List of countries without political parties explained

This is a list of countries and dependencies with a permanent population that have no legal political parties. Some have opposition groups that operate clandestinely.

Monarchies

• Bahrain – Political parties are banned; candidates must be independent.
• Kuwait – Political parties are banned; candidates must be independent.
• Niue
• Oman – Political parties are banned; candidates must be independent.
• Qatar – Political parties are banned; candidates must be independent.
• Saudi Arabia – Political parties are banned; candidates must be independent.^[1]
• Tuvalu
• United Arab Emirates – Political parties are banned; candidates must be independent.

Theocracies

• Afghanistan – Political parties are banned under the current Taliban government.

Republics

• • Palau

Subnational entities

• Canada
  • • • • • Almost every municipal government in the country
• United Kingdom
  • • • • • Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
• Australia
  • Christmas Island
  • Cocos (Keeling) Islands
  • Norfolk Island
• New Zealand
  • Tokelau
• United States
  • – The Nebraska Legislature is non-partisan
  • Many municipal governments

Former entities

• - Even though political parties were not banned, the Confederate Congress did not have any political parties.
• Polish government-in-exile - There were no official political parties, but several unofficial political factions existed ^[2]
• Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

Notes and References

1. Web site: Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2015 . 2022-05-20 . 2009-2017.state.gov.
2. Gałęzowski . Marek . Ugrupowania polityczne Polskiego Państwa Podziemnego poza koalicją rządzącą: kilka postulatów badawczych . Myśl Ekonomiczna i Polityczna . 2017 . 2 . 57 . 306–337 . 7 May 2020.