List of Communist Parties
There are, at present, a number of communist parties 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 .
Some Communist parties have names such as Socialist Party, Socialist Workers Party, Workers' Party, etc. The parties on this list are mostly those that were aligned with either Moscow or Beijing during the Cold War and their offshoots.
See also: World Communist Movement , List of left-wing internationals , List of Trotskyist internationals , List of members of the Comintern , List of left communist internationals , List of political parties
List
Ruling
Formerly ruling, now defunct
Modern
Afghanistan - The Khalq faction of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan
Algeria - Algerian Party of Peace and Socialism
Argentina - Communist Party of Argentina
Australia - Communist Party of Australia
Austria - Communist Party of Austria
Bahrain - National Liberation Front of Bahrain
Bangladesh - Communist Party of Bangladesh
Belarus - Communist Party of Belarus , Party of Belorussian Communists
Belgium - Kommunistische Partij , Parti Communiste , Workers Party of Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina - Workers' Communist Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bolivia - Communist Party of Bolivia
Brazil - Brazilian Communist Party , Communist Party of Brazil
Britain - Communist Party of Great Britain (Provisional Central Committee) , Communist Party of Britain , Communist Party of Britain Marxist-Leninist , Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist-Leninist) , Communist Party of Scotland , New Communist Party of Britain , Revolutionary Communist Party of Britain (Marxist-Leninist)
Burma - Burmese Communist Party
Canada - Communist Party of Canada , Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist)
Chile - Communist Party of Chile
Colombia - Colombian Communist Party , Clandestine Colombian Communist Party
Costa Rica - Popular Vanguard Party , Costa Rican People's Party
Cyprus - Progressive Party of Working People
Czech Republic - Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia
Denmark - Communist Party of Denmark , Communist Party in Denmark
Dominican Republic - Force of the Revolution
Finland - Communist Party of Finland
France - Communist Party of France
Ecuador - Communist Party of Ecuador
Egypt - Communist Party of Egypt
Georgia - Georgian United Communist Party
Germany - German Communist Party
Greece - Communist Party of Greece
Guadeloupe - Communist Party of Guadeloupe
Hungary - Workers Party
India - Communist Party of India , Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Iran - Tudeh Party of Iran , Worker-Communist Party of Iran
Iraq - Iraqi Communist Party , Worker-Communist Party of Iraq
Ireland - Communist Party of Ireland , Workers Party of Ireland
Israel - Communist Party of Israel which dominates the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality (Hadash )
Italy - Communist Refoundation Party , Party of Italian Communists
Japan - Japanese Communist Party
Jordan - Communist Party of Jordan , Communist Workers' Party of Jordan
Kazakhstan - Communist Party of Kazakhstan , Communist People's Party of Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan - Communist Party of Kyrgyzstan , Party of Communists of Kyrgyzstan
Lebanon - Lebanese Communist Party
Lesotho - Communist Party of Lesotho
Luxemburg - Communist Party of Luxemburg
Malta - Communist Party of Malta
Martinique - Communist Party of Martinique
Mexico - Popular Socialist Party of Mexico
Morocco - Party of Progress and Socialism
Nepal - Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) , Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) , Communist Party of Nepal (United) , Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist) , Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre-Masal)
Netherlands - New Communist Party of the Netherlands
New Zealand - Socialist Party of Aotearoa
Norway - Communist Party of Norway , Workers Communist Party of Norway
Panama - People's Party of Panama
Paraguay - Paraguayan Communist Party
Pakistan - Communist Mazdoor Kisan Party , Communist Party of Pakistan
Peru - Peruvian Communist Party , Communist Party of Peru (Red Fatherland) , Communist Party of Peru
Philippines - Communist Party of the Philippines
Poland - Communist Party of Poland
Portugal - Communist Party of Portugal , Portuguese Communist Party
Reunion - Communist Party of Reunion
Russia - Communist Party of the Russian Federation , Communist Workers Party of Russia
San Marino - San Marino Communist Refoundation
Serbia and Montenegro - New Communist Party of Yugoslavia
Senegal - Party of Independence and Labour
Slovakia - Communist Party of Slovakia
South Africa - South African Communist Party
Spain - Communist Party of Spain
Sudan - Communist Party of the Sudan
Sweden - Communist Party of Sweden
Switzerland - Swiss Party of Labor
Syria - Syrian Communist Party (Bakdash) , Syrian Communist Party (Faisal)
Sri Lanka - Communist Party of Sri Lanka
Tajikistan - Communist Party of Tajikistan
Turkey - Communist Party of Turkey
Ukraine - Communist Party of Ukraine
United States - Communist Party USA , Progressive Labor Party , Revolutionary Communist Party , Socialist Workers Party , Workers World Party , Workers Party, USA
Uruguay - Communist Party of Uruguay
Venezuela - Communist Party of Venezuela
Former
Afghanistan - Parcham faction of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan , became Democratic Watan Party of Afghanistan
Albania - Socialist Party of Albania
Brazil - Brazilian Communist Party , became Popular Socialist Party
Bulgaria - Bulgarian Socialist Party
Cambodia - Cambodia People's Party
Ethiopia - All Ethiopian Socialist Movement
Germany (East) - Socialist Unity Party of Germany , became Party of Democratic Socialism
Hungary - Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party , became Hungarian Socialist Party
Iceland - Popular Alliance
Italy - Democrats of the Left
Mongolia - Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party
Slovakia - Party of the Democratic Left
Sweden - Left Party - Communists , became Left Party
Palestine - Palestine Communist Party , became Palestinian People's Party
Poland - Polish United Workers Party , became Alliance of the Democratic Left
Romania - Communist Party of Romania , became Democratic Socialist Party of Romania and then Social Democratic Party of Romania
San Marino - Communist Party of San Marino , became Party of Democrats
Tunisia - Tunisian Communist Party , became Movement for Renewal
Yemen - Yemeni Socialist Party
Defunct (non-ruling)
Australia - Communist Party of Australia (original)
Canada - Labour-Progressive Party founded in 1943 when Communist Party of Canada was banned (resumed former name in 1959), Workers' Communist Party of Canada (Maoist)
Channel Islands - Communist Party of Jersey
Cuba - People's Socialist Party , joined Cuban Communist Party
El Salvador - Communist Party of El Salvador , joined FMLN
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 , joined URNG
Honduras - Communist Party of Honduras , dissolved into Partido Renovación Patriótica
Indonesia - Communist Party of Indonesia
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
Malaysia - Communist Party of Malaya , North Kalimantan Communist Party
Mexico - Mexican Communist Party
Mauritania - Communist Party of Mauritania
Netherlands - Communist Party of the Netherlands became part of GroenLinks in 1989
New Zealand - Communist Party of New Zealand , Socialist Unity Party
Nicaragua - Socialist Party of Nicaragua
Palestine - Communist Party of Palestine (1921-1948)
Poland - Communist Party of Poland , see Polish minority in Soviet Union
Saudi Arabia - Communist Party of Saudi Arabia
Taiwan - Taiwanese Communist Party
Thailand - Communist Party of Thailand
United Kingdom - Communist Party of Great Britain
United States - Provisional Communist Party , Communist Party Marxist-Leninist , May 19th Communist Movement
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