List of communist parties in India

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!Election
Symbol

! Name

! Founded

!Ideology

! Leader

! Seats in
Lok Sabha

! Seats in
Rajya Sabha

! Seats in State
Assemblies

! Seats in State
Councils

| CPIM{{cite book |last1=Chakrabarty |first1=Bidyut |date=2014 |title=Communism in India: Events, Processes and Ideologies |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=314 |isbn=978-0-19-997489-4}}{{cite web |title=List of Political Parties and Election Symbols main Notification Dated 18 January 2013 |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/category/267-recognized-regional-parties/ |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=9 May 2013 |location=India |year=2013}}

| {{Start date and age|df=yes|p=y|br=y|1964|11|07}}{{cite web |url=http://lnews.in/bcccf8 |title=ഇന്ത്യ - ചൈന സംഘർഷം : 1962 ൻ്റെ പാഠങ്ങൾ |website=www.leftclicknews.com/}}{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/cia-papers-trace-split-of-indian-communists/articleshow/2162923.cms |title=CIA papers trace split of Indian Communists |website=The Times of India |date=30 June 2007 |language=en-IN}}{{cite web |url=http://www.kozhikodepartycongress.org/kerala-cpim-history.php |title=Communist Party in Kerala |publisher=CPI(M) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314030901/http://www.kozhikodepartycongress.org/kerala-cpim-history.php |archive-date=14 March 2012}}

|Marxism–Leninism

| M. A. Baby

| {{Composition bar|4|543|{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}}}

| {{Composition bar|5|245|{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}}}

| {{Composition bar|82|4036|{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}}}

| {{Composition bar|0|426|{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}}}

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!Election
Symbol

! Name

! Founded

!Ideology

! Leader

! Recognised In

! Seats in
Lok Sabha

! Seats in
Rajya Sabha

! Seats in State
Assemblies

! Seats in State
Councils

|CPI

|{{Start date and age|df=yes|p=y|1925|12|26}}

|Marxism–Leninism

|D. Raja

|Kerala,
Manipur,
Tamil Nadu

|{{Composition bar|2|543|{{party color|Communist Party of India}}}}

|{{Composition bar|3|245|{{party color|Communist Party of India}}}}

|{{Composition bar|22|4036|{{party color|Communist Party of India}}}}

|{{Composition bar|1|426|{{party color|Communist Party of India }}}}

| CPIML Liberation{{cite web|title=Amending Notification regarding Political Parties and their Symbols Dated 01.03.2021|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/12953-amending-notification-regarding-political-parties-and-their-symbol-dated-01032021/

|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=9 May 2013|location=India|year=2013}}

| {{Start date and age|df=yes|p=y|1974|07|28}}{{cite web |url=http://www.cpiml.org/liberation/year_1999/january/homage11.htm |title=A Lesson In Dynamism And Dedication |website=Communist Party of India(Marxist-Leninist) Liberation |access-date=22 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923210847/http://www.cpiml.org/liberation/year_1999/january/homage11.htm |archive-date=23 September 2015 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web | url=https://cpim.org/marxist/198501_marxist_naxalism_Prakash.htm | title=Naxalism today }}{{cite web |title=The road from Naxalbari |url=http://www.flonnet.com/fl2221/stories/20051021008801000.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061017003722/http://www.flonnet.com/fl2221/stories/20051021008801000.htm |archive-date=17 October 2006 |access-date=22 February 2022 |website=www.flonnet.com}}

|Marxism–Leninism
Maoism

| Dipankar Bhattacharya{{cite web|url=http://cpiml.org/party-organization/|title=Organisation|website=cpiml.org}}Bhushan, Ranjit (2016). Maoism in India and Nepal. New York: Routledge. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-315-68549-6.

| Bihar{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/12953-amending-notification-regarding-political-parties-and-their-symbol-dated-01032021/ |title=Amending Notification regarding Political Parties and their Symbol dated 1 March 2021 |website=Election Commission of India |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026215944/https://eci.gov.in/files/file/12953-amending-notification-regarding-political-parties-and-their-symbol-dated-01032021/ |archive-date=26 October 2021 |url-status=live}}

| {{Composition bar|2|543|{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation}}}}

| {{Composition bar|0|245|{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation}}}}

| {{Composition bar|13|4036|{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation}}}}

| {{Composition bar|0|426|{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation}}}}

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!NAME

!IDEOLOGY

!LEADER

!BASE REGION

|Marxism–Leninism–Maoism

|K. N. Ramachandran

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|Visawam

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|Marxism–Leninism–Maoism

|Yatendra Kumar

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