List of socialist parties with national parliamentary representation

The following is a list of political parties presently espousing a variety of socialism which have representation in national parliaments. The list does not contain parties historically or formerly represented in parliaments, nor parties whom identify as social democratic parties.

150 socialist, communist and anti-capitalist parties have been elected worldwide to parliament in 76 different recognized and non-recognized states. Of the 71 states listed here, 14 of them are republics ruled by a socialist, communist or anti-capitalist party, five of them are official socialist states ruled by a communist party; four of which espouse Marxism–Leninism (China, Cuba, Laos, and Vietnam) while the fifth (North Korea) espouses Juche.Kim Jong-un, "Let Us Brilliantly Accomplish the Revolutionary Cause of Juche, Holding the Great Comrade Kim Jong Il in High Esteem as the Eternal General Secretary of Our Party", 6 April 2002.

N.B. Bold indicates the party is a governing party or part of a governing coalition

List

CountryPartyPolitical GroupElectionLower houseUpper houseOfficial ideologyNational Liberation Front (FLN)2025 and 2026 electionsPeople's National AssemblyCouncil of the NationSocialismWorkers' Party (PT)2025 and 2026 electionsTrotskyismPeople's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA)2022 election—Democratic socialismSocialist Workers' Party (PTS)Workers' Left Front(FIT-U)2023 and 2025 electionsChamber of DeputiesSenateTrotskyismWorkers' Party (PO)TrotskyismArmenian Revolutionary FederationArmenia Alliance2026 electionNational Assembly—NationalismSocialismKatter's Australian Party2025 electionHouse of RepresentativesSenateAgrarian socialismCommunist Party of Belarus2024 electionHouse of RepresentativesCouncil of the RepublicMarxism–LeninismRepublican Party of Labour and Justice (RPTS)SocialismWorkers' Party of Belgium (PVDA-PTB)2024 electionChamber of RepresentativesSenateMarxismPopular Alliance (AP)2025 electionChamber of DeputiesChamber of SenatorsSocialism of the 21st centuryMovement Toward Socialism (MAS-IPSP)Botswana People's PartyUmbrella for Democratic Change2024 electionNational Assembly—Democratic socialismCommunist Party of Brazil (PCdoB)Brazil of Hope2026 electionChamber of DeputiesFederal SenateMarxism–LeninismThe first reference is for the lower house, the second for the upper house.Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL)PSOL REDE FederationDemocratic socialismAfrican Party for the Independence of Cape Verde (PAICV)2026 electionNational Assembly—Democratic socialismFrente AmplioUnidad por Chile2025 electionChamber of DeputiesSenateDemocratic socialismCommunist Party of Chile (PCCh)Marxism–LeninismChinese Communist Party (CPC) 2022–2023 electionNational People's CongressStanding CommitteeHistoric Pact for Colombia (PHxC)2026 electionChamber of RepresentativesSenateDemocratic socialismConvention for the Renewal of the Comoros—2025 electionAssembly of the Union of the Comoros—Democratic socialismUnified Lumumbist PartySacred Union of the Nation2023 electionNational AssemblySenateLumumbismBroad Front—2026 electionLegislative Assembly—Socialism of the 21st centuryWe Can!—2024 electionSabor—Eco-socialismCommunist Party of Cuba—2023 electionNational Assembly of People's Power—CastroismProgressive Party of Working People—2026 electionHouse of Representatives—Marxism–LeninismGreen Left—2026 electionFolketing—Democratic socialismRed–Green Alliance——Eco-socialismInuit Ataqatigiit——Democratic socialismFRETILIN—2023 electionNational Parliament—Democratic socialismCitizen Revolution Movement—2025 electionNational Assembly—Socialism of the 21st centuryPachakutik——SocialismPopular Unity——CommunismMarxism-LeninismNational Progressive Unionist Rally PartyNational Unified List for Egypt2025 Senate and Parliamentary ElectionsHouse of RepresentativesSenateNasserismPeople's Front for Democracy and Justice—1992 electionNational Assembly—SocialismLeft Alliance—2023 electionParliament—Democratic socialismFor RéunionDemocratic and Republican Left group2024 electionPost-MarxismDemocratic socialismFrench Communist PartyCommunismRepublican and Socialist LeftSocialismEco-socialismGénération.sEcologist GroupDemocratic socialismEco-socialismL'AprèsEco-socialismEcological Revolution for the LivingLa France Insoumise groupDemocratic socialismIndependent Worker's PartyTrotskyismLa France InsoumiseDemocratic socialismLeft Party (France)Democratic socialismEuskal Herria BaiSocialists and affiliated groupSocialismProgressive Democratic Party of GuadeloupeDemocratic socialism Post-MarxismPeople's Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism—2022 electionNational AssemblySocialismThe Left—2025 electionDemocratic socialismCommunist Party of Greece—2023 election—Marxism–LeninismGuatemalan National Revolutionary Unity — Winaq—2023 election—Revolutionary socialismLiberty and Refoundation—2025 election—Democratic socialismSocialism of the 21st CenturySamajwadi PartyIndian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance2024 electionDemocratic socialismCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Marxism–LeninismThe first two references are about seats in parliament.Rashtriya Janata DalSocialismJharkhand Mukti MorchaSocialismCommunist Party of IndiaMarxism–LeninismCommunist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) LiberationMarxism–LeninismMao Zedong ThoughtRevolutionary Socialist PartyMarxism–LeninismPeople Before ProfitPeople Before Profit–Solidarity2024 electionSocialismSolidarity (Ireland)TrotskyismIsraeli Communist PartyDemocratic Front for Peace and Equality2022 election—Marxism–LeninismItalian LeftGreens and Left Alliance2022 electionDemocratic socialismJapanese Communist Party—2025 and 2026 electionsScientific socialismJordanian Communist Party—2024 electionMarxism-LeninismLao People's Revolutionary PartyLao Front for National Development2026 election—Kaysone Phomvihane ThoughtProgressive Socialist PartyDemocratic Gathering2022 election—SocialismArmenian Revolutionary Federation in LebanonMarch 8 Alliance—Democratic socialismPopular Nasserist Organization—NasserismUnion Party—NasserismLebanese Communist Party——CommunismMarxism-LeninismSocialist Revolutionaries—2022 election—SocialismPopular Front for Democracy——Democratic socialismThe Left—2023 election—Democratic socialismMauritian Militant MovementAlliance du Changement2024 election—Democratic socialismRezistans ek Alternativ—Eco-socialismLabor PartyJuntos Hacemos Historia2021 and 2024 electionsDemocratic socialismSocialism of the 21st centuryParty of Socialists of the Republic of MoldovaPatriotic Electoral Bloc2025 election—Democratic socialismParty of Communists of the Republic of Moldova—Communism Marxism-LeninismParty of Progress and Socialism (PPS)—2026 electionSocialismLeft Alliance—Democratic socialismFront of Democratic Forces—SocialismFRELIMO—2024 election—Democratic socialismPODEMOS——Democratic socialismSouth West Africa People's Organisation—2024 electionSocialismAffirmative Repositioning—Marxism-LeninismFanonismSankarismLandless People's Movement—Democratic socialismNamibian Economic Freedom Fighters—Anti-capitalismSouth West Africa National Union—Democratic socialismCommunist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)—2026 electionCommunism Marxism-LeninismNepali Communist Party—Communism Marxism-LeninismPeople's Socialist Party, Nepal—Democratic socialismRastriya Janamorcha—Communism Marxism-LeninismMaoismSandinista National Liberation Front—2021 election—SandinismoWorkers' Party of Korea—2026 election—Kimilsungism-KimjongilismThe Left (North Macedonia)—2024 election—SocialismSocialist Left Party—2025 election—Socialism Eco-socialismRed Party——CommunismBalochistan National Party (Mengal)—2024 electionDemocratic socialismMajlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen—Islamic socialism Popular Front for the Liberation of PalestinePalestine Liberation Organization2006 election—Marxism–LeninismDemocratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine—Marxism–LeninismPalestinian People's Party—Scientific socialismGuasú Front—2023 election Democratic socialismTogether for PeruTogether for Peru2026 electionDemocratic socialism MariáteguismPolish Socialist PartyThe Left2023 electionDemocratic socialismPortuguese Communist PartyUnitary Democratic Coalition2025 election—Marxism–Leninism*Left Bloc——Democratic socialismCommunist Party of the Russian Federation—2026 electionMarxism–LeninismPolisario Front—2023 election—Arab socialismDemocratic socialismUnity Labour Party—2025 election—Democratic socialismMovement of Independent Citizens of São Tomé and Príncipe – Socialist Party—2026 election—Democratic socialismLEVICALevica and Vesna2026 election—Democratic socialism Eco-socialismEconomic Freedom Fighters—2024 electionMarxism–LeninismuMkhonto weSizwe—SocialismSouth African Communist PartyTripartite Alliance Marxism–LeninismCommunist Party of South Ossetia— 2024 election—Marxism–LeninismUnited LeftSumar2023 electionCommunism, SocialismChunta AragonesistaEco-socialismMés per MallorcaDemocratic socialismPodemos—Democratic socialismEH BilduLeft for Independence SocialismRepublican Left of CataloniaDemocratic SocialismGalician Nationalist Bloc—SocialismJanatha Vimukthi PeramunaNational People's Power2024 election—Marxism–LeninismLeft Party—2026 election—SocialismSocialist Party of Tajikistan—2025 electionSocialismAlliance for Change and Transparency—2025 election—Democratic socialismParty of the Greens and Left FutureLabour and Freedom Alliance2023 election—Anti-capitalismWorkers' Party of Turkey—Marxism-LeninismYour PartyIndependent Alliance——SocialismMovement of Popular ParticipationBroad Front2024 electionSocialism of the 21st centuryCommunist Party of UruguayMarxism–LeninismPeople's Victory PartyMarxismSocialist Party of UruguaySocialism of the 21st centuryVanua'aku Pati—2025 election—Melanesian socialismUnited Socialist Party of VenezuelaGreat Patriotic Pole2025 election—Socialism of the 21st centuryFatherland for All—Democratic socialismTupamaro—Marxism–LeninismMovement We Are Venezuela—SocialismFor Social Democracy—Democratic socialismAlliance for Change—Democratic socialismPeople's Electoral Movement—SocialismVenezuelan Popular Unity—SocialismMarxismCommunist Party of VietnamVietnamese Fatherland Front2026 election—Ho Chi Minh ThoughtNasserist Unionist People's Organisation—2003 election—NasserismArab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Yemen Region—Ba'athismResolute PartyTonse Alliance2026 election—Socialism

See also List of socialist parties List of communist parties represented in European Parliament List of social democratic and democratic socialist parties that have governed

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