List of communist parties in India

India has a number of current and historical Communist parties. These include:

Pro-left front communist parties

• Communist Party of India (Marxist) Led by Sitaram Yechury.
• Communist Party of India
• All India Forward Bloc
• Revolutionary Socialist Party (Marxist) led by Babu Divakaran
• Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation led by Dipankar Bhattacharya
• Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
• Peasants and Workers Party of India
• Revolutionary Communist Party of India (RCPI)
• Communist Marxist Party led by K.R. Aravindakshan
• Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy led by K. R. Gowri Amma
• Workers Party of India

Pro-Congress/UPA communist parties

• Revolutionary Socialist Party
• Confederation of Indian Communists and Democratic Socialists (CICDS)
  • United Communist Party of India led by Mohit Sen
  • Party of Democratic Socialism led by Saifuddin Chaudhury
  • Communist Marxist Party led by C. P. John
  • Orissa Communist Party led by Ajay Rout
  • Communist Party of Revolutionary Marxists based in Darjeeling
  • Communist Revolutionary League of India led by Ashim Chatterjee
  • Paschimbanga Ganatantrik Manch (Peoples Revolutionary Party of India) led by Sumantha Hira
  • Janganotantrik Morcha
  • Tripura Ganatantrik Manch led by Ajoy Biswas
  • Lal Nishan Party
  • Rashtravadi Communist Party based in Uttar Pradesh
  • Krantikari Samyavadi Party based in Bihar
  • Madhya Pradesh Kisan Mazdoor Adivasi Kranti Dal
  • Marxist Manch of Assam
• Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy led by A. N. Rajan Babu
• Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy led by V. Satyajith

Pro-Chinese Naxal/Maoist communist moderate parties

Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Factions

• • Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) led by Kanu Sanyal
  • Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Red Flag led by Unnichekkan
  • 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) Organizing Committee
  • Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Shantipal
  • Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Jan Samvad
  • Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Nai Pahal
  • Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) New Proletarian
  • Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Maharashtra
  • Provisional Central Committee, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) led by Satyanarayan Singh and Santosh Rana
  • Communist Party Reorganization Centre of India (Marxist-Leninist)
  • Marxist-Leninist Committee led by K. Venkateswar Rao
  • Unity Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India (Marxist-Leninist) (D.V. Rao)
  • Unity Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Ajmer group)
  • Communist Party of Bharat led by Ranjan Chakraborty
  • Revolutionary Socialist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)
  • Revolutionary Communist Unity Centre (Marxist-Leninist)
  • Communist Ghadar Party of India
  • Lal Jhanda Dal

Pro-Chinese Naxal/Maoist communist parties using violent means

• Communist Party of India (Maoist) led by Muppala Lakshmana Rao
• Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Naxalbari led by Rauf
• Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Janashakti led by Koora Rajanna
• Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Janashakti led by Ranadheer
• Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Janashakti led by Chandra Pulla Reddy
• Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Mahadev Mukherjee) led by Mahadev Mukherjee
• Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Central Team
• Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Bhaijee
• Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Prajashakti
• Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Praja Pratighatana
• Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Prathighatana
• Communist League of India (Marxist-Leninist) Ramnath faction
• Communist League of India (Marxist-Leninist) Parikalpana faction
• Communist League of India (Marxist-Leninist) Revisionist faction
• Re-organizing Committee, Communist League of India (Marxist-Leninist)
• Revolutionary Communist Centre of India (Marxist-Leninist-Maoist)
• Communist Party of United States of India
• Centre of Indian Communists
• Communist Revolutionary Centre

Other communist parties

• Revolutionary Marxist Party
• Marxist Communist Party of India (United)
• Marxist Co-ordination Committee
• Telangana Communist Party
• Bahujana Communist Party
• Lal Nishan Party (Leninvadi)
• Real Communist Party of India
• Communist Workers Party (India)
• Marxist Periarist Communist Party
• Communist Party of Marxist New

See also

• Socialism in India