List of anti-capitalist and communist parties with national parliamentary representation

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, and the ideology of the Workers' Party of Korea (its ruling party) being Kimilsungism–Kimjongilism.^[1]

List

Country	Party	Electoral Coalition	Election	Lower house	Upper house	Official ideology
Algeria	Workers' Party	—	2012 election	24 / 462	—	Trotskyism[2]
Argentina	Workers' Party	Workers' Left Front	2013 election	3 / 257	0 / 72	Trotskyism
	Socialist Workers' Party	Workers' Left Front		1 / 257	0 / 72	Trotskyism
Bangladesh	Workers Party of Bangladesh	Grand Alliance	2014 election	6 / 300	—	Marxism–Leninism-Maoism
	National Socialist Party	Grand Alliance		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–Leninism
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]
Burma	National Unity Party	—	2015 election	0 / 330	1 / 224	Socialism[7]
Chile	Communist Party of Chile	New Majority	2013 election	6 / 120	0 / 38	Marxism–Leninism[8]
	Broad Social Movement	New Majority		0 / 120	1 / 38	Socialism
	Citizen Left	New Majority		1 / 120	0 / 38	Socialism
	Democratic Revolution	—		1 / 120	0 / 38	Socialism
	Autonomous Left	—		1 / 120	0 / 38	Autonomism
China	Communist Party of China	United Front	2012–2013 election	2,157 / 2,987	—	Socialism with Chinese characteristics [9]
Colombia	Revolutionary Independent Labour Movement	Alternative Democratic Pole	2014 election	0 / 164	1 / 102	Marxism–Leninism
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Unified Lumumbist Party	Alliance of the Presidential Majority	2007 election	2 / 108	—	Lumumbism
Croatia	Croatian Labourists – Labour Party	—	2015 election	3 / 151	—	Democratic socialism
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	Marxism–Leninism
Denmark	Socialist People's Party	—	2015 elections	7 / 179	—	Democratic socialism
	Red–Green Alliance	—		14 / 179	—	Anti-capitalism
	Inuit Ataqatigiit	—		1 / 179	—	Democratic socialism
Ecuador	PAIS Alliance	—	2013 election	100 / 132	—	Socialism of the 21st century
	Montecristi Lives	Plurinational Unity of the Lefts		1 / 132	—	Anti-capitalism
	Popular Power	Plurinational Unity of the Lefts		1 / 132	—	Trotskyism
	Pachakutik	Plurinational Unity of the Lefts		1 / 132	—	Socialism
	Party of Revolutionary Socialism	Plurinational Unity of the Lefts		1 / 132	—	Socialism
	Democratic People's Movement	Plurinational Unity of the Lefts		1 / 132	—	Socialism
	Participa Movement Radical Democracy	Plurinational Unity of the Lefts		1 / 132	—	Socialism
Egypt	Modern Egypt Party	For the Love of Egypt	2015 election	4 / 568	—	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	2012 election	7 / 577	20 / 348	Eurocommunism
	Federation for a Social and Ecological Alternative	Left Front		2 / 577	0 / 348	Eco-socialism
	Left Party	Left Front		1 / 577	0 / 348	Democratic socialism
	Communist Party of Réunion	Alliance of the Overseas		0 / 577	1 / 348	Communism
Germany	The Left	—	2013 election	64 / 631	—	Democratic socialism
Ghana	Convention People's Party	—	2012 election	1 / 275	—	Nkrumaism
	People's National Convention	—		1 / 275	—	Nkrumaism
Greece	Syriza	—	September 2015 election	145 / 300	—	Democratic socialism
	Communist Party of Greece	—		15 / 300	—	Marxism–Leninism
Guatemala	Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity	—	2015 election	3 / 158	—	Revolutionary socialism[10]
Guyana	People's Progressive Party	—	2015 election	32 / 65	—	Marxism–Leninism[11]
Honduras	Liberty and Refoundation	—	2013 election	37 / 128	—	Democratic socialism
	Democratic Unification Party	—	2013 election	1 / 128	—	Socialism
Iceland	Left-Green Movement	—	2016 election	10 / 63	–	Eco-socialism
India	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	United National Progressive Alliance	2014 election	9 / 543	9 / 245	Marxism–Leninism [12]
	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	Sinn Féin	—	2016 election	23 / 158	3 / 60	Democratic socialism[13][14]
	People Before Profit Alliance	Anti-Austerity Alliance–People Before Profit		3 / 158	0 / 60	Democratic socialism
	Socialist Party	Anti-Austerity Alliance–People Before Profit		3 / 158	0 / 60	Trotskyism"[15]
	Workers and Unemployed Action Group	—		1 / 158	0 / 60	Socialism
Israel	Communist Party of Israel	Democratic Front for Peace and Equality	2013 election	3 / 120	—	Marxism–Leninism[16]
Japan	Japanese Communist Party	—	2014—2016 elections	21 / 480	14 / 242	Scientific socialism[17]
Kazakhstan	Communist People's Party of Kazakhstan	—	2016 elections	7 / 108	—	Marxism–Leninism[18]
Korea, North	Workers' Party of Korea	Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland	2014 elections	607 / 687	—	Juche[19]
Laos	Lao People's Revolutionary Party	Lao Front for National Construction	2016 elections	144 / 149	—	Marxism–Leninism[20]
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	Citizens' Movement	Broad Progressive Front	2015 elections	26 / 500	2 / 128	Democratic socialism
	Labor Party	Broad Progressive Front		6 / 500	4 / 128	Democratic socialism
Moldova	Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova	—	2014 elections	21 / 101	—	Marxism–Leninism[21]
Morocco	Party of Progress and Socialism	—	2011 elections	18 / 395	—	Socialism
Namibia	Communist Party of Namibia	—	2014 elections	2 / 96	—	Marxism–Leninism
Nepal	Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	—	2013 election	175 / 601	—	People's Multiparty Democracy[22]
	Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)	—		80 / 601	—	Marxism–Leninism–Maoism–Prachanda Path
	Janamorcha Nepal	—		8 / 601	—	Marxism–Leninism
	Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist–Leninist) (2002)	—		5 / 601	—	Marxism–Leninism
	Communist Party of Nepal (United)	—		5 / 601	—	Marxism–Leninism
	Nepal Workers Peasants Party	—		4 / 601	—	Marxism–Leninism–Maoism
	Communist Party of Nepal (Unified)	—		4 / 601	—	Marxism–Leninism–Maoism
	Rastriya Janamorcha	—		3 / 601	—	Marxism–Leninism
Nicaragua	Sandinista National Liberation Front	—	2016 election	71 / 92	—	Sandinismo[23]
Norway	Socialist Left Party	—	2013 election	7 / 169	—	Democratic socialism
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[24]
Portugal	Portuguese Communist Party	Democratic Unitarian Coalition	2015 election	15 / 230	—	Marxism–Leninism[25]
	Ecologist Party "The Greens"	Democratic Unitarian Coalition		2 / 230	—	Eco-socialism
	Left Bloc	—		19 / 230	—	Socialism
Russia	Communist Party of the Russian Federation	—	2011 election	92 / 450	—	Marxism–Leninism[26]
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic	Polisario Front	—	2012 election	53 / 53	—	Democratic socialism
San Marino	United Left	Active Citizenship	2012 election	5 / 60	—	Eurocommunism[27]
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[28]
	South African Communist Party[note 1]	Tripartite Alliance		0 / 400	—	Marxism–Leninism
Spain	Podemos (Spanish political party)	Podemos (Spanish political party)	2015 election	69 / 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[30]
	Republican Left of Catalonia	—		3 / 350	1 / 266	Democratic socialism
	Initiative for Catalonia Greens	United Left		2 / 350	2 / 266	Eco-socialism[30]
	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
	Euskal Herria 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	2012 election	8 / 250	—	Marxism–Leninism[31]
	Syrian Communist Party (Unified)	National Progressive Front		3 / 250	—	Marxism–Leninism
	People's Will Party	Popular Front for Change and Liberation		1 / 250	—	Marxism–Leninism
Tajikistan	Communist Party of Tajikistan	—	2015 election	2 / 63	—	Marxism–Leninism[32]
Tunisia	Workers' Party	Popular Front	2011 election	3 / 217	—	Marxism–Leninism[33]
	Democratic Patriots' Movement	Popular Front		1 / 217	—	Socialism[34]
	Progressive People's Party	—		1 / 217	—	Marxism–Leninism[34]
Turkey	Peoples' Democratic Party	—	June 2015 election	80 / 550	—	Democratic socialism
United Kingdom	Sinn Féin	—	2015 election	4 / 650	0 / 811	Democratic socialism[13][14]
	Green Party of England and Wales[35]	—	2015 election	1 / 650	1 / 811	Eco-socialism
Northern Ireland	Sinn Féin	—	2016 election	28 / 108	—	Democratic socialism
Northern Ireland	People Before Profit Alliance	—	2016 election	2 / 108	—	Democratic socialism; Trotskyism
Scotland	Scottish Green Party	—	2016 election	6 / 129	—	Eco-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[36]
	Communist Party of Venezuela	Great Patriotic Pole		2 / 167	—	Marxism–Leninism
Vietnam	Communist Party of Vietnam	Vietnamese Fatherland Front	2011 election	458 / 500	—	Marxism–Leninism[37]
Yemen	Yemeni Socialist Party	—	2003 election	8 / 301	–	Democratic socialism
Zambia	Patriotic Front	—	2016 election	80 / 156	—	Democratic socialism[38][39]

See also

• List of communist parties represented in European Parliament

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".^[29]

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