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

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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.[1]

List

Country Area Party Electoral Coalition Election Lower house Upper house Official ideology
 AlgeriaAfrica Workers' Party —2017 election
11 / 462
0 / 144
Trotskyism[2]
 Argentina South America Workers' Party Workers' Left Front2017 election
1 / 257
0 / 72
Trotskyism
Socialist Workers' Party
2 / 257
0 / 72
Trotskyism
 Bangladesh Asia Workers Party of Bangladesh Grand Alliance2014 election
6 / 300
—Marxism–Leninism-Maoism
National Socialist Party
5 / 300
—Socialism
 BelarusEurope Communist Party of Belarus —2016 election
8 / 110
17 / 64
Marxism–Leninism
 BelgiumEurope Workers' Party of Belgium —2014 election
6 / 313
2 / 150
Marxism
 BoliviaSouth America Movement for Socialism —2014 election
84 / 130
25 / 36
Socialism of the 21st century[3][4][5]
 Brazil South America Communist Party of Brazil —2014 election
10 / 513
1 / 81
Marxism–Leninism[6]
Socialism and Liberty Party —
5 / 513
1 / 81
Democratic socialism[6]
 Burkina Faso Africa Union for Rebirth / Sankarist Party —2015 election
5 / 127
—Sankarism
Party for Democracy and Socialism/Metba —
1 / 127
—Communism
 CameroonAfrica Union of the Peoples of Cameroon —2013 election
3 / 180
0 / 100
Marxism–Leninism
 Chile South America Democratic Revolution Broad Front2017 election
10 / 155
1 / 43
Democratic socialism
Communist Party of Chile New Majority
8 / 155
0 / 43
Marxism–Leninism[7]
Humanist Party Broad Front
5 / 155
0 / 43
Democratic socialism
Citizen Power Broad Front
1 / 155
0 / 43
Socialism of the 21st century
Equality Party Broad Front
1 / 155
0 / 43
Anti-capitalism
Progressive Party For All Chile
1 / 155
0 / 43
Democratic socialism
País For All Chile
0 / 155
1 / 43
Socialism
 ChinaAsia Communist Party of China United Front2012–2013 election
2,157 / 2,987
—Marxism–Leninism
Socialism with Chinese characteristics [8]
 Colombia South America Alternative Democratic Pole Alternative Democratic Pole2014 election
3 / 166
5 / 102
Democratic socialism
Common Alternative Revolutionary Force FARC
5 / 166
5 / 102
Marxism–Leninism
 Democratic Republic of the CongoAfrica Unified Lumumbist Party Alliance of the Presidential Majority2011 election
34 / 500
3 / 108
Lumumbism
 CubaSouth America Communist Party of Cuba —2018 election
605 / 605
—Marxism–Leninism
 CyprusEurope Progressive Party of Working People —2016 election
16 / 56
—Marxism–Leninism
 Czech RepublicEurope Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia —2017 –2016 elections
15 / 200
1 / 81
Communism[9][10]
 Denmark Europe Red–Green Alliance —2015 elections
14 / 179
—Anti-capitalism
Inuit Ataqatigiit —
1 / 179
—Democratic socialism
 Ecuador South America PAIS Alliance United Front2017 election
44 / 137
—Socialism of the 21st century
Pachakutik National Agreement for Change
4 / 137
—Socialism
 EthiopiaAfrica Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front —2015 election
500 / 547
—Socialism
 FinlandEurope Left Alliance —2015 election
12 / 200
—Democratic socialism
 France Europe French Communist Party Left Front2017 elections
12 / 577
12 / 348
Eurocommunism
La France Insoumise –
17 / 577
1 / 348
Democratic socialism
Left Party La France Insoumise
8 / 577
0 / 348
Democratic socialism
Ensemble! Left Front
2 / 577
0 / 348
Eco-socialism
Communist Party of Réunion Alliance of the Overseas
0 / 577
1 / 348
Socialism
 GermanyEurope The Left —2017 election
69 / 709
5 / 69
Democratic socialism
 Greece Europe Communist Party of Greece —2015 election
15 / 300
—Marxism–Leninism
Syriza —2015 election
145 / 300
—Socialism[11]
 Guatemala North America Convergence —2015 election
3 / 158
—Socialism
Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity —
2 / 158
—Revolutionary socialism[12]
Winaq —
1 / 158
—Democratic socialism
 GuyanaSouth America People's Progressive Party —2015 election
32 / 65
—Marxism–Leninism[13]
 Honduras North America Liberty and Refoundation —2017 election
30 / 128
—Democratic socialism
Democratic Unification Party —2017 election
1 / 128
—Socialism
 IcelandEurope Left-Green Movement —2017 election
11 / 63
–Eco-socialism
 India Asia Communist Party of India (Marxist) United National Progressive Alliance2014 election
9 / 543
6 / 245
Marxism–Leninism[14]
Communist Party of India United National Progressive Alliance
1 / 543
1 / 245
Marxism–Leninism
Revolutionary Socialist Party United National Progressive Alliance
1 / 543
0 / 245
Marxism–Leninism
 IraqMiddle East Iraqi Communist Party Civil Democratic Alliance2014 election
1 / 328
—Marxism–Leninism
 Ireland Europe People Before Profit Alliance Anti-Austerity Alliance–People Before ProfitIrish general election, 2016
3 / 158
0 / 60
Democratic socialism
Sinn Féin Irish general election, 2016 —
23 / 158
7 / 60
Democratic socialism[15][16]
Socialist Party Anti-Austerity Alliance–People Before ProfitIrish general election, 2016
3 / 158
0 / 60
Trotskyism[17]
Workers and Unemployed Action Group Irish general election, 2016 —
1 / 158
0 / 60
Socialism
 IsraelMiddle East Communist Party of Israel Democratic Front for Peace and Equality2013 election
3 / 120
—Marxism–Leninism[18]
 ItalyEurope Italian Left Free and Equal2018 election
3 / 630
1 / 315
Democratic socialism[19]
 JapanAsia Japanese Communist Party —2017—2016 elections
12 / 465
14 / 242
Scientific socialism[20]
 KazakhstanAsia Communist People's Party of Kazakhstan —2016 elections
7 / 108
—Marxism–Leninism[21]
 Korea, NorthAsia Workers' Party of Korea Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland2014 elections
607 / 687
—Juche[22]
 LaosAsia Lao People's Revolutionary Party Lao Front for National Construction2016 elections
144 / 149
—Marxism–Leninism[23]
 LuxembourgEurope The Left —2013 elections
2 / 60
—Democratic socialism
 MaliAfrica African Solidarity for Democracy and Independence —2013 elections
5 / 160
—Marxism–Leninism
 MauritiusAfrica Mauritian Militant Movement —2014 election
7 / 69
–Democratic socialism
 MexicoNorth America Labor Party Juntos Haremos Historia2018 elections
61 / 500
7 / 128
Socialism
 MoldovaEurope Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova —2014 elections
21 / 101
—Marxism–Leninism[24]
 MontenegroEurope Worker's Party Democratic Front2016 elections
1 / 81
—Labour rights
 MoroccoAfrica Party of Progress and Socialism —2016 elections
12 / 395
—Socialism
 MyanmarAsia National Unity Party —2015 election
0 / 330
1 / 224
Socialism[25]
 NamibiaAfrica Workers Revolutionary Party —2014 elections
2 / 96
—Trotskyism
   Nepal Asia Nepal Communist Party —2017 election
174 / 275
42 / 59
Democratic centralism.
Naya Shakti Party, Nepal —
1 / 275
0 / 59
Marxism
Nepal Workers Peasants Party —
1 / 275
0 / 59
Maoism
Rastriya Janamorcha —
1 / 275
0 / 59
Communism
 NicaraguaNorth America Sandinista National Liberation Front —2016 election
71 / 92
—Sandinismo[26]
 Norway Europe Socialist Left Party —2017 election
11 / 169
—Democratic socialism
Red Party —
1 / 169
—Communism
 Pakistan Asia Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party —2013 election
4 / 342
3 / 104
Democratic Socialism
Awami National Party —2013 election
2 / 342
6 / 104
Democratic Socialism
 Palestine Middle East Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Palestine Liberation Organization2006 election
3 / 132
—Marxism–Leninism
Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine Palestine Liberation Organization2006 election
1 / 132
—Marxism–Leninism–Maoism
Palestinian People's Party Palestine Liberation Organization2006 election
1 / 132
—Scientific socialism
 ParaguaySouth America Guasú Front —2018 election
0 / 80
6 / 45
Democratic socialism
 PeruSouth America Broad Front —2016 election—
20 / 130
Democratic socialism
 PhilippinesAsia New Patriotic Alliance National Democracy Movement2013 election
7 / 292
0 / 24
Filipino communism[27]
 Portugal Europe Portuguese Communist Party Unitary Democratic Coalition2015 election
15 / 230
—Marxism–Leninism[28]
Ecologist Party "The Greens" Unitary Democratic Coalition
2 / 230
—Eco-socialism
Left Bloc —
19 / 230
—Socialism
 RussiaEurope Communist Party of the Russian Federation —2016 election
42 / 450
2 / 170
Marxism–Leninism[29]
 Sahrawi Arab Democratic RepublicAfrica Polisario Front —2012 election
53 / 53
—Democratic socialism
 San MarinoEurope Democratic Socialist Left Active Citizenship2016 election
14 / 60
—Eurocommunism[30]
 SloveniaEurope LEVICA —2018 elections
9 / 90
—Eco-socialism
 South Africa Africa Economic Freedom Fighters —2014 election
25 / 400
—Marxism–Leninism[31]
South African Communist Party[note 1] Tripartite Alliance
0 / 400
—Marxism–Leninism
 Spain Europe Podemos Podemos2016 election
71 / 350
23 / 266
Democratic socialism
Sortu Amaiur2011 election
5 / 350
3 / 266
Revolutionary socialism
Communist Party of Spain United Left
4 / 350
2 / 266
Eurocommunism[33]
Republican Left of Catalonia —
3 / 350
1 / 266
Democratic socialism
Initiative for Catalonia Greens United Left
2 / 350
2 / 266
Eco-socialism[33]
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
EH Bildu EH Bildu
0 / 350
1 / 266
Democratic socialism
 Sri Lanka Asia 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
 SurinameSouth America Progressive Workers' and Farmers' Union —2015 election
1 / 51
—Radical left
 SwedenEurope Left Party —2018 election
28 / 349
—Socialism
  SwitzerlandEurope Labour —2015 election
1 / 200
—Marxism
 Syria Middle East Syrian Communist Party (Bakdash) National Progressive Front2016 election
3 / 250
—Marxism–Leninism[34]
Syrian Communist Party (Unified)
1 / 250
—Communism
 TajikistanAsia Communist Party of Tajikistan —2015 election
2 / 63
—Marxism–Leninism[35]
 TunisiaAfrica Popular Front —2014 election
15 / 217
—Socialism
 TurkeyEurope Peoples' Democratic Party —2018 election
67 / 600
—Democratic socialism
 United Kingdom Europe Sinn Féin —2017 election
7 / 650
0 / 811
Democratic socialism[15][16]
Green Party of England and Wales –
1 / 650
1 / 811
Eco-socialism[36]
United Kingdom Northern Ireland Europe Sinn Féin —2017 election
27 / 90
—Democratic socialism
People Before Profit Alliance —2017 election
1 / 90
—Democratic socialism
 Uruguay South America Communist Party of Uruguay Broad Front2014 election
50 / 99
15 / 30
Marxism–Leninism
Movement of Popular Participation Broad FrontSocialism of the 21st century
Popular Assembly —2014 election
1 / 99
0 / 30
Marxism–Leninism
 Venezuela South America United Socialist Party of Venezuela Great Patriotic Pole2015 election
52 / 167
—Socialism of the 21st century[37]
Communist Party of Venezuela
2 / 167
—Marxism–Leninism
Republican Bicentennial Vanguard
1 / 167
—Chavismo
 VietnamAsia Communist Party of Vietnam Vietnamese Fatherland Front2016 election
475 / 500
—Marxism–Leninism[38]
 YemenMiddle East Yemeni Socialist Party —2003 election
8 / 301
–Democratic socialism
 ZambiaAfrica Patriotic Front —2016 election
80 / 156
—Democratic socialism[39][40]

See also

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".[32]

References

  1. ↑ Kim Jong-un, "Let Us Brilliantly Accomplish the Revolutionary Cause of Juche, Holding the Great Comrade Kim Jong Il in High Esteem as the Eternal General Secretary of Our Party", 6 April 2012.
  2. ↑ http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/algeria/algeria2012.txt
  3. ↑ Ediciones El País. "Evo Morales insta a "erradicar el capitalismo" para salvar el planeta". EL PAÍS. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
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  5. ↑ "Evo Morales: "Capitalism is the worst enemy of humanity"". Climate & Capitalism. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  6. 1 2 The first reference is for the lower house, the second for the upper house.
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  11. ↑ http://www.guengl.eu/group/delegation/syriza
  12. ↑ "Acuerdo No. 1319-2011 – Resultados oficiales" (in Spanish). elecciones2011.tse.org.gt. Archived from the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  13. ↑ The SolidNet Team. "13 IMCWP, Contribution of PPP of Guyana [En.]". solidnet.org.
  14. ↑ The first two references are about seats in parliament.
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  15. 1 2 "What Sinn Féin stands for". Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  16. 1 2 "Sinn Féin - political party, Ireland and United Kingdom :: Policy and structure". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
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  20. ↑ "East & Southeast Asia: Japan – Government". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  21. ↑ "Two more Kazakh parties wins parliamentary seats". BBC Online. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
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  27. ↑ "Asia: Philippines – Government". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Archived from the original on 11 January 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
  28. ↑
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  29. ↑
    • 1st Congress of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (February 1993). Устав КПРФ [Charter of the CPRF] (in Russian). Communist Party of the Russian Federation. Archived from the original on 16 January 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
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  31. ↑ "About us". Archived from the original on 2014-05-08.
  32. ↑ Matuma Letsoalo. "Parliamentary payoff for pro-Zuma Cosatu officials". The M&G Online. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  33. 1 2 "Europe: Spain – Government". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  34. ↑ Yoshie Furuhashi. "S. Saleh Waziruddin, "Communist Parties Win 11 Seats in Syrian Parliamentary Elections"". Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  35. ↑ "Central Asia: Tajikistan – Government". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  36. ↑ https://www.greenparty.org.uk/assets/files/resources/Manifesto_web_file.pdf
  37. ↑ "Communist Party of Venezuela" [PCV – Partido Comunista de Venezuela]. Communist Party of Venezuela. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
  38. ↑
    • "Tiếp tục đẩy mạnh học tập và làm theo tấm gương đạo đức Bác Hồ" [To further promote learning and following Uncle Ho's Moral Example] (in Vietnamese). Communist Party of Vietnam. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
    • "East & Southeast Asia: Vietnam – Government". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  39. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2015-12-16.
  40. ↑ "2011 Tripartite Elections: Summary of Allocation of National Assembly Seats" (pdf). Electoral Commission of Zambia. 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
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