Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of

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, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of these parties advocate either democratic socialism,

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or even

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as their ideological position. Many Socialist Parties have explicit connections to the labor movement and

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s. See also

Socialist International The Socialist International (SI) is a political international or worldwide organisation of political parties which seek to establish democratic socialism. It consists mostly of socialist and labour-oriented political parties and organisations ...

list of democratic socialist parties and organizations This is a list of parties in the world that consider themselves to be upholding the principles and values of democratic socialism or include significant numbers of democratic socialist members (although many do not specifically include the term ...

and list of social democratic parties. A number of affiliates of the

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also use the name "Socialist Party". This list only includes parties that use the exact name "Socialist Party" for themselves, sometimes alongside the name of the country in which they operate. The list does not include political parties that use the word "Socialist" in addition to one or more other political adjectives in their names. For example, the numerous parties using the name " Socialist Workers' Party" are not included.

Active parties

Former parties

These are parties which no longer exist or have changed their name from "Socialist Party".