List of communist parties in India

The following is a list of political parties in India that are aligned with the communist ideology.

Pro-Left Front Communist Parties[]

Logo		Name	Abbr.	Leader	Ideology
		Communist Party of India (Marxist)	CPI(M)	Sitaram Yechury	Marxism–Leninism
		Communist Party of India	CPI	D. Raja	Marxism–Leninism
		All India Forward Bloc	AIFB	Debabrata Biswas	Marxism-Leninism

Minor Left Parties

• Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy led by K. R. Gowri Amma
• Communist Marxist Party (Rajeshkumar) led by M.V. Rajeshkumar
• Satyashodhak Communist Party
• Bolshevik Party of India
• Revolutionary Communist Party of India (RCPI) led by Biren Deka^[1]
• Revolutionary Socialist Party (Leninist) Kovoor led by Kovoor Kunjumon
• Revolutionary Socialist Party (Leninist) Ambalathara led by Ambalathara Sreedharan Nair
• Revolutionary Socialist Party (Marxist) Prem Sudha led by Prem Sudha
• Marxist Forward Bloc
• Workers Party of India

Left United Front[]

• Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
• Marxist Communist Party of India (United)
• Revolutionary Marxist Party of India

Pro-Naxal/ Maoist Communist Parties[]

Moderate Pro-Naxal/ Maoist Communist Parties[]

• Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation led by Dipankar Bhattacharya
• Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Class Struggle led by Kanu Sanyal
• Marxist-Leninist Party of India (Red Flag) led by P.C. Unnichekkan
• Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Red Star led by K.N. Ramchandran
• Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) New Democracy led by Yatendra Kumar
• Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Somnath led by Somnath Chatterjee Ukhra and Pradip Banerjee
• Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Shantipal
• Provisional Central Committee, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) led by Santosh Rana
• Unity Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India (Marxist-Leninist) (D.V. Rao)
• Communist Ghadar Party of India
• Communist Party of Bharat led by Ranjan Chakraborty
• Marxist-Leninist Committee led by K. Venkateswar Rao

Extremist Pro-Naxal/ Maoist Communist Parties[]

• Communist Party of India (Maoist) led by Muppala Lakshmana Rao
• Revolutionary Communist Centre of India (Marxist-Leninist-Maoist)
• Communist Party of United States of India led by Veeranna
• Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Janashakti - Koora Rajanna led by Koora Rajanna
• Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Janashakti - Ranadheer led by Ranadheer
• Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Janashakti - Chandra Pulla Reddy led by Chandra Pulla Reddy
• Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Mahadev Mukherjee) led by Mahadev Mukherjee
• Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Second Central Committee
• Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Central Team
• Communist Party Reorganisation Centre of India (Marxist-Leninist)
• Communist League of India (Marxist-Leninist) Ramnath
• Communist League of India (Marxist-Leninist) Parikalpana
• Communist League of India (Marxist-Leninist) Revisionist
• Re-organizing Committee, Communist League of India (Marxist-Leninist)

Pro-Congress/ UPA Communist Parties[]

• Revolutionary Socialist Party
• Peasants and Workers Party of India

Confederation of Indian Communists and Democratic Socialists (CICDS)

• United Communist Party of India led by Mohit Sen
• Communist Marxist Party (John) led by C. P. John
• Party of Democratic Socialism led by Saifuddin Choudhury and Samir Putatundu
• Communist Revolutionary League of India (CRLI) led by Ashim Chatterjee
• Peoples Revolutionary Party of India (Paschimbanga Ganatantrik Manch) led by
• Tripura Ganatantrik Manch led by Ajoy Biswas
• Janganotantrik Morcha led by Ajoy Biswas
• Marxist Manch of Assam
• Orissa Communist Party led by Ajay Rout
• Krantikari Samyavadi Party based in Bihar
• Rashtravadi Communist Party based in Uttar Pradesh
• Madhya Pradesh Kisan Mazdoor Adivasi Kranti Dal

Pro-BJP/ NDA Communist Parties[]

• Communist Party of Revolutionary Marxists based in Darjeeling

Other Communist Parties[]

• Marxist Co-ordination Committee
• Lal Nishan Party (Leninvadi)
• Revolutionary Communist Party of India (Das)
• Telangana Communist Party
• Revolutionary Socialist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)
• New Socialist Alternative

See also[]

• Socialism in India

References[]