There are four major communist parties in Nepal, along with about a dozen minor parties, and a large number of dissolved/defunct parties that may have split or merged with other parties; the largest major party is the Nepal Communist Party that was founded in 2018 through a merger of two parties.
Nepal Communist Party Rastriya Janamorcha Nepal Majdoor Kisan Party Communist Party of Nepal (MarxistLeninist) Communist Party of Nepal (Revolutionary Maoist) Communist Party of Nepal Communist Party of Nepal (MarxistLeninist-Socialist) Nepal Communist Party Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist) Communist Party of Nepal (Masal) Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) Patriotic People's Republican Front Communist Party of Nepal (United) Scientific Socialist Communist Party Nepal Communist Party of Nepal (Bolshevik) Communist Party of Nepal Marxist (Pushpalal) 2018 19,539 Founded through a merger of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified MarxistLeninist) and the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) 
