List of communist parties in India
The following is a list of political parties in India that are aligned or were, in the past, aligned with communist ideology.
Pro-Left Front Communist Parties
- Communist Party of India
- Communist Party of India
- Minor Left Parties
- * Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy led by K. R. Gowri Amma
- * Communist Marxist Party led by M.V. Rajeshkumar
- * Satyashodhak Communist Party
- * Bolshevik Party of India
- * Revolutionary Communist Party of India led by Biren Deka
- * Revolutionary Socialist Party Kovoor led by Kovoor Kunjumon
- * Revolutionary Socialist Party Ambalathara led by Ambalathara Sreedharan Nair
- * Revolutionary Socialist Party Prem Sudha led by Prem Sudha
- * Marxist Forward Bloc
- * Workers Party of India
Left United Front
- Socialist Unity Centre of India
- Marxist Communist Party of India
- Revolutionary Marxist Party of India
Pro-Chinese Naxal/Maoist Communist Parties
Moderate Pro-Chinese Naxal/Maoist Communist Parties
- Communist Party of India Liberation led by Dipankar Bhattacharya
- Communist Party of India Class Struggle led by Kanu Sanyal
- Communist Party of India Red Flag led by P.C. Unnichekkan
- Communist Party of India Red Star led by K.N. Ramchandran
- Communist Party of India New Democracy led by Yatendra Kumar
- Communist Party of India Somnath led by Somnath Chatterjee Ukhra and Pradip Banerjee
- Communist Party of India Shantipal
- Communist Party of India Praja Pantha
- Communist Party of India Jan Samvad
- Communist Party of India Nai Pahal
- Communist Party of India New Proletarian
- Communist Party of India Maharashtra
- Provisional Central Committee, Communist Party of India led by Santosh Rana
- Unity Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India
- Communist Ghadar Party of India
- Communist Party of Bharat led by Ranjan Chakraborty
- Marxist-Leninist Committee led by K. Venkateswar Rao
Extremist Pro-Chinese Naxal/Maoist Communist Parties
- Communist Party of India led by Muppala Lakshmana Rao
- Revolutionary Communist Centre of India
- Communist Revolutionary Centre
- Communist Party of United States of India led by Veeranna
- Communist Party of India Janashakti - Koora Rajanna led by Koora Rajanna
- Communist Party of India Janashakti - Ranadheer led by Ranadheer
- Communist Party of India Janashakti - Chandra Pulla Reddy led by Chandra Pulla Reddy
- Communist Party of India led by Mahadev Mukherjee
- Communist Party of India Bhaijee
- Communist Party of India Prajashakti
- Communist Party of India Prathighatana
- Communist Party of India Praja Pratighatana
- Communist Party of India Second Central Committee
- Communist Party of India Central Team
- Communist Party Reorganisation Centre of India
- Communist League of India Ramnath
- Communist League of India Parikalpana
- Communist League of India Revisionist
- Re-organizing Committee, Communist League of India
Pro-Congress/UPA Communist Parties
- All India Forward Bloc
- Revolutionary Socialist Party
- Peasants and Workers Party of India
- Revolutionary Socialist Party led by A. V. Thamarakshan
- Confederation of Indian Communists and Democratic Socialists
- * United Communist Party of India led by Mohit Sen
- * Communist Marxist Party led by CP John
- * Party of Democratic Socialism led by Saifuddin Choudhury and Samir Putatundu
- * Communist Revolutionary League of India led by Ashim Chatterjee
- * Peoples Revolutionary Party of India led by Sumantha Hira
- * 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
- Communist Workers Party
- Marxist Co-ordination Committee
- Lal Nishan Party
- Revolutionary Communist Party of India
- Telangana Communist Party
- Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy led by V. Satyajith
- Revolutionary Socialist Party of India
- New Socialist Alternative
Defunct Communist Parties
- Communist Consolidation
- Labour Kisan Party of Hindustan
- Communist League
- Communist League
- Lal Communist Party Hind Union
- Communist Party of French India
- Marxist League
- Marxist League of Kerala
- Real Communist Party of India
- Forward Communist Party and Forward Communist Party
- Forward Communist Party
- Forward Communist Party
- Communist Workers Party
- Revolutionary Communist Party of India
- Revolutionary Communist Party of India, one of the splinter group of Revolutionary Communist Party of India.
- Revolutionary Communist Council of India
- Tamil Nadu Communist Party
- Workers Revolutionary Party
- All India Communist Party led by Late S.A. Dange and Roza Deshpande
- Indian Communist Party led by Late Mohit Sen, D. Pandian, M. Kalyanasundarm and SU. Palanisamy
- Communist Party of Punjab led by Wadhawa Ram and Sukhinder Singh
- Lal Nishan Party
- Marxist Communist Party of India of Late Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri
- Communist Party Marxist led by Mangat Ram Pasla
- Communist Party of India Hardan Roy led by Hardan Roy
- BTR–EMS–AKG Janakeeya Vedi of Late V. B. Cherian
- Bahujana Communist Party
- Revolutionary Marxist Party
- Communist Marxist Party led by K.R. Aravindakshan
- Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy led by A. N. Rajan Babu merged with Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy led by K. R. Gowri Amma
Defunct Pro-Chinese Naxal/Maoist Communist Parties
- All India Coordination Committee of Communist Revolutionaries
- Andhra Pradesh Coordination Committee of Communist Revolutionaries
- Andhra Pradesh Committee of Communist Revolutionaries
- Revolutionary Communist Unity Centre
- West Bengal Communist Unity Centre
- West Bengal Co-ordination Committee of Revolutionaries
- Punjab Communist Revolutionary Committee
- Unity Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India
- Unity Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India
- Unity Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India led by Harbhajan Sohi
- Unity Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India led by Anand
- Unity Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India Subodh Mitra led by Subodh Mitra
- Communist Revolutionary Party led by K.P.R. Gopalan
- Revolutionary Communist Centre of India and Revolutionary Communist Centre of India
- Revolutionary Communist Centre of India
- Maoist Communist Centre
- Maoist Communist Centre of India
- Communist Party of India
- Central Organising Committee, Communist Party of India Party Unity led by N. Prasad
- Communist Party of India People's War
- Communist Party of India Naxalbari led by Rauf
- Communist Party of India Second Central Committee
- Communist Party of India Chandrashekar led by Chandrashekar
- Organising Committee, Communist Party of India led by B.N. Sharma
- Revolutionary Communist Party led by Takra
- Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India
- Communist Party of India Central Team Punjab
- Communist Unity Centre of India
- Marxist–Leninist Organising Centre
- Organizing Committee of Communist Revolutionaries led by Late Kanu Sanyal
- Communist Party of India Kaimur Range led by Ravi Shankar
- Central Organising Committee, Communist Party of India
- Central Organising Committee, Communist Party of India led by Umadhar Singh
- Indian Communist Party led by U. Krishnappa
- Liberation Front led by Sabuj Sen
- Communist Party of India New Initiative led by Arvind Sinha
- Communist Party of India Janashakti COC
- Communist Organisation of India led by Late Kanu Sanyal
- Communist Party of India Unity Initiative
- Communist Party of Indian Union led by Subodh Mitra and S.D. Bose
- Communist Party of India Red Flag Ramachandran led by C. N. Ramachandran
- Communist Party of India Red Flag Kunhikannan led by Kunhikannan
- Central Reorganisation Committee, Communist Party of India led by K. Venu
- Maharashtra Communist Party
- Kerala Communist Party
- Communist Party of India MUC
- Communist Party of India
- Communist Party of India Bolshevik led by Jayshree Rana
- Communist League of India
- Centre of Indian Communists
- Lal Sena
- Lal Jhanda Dal
- Kangleipak Communist Party
Defunct RSP Factions
- National Revolutionary Socialist Party of R.M. Parameswaran
- Revolutionary Socialist Party of N. Sreekantan Nair
- Revolutionary Socialist Party of Shibu Baby John
- Revolutionary Socialist Party of Babu Divakaran
- Revolutionary Socialist Party of C.P. Karthikeyan
- Samyavadi Sangstha
- Uttar Pradesh Revolutionary Socialist Party