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There are a number of communist parties active in various countries across the world and a number that used to be active. They differ not only in method, but also in strict ideology and interpretation, although they are generally within the tradition of Marxism–Leninism.

     Official ruling parties in communist states
     Communist parties as ruling parties or part of a governing coalition in multi-party states
     Formerly ruled under a one-party system
     Formerly ruled under a parliamentary majority or minority government
     Formerly ruled as a coalition partner or supporter
     Parts of countries formerly ruled under a one-party system

The formation of communist parties in various countries was first initiated by the Russian Bolsheviks within the Communist International. Since then, communist parties have governed numerous countries, whether as ruling parties in one-party states like the Chinese Communist Party or the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, or as ruling parties in multi-party systems, including majority and minority governments as well as leading or being part of several coalitions.

Many other communist parties did not govern any country, but did govern a state or region within a country. Others have also been represented in national, state, or regional parliaments. Some communist parties and schools of thought reject parliamentarism, instead advocating insurrection or social revolution as well as workers' councils.

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Country	Name	Abbr.	Leader	Founded	Ideology	Legislature	Notes
China	Communist Party of China 中国共产党	CPC 中共	Xi Jinping	1 July 1921 (1921-07-01)	Socialism with Chinese characteristics Marxism–Leninism Mao Zedong Thought Deng Xiaoping Theory Three Represents Scientific Outlook on Development Xi Jinping Thought Socialist patriotism	National People's Congress: 2,091 / 2,980	Leads the United front
Cuba	Communist Party of Cuba Partido Comunista de Cuba	PCC	Miguel Díaz-Canel	3 October 1965 (1965-10-03)	Marxism–Leninism Left-wing nationalism Castroism Guevarism Socialist patriotism	National Assembly: 605 / 605	Leads the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution
Laos	Lao People's Revolutionary Party ພັກປະຊາຊົນປະຕິວັດລາວ	LPRP ພປປລ	Thongloun Sisoulith	22 May 1955 (1955-05-22)	Marxism–Leninism Kaysone Phomvihane Thought	National Assembly: 158 / 164	Leads the Lao Front for National Development
North Korea	Workers' Party of Korea 조선로동당	WPK 로동당	Kim Jong Un	24 June 1948 (1948-06-24)	Kimilsungism–Kimjongilism	Supreme People's Assembly: 607 / 687	Leads the Democratic Front for the Reunification of Korea
Vietnam	Communist Party of Vietnam Đảng Cộng sản Việt Nam	CPV ĐCSVN	Nguyễn Phú Trọng	3 February 1930 (1930-02-03)	Marxism–Leninism Ho Chi Minh Thought Socialist patriotism Vietnamese nationalism	National Assembly: 485 / 499	Leads the Vietnamese Fatherland Front

Country	Name	Abbr.	Leader	Founded	Ideology	Legislature	Notes
Bangladesh	Workers Party of Bangladesh বাংলাদেশের ওয়ার্কার্স পার্টি	WPB	Rashed Khan Menon		Marxism-Leninism Anti-revisionism	Jatiya Sangsad: 1 / 350	Confidence and supply
Belarus	Communist Party of Belarus Камуністычная партыя Беларусі	CPB КПБ	Aliaksiej Sokal	2 November 1996 (1996-11-02)	Marxism–Leninism Soviet patriotism Belarusian–Russian unionism Pro-Lukashenko	House of Representatives: 11 / 110	Supports the government of president Alexander Lukashenko
Brazil	Communist Party of Brazil Partido Comunista do Brasil	PCdoB	Luciana Santos	25 March 1922	Marxism–Leninism	Chamber of Deputies: 6 / 513	Member of the ruling federation, Brazil of Hope
Chile	Communist Party of Chile Partido Comunista de Chile	PCCh	Guillermo Teillier	4 June 1912 (1912-06-04)	Marxism–Leninism Left-wing populism	Chamber of Deputies: 12 / 155	Member of the ruling Apruebo Dignidad coalition
Colombia	Colombian Communist Party Partido Comunista Colombiano	PCC	Jaime Caycedo	1930	Marxism–Leninism Bolivarianism	Chamber of Representatives: 0 / 188 Senate: 0 / 108	Member of the ruling Historic Pact for Colombia
Colombia	Commons Comunes		Timoleón Jiménez	1 September 2017	Marxism–Leninism Bolivarianism	Chamber of Representatives: 5 / 188 Senate: 5 / 108	Member of the ruling Historic Pact for Colombia
Nepal	Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) नेपाल कम्युनिष्ट पार्टी (एकीकृत मार्क्सवादी-लेनिनवादी)	CPN (UML)	KP Sharma Oli	6 January 1991 (1991-01-06)	Marxism–Leninism People's Multiparty Democracy	House of Representatives: 78 / 275 National Assembly: 17 / 59
	Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) नेपाल कम्युनिष्ट पार्टी (माओवादी केन्द्र)	CPN (Maoist) नेकपा (माओवादी)	Pushpa Kamal Dahal	1994 (1994)	Prachanda Path Left-wing nationalism	House of Representatives: 32 / 275
	Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist) नेपाल कम्युनिष्ट पार्टी (एकीकृत-समाजवादी)	CPN (Unified Socialist) नकप (एकीकृत-समाजवादी)	Madhav Kumar Nepal	18 August 2021 (2021-08-18)	Marxism–Leninism People's Multiparty Democracy	House of Representatives: 10 / 275
Palestine	Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine الجبهة الشعبية لتحرير فلسطين	PFLP	Ahmad Sa'adat	11 December 1967 (1967-12-11)	Palestinian nationalism Marxism–Leninism Revolutionary socialism One-state solution Anti-Zionism Secularism Anti-imperialism Pan-Arabism Arab nationalism	Legislative Council: 3 / 132	Member of the PLO
	Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine الجبهة الشعبية لتحرير فلسطين	DFLP	Nayef Hawatmeh	1969 (1969)	Marxism–Leninism Maoism Palestinian nationalism Left-wing nationalism Anti-Zionism	Legislative Council: 1 / 132
	Palestinian People's Party حزب الشعب الفلسطيني	PPP	Bassam Al-Salhi	February 1982 (1982-02)	Marxism Palestinian nationalism Left-wing nationalism	Legislative Council: 1 / 132
South Africa	South African Communist Party	SACP	Blade Nzimande	12 February 1921 (1921-02-12)	Marxism–Leninism Left-wing nationalism	National Assembly: 0 / 400	Participates in the ruling Tripartite Alliance
Spain	Communist Party of Spain Partido Comunista de España	PCE	Enrique Santiago	14 November 1921 (1921-11-14)	Marxism–Leninism Republicanism Internationalism Federalism Feminism	Congress of Deputies: 6 / 350	Participates in the United Left and Unidas Podemos, member of the PSOE-led government
Syria	Syrian Communist Party الحزب الشيوعي السوري	SCP	Ammar Bakdash	1986 (1986)	Marxism–Leninism Anti-revisionism	People's Assembly: 2 / 250	Participates in the ruling National Progressive Front
Syria	Syrian Communist Party (Unified) الحزب الشيوعي السوري (الموحد)	SCP(U)	Hanin Nimir	1986 (1986)	Marxism–Leninism	People's Assembly: 2 / 250	Participates in the ruling National Progressive Front
Tajikistan	Communist Party of Tajikistan	CPT	Miroj Abdulloyev	1924	Marxism–Leninism Soviet patriotism	Assembly of Representatives: 2 / 63	External support to government
Venezuela	Revolutionary Movement Tupamaro Movimiento Revolucionario Tupamaro	MRT	Oswaldo Jiménez	1992 (1992)	Marxism-Leninism Guevarism Foco theory Left-wing nationalism Revolutionary socialism	Chamber of Deputies: 7 / 277	Participates in the ruling Great Patriotic Pole
	Venezuelan Popular Unity Unidad Popular Venezolana	UPV	Lina Ron	6 February 2004 (2004-02-06)	Bolivarianism Socialism Anti-imperialism Marxism	Chamber of Deputies: 2 / 277
	Venezuelan Revolutionary Currents Corrientes Revolucionarias Venezolanas	CRV	Ramsés Augusto Reyes Colmenares [es]	2000 (2000)	Guevarism Chavismo Anti-imperialism Left-wing nationalism	Chamber of Deputies: 0 / 277

Country	Name	Abbr.	Leader	Founded	Ideology	Legislature	Notes
Argentina	Revolutionary Communist Party	PCR	Otto Vargas				Member of the Unión por la Patria
Cyprus	Progressive Party of Working People Anorthotikó Kómma Ergazómenou Laoú	AKEL	Stefanos Stefanou	15 August 1926 (1926-08-15)	Marxism–Leninism Pacifism Cypriot nationalism Federalism Soft euroscepticism	House of Representatives: 15 / 56
France	French Communist Party Parti communiste français	PCF	Fabien Roussel	30 December 1920	Marxism–Leninism Soft Euroscepticism	National Assembly: 12 / 577	An important pillar of New Ecologic and Social People's Union
India	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	CPI(M)	Sitaram Yechury		Marxism–Leninism	Rajya Sabha: 5 / 245 Lok Sabha: 3 / 543	Member of non-organisational bloc Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance
Moldova	Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova Partidul Comuniștilor din Republica Moldova	PCRM	Vladimir Voronin	19 October 1993 (1993-10-19)	Marxism–Leninism Moldovenism Social conservatism Soviet patriotism Russophilia	Parliament: 10 / 101	Member of BECS
Russia	Communist Party of the Russian Federation Коммунистическая Партия Российской Федерации	CPRF	Gennady Zyuganov	14 February 1993 (1993-02-14)	Marxism–Leninism Left-wing nationalism Social conservatism Soviet patriotism Neo-Stalinism	State Duma: 57 / 450 Federation Council: 4 / 178
Transnistria	Transnistrian Communist Party Приднестровская коммунистическая партия	PKP	Nadezhda Bondarenko		Marxism-Leninism		No members in parliament but only opposition party with the second position in the votes
Uruguay	Communist Party of Uruguay Partido Comunista del Uruguay	PCU	Juan Castillo	19 September 1920 (1920-09-19)	Marxism–Leninism Internationalism	Chamber of Representatives: 6 / 99	Member of the Broad Front 42 / 99
	Movement of Popular Participation Movimiento de Participación Popular	MPP	José Mujica	6 April 1989 (1989-04-06)	Marxism–Leninism Anti-capitalism Socialism of the 21st century Democratic socialism Progressivism	Chamber of Representatives: 25 / 99
	People's Victory Party Partido por la Victoria del Pueblo	PVP		July 1975	Marxism Guevarism Libertarian socialism Anti-capitalism Anti-authoritarianism	Chamber of Representatives: 1 / 99

Country	Name	Abbr.	Leaders	Founded	Dissolved	Ideology	Notes
Afghanistan (1978–1992)	People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan حزب دموکراتيک خلق افغانستان د افغانستان د خلق دموکراټیک ګوند	PDPA	Nur Muhammad Taraki (first) Mohammad Najibullah (last)	1 January 1965 (1965-01-01)	16 April 1992 (1992-04-16)	Marxism–Leninism Left-wing nationalism Secularism Revolutionary socialism	Abandoned Marxism–Leninism in 1987, deposed in 1992
Albania (1946–1992)	Party of Labour of Albania Partia e Punës e Shqipërisë	PPSh	Enver Hoxha (first) Ramiz Alia (last)	8 November 1941 (1941-11-08)	13 June 1991 (1991-06-13)	Marxism–Leninism Hoxhaism Stalinism Anti-revisionism	Abandoned Marxism–Leninism for social democracy in 1991 and now known as the Socialist Party of Albania
Angola (1975–1992)	People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola	MPLA	Agostinho Neto (first) João Lourenço (current)	10 December 1956 (1956-12-10)		Marxism–Leninism	Abandoned Marxism–Leninism for social democracy
Azerbaijan People's Government (1945–1946)	Azerbaijani Democratic Party Azərbaycan Demokrat Firqəsi فرقه دموکرات آذربایجان<	ADP ADF فدآ<	Ja'far Pishevari	3 September 1945 (1945-09-03)	1960 (1960)	Marxism–Leninism Azerbaijani nationalism Left-wing nationalism Pan-Turkism	Ceased to exist in exile
Benin (1975–1990)	People's Revolutionary Party of Benin Parti de la révolution populaire du Bénin	PRPB	Mathieu Kérékou	30 November 1975 (1975-11-30)	30 April 1990 (1990-04-30)	Marxism–Leninism Scientific socialism Beninese nationalism	Abandoned Marxism–Leninism for social democracy and is now known as the Union of Forces of Progress
Bulgaria (1946–1990)	Bulgarian Communist Party Българска комунистическа партия	PRPB БКП	Dimitar Blagoev (first) Aleksandar Lilov (last)	27 May 1919 (1919-05-27)	3 April 1990 (1990-04-03)	Marxism–Leninism Stalinism (until 1956)	Abandoned Marxism–Leninism for social democracy and is now known as the Bulgarian Socialist Party
Cambodia (1975–1979)	Communist Party of Kampuchea បក្សកុម្មុយនីស្តកម្ពុជា	CPK ប.ក.ក	Tou Samouth (first) Pol Pot (last)	30 September 1960 (1960-09-30)	6 December 1981 (1981-12-06)	Maoism Khmer nationalism Agrarianism Anti-intellectualism Autarky	Succeeded by the exiled, non-ruling and now defunct Party of Democratic Kampuchea
Cambodia (1979–1992)	Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party គណបក្សប្រជាជនបដិវត្តន៍កម្ពុជា	KPRP	Pen Sovan (first) Heng Samrin (last)	28 June 1951 (1951-06-28) 5 January 1979 (1979-01-05)	17 October 1991 (1991-10-17)	Marxism–Leninism Revisionism	Abandoned Marxism–Leninism for centrism and is now known as the Cambodian People's Party
Cape Verde (1981–1990)	African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde	PAICV	Aristides Pereira	20 January 1981		Marxism–Leninism Left-wing nationalism	Abandoned Marxism–Leninism for democratic socialism
Congo (1979–1992)	Congolese Party of Labour Parti congolais du travail	PCT	Marien Ngouabi (first) Denis Sassou Nguesso (current)	29 December 1969 (1969-12-29)		Marxism–Leninism Scientific socialism	Abandoned Marxism–Leninism for social democracy
Croatia (1945–1990)	League of Communists of Croatia Savez komunista Hrvatske	SKH	Pavle Gregorić (first) Ivica Račan (last)	1 August 1937 (1937-08-01)	3 November 1990 (1990-11-03)	Marxism–Leninism Titoism (from 1948)	Abandoned Marxism–Leninism and Titoism for social democracy in 1989–1990 and is now known as the Social Democratic Party of Croatia
Czechoslovakia (1948–1990)	Communist Party of Czechoslovakia Komunistická strana Československa	KSČ	Václav Šturc (first) Ladislav Adamec (last)	16 May 1921 (1921-05-16)	3 November 1992 (1992-11-03)	Marxism–Leninism Socialism with a human face (1968) Husakism (1969–1989)	Split into the non-ruling Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia and the social democratic Party of the Democratic Left (Slovakia)
Ethiopia (1979–1984)	Commission for Organizing the Party of the Working People of Ethiopia የኢትዮጵያ የሥራ ሕዝብ ፓርቲ የማደራጀት ኮሚሽን	COPWE	Mengistu Haile Mariam	17 December 1979 (1979-12-17)	12 September 1984 (1984-09-12)	Marxism–Leninism	Succeeded by the Workers' Party of Ethiopia
Ethiopia (1984–1991)	Workers' Party of Ethiopia የኢትዮጵያ ሠራተኞች ፓርቲ	WPE የሠፓ	Mengistu Haile Mariam	12 September 1984 (1984-09-12)	21 May 1991 (1991-05-21)	Marxism–Leninism	Deposed in 1991
East Germany (1949–1989)	Socialist Unity Party of Germany Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands	SED	Wilhelm Pieck & Otto Grotewohl (first) Egon Krenz (last)	21 April 1946 (1946-04-21)	16 December 1989 (1989-12-16)	Marxism–Leninism Socialist patriotism Stalinism (until 1956)	Became the Party of Democratic Socialism and is now a part of The Left
Greece (1944, 1947–1949)	Communist Party of Greece Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας	KKE ΚΚΕ	Avraam Benaroya (first) Dimitris Koutsoumpas (current)	17 November 1918 (1918-11-17)		Marxism–Leninism Internationalism Anti-capitalism Euroscepticism	Overthrown during the Greek Civil War
Grenada (1979–1983)	New Jewel Movement	NJM	Maurice Bishop	11 March 1973 (1973-03-11)	29 October 1983 (1983-10-29)	Marxism–Leninism State atheism Revolutionary socialism Republicanism Left-wing populism Pan-Africanism Anti-colonialism	Lost power and ceased to exist after an internal party split, a military coup and the American invasion, succeeded by the Maurice Bishop Patriotic Movement
Hungary (1919)	Hungarian Communist Party Magyar Kommunista Párt	MKP	Béla Kun (first) Mátyás Rákosi (last)	24 November 1918 (1918-11-24)	22 July 1948 (1948-07-22)	Marxism–Leninism State atheism Revolutionary socialism Republicanism Stalinism	Deposed in August 1919
Hungary (1948–1989)	Hungarian Communist Party Magyar Kommunista Párt	MKP	Béla Kun (first) Mátyás Rákosi (last)	24 November 1918 (1918-11-24)	22 July 1948 (1948-07-22)		Merged with the Social Democratic Party of Hungary in the Hungarian Working People's Party
	Hungarian Working People's Party Magyar Dolgozók Pártja	MDP	Mátyás Rákosi (first) János Kádár (last)	22 July 1948 (1948-07-22)	31 October 1956 (1956-10-31)	Marxism–Leninism Stalinism	Reorganized into the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party during the Hungarian Revolution of 1956
	Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party Magyar Szocialista Munkáspárt	MSZMP	János Kádár (first) Rezső Nyers (last)	31 October 1956 (1956-10-31)	7 October 1989 (1989-10-07)	Marxism–Leninism Kádárism	Abandoned Marxism–Leninism for social democracy and is now known as the Hungarian Socialist Party
Madagascar (1976–1992)	Vanguard of the Malagasy Revolution Antokin'ny Revolisiona Malagasy	AREMA	Didier Ratsiraka (first) Annick Zoary Ratsiraka (current)	30 November 1976 (1976-11-30)		Marxism–Leninism Left-wing nationalism	Abandoned Marxism–Leninism for social democracy and is now known as the Malagasy Revolutionary Party
Mongolia (1921–1992)	Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party Монгол Ардын Хувьсгалт Нам	MAKhN МАХН	Damdin Sükhbaatar (first) Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene (current)	25 June 1920 (1920-06-25)		Marxism–Leninism Stalinism (1928-1956)	Abandoned Marxism–Leninism for social democracy
Mozambique (1975–1990)	FRELIMO Party Partido FRELIMO	FRELIMO	Eduardo Mondlane (first) Filipe Nyusi (current)	25 June 1962 (1962-06-25)		Marxism–Leninism Left-wing nationalism	Abandoned Marxism–Leninism for democratic socialism
Poland (1944–1989)	Polish Workers' Party Polska Partia Robotnicza	PPR	Władysław Gomułka	5 January 1942 (1942-01-05)	16 December 1948 (1948-12-16)	Marxism–Leninism Stalinism	Merged with the Polish Socialist Party to form the Polish United Workers' Party
Poland (1944–1989)	Polish United Workers' Party Polska Zjednoczona Partia Robotnicza	PZPR	Bolesław Bierut (first) Mieczysław Rakowski (last)	16 December 1948 (1948-12-16)	30 January 1990 (1990-01-30)	Marxism–Leninism Left-wing nationalism Stalinism (until 1956)	Abandoned Marxism–Leninism for social democracy and later known as the Democratic Left Alliance
Romania (1945–1989)	Romanian Communist Party Partidul Comunist Român	PCR	Gheorghe Cristescu (first) Nicolae Ceaușescu (last)	8 May 1921 (1921-05-08)	22 December 1989 (1989-12-22)	Marxism–Leninism Anti-revisionism Left-wing nationalism Socialist patriotism Neo-Stalinism (post-1971) National Communism (post-1971)	Dissolved after the Romanian Revolution
Somalia (1976–1991)	Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party Xisbiga Hantiwadaagga Kacaanka Soomaaliyeed	XHKS	Siad Barre	26 June 1976 (1976-06-26)	26 January 1992 (1992-01-26)	Marxism–Leninism Islamic socialism Pan-Somalism Scientific socialism Somali nationalism Militarism	Deposed in 1991
Soviet Union (1922–1991)	Communist Party of the Soviet Union Коммунистическая партия Советского Союза	CPSU КПСС	Vladimir Lenin (first) Mikhail Gorbachev (last)	May 1917 (1917-05)	6 November 1991 (1991-11-06)	Leninism (1922–1927) Stalinism (1927–1953) Marxism–Leninism (1953–1991) Soviet patriotism	Banned in 1991, de facto succeeded by UCP-CPSU and CPRF
South Yemen (1967–1990)	National Liberation Front الجبهة القومية للتحرير	NLF	Qahtan Muhammad al-Shaabi	1963 (1963)	13 October 1978 (1978-10-13)	Marxism–Leninism Arab nationalism	Reorganized itself into the Yemeni Socialist Party
South Yemen (1967–1990)	Yemeni Socialist Party الحزب الاشتراكي اليمني	YSP	Abdul Fattah Ismail (first) Abdulraham Al-Saqqaf (current)	13 October 1978 (1978-10-13)		Marxism–Leninism Arab nationalism Anti-imperialism	Abandoned Marxism–Leninism for social democracy
Tannu Tuva (1921–1944)	Tuvan People's Revolutionary Party Тьва arat-хuviskaalçь nam Тувинская народно-революционная партия	TPRP ТAХN ТНРП	Namachyn (first) Salchak Toka (last)	21 October 1921 (1921-10-21)	11 October 1944 (1944-10-11)	Marxism–Leninism Stalinism	Became the Tuvan Regional Committee of the VKP(b), later CPSU
Yugoslavia (1945–1990)	League of Communists of Yugoslavia Савез комуниста Југославије Savez komunista Jugoslavije	SKJ СКJ	Josip Broz Tito (1939–1980) Milan Pančevski (last)	20 April 1919 (1919-04-20)	22 January 1990 (1990-01-22)	Marxism–Leninism Titoism	Splintered into its many constituent parties in 1990

Country	Name	Abbr.	Leaders	Founded	Dissolved	Ideology	Notes
Austria (1945–1949)	Communist Party of Austria Kommunistische Partei Österreichs	KPÖ	Ruth Fischer & Franz Koritschoner & Lucien Laurat (first) Mirko Messner (current)	3 November 1918 (1918-11-03)		Marxism–Leninism Anti-fascism Socialism	Participated in the provisional coalition of the Government of Austria after World War II and for four years after the 1945 Austrian legislative election
Bangladesh (1975)	Bangladesh Worker's-Peasants' People's League বাংলাদেশ কৃষক শ্রমিক আওয়ামী লীগ	BAKSAL বাংকশ্আল	Sheikh Mujibur Rahman	24 February 1975 (1975-02-24)	15 August 1975 (1975-08-15)	State socialism Bengali nationalism Mujibism	Dissolved after the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Chad (1993)	Chadian Action for Unity and Socialism Action Tchadienne pour l'unité et le socialisme	ACTUS	Fidèle Moungar	1 May 1981 (1981-05-01)		Marxism–Leninism Ecologism Stalinism	The party's leader was chosen as Prime Minister in April 1993 by the Sovereign National Conference, but subsequently lost an October 1993 vote of no-confidence and resigned.
Cyprus (2008–2013)	Progressive Party of Working People Ανορθωτικό Κόμμα Εργαζόμενου Λαού	AKEL ΑΚΕΛ	Ploutis Servas (first) Stefanos Stefanou (current)	15 August 1926 (1926-08-15)		Marxism–Leninism Pacifism Cypriot nationalism Federalism Soft euroscepticism	Won the 2008 election and ruled until 2013
Guyana (1992–2015)	People's Progressive Party/Civic	PPP/С	Cheddi Jagan & Janet Jagan (first) Bharrat Jagdeo (current)	1 January 1950 (1950-01-01)		Social democracy Left-wing populism Left-wing nationalism Nominally: Marxism–Leninism	The party de facto abandoned Marxism–Leninism in favor of social democracy by 2015.
India (1996–1998)	Communist Party of India	CPI	Sachchidanand Vishnu Ghate (first) D. Raja (current)	26 December 1925 (1925-12-26)		Marxism–Leninism Left-wing nationalism	Member of the United Front and its coalition government
India (1996–1998)	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	CPI(M)	Puchalapalli Sundarayya (first) Sitaram Yechury (current)	7 November 1964 (1964-11-07)		Marxism–Leninism Left-wing nationalism	Member of the United Front and its coalition government
Moldova (2001–2009)	Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova Partidul Comuniștilor din Republica Moldova	PCRM	Vladimir Voronin	22 October 1993 (1993-10-22)		Marxism–Leninism Moldovenism Social conservatism Soviet patriotism Russophilia	Deposed after the 2009 protests
Nepal (1994–1995, 2008–2013, 2015–2017, 2018–2021)	Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) नेपाल कम्युनिष्ट पार्टी (एकीकृत मार्क्सवादी-लेनिनवादी)	CPN (UML) नेकपा (एमाले)	Madan Bhandari (first) K. P. Sharma Oli (current)	6 January 1991 (1991-01-06) 8 March 2021 (2021-03-08)	17 May 2018 (2018-05-17)	Marxism–Leninism People's Multiparty Democracy	Merged with the CPN (MC) to form the Nepal Communist Party in 2018, refounded in 2021
Nepal (1994–1995, 2008–2013, 2015–2017, 2018–2021)	Nepal Communist Party नेपाल कम्युनिष्ट पार्टी	NCP नेकपा	K. P. Sharma Oli Pushpa Kamal Dahal	17 May 2018 (2018-05-17)	8 March 2021 (2021-03-08)	Marxism–Leninism People's Multiparty Democracy Prachanda Path Democratic centralism Secularism Federalism	Dissolved as a result of internal conflicts in 2021
San Marino (1945-1957, 1978-1992)	Sammarinese Communist Party Partidul Comuniștilor din Republica Moldova	PCS	Ermenegildo Gasperoni	22 October 1993 (1993-10-22)		Communism	Deposed by coup d'etat orchestrated by Italy and America in Fatti di Rovereta

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Country	Before	Turned^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Notes
Angola	Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola	same name	Has abandoned Marxist-Leninism for social democracy
Angola	National Union for the Total Independence of Angola	same name	Abandoned Marxism-Leninism for social democracy and then for social conservatism
Brazil	Popular Socialist Party	Cidadania	Has abandoned Marxism-Leninism for social democracy and later social liberalism
Bulgaria	Bulgarian Communist Party	Bulgarian Socialist Party	Has abandoned Marxism-Leninism for social democracy
Cambodia	Kampuchean Revolutionary People's Party	Cambodian People's Party	Has abandoned Marxism-Leninism for centrism
Congo	Congolese Party of Labour	same name	Has abandoned Marxism-Leninism for social democracy
Croatia	League of Communists of Croatia	Social Democratic Party	Has abandoned Marxism-Leninism-Titoism for social democracy
Kazakhstan	Communist People's Party of Kazakhstan	People's Party of Kazakhstan	Has abandoned Marxism-Leninism for democratic socialism
Madagascar	Vanguard of the Malagasy Revolution	Malagasy Revolutionary Party	Has abandoned Marxism-Leninism for social democracy
Mongolia	Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party	Mongolian People's Party	Has abandoned Marxist-Leninism for social democracy
Montenegro	League of Communists of Montenegro	Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro	Has abandoned Marxism-Leninism-Titoism for social democracy and later neoliberalism
Morocco	Party of Progress and Socialism	same name	Has abandoned Marxism-Leninism for democratic socialism
Mozambique	FRELIMO	same name	Has abandoned Marxism-Leninism for democratic socialism
Serbia	League of Communists of Serbia	Socialist Party of Serbia	Has abandoned Marxism-Leninism-Titoism for social democracy
Slovenia	League of Communists of Slovenia	Social Democrats	Has abandoned Marxism-Leninism-Titoism for social democracy
Yemen	Yemeni Socialist Party	same name	Has abandoned Marxism-Leninism for social democracy

State	Defunct Party	Notes
Afghanistan	People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan
Albania	Party of Labour of Albania	Succeeded by Socialist Party of Albania
Benin	People's Revolutionary Party of Benin
Bulgaria	Bulgarian Communist Party	Succeeded by the Bulgarian Socialist Party came Bulgarian Socialist Party
Cambodia	Communist Party of Kampuchea
Czechoslovakia	Communist Party of Czechoslovakia	Czech Republic branch became the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia, and the Slovak branch became the Party of the Democratic Left
Ethiopia	Workers' Party of Ethiopia
Germany
Grenada	New Jewel Movement
Hungary	Hungarian Working People's Party
Hungary	Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party	Became the Hungarian Socialist Party
Poland	Polish United Workers' Party
Romania	Romanian Communist Party
Somalia	Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party
Soviet Union	Communist Party of the Soviet Union	Formerly the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party
Yugoslavia	League of Communists of Yugoslavia

Country	Organizations
Ideologically left communist organizations
Italy	International Communist Party Lotta Comunista
Iran	Internationalist Voice
United Kingdom	Communist Workers' Organisation World Revolution
United States	International Communist Party Internationalism Internationalist Workers Group Workers Offensive