List of left-wing political parties
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The following is a list of left-wing political parties. It includes parties from the centre-left to the far and ultra left.
Active
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- Åland -
- Albania –
- Algeria –
- Andorra –
- Angola –
- Antigua and Barbuda –
- Argentina –
- Armenia –
- Australia –
- Austria –
B
- Bangladesh –
- Barbados –
- Basque Country –
- Belgium –
- Bermuda –
- Bolivia –
- Bosnia and Herzegovina –
- Botswana –
- Brazil –
- Bulgaria –
- Burkina Faso –
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- Canada –
- Cape Verde –
- Catalonia –
- Chile –
- Colombia –
- Costa Rica –
- Croatia –
- Cuba –
- Cyprus –
- Czech Republic –
D
- Denmark –
- Dominica –
- Dominican Republic –
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- East Timor –
- Ecuador –
- Egypt –
- El Salvador –
- Estonia –
- Ethiopia –
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- Faroe Islands –
- Fiji –
- Finland –
- France –
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- Galicia –
- The Gambia –
- Georgia -
- Germany –
- Ghana –
- Greece –
- Greenland –
- Guadeloupe –
- Guatemala –
- Guinea-Bissau –
- Guyana –
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- Haiti –
- Honduras –
- Hong Kong –
- Hungary –
I
- Iceland –
- India –
- Indonesia –
- Iran –
- Iraq –
- Ireland –
- Isle of Man –
- Israel –
- Labor Party,
- Meretz-Yachad,
- Maki (as part of Hadash)
- Italy –
J
- Jamaica –
- Japan –
- Jordan –
K
- Kyrgyzstan –
- Kenya
- Kosovo
L
- Laos –
- Latvia –
- Lebanon –
- Lithuania –
- Luxembourg –
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- Macedonia –
- Malaysia –
- Malta –
- Martinique –
- Mauritius –
- Mexico –
- Moldova –
- Mongolia –
- Montenegro –
- Morocco –
- Mozambique –
N
- Namibia –
- Nepal –
- Netherlands –
- New Caledonia –
- New Zealand –
- Nicaragua –
- Niger –
- Norway –
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- Pakistan –
- Palestine –
- Panama –
- Papua New Guinea –
- Paraguay –
- Peru –
- Philippines –
- Poland –
- Portugal –
- Puerto Rico –
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- Québec –
R
- Réunion –
- Romania –
- Russia –
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- Saint Kitts and Nevis –
- Saint Lucia –
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines –
- San Marino –
- São Tomé and Príncipe –
- Scotland –
- Senegal –
- Serbia –
- Seychelles –
- Singapore –
- Slovakia –
- Slovenia –
- Solomon Islands –
- South Africa –
- South Korea –
- Spain –
- Sri Lanka –
- Sudan –
- Suriname –
- Sweden –
- Switzerland –
- Syria –
T
- Tajikistan –
- Tanzania –
- Togo –
- Tunisia –
- Turkey –
U
- Ukraine –
- United Kingdom –
- Communist Party of Britain
- Communist Party of Great Britain (Provisional Central Committee)
- Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist-Leninist)
- Co-operative Party
- Green Party of England and Wales
- International Socialist Network
- Left Unity
- Labour Party (UK)
- Mebyon Kernow
- National Health Action Party
- No2EU
- Plaid Cymru
- Reality Party
- Respect Party
- Scottish Green Party
- Scottish National Party
- Sinn Féin
- Socialist Party of Great Britain
- Socialist Party (England and Wales)
- Socialist Party (Ireland)
- Socialist Resistance
- Socialist Workers Party
- Socialist Labour Party
- Solidarity
- Welsh Communist Party
- Workers Power
- Workers Party (Ireland)
- United States –
- Green Party
- Justice Party (United States)
- Socialist Labor Party of America
- Socialist Party USA
- Peace and Freedom Party
- Party for Socialism and Liberation
- Socialist Equality Party
- Working Families Party
- Freedom Socialist Party
- Labor Party
- Socialist Action
- Socialist Alternative
- Socialist Workers Party
- World Socialist Party of the United States
- Uruguay –
V
- Venezuela –
- United Socialist Party of Venezuela
- Communist Party of Venezuela
- Patria Para Todos
- Movement Towards Socialism (Coalition for Democratic Unity)
- La Causa R (Coalition for Democratic Unity)
- For Social Democracy (Coalition for Democratic Unity)
- Democratic Action (Coalition for Democratic Unity)
W
- Wales –
Y
- Yemen –
Z
- Zimbabwe –
Former
- Afghanistan – People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan, Settam-e-Melli
- Albania – Albanian Party of Labor
- Algeria – Algerian Communist Party, Socialist Vanguard Party
- Antigua and Barbuda – Antigua Caribbean Liberation Movement
- Argentina – Democratic Socialist Party, Front for a Country in Solidarity, Popular Socialist Party, Workers' Revolutionary Party
- Armenia – Communist Party of Armenia
- Australia – Communist Party of Australia, Democratic Socialist Perspective, Nuclear Disarmament Party, Socialist Democracy
- Austria - Union of Revolutionary Workers of Austria (Marxist–Leninist)
- Azerbaijan – Muslim Social Democratic Party
- The Bahamas – Vanguard Nationalist and Socialist Party
- Bahrain – Popular Front for the Liberation of Bahrain
- Bangladesh – Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League
- Belarus – Communist Party of Byelorussia
- Belgium – Belgian Socialist Party, Communist Party of Belgium
- Benin – People's Revolutionary Party of Benin
- Bolivia – Party of the Revolutionary Left
- Bosnia and Herzegovina – League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Brazil – Brazilian Communist Party (original), Brazilian Labour Party
- Brunei – Brunei People's Party
- Bulgaria – Bulgarian Communist Party, Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers Party (Broad Socialists)
- Burkina Faso – Patriotic League for Development
- Burma – Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League, Burma Socialist Party, Burma Socialist Programme Party, Burma Workers Party, Communist Party of Burma (original)
- Burundi – Burundi Workers' Party
- Cambodia – Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party, Khmer Rouge
- Cameroon – Union of the Peoples of Cameroon (original)
- Canada – Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, Cape Breton Labour Party, Labor-Progressive Party, League for Socialist Action, Socialist Labour Party, Socialist Party of North America
- Chile – Popular Unitary Action Movement
- Colombia – Patriotic Union
- Democratic Republic of the Congo – Mouvement National Congolais, Parti Solidaire Africain
- Republic of the Congo – National Movement of the Revolution
- Croatia – League of Communists of Croatia
- Cuba – Popular Socialist Party
- Czechoslovakia – Communist Party of Czechoslovakia
- Denmark – Common Course
- Dominican Republic – Dominican Communist Party
- Egypt – Arab Socialist Union, Democratic Movement for National Liberation
- Estonia – Communist Party of Estonia, Estonian Labour Party, Intermovement
- Ethiopia – All-Ethiopia Socialist Movement, Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party, Marxist–Leninist League of Tigray, Workers' Party of Ethiopia
- Finland – Communist Party of Finland, Democratic Alternative, Finnish People's Democratic League, Social Democratic Union of Workers and Smallholders, Ålandic Left
- France – French Section of the Workers' International, Proletarian Unity Party, Unified Socialist Party, Revolutionary Communist League, Workers' Party
- Georgia – Georgian Communist Party
- Germany – Communist Party of Germany, Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany, Labour and Social Justice – The Electoral Alternative, Party of Democratic Socialism, Socialist Unity Party of Germany, Socialist Unity Party of West Berlin, Socialist Workers' Party of Germany, Spartacus League, Social Democratic Party in the GDR
- Ghana – People's National Party
- Greece – United Democratic Left
- Grenada – New Jewel Movement, Maurice Bishop Patriotic Movement
- Guatemala – Guatemalan Party of Labor, Party of the Guatemalan Revolution, Revolutionary Action Party, Socialist Party
- Guinea – Democratic Party of Guinea (original), Socialist Democracy of Guinea
- Haiti – Haitian Communist Party, Popular Socialist Party, Unified Party of Haitian Communists
- Honduras – Communist Party of Honduras
- Hungary – Hungarian Communist Party, Hungarian Workers' Party, Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party
- Iceland – Social Democratic Party, People's Alliance, Communist Party of Iceland, National Preservation Party, National Awakening, People's Unity Party – Socialist Party, Union of Liberals and Leftists, Women's List
- India – Congress Socialist Party, Ghadar Party, Praja Socialist Party, Samata Party, Samyukta Socialist Party
- Indonesia – Communist Party of Indonesia, Socialist Party of Indonesia
- Iran – Communist Party of Iran, National Front, Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas, Peykar
- Iraq – National Democratic Party
- Ireland – Clann na Poblachta, Democratic Left, Democratic Socialist Party, Independent Socialist Party, Saor Éire, Socialist Labour Party
- Israel – Maki, Mapai, Mapam, Matzpen, Progressive List for Peace
- Italy – Italian Communist Party, Italian Socialist Party, Democrats of the Left, Communist Party of the Free Territory of Trieste, Italian Democratic Socialists, Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity, Democratic Left, Proletarian Democracy, Proletarian Unity Party
- Jamaica – Workers Party of Jamaica
- Japan – Democratic Socialist Party, Farmer-Labour Party, Japan Labour-Farmer Party, Japan Socialist Party, Leftist Socialist Party of Japan, Rightist Socialist Party of Japan
- Jersey – Jersey Communist Party
- Kenya – Kenya People's Union
- Kosovo – League of Communists of Kosovo
- Kyrgyzstan – Communist Party of Kirghizia
- Laos – Pathet Lao
- Latvia – Communist Party of Latvia, General Jewish Labour Bund in Latvia, Latvian Social Democratic Party, Revolutionary Socialist Party of Latvia
- Lebanon – Lebanese National Movement
- Liberia – Progressive Alliance of Liberia
- Lithuania – Communist Party of Lithuania, Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania, Front Party, Socialist Party of Lithuania
- Luxembourg – Social Democratic Party
- Macedonia – League of Communists of Macedonia
- Malaysia – Communist Party of Malaya, Labour Party of Malaya
- Mali – Sudanese Union – African Democratic Rally (original)
- Mexico – Mexican Communist Party, Mexican Liberal Party, Mexican People's Party, Mexican Workers' Party, Party of the Cardenist Front of National Reconstruction, Social Democracy, Social Democratic Party, Socialist Mexican Party, Unified Socialist Party of Mexico, Workers' Revolutionary Party
- Moldova – Communist Party of Moldova
- Montenegro – League of Communists of Montenegro
- Morocco – Ila al-Amam, Moroccan Communist Party, National Union of Popular Forces
- Nepal – Communist Party of Nepal
- Netherlands – Communist Party of the Netherlands, Democratic Socialists '70, Independent Socialist Party, Pacifist Socialist Party, Political Party of Radicals, Revolutionary Socialist Party, Social Democratic League, Social Democratic Workers' Party, Socialist Party
- New Zealand – Communist Party of New Zealand, Democratic Labour Party, Independent Political Labour League, Jim Anderton's Progressive Party, NewLabour Party, New Zealand Socialist Party, Residents Action Movement, United Labour Party
- Niger – Sawaba
- Nigeria – Socialist Workers and Farmers Party of Nigeria
- North Korea – Workers' Party of North Korea
- Norway – Red Electoral Alliance, Social Democratic Labour Party of Norway, Workers' Communist Party
- Oman – Dhofar Liberation Front, Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman, Popular Front for the Liberation of the Occupied Arabian Gulf
- Pakistan – Azad Pakistan Party, Communist Party of Pakistan, National Awami Party, Pakistan Socialist Party
- Palestinian territories – National Liberation League in Palestine, Palestine Communist Party
- Poland – Social Democracy of the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania, Communist Party of Poland, Polish Workers' Party, Polish United Workers' Party, Communist Party of the Free City of Danzig, Social Democratic Party of the Free City of Danzig, Union of Polish Patriots
- Portugal – Leftwing Union for the Socialist Democracy, Portuguese Socialist Party
- Puerto Rico – Puerto Rican Socialist Party, Puerto Rican Communist Party
- Romania – General Jewish Labour Bund in Romania, Ploughmen's Front, Romanian Communist Party, Romanian Social Democratic Party, Social Democratic Party of Romania, Socialist Party of Romania
- Russia – Russian Social Democratic Labor Party, Socialist-Revolutionary Party, Mensheviks, Tuvan People's Revolutionary Party
- Saint Lucia – National Alliance
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – Saint Vincent Labour Party
- San Marino – Sammarinese Communist Party, Sammarinese Socialist Party, Sammarinese Communist Refoundation
- Saudi Arabia – Arab Socialist Action Party – Arabian Peninsula, Communist Party in Saudi Arabia
- Serbia – League of Communists of Serbia, League of Communists of Vojvodina
- Singapore – Barisan Sosialis, Labour Front
- Slovakia – Communist Party of Slovakia
- Slovenia – League of Communists of Slovenia
- Solomon Islands – Solomon Islands Labour Party
- Somalia – Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party
- South Africa – Labour Party
- South Korea – Communist Party of Korea, Democratic Labor Party, Workers Party of South Korea
- Soviet Union – Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Spain – Batasuna, Communist Party of the Basque Homelands, Workers' Party of Marxist Unification
- Sudan – Sudanese Socialist Union
- Suriname – Communist Party of Suriname
- Switzerland – Communist Party of Switzerland, Progressive Organizations of Switzerland
- Taiwan – China Democratic Socialist Party, Taiwanese Communist Party
- Tanzania – Afro-Shirazi Party, Tanganyika African National Union, Umma Party
- Thailand – Communist Party of Thailand, Socialist Party of Thailand
- Togo – Juvento, Pan-African Socialist Party
- Trinidad and Tobago – Butler Party, Democratic Labour Party
- Tunisia – Tunisian Communist Party
- Turkey – Communist Party of Turkey, Democratic People's Party, Democratic Society Party, Equality and Democracy Party, Social Democratic Populist Party, Workers Party of Turkey
- Turkmenistan – Communist Party of Turkmenistan
- Ukraine – Borotbisty, Communist Party of Ukraine
- United Kingdom – Chartist Party, Common Wealth Party, Communist Party of Great Britain, Independent Labour Party, National Labour Organisation, Republican Labour Party, Social Democratic Federation
- United States – Democratic Party, American Labor Party, Farmer-Labor Party, New Alliance Party, Nonpartisan League, Proletarian Party of America, Social Democratic Party, Socialist Party of America, Workers Party, Workingmen's Party of the United States
- Uzbekistan – Communist Party of Uzbekistan
- Venezuela – Fifth Republic Movement, People's Electoral Movement, Revolutionary Left Movement
- Vietnam – Indochinese Communist Party, National Liberation Front
- Yemen – National Liberation Front
- Yugoslavia – League of Communists of Yugoslavia
- Zimbabwe – United Progressive Party
See also
Politics
- Left-wing politics
- Centre-left
- Far left
- Ultra left
- Labour movement
- Marxism
- Social democracy
- Social liberalism
- Socialism
- Right-wing political parties
Parties
- International Communist Party
- Communist Party
- Communist Workers Party
- Democratic Socialist Party
- Global Greens
- List of Labour Parties
- Liberal Party
- Workers' Party
- Social Democratic Party
- Socialist Equality Party
- Socialist Labour Party
- Socialist Party
- Socialist Workers Party
- List of political parties
References
- ^ "Indian National Congress(INC)". Election.in.