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	Last Election
Country Country name links to list of political parties		Multi party	Two party	Dominant party	Single party	Ruling party or coalition	Last Election
	Abkhazia	•				United Abkhazia, Amtsakhara, Aitaira	2007 parliamentary election
	Afghanistan^[1]	•					2005 parliamentary election
	Åland	•					2007 legislative election
	Albania	•				Democratic Party of Albania	2009 parliamentary election
	Algeria	•				National Liberation Front	2007 legislative election
	American Samoa					(no actual political party)
	Andorra	•				Reformist Coalition: PLA, UL, NC, IO	2009 parliamentary election
	Angola			•		Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola - Party of Labour	2008 legislative election
	Anguilla		•			United Progressive Party	2005 general election
	Antigua and Barbuda		•			Anguilla United Front	2009 general election
	Argentina	•				Front for Victory	2009 legislative election
	Armenia			•		Republican Party of Armenia	2007 parliamentary election
	Aruba	•				Aruban People's Party	2009 general election
	Australia	•				Australian Labor Party	2007 federal election
	Austria	•				Social Democratic Party of Austria, Austrian People's Party	2008 legislative election
	Azerbaijan			•		New Azerbaijan Party	2005 parliamentary election

[edit] B

Country Country name links to list of political parties		Party system				Ruling party or coalition	Last Election
Country Country name links to list of political parties		Multi party	Two party	Dominant party	Single party	Ruling party or coalition	Last Election
	Bahrain	•^[2]				Al Wefaq	2006 parliamentary election
	Bangladesh	•				Bangladesh Awami League	2008 general election
	Barbados		•			Democratic Labour Party	2008 general election
	Belarus			•		"Parties loyal to the president"	2008 parliamentary election
	Belgium	•					2007 general election
	Belize		•			United Democratic Party	2008 legislative election
	Benin	•				Cauri Forces for an Emerging Benin	2007 parliamentary election
	Bermuda		•			Progressive Labour Party	2007 general election
	Bhutan	•				Bhutan Peace and Prosperity Party	2008 general election
	Bolivia	•					2009 general election
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	•					2006 general election
	Botswana			•		Botswana Democratic Party	2009 general election
	Brazil	•					2006 general election
	British Virgin Islands		•			Virgin Islands Party	2007 general election
	Brunei					(no actual political party)
	Bulgaria	•				Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria	2009 parliamentary election
	Burkina Faso			•		Congress for Democracy and Progress	2007 parliamentary election
	Burma					(no actual political party)
	Burundi	•				National Council for the Defense of Democracy – Forces for the Defense of Democracy	2005 legislative election

[edit] C

Country Country name links to list of political parties		Party system				Ruling party or coalition	Last Election
Country Country name links to list of political parties		Multi party	Two party	Dominant party	Single party	Ruling party or coalition	Last Election
	Cambodia			•		Cambodian People's Party	2008 parliamentary election
	Cameroon			•		Cameroon People's Democratic Movement	2007 parliamentary election
	Canada	•				Conservative Party of Canada	2008 federal election
	Cape Verde		•			African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde	2006 parliamentary election
	Cayman Islands		•			United Democratic Party	2009 general election
	Central African Republic	•				National Convergence "Kwa Na Kwa"	2005 general election
	Chad			•		Patriotic Salvation Movement	2002 parliamentary election
	Chile	•				Concert of Parties for Democracy	2005 parliamentary election
	China^[3]			•		Communist Party of China	2008 congressional election
	Colombia	•					2006 legislative election
	Comoros	•^[4]				Camp of the Autonomous Islands	2004 legislative election
	Congo (Brazzaville)			•		Congolese Party of Labour	2007 parliamentary election
	Congo (Kinshasa)	•					2006 general election 2007 senate election
	Cook Islands		•			Democratic Party	2006 general election
	Costa Rica	•				National Liberation Party	2006 parliamentary election
	Côte d'Ivoire			•			2000–2001 parliamentary election
	Croatia	•				Croatian Democratic Union	2007 parliamentary election
	Cuba^[5]				•		2008 legislative election
	Cyprus	•				Progressive Party of Working People, Democratic Rally	2006 legislative election
	Czech Republic	•				Civic Democratic Party	2006 legislative election

[edit] D

Country Country name links to list of political parties		Party system				Ruling party or coalition	Last Election
Country Country name links to list of political parties		Multi party	Two party	Dominant party	Single party	Ruling party or coalition	Last Election
	Denmark	•				Liberals, Conservative People's Party, parliamentary support from Danish People's Party^[6]	2007 parliamentary election
	Djibouti			•		Union for the Presidential Majority	2008 parliamentary election
	Dominica		•			Dominica Labour Party	2005 general election
	Dominican Republic	•				Progressive Bloc	2006 parliamentary election

[edit] E

Country Country name links to list of political parties		Party system				Ruling party or coalition	Last Election
Country Country name links to list of political parties		Multi party	Two party	Dominant party	Single party	Ruling party or coalition	Last 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	Last Election
Country Country name links to list of political parties		Multi party	Two party	Dominant party	Single party	Ruling party or coalition	Last 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	Last Election
Country Country name links to list of political parties		Multi party	Two party	Dominant party	Single party	Ruling party or coalition	Last 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	Last Election
Country Country name links to list of political parties		Multi party	Two party	Dominant party	Single party	Ruling party or coalition	Last Election
	Haiti	•
	Honduras		•			National Party of Honduras	General election, 2009
	Hong Kong	•
	Hungary	•

[edit] I

Country Country name links to list of political parties		Party system				Ruling party or coalition	Last Election
Country Country name links to list of political parties		Multi party	Two party	Dominant party	Single party	Ruling party or coalition	Last Election
	Iceland	•
	India	•				United Progressive Alliance	2009 general election
	Indonesia	•
	Iran	•^[8]
	Iraq	•
	Ireland	•				Fianna Fail	2007 general election
	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	Last Election
Country Country name links to list of political parties		Multi party	Two party	Dominant party	Single party	Ruling party or coalition	Last 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	Last Election
Country Country name links to list of political parties		Multi party	Two party	Dominant party	Single party	Ruling party or coalition	Last 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	Last Election
Country Country name links to list of political parties		Multi party	Two party	Dominant party	Single party	Ruling party or coalition	Last 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	Last Election
Country Country name links to list of political parties		Multi party	Two party	Dominant party	Single party	Ruling party or coalition	Last 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	Last Election
Country Country name links to list of political parties		Multi party	Two party	Dominant party	Single party	Ruling party or coalition	Last 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	Last Election
Country Country name links to list of political parties		Multi party	Two party	Dominant party	Single party	Ruling party or coalition	Last Election
	Oman					(no actual political party)

[edit] P

Country Country name links to list of political parties		Party system				Ruling party or coalition	Last Election
Country Country name links to list of political parties		Multi party	Two party	Dominant party	Single party	Ruling party or coalition	Last 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	•				Socialist Party	2009 legislative election
	Puerto Rico	•

[edit] Q

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

[edit] R

Country Country name links to list of political parties		Party system				Ruling party or coalition	Last Election
Country Country name links to list of political parties		Multi party	Two party	Dominant party	Single party	Ruling party or coalition	Last Election
	Romania	•				Democratic Liberal Party (dismissed by Parliament)	2008 legislative election 2009 presidential election
	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	Last Election
Country Country name links to list of political parties		Multi party	Two party	Dominant party	Single party	Ruling party or coalition	Last 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	Last Election
Country Country name links to list of political parties		Multi party	Two party	Dominant party	Single party	Ruling party or coalition	Last 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	•				Justice and Development Party	2007 general election
	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	Last Election
Country Country name links to list of political parties		Multi party	Two party	Dominant party	Single party	Ruling party or coalition	Last 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	Last Election
Country Country name links to list of political parties		Multi party	Two party	Dominant party	Single party	Ruling party or coalition	Last 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	Last Election
Country Country name links to list of political parties		Multi party	Two party	Dominant party	Single party	Ruling party or coalition	Last Election
	Wallis and Futuna	•
	Western Sahara				•

[edit] Y

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

[edit] Z

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