List of countries without political parties

This is a list of countries and dependencies with a permanent population that have no legal political parties.^[1] 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.^[2]
•  Tuvalu
•  United Arab Emirates – Political parties are banned; candidates must be independent.

Theocracies

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

Republics

•  Federated States of Micronesia
•  Palau

Subnational entities

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

Former entities

•  Confederate States of America - 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 ^[3]
• Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

References

1. Janda, Kenneth; Kwak, Jin-Young (2015-11-17), "8. Governance without Party Systems", Party Systems and Country Governance, Routledge, pp. 123–134, ISBN 978-1-317-25476-8
2. "Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2015". 2009-2017.state.gov. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
3. Gałęzowski, Marek (2017). "Ugrupowania polityczne Polskiego Państwa Podziemnego poza koalicją rządzącą: kilka postulatów badawczych". Myśl Ekonomiczna i Polityczna. 2 (57): 306–337. Retrieved 7 May 2020.