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 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; four of which espouse Marxism–Leninism while the fifth espouses Juche.
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The following is a list of democratic socialist or partially democratic socialist parties which are currently being represented in the legislature of their country. It does not include democratic socialist parties that are mainly social democratic and are considered to their right within the centre-left.Party | Country | Date established | % of popular vote in the latest election | Seats in the legislature |
Sandinista National Liberation Front | 1961 | 65.86% | ||
PAIS Alliance | 2006 | 39.07% | ||
Movement for Socialism | 1998 | 47.08 | ||
Broad Front | 1971 | 40.49% | ||
Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova | 1997 | 31.15% | ||
National Unity of Hope | 2002 | 17.92% | ||
United Socialist Party of Venezuela | 2007 | 40.92% | ||
Labour Party | 1900 | 32.20% | ||
Sinn Féin | 1905 | 27.90% | ||
Syriza | 2004 | 31.53% | ||
Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front | 1980 | 24.54% | ||
Inuit Ataqatigiit | 1976 | 25.78% | ||
Sinn Féin | 1905 | 24.53% | ||
RETE Movement | 2012 | 18.23% | ||
Plaid Cymru | 1925 | 20.80% | ||
Left-Green Movement | 1999 | 16.89% | ||
Democratic Socialist Left | 2017 | 16.49% | ||
Party of Socialists and Democrats | 2005 | 13.13% | ||
Guasú Front | 2010 | 11.83% | ||
Peoples' Democratic Party | 2012 | 11.70% | ||
Workers' Party | 1980 | 10.30% | ||
Unidas Podemos | 2016 | 12.86% | ||
The Left | 2014 | 9.33% | ||
The Left | 2007 | 9.24% | ||
Socialist Party | 1971 | 9.09% | ||
Socialist Party of Serbia | 1990 | 10.95% | ||
Left Alliance | 1990 | 8.17% | ||
Left Party | 1917 | 8.02% | ||
Socialist People's Party | 1959 | 7.71% | ||
New Democratic Party | 1961 | 15.98% | ||
Red–Green Alliance | 1989 | 6.93% | ||
A Just Russia | 2006 | 6.34% | ||
Broad Front | 2013 | 6.18% | ||
Socialist Left | 1975 | 6.02% | ||
La France insoumise | 2016 | 11.03% | ||
The Left | 1999 | 5.48% | ||
MeRA25 | 2018 | 3.44% | ||
Free and Equal | 2017 | 3.39% | ||
Movement of Socialist Democrats | 1978 | 1.04% | ||
Democratic Socialists of America | 1982 | 0.56% | ||
Armenian Revolutionary Federation | 1890 | 3.89% | ||
Labourists – Labour Party | 2010 | 0.26% |
- Parties which are also social democratic.