | Marxism–Leninism | Prakash Karat
(interim)[6] |
4 / 543
|
5 / 245
|
82 / 4,036
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0 / 426
|
Communist parties with state party status
editElection Symbol | Name | Founded | Ideology | Leader | Recognised In | Seats in Lok Sabha |
Seats in Rajya Sabha |
Seats in State Assemblies |
Seats in State Councils |
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Communist Party of India | 26 December 1925 | Marxism–Leninism | D. Raja | Kerala, Manipur, Tamil Nadu |
2 / 543
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3 / 245
|
22 / 4,036
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1 / 426
| |
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation[7] | 28 July 1974[8][9][10] | Marxism–Leninism | Dipankar Bhattacharya[11][12][13] | Bihar[14] | 2 / 543
|
0 / 245
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13 / 4,036
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0 / 426
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Minor Communist parties
editNAME | IDEOLOGY | LEADER | BASE REGION |
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Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Red Star[15] | Marxism–Leninism–Maoism[15] | K. N. Ramachandran[16] | |
Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Class Struggle[17] | Marxism–Leninism[17] | Visawam | |
Revolutionary Marxist Party of India[18] | Marxism[18] | KK RAMA[18] | KERALA[18] |
Communist Marxist Party[19] | Marxism, Rosa Luxemburg THOUGHT[19] | C. P. John[19] | KERALA [19] |
Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy[20] | Communism[20] | A. V. Thamarakshan [20] | KERALA [20] |
All India Forward Bloc[21] | Left-wing nationalism[21] | G. Devarajan[21] | |
Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)[22] | Marxism, Revolutionary socialism[22] | Manoj Bhattacharya[22] | |
Revolutionary Socialist Party (Leninist)[23] | Marxism–Leninism, Socialism[23] | Kovoor Kunjumon[23] | KERALA[23] |
Marxist-Leninist Party of India (Red Flag)[24] | Communism[24] | M.S. Jayakumar[24] | |
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)[25] | Communism, Stalinism[25] | [25] Provash Ghosh |
Trotskyist Communist parties
edit- New Socialist Alternative (India)
- Radical Socialist (India)
- Bolshevik International Marxist Tendency India
- Workers' Socialist Party (India)
Trotskyist leaning Communist Parties
editMaoist parties that reject Parliamentarism and Electoralism
editSee also
editReferences
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.
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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.
- ^ [[[Special:PermanentLink/1214458082]] "Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Red Star"], Wikipedia, 2024-03-19, retrieved 2024-05-03
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value (help) - ^ a b c d "One battle won, a Kerala MLA to continue war for justice for husband against ruling CPI(M)". The Indian Express. 2024-02-22. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
- ^ a b c d Bureau, The Hindu (2024-01-25). "CMP Party Congress in Kochi from January 28". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
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- ^ a b c Rund, Arild Engelsen (May 1994). "Land and Power: The Marxist Conquest of Rural Bengal". Modern Asian Studies. 28 (2): 357–380. doi:10.1017/S0026749X00012440. ISSN 1469-8099.
- ^ a b c "Origins of the RSP". www.marxists.org. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
- ^ a b c d "Kerala: Four new parties find berths in LDF". The Times of India. 2018-12-27. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
- ^ a b c "The Hindu : Kerala / Kochi News : LDF should win: CPI(ML) Red Flag". 2012-11-07. Archived from the original on 2012-11-07. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
- ^ a b c "SUCI critique on Naxal movement — cgnet.in". 2009-07-11. Archived from the original on 2009-07-11. Retrieved 2024-05-03.