The following is a list of political parties presently espousing a variety of socialism which have representation in national parliaments, grouped by states in which they operate. The list does not contain parties previously represented in parliaments, nor social democratic parties. 151 socialist, communist and anti-capitalist parties have been elected worldwide to parliament in 76 different recognized and non-recognized states. Of the 76 states listed here, 16 of them are republics ruled by a socialist, communist or anti-capitalist party, 5 of them are official socialist states ruled by a communist party; 4 of which espouse MarxismâÂÂLeninism (China, Cuba, Laos, and Vietnam) while the 5th (North Korea) espouses Juche.