The highest organ of state power is the representative organ in communist states that functions as the sole branch of government according to the principle...

legislature has the power of the judiciary, legislature and executive but chooses to delegate these powers to other institutions. In communist states...

former states that claimed to be communist states. The following countries are one-party states in which the institutions of the ruling communist party...

grants sanctioned by the legislature are properly utilized. There are, overall, 4,121 legislative assembly seats in states and Union territories of India...

democratic legislature. In communist states, such as China, the courts are often regarded as parts of the executive, or subservient to the legislature; governmental...

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...

political movements. Organized anti-communist movements today remain in opposition to the 5 surviving communist states, especially China due to its rise...

independently from the legislature. They may or may not also hold a seat in the legislature.  Federated States of Micronesia  Suriname In a directorial republic...

romanized: Kamunistyčnaja Partyja Bielarusi) is a communist and Marxist–Leninist political party in Belarus. The party was created in 1996 and supports the government...

socialism. The term communist state is often used synonymously in the West, specifically when referring to one-party socialist states governed by Marxist–Leninist...

Commons, the Ontario legislature, the Manitoba legislature, and various municipal governments across the country. The Communist Party of Canada focuses...

[citation needed] Many legislatures of authoritarian and totalitarian countries are considered[by whom?] as rubber stamps, such as communist parliaments like...

The Communist Party of India (Marxist), West Bengal is the West Bengal state wing of Communist Party of India (Marxist) and a recognised national party...

KPRF) is a communist political party in Russia that officially adheres to Marxist–Leninist philosophy. It is the second-largest political party in Russia...

instead of Khmer script. The Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK), also known as the Khmer Communist Party, was a communist party in Cambodia. Its leader was...

bicameral legislature, that – consisting of the Senate (upper house) and House of Representatives (lower house) – was modeled after the United States. Its...

of government, cabinet, and legislature, of sovereign states. Date of Origin refers to most recent fundamental change in form of government, for example...

The Communist Party of India (CPI) is the oldest communist party in India. The CPI was founded in modern-day Kanpur on 26 December 1925. Currently, it...

in the United States. Formed by supporters of Leon Trotsky, they believed that the Soviet Union and other Communist states remained "worker's states"...

President Sharmarke had come to power in 1964 with support from the Soviet Union and other communist states during his election. On 21 October 1969...

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)) is a communist political party in India. It is the largest communist party in India in terms...

Communist Party of India (CPI) in 1964. It has the status of a "national party" in India and has headed state governments in three of the states in the...

Communist Party Act (ANTI-SOCIAL CCP Act), which would prohibit Chinese- and Russian-owned social networks from doing business in the United States....

Soviet Ukrainian politician, briefly acting as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) during the period from 24 to 29 August...

in the Communist Party of Great Britain in 1988. It follows Marxist-Leninist theory and supports what it regards as existing socialist states. The party...

seats at 140. The legislature comprises the governor and the Kerala Legislative Assembly, which is the highest political organ in the state. The governor...

largest political party in Nepal and a member party of Samajbadi Morcha. It was founded in 1994 after breaking away from the Communist Party of Nepal (Unity...

6 months to continue in the job. Only a Member of the Legislative Assembly can become the Speaker of the Legislature. In states where there are two houses...

The interwar Communist Party of Poland (Polish: Komunistyczna Partia Polski, KPP) was a communist party active in Poland during the Second Polish Republic...

legislative body in each of the states and certain union territories of India. In 28 states and 8 union territories, there is a unicameral legislature which is...