List of countries without political parties

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.
Oman – Political parties are banned.
Qatar – Political parties are banned.
Saudi Arabia – Political parties are banned.[1]
United Arab Emirates – Political parties are banned.
Vatican City State
Tuvalu

Republics

Territories

Canada
- Northwest Territories
- Nunavut
- Almost every municipal government in the country
United Kingdom
Australia
New Zealand
- Niue
- 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 [2]
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

References

"Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2015". 2009-2017.state.gov. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
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.

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