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Socialist Party is the name of several different political parties around the world that are explicitly called Socialist. All of these parties claim to uphold socialism

Socialism

Socialism is an economic system characterized by social ownership of the means of production and cooperative management of the economy; or a political philosophy advocating such a system. "Social ownership" may refer to any one of, or a combination of, the following: cooperative enterprises,...

, though they might belong to different branches of the socialist movement and might therefore have different interpretations of what socialism means. Most of these parties advocate either social democracy

Social democracy

Social democracy is a political ideology of the center-left on the political spectrum. Social democracy is officially a form of evolutionary reformist socialism. It supports class collaboration as the course to achieve socialism...

, democratic socialism

Democratic socialism

Democratic socialism is a description used by various socialist movements and organizations to emphasize the democratic character of their political orientation...

or even Third Way

Third way (centrism)

The Third Way refers to various political positions which try to reconcile right-wing and left-wing politics by advocating a varying synthesis of right-wing economic and left-wing social policies. Third Way approaches are commonly viewed from within the first- and second-way perspectives as...

as their ideological position. Many socialist parties have explicit connections to the Labour movement

Labour movement

The term labour movement or labor movement is a broad term for the development of a collective organization of working people, to campaign in their own interest for better treatment from their employers and governments, in particular through the implementation of specific laws governing labour...

and trade union

Trade union

A trade union, trades union or labor union is an organization of workers that have banded together to achieve common goals such as better working conditions. The trade union, through its leadership, bargains with the employer on behalf of union members and negotiates labour contracts with...

s. See also Socialist International

Socialist International

The Socialist International is a worldwide organization of democratic socialist, social democratic and labour political parties. It was formed in 1951.- History :...

, list of democratic socialist parties and organizations and list of social democratic parties. A number of affiliates of the Trotskyist

Trotskyism

Trotskyism is the theory of Marxism as advocated by Leon Trotsky. Trotsky considered himself an orthodox Marxist and Bolshevik-Leninist, arguing for the establishment of a vanguard party of the working-class...

Committee for a Workers' International

The Committee for a Workers' International is an international association of Trotskyist parties. Members include the Socialist Party of England and Wales, the Socialist Party , the Socialist Party the Democratic Socialist Movement in South Africa and Nigeria and groups using the name Socialist...

also use the name Socialist Party.

Active parties

This list is incomplete. If you know a Socialist Party that is not listed, you are encouraged to add it.

Nation	Party	Affiliation
Albania	Socialist Party of Albania Socialist Party of Albania The Socialist Party of Albania , is a centre-left, social democraticand socially liberal political party in Albania, it is currently the leading opposition party in Albania. It seats 66 MPs in the 2009 Albanian parliament . It achieved power in 1997 after a political crisis and governmental...	SI Socialist International The Socialist International is a worldwide organization of democratic socialist, social democratic and labour political parties. It was formed in 1951.- History :...
Argentina	Socialist Party Socialist Party (Argentina) The Socialist Party is a social-democratic political party in Argentina. The history of socialism in Argentina began in the 1890s, when a group of people, notably Juan B. Justo, expressed the need for a greater social focus....	SI Socialist International The Socialist International is a worldwide organization of democratic socialist, social democratic and labour political parties. It was formed in 1951.- History :...
Australia	Socialist Party Socialist Party (Australia) The Socialist Party is a small Trotskyist political party in Australia affiliated with the Committee for a Workers International. The SP has branches in Melbourne, Sydney, Newcastle and Perth. It publishes a monthly newspaper called The Socialist which contains a socialist perspective on news and...	CWI Committee for a Workers' International The Committee for a Workers' International is an international association of Trotskyist parties. Members include the Socialist Party of England and Wales, the Socialist Party , the Socialist Party the Democratic Socialist Movement in South Africa and Nigeria and groups using the name Socialist...
Belgium (French Community French Community of Belgium The French Community of Belgium is one of the three official communities in Belgium along with the Flemish Community and the German speaking Community. Although its name could suggest that it is a community of French citizens in Belgium, it is not... )	Socialist Party Socialist Party (francophone Belgium) The Socialist Party is a Francophone social-democratic political party in Belgium. As of the 2010 elections, it is the second largest party in the Belgian Chamber of Representatives and the largest Francophone party...	SI Socialist International The Socialist International is a worldwide organization of democratic socialist, social democratic and labour political parties. It was formed in 1951.- History :... , PES Party of European Socialists The Party of European Socialists is a European political party led by Sergei Stanishev, former Prime Minister of Bulgaria. The PES comprises social-democratic national-level political parties primarily from Member state of the European Union, as well as other nations of the European continent. The...
Bolivia	Socialist Party Socialist Party (Bolivia) The Socialist Party-1 is a socialist political party in Bolivia.At the legislative elections in 2002, the party won 0.7% of the popular vote and one out of 130 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and no seats in the Senate....
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Socialist Party
Brazil	Brazilian Socialist Party Brazilian Socialist Party The Brazilian Socialist Party , is a political party in Brazil. It was founded in 1947, before being abolished by the military regime in 1965 and re-organized in 1985 with the re-democratization of Brazil. It elected six Governors in 2010, becoming the second largest party in number of state...	FSP Foro de São Paulo Foro de São Paulo is a conference of left-leaning political parties and other organizations from Latin America and the Caribbean. It was launched by the Workers' Party of Brazil in 1990 in the city of São Paulo....
Kingdom of Bulgaria	Bulgarian Socialist Party Bulgarian Socialist Party The Bulgarian Socialist Party is social-democratic political party in Bulgaria and successor to the Bulgarian Communist Party. The BSP is a member of the Party of European Socialists and Socialist International, and is currently led by Sergei Stanishev....	SI Socialist International The Socialist International is a worldwide organization of democratic socialist, social democratic and labour political parties. It was formed in 1951.- History :... , PES Party of European Socialists The Party of European Socialists is a European political party led by Sergei Stanishev, former Prime Minister of Bulgaria. The PES comprises social-democratic national-level political parties primarily from Member state of the European Union, as well as other nations of the European continent. The...
Canada	Socialist Party of Ontario Socialist Party of Ontario The Socialist Party of Ontario, or Socialist Party, also know by its acronym SPO, was founded in 2011 by political activists, trade unionists, community leaders, feminists and socialists, many of whom were former members of the Ontario New Democratic Party . They decided to launch a new leftist... New Democratic Party New Democratic Party The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in...
Chile	Socialist Party of Chile Socialist Party of Chile The Socialist Party of Chile is a political party, that is part of the center-left Coalition of Parties for Democracy coalition. Its historical leader was the late President of Chile Salvador Allende Gossens, who was deposed by General Pinochet in 1973...	SI Socialist International The Socialist International is a worldwide organization of democratic socialist, social democratic and labour political parties. It was formed in 1951.- History :...
Egypt	Socialist Party of Egypt Socialist Party of Egypt The Egyptian Socialist Party is a new political party in Egypt which was founded by some Egyptian socialists after the 2011 Egyptian revolution.. The party was founded on June 18 at a conference attended by over 400 Egyptian & international socialists...
Early Modern France	Socialist Party Socialist Party (France) The Socialist Party is a social-democratic political party in France and the largest party of the French centre-left. It is one of the two major contemporary political parties in France, along with the center-right Union for a Popular Movement...	SI Socialist International The Socialist International is a worldwide organization of democratic socialist, social democratic and labour political parties. It was formed in 1951.- History :... , PES Party of European Socialists The Party of European Socialists is a European political party led by Sergei Stanishev, former Prime Minister of Bulgaria. The PES comprises social-democratic national-level political parties primarily from Member state of the European Union, as well as other nations of the European continent. The...
French Guiana	Guianese Socialist Party Guianese Socialist Party The Guianese Socialist Party is a political party in the French overseas région of French Guiana, in South America. The PSG is currently the majority party in the regional council of French Guiana and has one seat in the French National Assembly....
Gabon	Gabonese Socialist Party Gabonese Socialist Party The Gabonese Socialist Party is a small political party in Gabon. It was founded in 1992.Augustin Moussavou King was the party's candidate in the November 2005 presidential elections. He finished fourth out of five candidates, winning 0.33 percent of the vote....
Guinea-Bissau	Socialist Party of Guinea-Bissau Socialist Party of Guinea-Bissau The Socialist Party of Guinea-Bissau is a political party in Guinea-Bissau.In the last legislative election held on 28 March 2004, the PS-GB won 0.27% of the popular vote and failed to gain representation in the National People's Assembly....
Hungary	Hungarian Socialist Party Hungarian Socialist Party The Hungarian Socialist Party describes itself as a social democratic party in Hungary. It is the partial successor of the communist Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party , which ruled Hungary between 1956 and 1989. The decision to declare the party a successor of the MSZMP was controversial, and...	SI Socialist International The Socialist International is a worldwide organization of democratic socialist, social democratic and labour political parties. It was formed in 1951.- History :... , PES Party of European Socialists The Party of European Socialists is a European political party led by Sergei Stanishev, former Prime Minister of Bulgaria. The PES comprises social-democratic national-level political parties primarily from Member state of the European Union, as well as other nations of the European continent. The...
India	Socialist Party Samajwadi Party Samajwadi Party is a political party in India. It is based in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It describes itself as a democratic socialist party...
Iraq	Assyrian Socialist Party Assyrian Socialist Party The Assyrian Socialist Party, the first Assyrian political party, was founded after the February 1917 Russian revolution, by Dr. Freydun Atturaya, Rabbi Benjamin Bet Arsanis and Dr. Baba Bet Parhad...
Iraq	Kurdish Socialist Party Kurdish Socialist Party Kurdistan Socialist Democratic Party is a political party in Iraq that currently has 2 seats in the Kurdistan National Assembly-References:*...
Republic of Ireland	Socialist Party Socialist Party (Ireland) The Socialist Party is a socialist political party active in Ireland. It is a member of the Committee for a Workers' International .Formerly known as Militant Tendency, then Militant Labour, it adopted the name The Socialist Party in 1996. From their foundation in 1972 until the 1980s, members of...	CWI Committee for a Workers' International The Committee for a Workers' International is an international association of Trotskyist parties. Members include the Socialist Party of England and Wales, the Socialist Party , the Socialist Party the Democratic Socialist Movement in South Africa and Nigeria and groups using the name Socialist...
Italy	Italian Socialist Party	SI Socialist International The Socialist International is a worldwide organization of democratic socialist, social democratic and labour political parties. It was formed in 1951.- History :... , PES Party of European Socialists The Party of European Socialists is a European political party led by Sergei Stanishev, former Prime Minister of Bulgaria. The PES comprises social-democratic national-level political parties primarily from Member state of the European Union, as well as other nations of the European continent. The...
Latvia	Socialist Party of Latvia Socialist Party of Latvia The Socialist Party of Latvia was formed in 1994 as a successor party to the Communist Party of Latvia, which was banned in 1991. In essence, the party is communist; according to the programme of the party, the LSP was founded as an organization upholding socialist ideas after the 1991 events that...
Lithuania	Socialist Party of Lithuania Socialist Party of Lithuania Socialist Party of Lithuania was a Marxist political party in Lithuania. It was formed on March 26, 1994, The principal creators of the LSP were J.Sakalauskas, Albinas Visockas, who was to be elected leader of the newly formed party at the LSP 1st party congress, and Michailas Bugakovas...
Republic of Macedonia	Socialist Party of Macedonia Socialist Party of Macedonia The Socialist Party of Macedonia is a political party in the Republic of Macedonia founded on 22 September 1990 as a successor of the Socialist Alliance of the Working People of Macedonia. The SPM proclaims that it is a left-wing democratic socialist party. The SPM was part of the coalition...	PES Party of European Socialists The Party of European Socialists is a European political party led by Sergei Stanishev, former Prime Minister of Bulgaria. The PES comprises social-democratic national-level political parties primarily from Member state of the European Union, as well as other nations of the European continent. The...
Malaysia	Socialist Party of Malaysia Parti Sosialis Malaysia Parti Sosialis Malaysia , is a socialist political party in Malaysia and an offshoot of Parti Rakyat Malaysia, which originally upheld the same ideology. In its first ten years following its founding in 1998, the party was denied registration as a political party by the Federal Government of Malaysia...
Mexico	Socialist Party of Mexico Socialist Party of Mexico The Socialist Party of Mexico is a political party in Mexico, founded in 2001. It is led by Rafael Aguilar Talamantes.The party contested the 2001 municipal election in Tlaxcala, obtaining 328 votes. In the municipality of San Pablo del Monte it obtained 160 votes . In the 2002 elections to...
Moldova	Socialist Party of Moldova Socialist Party of Moldova The Socialist Party of Moldova is a communist political party in Moldova. At the last legislative elections, 6 March 2005, the party won as part of the Electoral Bloc Motherland no seats....
Morocco	Socialist Party Socialist Party (Morocco) The Socialist Party is a political party in Morocco.In the parliamentary election, held on 7 September 2007, the party did win 2 out of 325 seats....
Netherlands	Socialist Party Socialist Party (Netherlands) The Socialist Party is a democratic socialist political party in the Netherlands. After the 2006 general election, the Socialist Party became one of the major parties of the Netherlands with 25 seats of 150, an increase of 16 seats. The party was in opposition against the fourth Balkenende cabinet...
Peru	Socialist Party Socialist Party (Peru) The Socialist Party is a Peruvian political party founded in 2005. Its presidential candidate for the 2006 national election was Javier Diez Canseco...
Poland	Polish Socialist Party Polish Socialist Party The Polish Socialist Party was one of the most important Polish left-wing political parties from its inception in 1892 until 1948...
Portugal	Socialist Party Socialist Party (Portugal) The Socialist Party , abbreviated to PS, is a social-democratic political party in Portugal. It was founded on 19 April 1973 in the German city of Bad Münstereifel, by militants from Portuguese Socialist Action ....	SI Socialist International The Socialist International is a worldwide organization of democratic socialist, social democratic and labour political parties. It was formed in 1951.- History :... , PES Party of European Socialists The Party of European Socialists is a European political party led by Sergei Stanishev, former Prime Minister of Bulgaria. The PES comprises social-democratic national-level political parties primarily from Member state of the European Union, as well as other nations of the European continent. The...
Kingdom of Romania	Romanian Socialist Party Romanian Socialist Party The Romanian Socialist Party is a small Romanian political party with a socialist ideology. It is not represented in parliament. In the 2008 elections, it won 0.01% of the vote in the Chamber of Deputies and 0.02% in the Senate....
Rwanda	Rwandese Socialist Party Rwandese Socialist Party Rwandese Socialist Party is a pro-government political party in Rwanda. It was founded on 18 August 1991 and favors land reform.At the last legislative elections, on 30 September 2003, the party won 1 out of 53 seats....
Serbia	Socialist Party of Serbia Socialist Party of Serbia The Socialist Party of Serbia is officially a democratic socialist political party in Serbia. It is also widely recognized as a de facto Serbian nationalist party, though the party itself does not officially acknowledge this...
Senegal	Socialist Party of Senegal Socialist Party of Senegal The Socialist Party of Senegal is a political party in Senegal. It was the ruling party in Senegal from independence in 1960 until 2000. Ousmane Tanor Dieng has been the First Secretary of the party since 1996...	SI Socialist International The Socialist International is a worldwide organization of democratic socialist, social democratic and labour political parties. It was formed in 1951.- History :...
South Korea	Socialist Party
Spain	Socialist Party of the Basque Country – Basque Country Left	SI Socialist International The Socialist International is a worldwide organization of democratic socialist, social democratic and labour political parties. It was formed in 1951.- History :... , PES Party of European Socialists The Party of European Socialists is a European political party led by Sergei Stanishev, former Prime Minister of Bulgaria. The PES comprises social-democratic national-level political parties primarily from Member state of the European Union, as well as other nations of the European continent. The...
	Socialist Party of Catalonia Socialists' Party of Catalonia The Socialists' Party of Catalonia is a social-democratic political party in Catalonia, Spain resulting from the merge of two parties PSC Reagrupament led by Josep Pallach i Carolà and PSC Comgres. It is the Catalan referent of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party , and its Aranese section is...	PES Party of European Socialists The Party of European Socialists is a European political party led by Sergei Stanishev, former Prime Minister of Bulgaria. The PES comprises social-democratic national-level political parties primarily from Member state of the European Union, as well as other nations of the European continent. The...
	Majorca Socialist Party Majorca Socialist Party The Majorca Socialist Party is a political party in Majorca, Spain. The PSM defines itself as socialist, environmentalist, and Catalan nationalist, from a Majorcan point of view....	EFA European Free Alliance The European Free Alliance is a European political party. It consists of various national-level political parties in Europe which advocate either full political independence , or some form of devolution or self-governance for their country or region...
Sri Lanka	Socialist Party of Sri Lanka Socialist Party of Sri Lanka The Socialist Party of Sri Lanka, which has declared fraternal relations with the League for the Fifth International in May 2007, is an Autumn 2006 split from the United Socialist Party in Sri Lanka which is part of the Committee for a Workers International. The party has members in several unions,...	LFI League for the Fifth International The League for the Fifth International is an international grouping of revolutionary Trotskyist organisations around a common programme and perspectives. The group has sections in Europe, South Asia, and North America as well as supporters in the Middle East.-Early years:L5I was founded as the...
Sweden	Socialist Party	USFI
Switzerland	Swiss Socialist Party Social Democratic Party of Switzerland The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland is the largest centre-left political party in Switzerland....	SI Socialist International The Socialist International is a worldwide organization of democratic socialist, social democratic and labour political parties. It was formed in 1951.- History :... , PES Party of European Socialists The Party of European Socialists is a European political party led by Sergei Stanishev, former Prime Minister of Bulgaria. The PES comprises social-democratic national-level political parties primarily from Member state of the European Union, as well as other nations of the European continent. The...
Tajikistan	Socialist Party of Tajikistan
East Timor	Socialist Party of Timor Socialist Party of Timor The Socialist Party of Timor is a political party in East Timor. In the parliamentary election held on 30 August 2001, the party won 1.8 % of the popular vote and 1 out of 88 seats...
Ukraine	Socialist Party of Ukraine Socialist Party of Ukraine The Socialist Party of Ukraine is a Socialist political party in Ukraine and part of the Verkhovna Rada from 1994 to 2007.It is one of the oldest parties and was created by the former members of the Communist Party of Ukraine in late 1991 when the Communist Party was banned...	SI Socialist International The Socialist International is a worldwide organization of democratic socialist, social democratic and labour political parties. It was formed in 1951.- History :...
United Kingdom	Socialist Party (England and Wales) Socialist Party (England and Wales) The Socialist Party is a Trotskyist party active in England and Wales.It publishes the weekly newspaper The Socialist and the monthly magazine Socialism Today...	CWI Committee for a Workers' International The Committee for a Workers' International is an international association of Trotskyist parties. Members include the Socialist Party of England and Wales, the Socialist Party , the Socialist Party the Democratic Socialist Movement in South Africa and Nigeria and groups using the name Socialist...
	Socialist Party of Great Britain Socialist Party of Great Britain The Socialist Party of Great Britain , is a small Marxist political party within the impossibilist tradition. It is best known for its advocacy of using the ballot box for revolutionary purposes; opposition to reformism; and its early adoption of the theory of state capitalism to describe the...	WSM World Socialist Movement The World Socialist Movement is an international organisation of affiliated socialist parties created in 1904 with the founding of the Socialist Party of Great Britain...
	Scottish Socialist Party Scottish Socialist Party The Scottish Socialist Party is a left-wing Scottish political party. Positioning itself significantly to the left of Scotland's centre-left parties, the SSP campaigns on a socialist economic platform and for Scottish independence....	EACL European Anticapitalist Left The European Anticapitalist Left is an informal network for European anticapitalist left wing parties. EACL met for the first time in Lisbon in March 2000 with the representation of the Scottish Socialist Party, the Portuguese Left Bloc, the Danish Red-Green Alliance, the French LCR, and the...
United States	Socialist Party USA Socialist Party USA The Socialist Party USA is a multi-tendency democratic-socialist party in the United States. The party states that it is the rightful continuation and successor to the tradition of the Socialist Party of America, which had lasted from 1901 to 1972.The party is officially committed to left-wing...
Uruguay	Socialist Party of Uruguay Socialist Party of Uruguay The Socialist Party of Uruguay is an Uruguayan political party founded in 1910. Its main leader and spokesman was Dr Emilio Frugoni, the most prominent advocate of socialist ideas in Uruguay....	SI Socialist International The Socialist International is a worldwide organization of democratic socialist, social democratic and labour political parties. It was formed in 1951.- History :...
Yemen	Yemeni Socialist Party Yemeni Socialist Party The Yemeni Socialist Party is a political party in Yemen.It was the ruling party in South Yemen, the only Marxist Arab state, before unification in 1990...	SI Socialist International The Socialist International is a worldwide organization of democratic socialist, social democratic and labour political parties. It was formed in 1951.- History :...

Former parties

These are parties which no longer exist or have changed their name from socialist party

Nation	Party
Austria	Socialist Party of Austria Social Democratic Party of Austria The Social Democratic Party of Austria is one of the oldest political parties in Austria. The SPÖ is one of the two major parties in Austria, and has ties to trade unions and the Austrian Chamber of Labour. The SPÖ is among the few mainstream European social-democratic parties that have preserved...
Belgium	Belgian Socialist Party Belgian Socialist Party The Belgian Socialist Party was a democratic socialist party which existed in Belgium from 1945 to 1978.The BSP was founded by activists from the Belgian Labour Party , which was the first Belgian socialist party. It ceased to function during the Second World War, while Belgium was under Nazi...
Belgium (Flemish Community Flemish Community The term Flemish Community has two distinct, though related, meanings:... )	Socialist Party
Bolivia	Socialist Party Socialist Party (Bolivia, 1971) The Socialist Party was a left-wing political party in Bolivia.This Socialist Party was established on 1 May 1971 by the merger of three small parties supporting the former military Co-President and the President General Alfredo...
Burkina Faso	Burkinabè Socialist Party Burkinabè Socialist Party Burkinabé Socialist Party was a political party in Burkina Faso. The PSB split from the PAI in the early 1990s. Its leader was Ouindélassida François Ouédraogo....
Canada	Socialist Party of North America Socialist Party of North America The Socialist Party of North America was a political party founded in 1911, and the first in North America to adopt the Object and Declaration of Principles of the Socialist Party of Great Britain. The party was formed when the Toronto local of the Socialist Party of Canada seceded in protest over... Socialist Party of Canada Socialist Party of Canada There have been two different but related political parties in Canada that called themselves the Socialist Party of Canada . The current Socialist Party is an electorally inactive and unregistered federal political party in Canada...
Independent State of Croatia	Socialist Party of Croatia Socialist Party of Croatia Socialist Party of Croatia is now defunct left-wing political party in Croatia....
Ecuador	Ecuadorian Socialist Party
Egypt	Egyptian Socialist Party Egyptian Communist Party (1921) The Egyptian Socialist Party was a political party in Egypt. The party was founded in 1921. A party conference held in July 1922 declared the Alexandria branch of the party as the party headquarters. On October 1920 the party declared itself as the true representative of the Egyptian working class...
Early Modern France	French Socialist Party (1902) French Socialist Party (1902) The French Socialist Party was founded in 1902. It came from the merger of the "possibilist" Federation of the Socialist Workers of France , Jean Allemane's Revolutionary Socialist Workers' Party and some independent socialist politicians like Jean Jaurès... French Socialist Party (1919) French Socialist Party (1919) The French Socialist Party , the second political party to exist under this name, was a political party in France founded in 1919 during the Third Republic which emerged from the right-wing of the French Section of the Workers' International... Socialist Party of France (1902) Socialist Party of France (1902) The Socialist Party of France was founded in 1902, during a congress in Commentry, by the merger of the Marxist French Workers' Party led by Jules Guesde and the Blanquist Central Revolutionary Committee of Édouard Vaillant....
India	Socialist Party Socialist Party (India) Socialist Party has been the name of several political parties in India, all of which have their roots in the Congress Socialist Party formed during the freedom struggle...
Indonesia	Socialist Party of Indonesia Socialist Party of Indonesia The Socialist Party of Indonesia was a political party in Indonesia from 1948 until 1960, when it was banned by President Sukarno.-Origins:... Socialist Party of Indonesia (Parsi) Socialist Party of Indonesia (Parsi) The Socialist Party of Indonesia was a political party in Indonesia. It was founded at a meeting in Jogjakarta on November 13, 1945. The Defence Minister Amir Sjarifuddin was the chairman of the party. Parsi was largely made up by Amir Sjarifuddin's former colleagues from the wartime resistance...
Republic of Ireland	Socialist Party of Ireland Socialist Party of Ireland (1971) The Socialist Party of Ireland was a minor left-wing political party which existed in Ireland from 1971 to 1982.The SPI was set up by ex-members of Official Sinn Féin. It was formed on 13 December 1971 in Dublin and published its political manifesto on 19 January 1972...
Italy	Italian Socialist Party Italian Socialist Party The Italian Socialist Party was a socialist and later social-democratic political party in Italy founded in Genoa in 1892.Once the dominant leftist party in Italy, it was eclipsed in status by the Italian Communist Party following World War II... Socialist Party (1996–2001) Socialist Party (Italy, 1996–2001) The Socialist Party was a tiny social-democratic party in Italy.It was founded in 1996 by former members of the Italian Socialist Party close to Bettino Craxi, as Gianni De Michelis, Ugo Intini, Fabrizio Cicchitto, Margherita Boniver, Bobo Craxi and Donato Robilotta, some of which had been members... Socialist Party (2007–2008) Socialist Party (Italy, 2007–2008) The Socialist Party was a tiny social-democratic Italian political party. Its leader was Gianni De Michelis.-History:...
Japan	Japan Socialist Party Social Democratic Party (Japan) The Social Democratic Party The Social Democratic Party The Social Democratic Party (社会民主党 Shakai Minshu-tō, often abbreviated to 社民党 Shamin-tō; also known as the Social Democratic Party of Japan (abbreviated to SDPJ or SDP in English) is a political party that advocates for the establishment of a...
Netherlands	Socialist Party (Netherlands, interbellum) Socialist Party (Netherlands, interbellum) The Socialist Party was a Dutch revolutionary syndicalist libertarian socialist political party. The SP played only a minor role in Dutch political history.-Party History:...
New Zealand	New Zealand Socialist Party New Zealand Socialist Party The New Zealand Socialist Party was founded in 1901, promoting the works of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. The group, despite being relatively moderate when compared with many other socialists, met with little tangible success, but it nevertheless had considerable impact on the development of New...
Peru	Socialist Party of Peru
Poland	Silesian Socialist Party Silesian Socialist Party The Silesian Socialist Party was a political party in Silesia, Poland. The party was founded on May 1, 1928, by Józef Biniszkiewicz. When the new party was founded, it took over the regional PPS organ Robotnik Śląski ....
Portugal	Portuguese Socialist Party Portuguese Socialist Party The Portuguese Socialist Party was a political party in Portugal.The party was founded in 1875. During its initial phase the party was heavily influenced by Proudhonism, and rejected revolutionary Marxism. The party suffered constant factional struggles...
Puerto Rico	Puerto Rican Socialist Party Puerto Rican Socialist Party The Puerto Rican Socialist Party was a Marxist and pro-independence political party in Puerto Rico seeking the end of United States of America control on the Hispanic and Caribbean island... Socialist Party (Puerto Rico) Socialist Party (Puerto Rico) The Socialist Party was a political party in Puerto Rico.It was founded as the Labor Party in 1900 by Santiago Iglesias Pantín, an early leader of the Puerto Rican labor movement who was influenced by the Socialist Labor Party of America. It was formally refounded as the PS on March 21, 1915, in...
Kingdom of Romania	Socialist Party of Romania Socialist Party of Romania The Socialist Party of Romania was a Romanian socialist political party, created on December 11, 1918 by members of the Romanian Social Democratic Party , after the latter emerged from clandestinity...
San Marino	Sammarinese Socialist Party
Senegal	Senegalese Socialist Party Senegalese Socialist Party Senegalese Socialist Party was a political party in Senegal. PSS was founded in July 1934 by Lamine Guèye, as a split from the French Section of the Workers' International...
Spain	Andalusian Socialist Party
Sweden	Socialist Party Socialist Party (Sweden, 1929) The Socialist Party , initially known as the Communist Party of Sweden , was a political party in Sweden active from 1929 to 1948. The party was founded in 1929 by the major faction of the Communist Party of Sweden, led by Karl Kilbom and Nils Flyg, as the party split into two parties with the same...
Thailand	Socialist Party of Thailand Socialist Party of Thailand The Socialist Party of Thailand was political party in Thailand, active in the 1970s. SPT was led by its general secretary Boonsanong Punyodyana.SPT won 15 out of 269 seats in the 1975 parliamentary elections....
Togo	Pan-African Socialist Party Pan-African Socialist Party Pan-African Socialist Party was a Togolese political party advocating socialism and pan-Africanism. It was founded in the early 1990s in response to Togo's legalization of opposition parties. After the assassination of its first and brighest leader, Tavio Amorin, in July 1992, the party fell into...
	Caribbean Socialist Party Caribbean Socialist Party The Caribbean Socialist Party was a political party in Trinidad and Tobago. Led by Patrick Solomon, it contested the 1950 general elections together with the Butler Party, receiving 2.4% of the vote and winning a single seat, taken by A. P. T. James. It did not contest any further elections....
United Kingdom	British Socialist Party British Socialist Party The British Socialist Party was a Marxist political organisation established in Great Britain in 1911. Following a protracted period of factional struggle, in 1916 the party's anti-war forces gained decisive control of the party and saw the defection of its pro-war Right Wing...
United States	Socialist Party of America Socialist Party of America The Socialist Party of America was a multi-tendency democratic-socialist political party in the United States, formed in 1901 by a merger between the three-year-old Social Democratic Party of America and disaffected elements of the Socialist Labor Party which had split from the main organization...
Vietnam	Socialist Party of Vietnam Socialist Party of Vietnam The Socialist Party of Vietnam was a political party in Vietnam. It existed from 1946 to 1988. It was founded with the official aim of uniting 'patriotic intelligentsia'. Along with the Democratic Party of Vietnam, the Socialists joined the government of then-North Vietnam The Socialist Party of...