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

Election
symbol		 Name Founded Ideology Leader Seats in
Lok Sabha		 Seats in
Rajya Sabha		 Seats in State
Assemblies		 Seats in State
Councils
CPIM election symbol
 CPIM[1][2] 7 November 1964[3][4][5] Marxism–Leninism M. A. Baby
4 / 543
3 / 245
43 / 4,036
0 / 426

Communist parties with state party status

Election
symbol		 Name Founded Ideology Leader Recognised In Seats in
Lok Sabha		 Seats in
Rajya Sabha		 Seats in State
Assemblies		 Seats in State
Councils
CPIM election symbol
 CPI 26 December 1925 Marxism–Leninism D. Raja Kerala,
Tamil Nadu,
Manipur
2 / 543
2 / 245
11 / 4,036
2 / 426
CPIML election symbol
 CPI(ML)L[6] 28 July 1974[7][8][9] Marxism–Leninism
Maoism		 Dipankar Bhattacharya[10][11] Bihar[12]
2 / 543
0 / 245
4 / 4,036
1 / 426
CPIM election symbol
 RSP 19 March 1940 Marxism-Leninism Manoj Bhattacharya Kerala
1 / 543
0 / 245
3 / 4,036
0 / 426

Other parties

Party
banner		 Name Founded Ideology Leader Seats in
Lok Sabha		 Seats in
Rajya Sabha		 Seats in State
Assemblies		 Seats in State
Councils
 CMP 1986 Marxism- Leninism C P John
0 / 543
0 / 245
1 / 4,036
0 / 426
 RMPI 2016[13][14][15] Marxism–Leninism Mangat Ram Pasla
0 / 543
0 / 245
1 / 4,036
0 / 426
 RCPI 1 August 1934 Anti-Stalinism Mihir Bain
0 / 543
0 / 245
0 / 4,036
0 / 426
 RSP(L) 2016 Revolutionary socialism Kovoor Kunjumon
0 / 543
0 / 245
0 / 4,036
0 / 426
PWP 1948 Marxism-Leninism Jayant Prabhakar Patil
0 / 543
0 / 245
1 / 4,036
0 / 426

Naxal-Maoist parties

Name Ideology Leader
CPIML Red Star[16] Marxism–Leninism–Maoism[16] P. J James
CPIML Class Struggle Viswam
CPIML New Democracy Marxism–Leninism–Maoism Yatendra Kumar
CPIML Mass Line Marxism–Leninism–Maoism Pradeep Singh

Naxal-Maoist parties engaged in armed struggle

Party banner Name Ideology Leader
CPI(Maoist) Maoism, Communism Thippiri Tirupathi

Trotskyist communist parties

See also

References

  1. ↑ Chakrabarty, Bidyut (2014). Communism in India: Events, Processes and Ideologies. Oxford University Press. p. 314. ISBN 978-0-19-997489-4.
  2. ↑ "List of Political Parties and Election Symbols main Notification Dated 18 January 2013". India: Election Commission of India. 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "ഇന്ത്യ - ചൈന സംഘർഷം : 1962 ൻ്റെ പാഠങ്ങൾ". www.leftclicknews.com.
  4. ↑ "CIA papers trace split of Indian Communists". The Times of India. 30 June 2007.
  5. ↑ "Communist Party in Kerala". CPI(M). Archived from the original on 14 March 2012.
  6. ↑ "Amending Notification regarding Political Parties and their Symbols Dated 01.03.2021". India: Election Commission of India. 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
  7. ↑ "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.
  8. ↑ "Naxalism today".
  9. ↑ "The road from Naxalbari". www.flonnet.com. Archived from the original on 17 October 2006. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  10. ↑ "Organisation". cpiml.org.
  11. ↑ Bhushan, Ranjit (2016). Maoism in India and Nepal. New York: Routledge. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-315-68549-6.
  12. ↑ "Amending Notification regarding Political Parties and their Symbol dated 1 March 2021". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 26 October 2021.
  13. ↑ archive, From our online (11 March 2019). "RMPI to contest in four constituencies". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
  14. ↑ "RMP extends footprint nationally, evolves into RMPI". OnManorama. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
  15. ↑ "Poll pot-boiler for RMPI". The Tribune. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
  16. 1 2 "12th Congress Of CPI (ML) Red Star Calls For All Out Offensive Against RSS Fascism| Countercurrents". countercurrents.org. 1 October 2022. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  17. ↑ "Communist Struggle". Indian Section of the Revolutionary Communist International.

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