List of communist parties

There are a number of "communist parties" active in various countries across the world, and a number that used to be active. The formation of communist parties in various countries was first initiated by the formation of the communist Third International by the Russian Bolsheviks. Undoubtedly the most important of these parties were those of the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China: the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the Communist Party of China, respectively.

Some communist parties have names such as Workers' Party, Socialist Party, Progressive Party, etc. Most, but not all, of the parties on this list are those that were aligned with either Moscow, Beijing or Tirana during the Cold War and their offshoots. Groups currently and exclusively participating in the Trotskyist or the Left communist tradition are not included in the listing, see List of Trotskyist organisations by country and List of Left communist organisations by country.

Groups currently participating in non-Marxist movements related to communism, such as Anarcho-communism and Juche, are not included in the listing.

Officially ruling parties in communist countries

In the following countries, the communist parties either lead the ruling coalition or hold monopoly on state power, as defined by their respective country's constitutions.

• China - Communist Party of China leads the United Front
• Template:Country data Cuba - Communist Party of Cuba
• Template:Country data Laos - Lao People's Revolutionary Party leads the Lao Front for National Construction
• Template:Country data Vietnam - Communist Party of Vietnam leads the Vietnamese Fatherland Front

Communist parties as ruling parties or part of ruling coalition in multi-party states

• Template:Country data Bangladesh - Workers Party of Bangladesh participates in the ruling coalition
• Brazil - Communist Party of Brazil participates in the ruling coalition
• Template:Country data Chile - Communist Party of Chile participates in the ruling coalition
• Template:Country data Ecuador - Communist Party of Ecuador participates in the ruling coalition led by PAIS Alliance
• Greece - Movement for the United in Action Left participates in the ruling Coalition of the Radical Left
• Nepal - Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) leads the ruling coalition with participation of Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)
• Template:Country data Palestine - Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine participates in the ruling coalition
• Portugal - Portuguese Communist Party supports the XXI Constitutional Government (2015-) led by the Socialist Party.
• South Africa - South African Communist Party participates in the ruling coalition
• Template:Country data Syria - Syrian Communist Party and Syrian Communist Party (Unified) participate in the ruling coalition
• Template:Country data Uruguay - Communist Party of Uruguay and People's Victory Party participate in the ruling coalition
• Template:Country data Venezuela - Communist Party of Venezuela and Tupamaro participate in the ruling coalition

Formerly ruling

• Template:Country data Afghanistan (1978–1990) - People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan abandoned Marxism–Leninism for social democracy
• Template:Country data Albania (1944–1991) - Party of Labour of Albania (known from 1941 to 1948 as the Communist Party of Albania)
• Template:Country data Angola (1977–1990) - Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola – Labour Party abandoned Marxism–Leninism for social democracy
• Template:Country data Benin (1975–1989) - People's Revolutionary Party of Benin abandoned Marxism–Leninism for social democracy
• Bulgaria (1944–1990) - Bulgarian Communist Party. Now Българска социалистическа партия (Bulgarian Socialist Party) known as "БСП"
• Template:Country data Cambodia (1976-1979, 1979–1991) - Communist Party of Kampuchea, Kampuchian People's Revolutionary Party
• Template:Country data Congo-Brazzaville (1970–1990) - Congolese Party of Labour abandoned Marxism–Leninism for social democracy
• Cyprus (2008–2013) - Progressive Party of Working People
• Czechoslovakia (1948–1989) - Communist Party of Czechoslovakia broke up into the non-ruling Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia and the Communist Party of Slovakia
• Template:Country data Ethiopia (1974–1987), (1987-1991) - Commission for Organizing the Party of the Working People of Ethiopia, Workers' Party of Ethiopia
• Template:Country data East Germany (1949–1989) - Socialist Unity Party of Germany
• Template:Country data Grenada (1979–1983) - New Jewel Movement
• Template:Country data Guyana (1992–2015) - People's Progressive Party
• Hungary (1919, 1949-1989) - Hungarian Communist Party, Hungarian Working People's Party, Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party
• Template:Country data Moldova (2001–2009) - Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova
• Template:Country data Mongolia (1921–1991) - Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (known from 1921 to 1925 as the Mongolian People's Party) abandoned Marxism–Leninism for social democracy
• Template:Country data Mozambique (1977–1992) - Frelimo Party (known from 1962 to 1977 as the Mozambique Liberation Front) abandoned Marxism–Leninism for social democracy
• Nepal (1994–1995, 2008–2013) - Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist), Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (known from 1994 to 2009 as the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist))
• Poland (1944–1989) - Polish Workers' Party, Polish United Workers' Party
• Romania (1947–1989) - Romanian Communist Party (known from 1948 to 1965 as the Romanian Workers' Party)
• Template:Country data San Marino (1945–1957) - Sammarinese Communist Party
• Template:Country data Somalia (1976–1991) - Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party
• Soviet Union (1922–1991) - Communist Party of the Soviet Union (known from 1918 to 1925 as the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) and from 1925 to 1952 as the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks))
• Template:Country data South Yemen (1978–1990) - Yemeni Socialist Party
• Template:Country data Yugoslavia (1943–1990) - League of Communists of Yugoslavia (known from 1919 to 1952 as the Communist Party of Yugoslavia)

Modern (non-ruling)

• Template:Country data Abkhazia Abkhazia (unrecognized country) - Communist Party of Abkhazia
• Template:Country data Afghanistan Afghanistan - Communist (Maoist) Party of Afghanistan, Afghanistan Liberation Organization, Marxist–Leninist Organization of Afghanistan
• Template:Country data Albania Albania - Communist Party of Albania, Communist Party of Albania 8 November
• Template:Country data Algeria Algeria - Algerian Party for Democracy and Socialism
• Template:Country data Angola Angola - Party of the Angolan Communist Community
• Template:Country data Argentina Argentina - Revolutionary Communist Party of Argentina, Liberation Party
• Template:Country data Armenia Armenia - Armenian Communist Party, United Communist Party of Armenia, Progressive United Communist Party of Armenia
• Australia - Communist Party of Australia, Communist Party of Australia (Marxist–Leninist)
• Austria - Communist Party of Austria, Party of Labour of Austria
• Template:Country data Azerbaijan Azerbaijan - Azerbaijan Communist Party, Communist Party of Azerbaijan[1996], Communist Party of Azerbaijan[2011], United Communist Party of Azerbaijan
• Template:Country data Bahrain Bahrain - National Liberation Front – Bahrain, Progressive Democratic Tribune
• Template:Country data Bangladesh Bangladesh - Communist Party of Bangladesh, Socialist Party of Bangladesh, Revolutionary Workers Party of Bangladesh, Communist Party of Bangladesh (Marxist–Leninist)[Dutta], Communist Party of Bangladesh (Marxist–Leninist)[Umar], Proletarian Party of East Bengal, Proletarian Party of East Bengal(Maoist Bolshevik Reorganisation Movement), Workers Peasants Socialist Party, United Communist League of Bangladesh
• Template:Country data Belarus Belarus - Communist Party of Belarus, Group of Revolutionary Communists ‘Red Wedge’, Communist Party of the Workers of Belarus, Republican Committee of the Communist Party of Belarus
• Belgium - Workers' Party of Belgium, Communist Party
• Template:Country data Benin Benin - Communist Party of Benin, Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Benin
• Template:Country data Bhutan Bhutan - Bhutan Communist Party (Marxist–Leninist–Maoist)
• Template:Country data Bolivia Bolivia - Communist Party of Bolivia, People's Revolutionary Front (Marxist−Leninist−Maoist), Communist Party (Marxist–Leninist) of Bolivia, Communist Party (Marxist–Leninist–Maoist) of Bolivia
• Template:Country data Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina - Workers' Communist Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Communist Party
• Template:Country data Botswana Botswana - Marx, Engels, Lenin, Stalin Movement
• Brazil - Brazilian Communist Party, Revolutionary Communist Party, Free Homeland Party, Marxist–Leninist Communist Party
• Bulgaria - Communist Party of Bulgaria, Bulgarian Communist Party – Marxists, Union of Communists in Bulgaria, Party of the Bulgarian Communists, Bulgarian Communist Party, Bulgarian Workers' Party (Communist), Resistance Movement ‘23rd September’ Bulgaria
• Template:Country data Burkina Faso Burkina Faso - Party for Democracy and Socialism/Metba, Voltaic Revolutionary Communist Party
• Template:Country data Burma Burma - Communist Party of Burma
• Canada - Communist Party of Canada, Communist Party of Quebec, Communist Party of Canada (Marxist–Leninist), Communist League
• Template:Country data Chad Chad - Chadian Action for Unity and Socialism
• Template:Country data Chile Chile - Chilean Communist Party (Proletarian Action), Revolutionary Left Movement
• China - Maoist Communist Party of China
• Template:Country data Colombia Colombia - Colombian Communist Party, Clandestine Colombian Communist Party, Communist Party of Colombia (Marxist–Leninist), Colombian Communist Party – Maoist, Revolutionary Communist Group of Colombia, Revolutionary Independent Labour Movement, Labour Party of Colombia, Revolutionary Party of the Workers of Colombia
• Template:Country data Costa Rica Costa Rica - Popular Vanguard Party, Costa Rican People's Party
• Template:Country data Congo Congo - Revolutionary Organisation of Congo
• Template:Country data Côte d'Ivoire Côte d'Ivoire - Revolutionary Communist Party of Côte d'Ivoire, Proletarian Communist Party of Côte d'Ivoire
• Croatia - Socialist Labour Party of Croatia, Workers' Front
• Cyprus - Progressive Party of Working People, Committee for a Radical Left Rally
• Czech Republic - Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia
• Denmark - Communist Party of Denmark, Communist Party, Workers' Communist Party, Communist Party in Denmark
• Template:Country data Dominican Republic Dominican Republic - Dominican Workers' Party, Communist Party of Labour, International Communist Party, Communist Party of the Dominican Republic, Dominican Workers' Party (Marxist–Leninist), Force of the Revolution, Communist Party (Marxist–Leninist)
• Template:Country data Ecuador Ecuador - Communist Party of Ecuador, Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Ecuador, Workers' Party of Ecuador, Democratic People's Movement, Communist Party of Ecuador – Red Sun
• Template:Country data Egypt Egypt - Egyptian Communist Party
• Template:Country data El Salvador El Salvador - Communist Party of El Salvador
• Estonia - Communist Party of Estonia
• Finland - Communist Party of Finland, Communist Workers' Party – For Peace and Socialism, League of Communists
• France - French Communist Party, Pole of Communist Rebirth in France, Workers' Communist Party of France, Marxist–Leninist Communist Organization – Proletarian Way, Union of Revolutionary Communists of France
• Template:Country data Georgia Georgia - Communist Party of Georgia, United Communist Party of Georgia, New Communist Party of Georgia
• Germany - German Communist Party, Marxist–Leninist Party of Germany, Communist Party of Germany
• Greece - Communist Party of Greece, Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Greece, Communist Party of Greece (Marxist–Leninist), Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece, Movement for the Reorganization of the Communist Party of Greece 1918–55, Communist Renewal, Left Anti-capitalist Group, Left Group, Left Recomposition, New Left Current, Revolutionary Communist Movement of Greece
• Template:Country data Guadeloupe Guadeloupe - Guadeloupe Communist Party
• Template:Country data Guatemala Guatemala - Guatemalan Party of Labour
• Template:Country data Guyana - People's Progressive Party
• Template:Country data Haiti Haiti - New Communist Party of Haiti (Marxist–Leninist)
• Template:Country data Honduras Honduras - Communist Party of Honduras
• Hungary - Hungarian Workers' Party, Workers' Party of Hungary 2006, Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party
• India - Communist Party of India (Marxist), Communist Party of India, Communist Party of India (Maoist), Revolutionary Socialist Party, Revolutionary Socialist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist), Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist), Radical Socialist, Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) New Democracy, Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation, Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Naxalbari, Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Janashakti, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Red Star, Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) [Kanu Sanyal], Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) [Mahadev Mukherjee], Provisional Central Committee, Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist), Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Red Flag, Communist Revolt Party of India, Communist Marxist Party, Communist Party of Bharat, Communist Party of Revolutionary Marxists, Communist Party of United States of India, Communist Revolutionary League of India, Communist Revolutionary Party, Workers Party of India, Peasants and Workers Party of India, Workers Party, Revolutionary Communist Party, Red Flag Party, Red Flag Party (Leninist), Marxist Co-ordination Committee, Marxist Communist Party of India (United), Marxist Platform, Marxist Periarist Communist Party, Marxist–Leninist Committee, Odisha Communist Party, Peoples Revolutionary Party of India, Revolutionary Communist Centre of India (Marxist–Leninist–Maoist), Revolutionary Communist Party of India, Truthseeker Communist Party, Telangana Communist Party, Forward Block, United Communist Party of India, Unity Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India (Marxist–Leninist), Maoist Communist Party of Manipur, Communist Party of Marxist New
• Template:Country data Indonesia Indonesia - SEKSI, Partai Manfaat Revolusioner, Partai Nusantara, PKI-M
• Iran - Komalah Tudeh Party of Iran, Communist Party of Iran, Communist Party of Iran (Marxist–Leninist–Maoist), Labour Party of Iran, Worker-communist Party of Iran, Worker-communist Party of Iran – Hekmatist, Worker-communism Unity Party of Iran, Workers Left Unity – Iran, Fedaian Organisation (Minority), Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas, Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas (In Search of Identity Program), Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas, Toilers' Party of Iran
• Template:Country data Iraq Iraq - Iraqi Communist Party, Worker-communist Party of Iraq, Left Worker-communist Party of Iraq, Popular Unity Party, Iraqi Revolutionary Marxist–Leninists Regroupment, Kurdistan Communist Party – Iraq, Worker-communist Party of Kurdistan
• Ireland - Workers' Party of Ireland, Communist Party of Ireland
• Israel - Israeli Communist Party, Democratic Front for Peace and Equality, Israeli Communist Forum
• Italy - Communist Refoundation Party, Party of Italian Communists, Italian Marxist–Leninist Party, Communist Party, Marxist–Leninist Italian Communist Party, Movement for Peace and Socialism, Movement for the Confederation of the Communists, Unified Communist Party of Italy
• Japan - Japanese Communist Party, Japanese Communist Party (Action Faction), Japanese Communist Party (Left Faction), Japan Labor Party, Workers' Communist Party In Japan, Workers Socialist League, Revolutionary Communist League, National Committee, Japan Revolutionary Communist League (Revolutionary Marxist Faction)
• Template:Country data Jordan Jordan - Jordanian Communist Party, Jordanian Democratic People's Party
• Template:Country data Kazakhstan Kazakhstan - Communist People's Party of Kazakhstan, Communist Party of Kazakhstan
• Template:Country data Kenya Kenya - Social Democratic Party of Kenya
• Template:Country data South Korea - Communist Party of the Republic of Korea, Party of the Worker of the Republic of Korea
• Template:Country data Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan - Party of Communists of Kyrgyzstan, Communist Party of Kyrgyzstan
• Latvia - Socialist Party of Latvia, Communist Party of Latvia
• Template:Country data Lebanon Lebanon - Lebanese Communist Party, Communist Action Organization in Lebanon
• Template:Country data Lesotho Lesotho - Communist Party of Lesotho
• Lithuania - Socialist People's Front, Communist Party of Lithuania
• Luxembourg - Communist Party of Luxembourg, Communist Organization of Luxembourg
• Template:Country data Macedonia Macedonia - League of Communists of Macedonia, Union of Tito's Left Forces, Communist Party of Macedonia
• Template:Country data Madagascar Madagascar - Congress Party for the Independence of Madagascar
• Template:Country data Mali Mali - Malian Party of Labour, African Solidarity for Democracy and Independence
• Malta - Communist Party of Malta
• Template:Country data Martinique Martinique - Martinican Communist Party, Communist Party for Independence and Socialism
• Mexico - Popular Socialist Party, Popular Socialist Party of Mexico, Communist Party of Mexico, Communist Party of Mexico (Marxist–Leninist), Marxist-Leninist Centre in Mexico, Communists' Party
• Template:Country data Moldova Moldova - Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova, Communist Party of Moldova, People's Resistance Moldova, Communist Reformist Party of Moldova
• Template:Country data Montenegro Montenegro - Yugoslav Communist Party of Montenegro, New Communist Party of Montenegro
• Template:Country data Morocco Morocco - Democratic Way, Moroccan Marxist–Leninist Proletarian Line
• Template:Country data Nagorno-Karabakh Nagorno-Karabakh (unrecognized country) - Communist Party of Artsakh
• Template:Country data Namibia Namibia - Communist Party of Namibia
• Nepal - Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist–Leninist), Communist Party of Nepal (United), Nepal Workers Peasants Party, Communist Party of Nepal (Masal), Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist), Communist Party of Nepal - Maoist, Communist Party of Nepal
• Netherlands - New Communist Party of the Netherlands, United Communist Party, Group of Marxist–Leninists/Red Dawn
• New Zealand - Socialist Party of Aotearoa, Communist Party of Aotearoa, Communist League
• Template:Country data Nicaragua Nicaragua - Communist Party of Nicaragua, Marxist–Leninist Popular Action Movement
• Norway - Communist Party of Norway, Red Party, Radical Socialists
• Template:Country data Palestine Palestine - Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Revolutionary Palestinian Communist Party, Palestinian Communist Party
• Template:Country data Panama Panama - People's Party of Panama, Communist Party (Marxist–Leninist) of Panama, November 29 National Liberation Movement
• Template:Country data Paraguay Paraguay - Paraguayan Communist Party, Free Fatherland Party, Communist Party of Paraguay (Independent)
• Pakistan - Communist Workers and Peasants Party, Communist Party of Pakistan, Communist Party of Pakistan (Thaheem)
• Template:Country data Peru Peru - Communist Party of Peru – Red Fatherland, Communist Party of Peru (Marxist–Leninist), Communist Party of Peru [Shining Path], Proletarian Party of Peru, Marxist–Leninist Party of Peru
• Philippines - Communist Party of the Philippines, Communist Party of the Philippines[PKP-1930], Filipino Workers Party, Marxist–Leninist Party of the Philippines, Revolutionary Workers' Party of the Philippines
• Poland - Communist Party of Poland, Polish Party of the Working Class - Initiative Group
• Portugal - Portuguese Communist Party, Portuguese Workers' Communist Party/Reorganized Movement of the Party of the Proletariat, Proletarian Communist Organization (Marxist–Bolshevik) of Portugal, Revolutionary Party of the Proletariat – Bases for Revolution
• Template:Country data Puerto Rico Puerto Rico - Puerto Rican Workers' Revolutionary Party, Communist Party of Puerto Rico
• Template:Country data Réunion Réunion - Communist Party of Réunion
• Romania - Romanian Communist Party, Communist Party (Nepeceriști)
• Russia - Communist Party of the Russian Federation, Russian Communist Workers' Party of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Russian United Labour Front, Russian Maoist Party, Party of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat, Alliance of the Revolutionary Socialists, Labour Russia, Regional Party of Communists, Marxist–Leninist Platform, Communist Party of Social Justice, Communists of Russia
• Template:Country data San Marino San Marino - United Left
• Template:Country data Serbia Serbia - New Communist Party of Yugoslavia, Communist Party, Party of Labour
• Slovakia - Communist Party of Slovakia, Dawn, Society for Scientific Communism, RESISTANCE – Labour Movement
• South Africa - Communist Party of South Africa (Marxist–Leninist)
• Template:Country data South Ossetia South Ossetia (unrecognized country) - Communist Party of South Ossetia, Party of Communists of the Republic of South Ossetia
• Template:Country data South Sudan South Sudan - South Sudan Communist Party
• Spain - Communist Party of Spain, Communist Party of the People of Spain, Communist Party of Spain (Marxist–Leninist), Communist Party of Spain (Reconstituted), Communist Unification of Spain, Spanish Communist Workers' Party, Revolutionary Communist Party, Marxist–Leninist Front of the Peoples of Spain, Party of the Communists of Catalonia, Living Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia, United and Alternative Left, Communist Party of the Catalan People, Communist Workers Bloc of Andalusia, Galician People's Union, Communist Party of the Menadores, Communist Party of Spain (Maoist), Communist Reconstruction, Communist Initiative, Primeira Linha, Democratic Labour Party, Endavant (OSAN), Kimetz, Communist Party of the Basque Homelands, Galician People's Front, Galician Movement for Socialism, Andalucía Comunista, Unidad del Pueblo, In Struggle, Corriente Roja, Red Roja, Socialist Internationalist Workers' Party, Revolutionary Workers' Party
• Template:Country data Sudan Sudan - Sudanese Communist Party
• Sweden - Communist Party of Sweden, Communist Party, Communist League
• Switzerland - Swiss Party of Labour, Party of Labour Basel (founded in 1944), Marxist–Leninist Group Switzerland
• Template:Country data Sri Lanka Sri Lanka - People's Liberation Front, Communist Party of Sri Lanka, Ceylon Communist Party (Maoist)
• Template:Country data Syria Syria - People's Will Party, Communist Labour Party
• Template:Country data Tajikistan Tajikistan - Communist Party of Tajikistan
• Template:Country data Togo Togo - Communist Party of Togo
• Template:Country data Transnistria Transnistria (unrecognized country) - Pridnestrovie Communist Party, Communist Party of Pridnestrovie
• Template:Country data Tunisia Tunisia - Workers' Party, Patriotic Socialist Revolutionary Party WATAD, Progressive People's Party
• Turkey - Communist Party, People's Communist Party of Turkey, Marxist–Leninist Communist Party, Workers' Party, Communist Labour Party of Turkey/Leninist, Revolutionary Communist Party of Turkey, Labour Party, Communist Party of Turkey (Workers Voice), Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist–Leninist, Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist–Leninist (Maoist Party Centre), Communist Revolution Movement/Leninist, Communist Workers Party of Turkey, Maoist Communist Party, Revolutionary People's Liberation Party–Front, Union of Revolutionary Communists of Turkey, Communist Party of Kurdistan, Revolutionary Party of Kurdistan, Bolshevik Party (North Kurdistan – Turkey)
• Template:Country data Turkmenistan Turkmenistan - Communist Party of Turkmenistan
• Template:Country data Ukraine Ukraine - Communist Party of Ukraine, Communist Party of Ukraine (renewed), Marxist–Leninist Party of Ukraine, Communist Party of Workers and Peasants, All-Union Communist Party Bolsheviks - Ukraine, Union of Communists of Ukraine, Association "Struggle"
• United Kingdom - Communist Party of Britain, Communist Party of Britain (Marxist–Leninist), Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist–Leninist), Communist Party of Great Britain (Provisional Central Committee), Communist Party of Scotland, New Communist Party of Britain, Revolutionary Communist Party of Britain (Marxist–Leninist), Revolutionary Communist Group, Communist League, Communist Party Alliance
• United States - American Party of Labor, Communist Party USA, Communist Voice Organization, League of Revolutionaries for a New America, Party for Socialism and Liberation, Party of Communists USA, Progressive Labor Party, Revolutionary Organization of Labor, Revolutionary Communist Party, U.S. Marxist–Leninist Organization, Workers Party, USA, Workers World Party, Socialist Workers Party, Freedom Road Socialist Organization [frso.org], Freedom Road Socialist Organization [freedomroad.org]
• Template:Country data Uruguay Uruguay - Revolutionary Communist Party of Uruguay
• Template:Country data Uzbekistan Uzbekistan - Communist Party of Uzbekistan
• Template:Country data Venezuela Venezuela - Red Flag Party, Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Venezuela, Admirable Campaign of the People's Power
• Post-Soviet states - All-Union Communist Party Bolsheviks, All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks), Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Bolshevik Platform of the KPSS

Former

• Template:Country data Afghanistan Afghanistan - Parcham faction of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan, became Watan Party of Afghanistan
• Template:Country data Albania Albania - Party of Labour of Albania, became Socialist Party of Albania
• Brazil - Brazilian Communist Party, became Popular Socialist Party
• Bulgaria - Bulgarian Communist Party, became Bulgarian Socialist Party
• Cambodia - Kampuchian People's Revolutionary Party, became Cambodian People's Party
• Estonia - Communist Party of Estonia, Communist Party of Estonia (on CPSU platform)
• Ethiopia - All-Ethiopian Socialist Movement
• Germany (East) - Socialist Unity Party of Germany, became Party of Democratic Socialism, and is now known as "The Left".
• Hungary - Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party, became Hungarian Socialist Party
• Iceland - Communist Party of Iceland
• Iraq - Leninist Group in the Iraqi Communist Movement
• Italy - Italian Communist Party, became the Democratic Party of the Left, which later merged into the currently ruling Democratic Party
• Mongolia - Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party, became Mongolian People's Party
• Morocco - Party of Progress and Socialism
• Netherlands - Communist Party of the Netherlands
• Poland - Polish United Workers' Party, became Democratic Left Alliance
• Romania - Communist Party of Romania, became National Salvation Front the descendants of which are Democratic Liberal Party and Social Democratic Party
• San Marino - Communist Party of San Marino, became Party of Democrats
• Sweden - Left Party
• Tunisia - Tunisian Communist Party, became Movement for Renewal
• Yemen - Yemeni Socialist Party

Defunct

Once ruling

• Czechoslovakia - Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, Czech Republic branch became Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia and Slovak branch became the Party of the Democratic Left
• Soviet Union - Communist Party of the Soviet Union, previously the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party
• Yugoslavia - League of Communists of Yugoslavia

Non-ruling

• Armenia - Armenian Workers Communist Party, Armenian Workers Union, Marxist Party of Armenia, Union of Communists of Armenia, Renewed Communist Party of Armenia
• Australia - Communist Party of Australia
• Belgium - Communist Party of Belgium – Marxist–Leninist, founded in 1976.
• Britain - Communist Party of Great Britain
• Canada - Labor-Progressive Party founded in 1943 when Communist Party of Canada was banned (resumed former name in 1959), Workers' Communist Party of Canada
• Channel Islands - Jersey Communist Party
• Taiwan - Taiwanese Communist Party
• Cuba - Popular Socialist Party, joined Cuban Communist Party
• El Salvador - Communist Party of El Salvador, merged into the FMLN
• Free Territory of Trieste - Communist Party of the Free Territory of Trieste, merged into the Italian Communist Party
• Georgia - Revived Communist Party of Georgia, Georgian Workers Communist Party
• Germany - Spartacist League formed in 1918 and became the Communist Party of Germany
• Germany (West) - Socialist Unity Party of West Berlin, Communist Party of Germany (banned 1956 in West Germany)
• Guatemala - Guatemalan Party of Labour, merged into the URNG
• Haiti - Unified Party of Haitian Communists, merged into the National Reconstruction Movement in 1990
• Honduras - Communist Party of Honduras, merged into the Patriotic Renewal Party
• Iceland - Communist Party of Iceland
• Indonesia - Communist Party of Indonesia
• Ireland - Communist Party of Ireland (Marxist–Leninist)
• Israel - Maki (1948–1973) split in 1965 with formation of largely Arab Rakah which changed its name to Maki in 1989.
• Italy - Communist Party of Italy
• Lebanon - Lebanese People's Party
• Malaysia - Malayan Communist Party, North Kalimantan Communist Party
• Mexico - Mexican Communist Party
• Namibia - Communist Party of Namibia
• Netherlands - Communist Party of the Netherlands merged into GroenLinks in 1989
• New Zealand - Communist Party of New Zealand, Socialist Unity Party
• Nigeria - Socialist Workers and Farmers Party of Nigeria
• Norway - Workers' Communist Party merged into the Red Party
• Palestine - Communist Party of Palestine (1921–1948)
• Poland - Communist Party of Poland
• Saudi Arabia - Communist Party in Saudi Arabia
• Singapore - Communist Party of Singapore
• Tatarstan - Communist Party of the Republic of Tatarstan
• Thailand - Communist Party of Thailand
• United States - Communist Party Marxist–Leninist, May 19th Communist Movement, Communist Workers Party, Black Panther Party, Communist Labor Party of America

See also

• Communist Party (disambiguation)
• International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties
• International Communist Seminar
• International Coordination of Revolutionary Parties and Organizations
• List of communist parties represented in European Parliament
• List of Trotskyist organizations by country
• List of Trotskyist internationals
• List of Left communist organizations by country
• List of active communist armed groups
• List of anti-capitalist and communist parties with national parliamentary representation
• List of left-wing internationals
• List of socialist countries
• List of anarchist organizations
• History of communism
• History of socialism
• Communist state
• Socialist state
• Juche
• Anarchist communism
• Social democracy

External links

• Leftist Parties of the World (Last update: October 4, 2006)