List of political parties by country

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This is an list of political parties by country, in the form of a table with a link to an overview of political parties in each country and showing which party system is dominant in each country. A political party is a political organization subscribing to a certain ideology or formed around very special issues with the aim to participate in power, usually by participating in elections. Individual parties are properly listed in separate articles under each nation.

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[edit] Table

[edit] A

Country Country name links to list of political parties		Party system				Ruling party or coalition	Election
Country Country name links to list of political parties		Multi party	Two party	Dominant party	Single party	Ruling party or coalition	Election
	Abkhazia	•				United Abkhazia, Amtsakhara, Aitaira
	Afghanistan^[1]	•
	Åland	•
	Albania	•
	Algeria	•
	American Samoa					(no actual political party)
	Andorra	•
	Angola			•
	Anguilla		•
	Antigua and Barbuda		•
	Argentina	•
	Armenia	•
	Aruba	•
	Australia	•				Australian Labor Party	2007 federal election
	Austria	•
	Azerbaijan			•

[edit] B

Country Country name links to list of political parties		Party system				Ruling party or coalition	Election
Country Country name links to list of political parties		Multi party	Two party	Dominant party	Single party	Ruling party or coalition	Election
	Bahrain	•^[2]
	Bangladesh	•
	Barbados		•
	Belarus	•
	Belgium	•
	Belize		•
	Benin	•
	Bermuda		•
	Bhutan	•
	Bolivia	•
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	•					2002 general election 2006 general election
	Botswana			•
	Brazil	•
	British Virgin Islands		•
	Brunei					(no actual political party)
	Bulgaria	•
	Burkina Faso			•
	Burma					(no actual political party)
	Burundi	•

[edit] C

Country Country name links to list of political parties		Party system				Ruling party or coalition	Election
Country Country name links to list of political parties		Multi party	Two party	Dominant party	Single party	Ruling party or coalition	Election
	Cambodia			•
	Cameroon			•
	Canada	•				Conservative Party of Canada	2008 federal election
	Cape Verde		•
	Cayman Islands		•
	Central African Republic	•
	Chad			•
	Chile	•
	China^[3]			•		Communist Party of China
	Colombia	•
	Comoros	•^[4]
	Congo (Brazzaville)			•
	Congo (Kinshasa)	•
	Cook Islands		•
	Costa Rica	•
	Côte d'Ivoire			•
	Croatia	•
	Cuba^[5]				•
	Cyprus	•
	Czech Republic	•

[edit] D

Country Country name links to list of political parties		Party system				Ruling party or coalition	Election
Country Country name links to list of political parties		Multi party	Two party	Dominant party	Single party	Ruling party or coalition	Election
	Denmark	•				Liberals, Conservative People's Party, parliamentary support from Danish People's Party^[6]	2007 election
	Djibouti			•
	Dominica		•
	Dominican Republic	•

[edit] E

Country Country name links to list of political parties		Party system				Ruling party or coalition	Election
Country Country name links to list of political parties		Multi party	Two party	Dominant party	Single party	Ruling party or coalition	Election
	East Timor			•
	Ecuador	•
	Egypt			•
	El Salvador	•
	Equatorial Guinea			•
	Eritrea				•
	Estonia	•
	Ethiopia			•
	European Union	•				European People's Party and Party of European Socialists (no direct executive powers)	2009 parliament election

[edit] F

Country Country name links to list of political parties		Party system				Ruling party or coalition	Election
Country Country name links to list of political parties		Multi party	Two party	Dominant party	Single party	Ruling party or coalition	Election
	Falkland Islands					(no actual political party)
	Faroe Islands	•
	Fiji	•
	Finland	•
	France^[7]	•				Union for a Popular Movement	2007 legislative election 2007 presidential election
	French Polynesia			•

[edit] G

Country Country name links to list of political parties		Party system				Ruling party or coalition	Election
Country Country name links to list of political parties		Multi party	Two party	Dominant party	Single party	Ruling party or coalition	Election
	Gabon			•
	Gambia			•
	Georgia			•
	Germany	•				Christian Democratic Union, Christian Social Union, Free Democratic Party	2009 federal election
	Ghana		•
	Gibraltar	•
	Greece	•
	Greenland	•
	Grenada		•
	Guam		•
	Guatemala	•
	Guernsey					(no actual political party)
	Guinea			•
	Guinea-Bissau	•
	Guyana		•

[edit] H

Country Country name links to list of political parties		Party system				Ruling party or coalition	Election
Country Country name links to list of political parties		Multi party	Two party	Dominant party	Single party	Ruling party or coalition	Election
	Haiti	•
	Honduras		•
	Hong Kong	•
	Hungary	•

[edit] I

Country Country name links to list of political parties		Party system				Ruling party or coalition	Election
Country Country name links to list of political parties		Multi party	Two party	Dominant party	Single party	Ruling party or coalition	Election
	Iceland	•
	India	•				United Progressive Alliance	2009 general election
	Indonesia	•
	Iran	•^[8]
	Iraq	•
	Ireland	•
	Israel	•
	Italy	•				The People of Freedom, Lega Nord, Movement for Autonomies	2008 general election

[edit] J

Country Country name links to list of political parties		Party system				Ruling party or coalition	Election
Country Country name links to list of political parties		Multi party	Two party	Dominant party	Single party	Ruling party or coalition	Election
	Jamaica		•			Jamaica Labour Party	2007 general election
	Japan		•			Democratic Party of Japan	2009 general election
	Jersey	•^[9]
	Jordan	•^[10]

[edit] K

Country Country name links to list of political parties		Party system				Ruling party or coalition	Election
Country Country name links to list of political parties		Multi party	Two party	Dominant party	Single party	Ruling party or coalition	Election
	Kazakhstan			•
	Kenya	•
	Kiribati	•
	Kuwait					(no actual political party)
	Kyrgyzstan	•
	Kosovo	•

[edit] L

Country Country name links to list of political parties		Party system				Ruling party or coalition	Election
Country Country name links to list of political parties		Multi party	Two party	Dominant party	Single party	Ruling party or coalition	Election
	Laos				•
	Latvia	•
	Lebanon	•
	Lesotho			•
	Liberia	•
	Libya					(no actual political party)
	Liechtenstein		•
	Lithuania	•
	Luxembourg	•

[edit] M

Country Country name links to list of political parties		Party system				Ruling party or coalition	Election
Country Country name links to list of political parties		Multi party	Two party	Dominant party	Single party	Ruling party or coalition	Election
	Macau	•
	Macedonia	•
	Madagascar	•
	Malawi	•
	Malaysia			•
	Maldives	•^[11]
	Mali	•
	Malta		•
	Man					(no actual political party)
	Marshall Islands		•
	Mauritania	•^[12]
	Mauritius	•
	Mayotte	•
	Mexico	•
	Micronesia					(no actual political party)
	Moldova	•
	Monaco			•
	Mongolia		•
	Montenegro	•
	Montserrat		•
	Morocco	•
	Mozambique		•

[edit] N

Country Country name links to list of political parties		Party system				Ruling party or coalition	Election
Country Country name links to list of political parties		Multi party	Two party	Dominant party	Single party	Ruling party or coalition	Election
	Nagorno Karabakh	•
	Namibia			•
	Nauru		•
	Nepal	•
	Netherlands	•
	Netherlands Antilles	•
	New Caledonia	•
	New Zealand	•
	Nicaragua		•
	Niger	•
	Nigeria	•
	Niue		•
	Norfolk Island					(no actual political party)
	North Korea^[13]			•
	Northern Cyprus	•
	Northern Marianas		•
	Norway	•				Red-Green Coalition	2009 parliamentary election

[edit] O

Country Country name links to list of political parties		Party system				Ruling party or coalition	Election
Country Country name links to list of political parties		Multi party	Two party	Dominant party	Single party	Ruling party or coalition	Election
	Oman					(no actual political party)

[edit] P

Country Country name links to list of political parties		Party system				Ruling party or coalition	Election
Country Country name links to list of political parties		Multi party	Two party	Dominant party	Single party	Ruling party or coalition	Election
	Pakistan	•
	Palau					(no actual political party)
	Palestinian National Authority	•
	Panama	•
	Papua New Guinea	•
	Paraguay	•
	Peru	•
	Philippines			•
	Pitcairn Islands					(no actual political party)
	Poland	•
	Portugal	•
	Puerto Rico	•

[edit] Q

Country Country name links to list of political parties		Party system				Ruling party or coalition	Election
Country Country name links to list of political parties		Multi party	Two party	Dominant party	Single party	Ruling party or coalition	Election
	Qatar					(no actual political party)

[edit] R

Country Country name links to list of political parties		Party system				Ruling party or coalition	Election
Country Country name links to list of political parties		Multi party	Two party	Dominant party	Single party	Ruling party or coalition	Election
	Romania	•
	Russia	•				United Russia	2007 legislative election 2008 presidential election
	Rwanda			•

[edit] S

Country Country name links to list of political parties		Party system				Ruling party or coalition	Election
Country Country name links to list of political parties		Multi party	Two party	Dominant party	Single party	Ruling party or coalition	Election
	Saint Helena					(no actual political party)
	Saint Kitts and Nevis		•
	Saint Lucia		•
	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	•
	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines		•
	Samoa		•
	San Marino	•
	São Tomé and Príncipe	•
	Saudi Arabia					(no actual political party)
	Senegal	•
	Serbia	•
	Seychelles		•
	Sierra Leone	•
	Singapore			•
	Slovakia	•
	Slovenia	•
	Solomon Islands	•
	Somalia					(no actual political party)
	South Africa			•
	South Korea	•
	Spain	•				Spanish Socialist Workers' Party	2008 general election
	Sri Lanka		•
	Sudan			•
	Suriname	•
	Swaziland					(no actual political party)
	Sweden	•				Alliance for Sweden	2006 general election
	Switzerland	•
	Syria^[14]			•		Ba'ath Party	2000 election

[edit] T

Country Country name links to list of political parties		Party system				Ruling party or coalition	Election
Country Country name links to list of political parties		Multi party	Two party	Dominant party	Single party	Ruling party or coalition	Election
	Taiwan (Republic of China)	•				Kuomintang	2008 legislative election 2008 presidential election
	Tajikistan			•
	Tanzania			•
	Thailand	•
	Togo			•
	Tokelau					(no actual political party)
	Tonga	•
	Transnistria	•
	Trinidad and Tobago		•
	Tunisia			•
	Turkey	•
	Turkmenistan				•
	Turks and Caicos		•
	Tuvalu					(no actual political party)

[edit] U

Country Country name links to list of political parties		Party system				Ruling party or coalition	Election
Country Country name links to list of political parties		Multi party	Two party	Dominant party	Single party	Ruling party or coalition	Election
	Uganda	•
	Ukraine	•
	United Arab Emirates					(no actual political party)
	United Kingdom	•				Labour Party	2005 general election
	United States		•			Democratic Party	2006 general elections 2008 presidential election
	Uruguay	•
	Uzbekistan			•

[edit] V

Country Country name links to list of political parties		Party system				Ruling party or coalition	Election
Country Country name links to list of political parties		Multi party	Two party	Dominant party	Single party	Ruling party or coalition	Election
	Vanuatu	•
	Vatican City					(no actual political party)
	Venezuela	•
	Vietnam				•
	Virgin Islands of the United States		•

[edit] W

Country Country name links to list of political parties		Party system				Ruling party or coalition	Election
Country Country name links to list of political parties		Multi party	Two party	Dominant party	Single party	Ruling party or coalition	Election
	Wallis and Futuna	•
	Western Sahara				•

[edit] Y

Country Country name links to list of political parties		Party system				Ruling party or coalition	Election
Country Country name links to list of political parties		Multi party	Two party	Dominant party	Single party	Ruling party or coalition	Election
	Yemen			•

[edit] Z

Country Country name links to list of political parties		Party system				Ruling party or coalition	Election
Country Country name links to list of political parties		Multi party	Two party	Dominant party	Single party	Ruling party or coalition	Election
	Zambia			•
	Zimbabwe			•

[edit] References

^ Afghanistan had multi-party presidential elections, but no-party parliamentary elections
^ Parties must operate within the monarchic system
^ The PRC has a multi-party system, but all parties have to accept the guidance of the ruling party
^ The Comoros have two main "camps," federalists (supporters of the central government) and autonomists (supporters of the three island presidents).
^ De facto Cuba has a single party system, but all candidates run as non-partisans
^ "Færøerne sikrer Fogh nyt VKO-flertal" (in Danish). Politiken. 2007-11-14. http://politiken.dk/politik/article428187.ece. Retrieved 2007-11-14.
^ The list of political parties in France includes links to lists of parties in the overseas departments.
^ Parties must adhere to religious system of governance
^ Independent politicians dominate the political system on the island.
^ Parties must operate within the monarchic system
^ The party systemn is in transition
^ The party systemn is in transition
^ The DPRK is led by the Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland, a combination of the Korean Worker's Party (dominant), the Chondoist Chongu Party and the Korean Social Democratic Party.
^ In Syria only parties accepting the guidance of the ruling party are allowed

[edit] List by regions and sub-regions

Main article: Lists of political parties by United Nations geoscheme

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

Political resources on the net

[0] Afghanistan had multi-party presidential elections, but no-party parliamentary elections

[1] Parties must operate within the monarchic system

[2] The PRC has a multi-party system, but all parties have to accept the guidance of the ruling party

[3] The Comoros have two main "camps," federalists (supporters of the central government) and autonomists (supporters of the three island presidents).

[4] De facto Cuba has a single party system, but all candidates run as non-partisans

[vkoflertal-5] "Færøerne sikrer Fogh nyt VKO-flertal" (in Danish). Politiken. 2007-11-14. http://politiken.dk/politik/article428187.ece. Retrieved 2007-11-14.

[6] The list of political parties in France includes links to lists of parties in the overseas departments.

[7] Parties must adhere to religious system of governance

[8] Independent politicians dominate the political system on the island.

[9] Parties must operate within the monarchic system

[10] The party systemn is in transition

[11] The party systemn is in transition

[12] The DPRK is led by the Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland, a combination of the Korean Worker's Party (dominant), the Chondoist Chongu Party and the Korean Social Democratic Party.

[13] In Syria only parties accepting the guidance of the ruling party are allowed

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