One-party state

This article is about one-party political states. For telephone call recording laws and notification and requirements, see Telephone call recording laws § One-party consent states.

World's states coloured by systems of government:

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Parliamentary systems: Head of government is elected or nominated by and accountable to the legislature

  Constitutional monarchy with a ceremonial monarch

  Parliamentary republic with a ceremonial president

  Parliamentary republic with an executive president

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Presidential system: Head of government (president) is popularly elected and independent of the legislature

  Presidential republic

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Hybrid systems:

  Semi-presidential republic: Executive president is independent of the legislature; head of government is appointed by the president and is accountable to the legislature

  Assembly-independent republic: Head of government (president or directory) is elected by the legislature, but is not accountable to it

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  Semi-constitutional monarchy: Monarch holds significant executive or legislative power

  Absolute monarchy: Monarch has unlimited power

  One-party state: Power is constitutionally linked to a single political party

  Military junta: Committee of military leaders controls the government; constitutional provisions are suspended

  Provisional government: No constitutionally defined basis to current regime

  Dependent territories and places without governments

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Note: this chart represent de jure systems of government, not the de facto degree of democracy.

A one-party state, single-party state, one-party system, or single-party system is a type of unitary state in which only one political party has the right to form the government, usually based on the existing constitution. All other parties are either outlawed or allowed to take only a limited and controlled participation in elections. Sometimes the term de facto one-party state is used to describe a dominant-party system that, unlike the one-party state, allows (at least nominally) democratic multiparty elections, but the existing practices or balance of political power effectively prevent the opposition from winning power.

Concept

One-party states explain themselves through various methods. Most often, proponents of a one-party state argue that the existence of separate parties runs counter to national unity. Others argue that the one party is the vanguard of the people, and therefore its right to rule cannot be legitimately questioned. The Soviet government argued that multiple parties represented the class struggle and because of this the Soviet Union legally authorized and recognized a single party leading the proletariat, namely the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

Some one-party states only outlaw opposition parties, while allowing allied parties to exist as part of a permanent coalition such as a popular front. However, these parties are largely or completely subservient to the ruling party and must accept the ruling party's monopoly of power as a condition of their existence. Examples of this are the People's Republic of China under the United Front, the National Front in former East Germany and the Democratic Front for the Reunification of Korea in North Korea. Others may outlaw all other parties yet allow non-party members to run for legislative seats as independent, as was the case with Taiwan's Tangwai movement in the 1970s and 1980s, as well as the elections in the former Soviet Union. Still others may both outlaw all other parties and include party membership as a prerequisite for holding public office, such as in Turkmenistan under the rule of Saparmurat Niyazov or Zaire under Mobutu Sese Seko.

Within their own countries, dominant parties ruling over one-party states are often referred to simply as the Party. For example, in reference to the Soviet Union, the Party meant the Communist Party of the Soviet Union; in reference to the pre-1991 Republic of Zambia, it referred to the United National Independence Party.

Most one-party states have been ruled by parties forming in one of the following three circumstances:

1. an ideology of Marxism–Leninism and international solidarity (such as the Soviet Union for most of its existence);
2. some type of nationalist or fascist ideology (such as the Kingdom of Italy under the National Fascist Party or Germany under the Nazi Party);
3. parties that came to power in the wake of independence from colonial rule. One-party systems often arise from decolonization because a single party gains an overwhelmingly dominant role in liberation or in independence struggles.

One-party states are usually considered to be authoritarian, to the extent that they are occasionally totalitarian. On the other hand, not all authoritarian or totalitarian states operate upon one-party rule. Some, especially amongst absolute monarchies and military dictatorships, have no need for a ruling party, and therefore make all political parties illegal.

The term "communist state" is sometimes used in the West to describe states in which the ruling party subscribes to a form of Marxism–Leninism. However, such states may not use that term themselves, seeing communism as a phase to develop after the full maturation of socialism, and instead use descriptions such as "people's republic", "socialist republic", or "democratic republic". One peculiar example is Cuba where, despite the role of the Communist Party being enshrined in the constitution, no party, including the Communist Party, is permitted to campaign or run candidates for elections. Candidates are elected on an individual referendum basis without formal party involvement, although elected assemblies predominantly consist of members of the Communist Party alongside non-affiliated candidates.

Current one-party states

As of 2021 the following countries are legally constituted as one-party states:

Country	Head of party	Party	Ideology	Date of establishment	Duration
China	Xi Jinping, General Secretary	Communist Party of China	Socialism with Chinese characteristics	October 1, 1949	74 years, 226 days
Cuba	Miguel Díaz-Canel, First Secretary	Communist Party of Cuba	Marxism–Leninism, Castroism	January 1, 1959	65 years, 134 days
Eritrea	Isaias Afwerki, Chairperson	People's Front for Democracy and Justice	Eritrean nationalism, socialism	May 24, 1993	30 years, 356 days
Laos	Thongloun Sisoulith, General Secretary	Lao People's Revolutionary Party	Kaysone Phomvihane Thought	December 2, 1975	48 years, 164 days
North Korea	Kim Jong-un, Chairman	Workers' Party of Korea	Juche	October 10, 1945	78 years, 217 days
Sahrawi	Brahim Ghali, Secretary General	Polisario Front	Sahrawi nationalism, social democracy	February 27, 1976	48 years, 77 days
Vietnam	Nguyễn Phú Trọng, General Secretary	Communist Party of Vietnam	Ho Chi Minh Thought	September 2, 1945	78 years, 255 days
Wa State	Bao Youxiang, General Secretary	United Wa State Party	Wa Nationalism, Communism, Maoism	April 11, 1989	35 years, 33 days

Former one-party states

Country	Party	Ideology	Date of establishment	Date of dissolution	Continent
Ottoman Empire	Union and Progress Party	Factions: Turkish nationalism, Constitutionalism, Ottomanism, Pan-Turkism/Turanism, Pan-Islamism, Secularism	June 11, 1913	1918	Asia/Europe
Tinoquista Costa Rica	Peliquista Party	Liberalism	1917	1919	North America
Turkey	Republican People's Party	Kemalism	1923	1945	Asia/Europe
Cameroon	Cameroon People's Democratic Movement	Big tent, Nationalism, Francophilia	1975	1990	Africa
Tunisia	Neo Destour	Tunisian nationalism, Bourguibism	1963	1964	Africa
Tunisia	Socialist Destourian Party	Tunisian nationalism, Secularism, Bourguibism	1964	1981	Africa
Turkmenistan	Democratic Party of Turkmenistan	Turkmen nationalism, Secularism, Social conservatism, Catch-all party	1992	2008	Asia
Republic of China/Taiwan	Kuomintang	Tridemism	July 1, 1925	July 15, 1987	Asia
Syrian Republic	Arab Liberation Movement	Pan-Arabism, Modernization, Pro-Western	1953	1954	Asia
Republic of Afghanistan	National Revolutionary Party	Pashtun nationalism, Pashtunization, Anti-communism, Republicanism, Secularism	February 14, 1977	April 28, 1978	Asia
Algeria	National Liberation Front	Arab socialism, Algerian nationalism, Pan-Arabism, Anti-imperialism	1962	1989	Africa
Bangladesh	Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League	Bengali nationalism, Socialism, One Party State, Libertarian Socialism	1974	1975	Asia
Burma	Burma Socialist Programme Party	Burmese Way to Socialism	1962	1988	Asia
Cape Verde	African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde	Communism, Marxism–Leninism	1975	1980	Africa
Cape Verde	African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde	Communism, Marxism–Leninism	1980	1990	Africa
Central African Republic	Movement for the Social Evolution of Black Africa	African nationalism, Anti-colonialism, Progressivism, Anti-imperialism	1962	1980	Africa
Djibouti	People's Rally for Progress	Afar interests, Third Way, Liberal socialism	1977	1992	Africa
Equatorial Guinea	United National Workers' Party	African nationalism, Socialism, Personalism, Anti-imperialism, Anti-colonialism, Anti-racism, Pan-Africanism, Anti-intellectualism	1970	1979	Africa
Egypt	Arab Socialist Union	Arab nationalism, Arab socialism, Pan-Arabism, Nasserism	1962	1976	Africa
Eritrea	Eritrean People's Liberation Front	Left-wing nationalism	1991 (Provisional government) 1993 (Recognized state)	1994	Africa
Ghana	Convention People's Party	Nkrumaism, African socialism, African nationalism, Pan-Africanism	1964	1966	Africa
Guinea	Democratic Party of Guinea – African Democratic Rally	African nationalism, African socialism, Pan-Africanism	1958	1984	Africa
Guinea-Bissau	African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde	Communism, Marxism–Leninism	1974	1991	Africa
Indonesia	Indonesian National Party	Nationalism, Marhaenism	August 17, 1945	November 3, 1945	Asia
Iraq	Iraqi Arab Socialist Union	Arab nationalism, Arab socialism, Pan-Arabism, Nasserism	1964	1968	Asia
Iraq	Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party (National Progressive Front)	Saddamist Ba'athism	1968	2003	Asia
Libya	Libyan Arab Socialist Union	Arab nationalism, Arab socialism, Pan-Arabism, Nasserism, Nationalism	1971	1977	Africa
Democratic Republic of Madagascar	National Front for the Defense of the Revolution	Left-wing nationalism, Scientific socialism	1976	1989	Africa
Mali	Sudanese Union – African Democratic Rally	African nationalism, Pan-Africanism, African socialism	1960	1968	Africa
Mali	Democratic Union of the Malian People	Socialism, Democratic centralism	1976	1991	Africa
Mauritania	Mauritanian People's Party	Nationalism, Centralism, Islamic socialism	1961	1978	Africa
São Tomé and Príncipe	Movement for the Liberation of São Tomé and Príncipe/Social Democratic Party	Communism, Marxism–Leninism	1975	1990	Africa
Senegal	Socialist Party of Senegal	African nationalism, African socialism	1966	1974	Africa
Seychelles	Seychelles People's Progressive Front	Democratic socialism, Social democracy	1977	1991	Africa
Sierra Leone	All People's Congress	African nationalism, Democratic socialism	1978	1991	Africa
Democratic Republic of the Sudan	Sudanese Socialist Union	Arab nationalism, Arab socialism, Anti-communism	1971	1985	Africa
Syria	Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party (National Progressive Front)	Neo-Ba'athism	1963	February 27, 2012	Asia
Tanzania	Chama Cha Mapinduzi	Ujamaa, African socialism	1977	1992	Africa
Tanganyika	Tanganyika African National Union	African nationalism, African socialism, Ujamaa	1961	1977	Africa
Uganda	Uganda People's Congress	Social democracy, African nationalism, Pan-Africanism	1969	1971	Africa
United Arab Republic	National Union	Arab nationalism, Arab socialism, Pan-Arabism	1958	1961	Africa
Xinjiang	People's Anti-Imperialist Association	Six Great Policies	1935	1942	Asia
Zambia	United National Independence Party	African socialism, African nationalism	1972	1990	Africa
Zanzibar	Afro-Shirazi Party	African nationalism, Marxism–Leninism	1964	1977	Africa
Afghanistan	People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (National Fatherland Front)	Communism (until 1990), Marxism–Leninism (until 1990), Afghan nationalism, Anti-imperialism	December 24, 1980	July 27, 1990	Asia
Democratic Government of Albania	Party of Labour of Albania (National Liberation Movement)	Communism, Marxism-Leninism, Hoxhaism, Anti-revisionism	October 20, 1944	August 5, 1945	Europe
Democratic Government of Albania	Party of Labour of Albania (Democratic Front)	Communism, Marxism-Leninism, Hoxhaism, Anti-revisionism	August 5, 1945	January 11, 1946	Europe
Albania	Party of Labour of Albania (Democratic Front)	Communism, Marxism-Leninism, Hoxhaism, Anti-revisionism	January 11, 1946	December 11, 1990	Europe
People's Republic of Angola	People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola	Communism, Left-wing nationalism, Marxism–Leninism	November 11, 1975	May 30, 1991	Africa
Armenia	Communist Party of Armenia	Communism, Marxism–Leninism	December 2, 1920	December 30, 1922	Asia
Azerbaijan	Communist Party of Azerbaijan	Communism, Marxism–Leninism	April 30, 1920	December 30, 1922	Asia
Benin	People's Revolutionary Party of Benin	Communism, Marxism–Leninism	November 30, 1975	March 1, 1990	Africa
Bulgaria	Bulgarian Communist Party (Fatherland Front)	Communism, Marxism–Leninism	September 15, 1946	January 15, 1990	Europe
Byelorussia	Communist Party of Byelorussia	Communism, Marxism–Leninism	July 31, 1920	December 30, 1922	Europe
Chinese Soviet Republic	Communist Party of China	Marxism–Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, Chinese communism	1930	1937	Asia
Czechoslovakia	Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (National Front)	Marxism–Leninism	February 25, 1948	November 30, 1989	Europe
East Germany	Socialist Unity Party of Germany (Democratic Bloc)	Communism, Marxism–Leninism	October 7, 1949	March 30, 1950	Europe
East Germany	Socialist Unity Party of Germany (National Front of the German Democratic Republic)	Communism, Marxism–Leninism	March 30, 1950	December 1, 1989	Europe
Estonia	Russian Communist Party(Central Committee of the Estonian Sections)	Communism, Marxism–Leninism	November 29, 1918	June 5, 1919	Europe
Estonia	Communist Party of Estonia	Communism, Marxism–Leninism	July 21, 1940	August 9, 1940	Europe
Ethiopia	Workers' Party of Ethiopia	Communism, Marxism–Leninism	September 12, 1984	February 22, 1987	Africa
Ethiopia	Workers' Party of Ethiopia	Communism, Marxism–Leninism	February 22, 1987	April 28, 1991	Africa
Georgia	Communist Party of Georgia	Communism, Marxism–Leninism	February 25, 1921	December 30, 1922	Asia
Grenada	New Jewel Movement	Communism, Marxism–Leninism	March 13, 1979	October 25, 1983	Central America
Guangzhou	Communist Party of China	Marxism–Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, Chinese communism	1927	1927	Asia
Hunan	Communist Party of China	Marxism–Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, Chinese communism	1927	1927	Asia
Hungary	Hungarian Working People's Party	Communism, Marxism–Leninism, Stalinism	August 20, 1949	October 30, 1956	Europe
Hungary	Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party	Communism, Marxism–Leninism	November 4, 1956	October 7, 1989	Europe
Jinggang	Communist Party of China	Marxism–Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, Chinese communism	1927	1928	Asia
Kampuchea	Communist Party of Kampuchea	Communism, Marxism–Leninism, Agrarianism, Autarky, Khmer nationalism, Ultranationalism	April 17, 1975	June 22, 1982	Asia
Kampuchea	Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party	Socialism, Marxism–Leninism	January 7, 1979	October 23, 1991	Asia
Latvia	Communist Party of Latvia	Communism, Marxism–Leninism	December 17, 1918	January 13, 1920	Europe
Latvia	Communist Party of Latvia	Communism, Marxism–Leninism	July 21, 1940	August 5, 1940	Europe
Mongolia	Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party	Communism, Marxism–Leninism	1921	July 29, 1990	Asia
Mozambique	FRELIMO	Marxism–Leninism	June 25, 1975	December 1, 1990	Africa
Vietnam (partially)	Workers' Party of North Vietnam (League for the Independence of Vietnam)	Communism, Marxism–Leninism	September 2, 1945	1946	Asia
North Vietnam	Workers' Party of North Vietnam (Vietnamese Fatherland Front)	Communism, Marxism–Leninism	1955	July 2, 1976	Asia
Lithuania	Communist Party of Lithuania	Communism, Marxism–Leninism	July 21, 1940	August 3, 1940	Europe
Lithuania–Byelorussia	Communist Party of Lithuania and Belorussia	Communism, Marxism–Leninism	February 17, 1919	July 17, 1919	Europe
People's Republic of the Congo	Congolese Party of Labour	Communism, Marxism–Leninism	January 31, 1969	1991	Africa
Persia	Communist Party of Persia	Communism, Marxism–Leninism	1920	1921	Asia
Poland	Polish United Workers' Party (Front of National Unity)	Marxism–Leninism	February 5, 1947	July 1982	Europe
Poland	Polish United Workers' Party (Patriotic Movement for National Rebirth)	Marxism–Leninism	July 1982	August 24, 1989	Europe
Romania	Romanian Communist Party (People's Democratic Front)	Communism, Marxism–Leninism	February 5, 1948	1968	Europe
Romania	Romanian Communist Party (Front of Socialist Unity)	Communism, Marxism–Leninism, National Communism	1968	1980	Europe
Romania	Romanian Communist Party (Front of Socialist Unity and Democracy)	Communism, Marxism–Leninism, National Communism	1980	December 29, 1989	Europe
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic	Russian Social Democratic Labour Party	Communism, Marxism–Leninism	January 19, 1918	March 8, 1918	Europe/Asia
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic	Russian Communist Party	Communism, Marxism–Leninism	March 8, 1918	December 30, 1922	Europe/Asia
Somalia	Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party	Islamic socialism, Marxism–Leninism, Pan-Somalism Scientific socialism, Somali nationalism	July 1976	January 26, 1991	Africa
South Yemen	Yemeni Socialist Party	Communism, Marxism–Leninism	October 31, 1978	May 22, 1990	Asia
Southwest Jiangxi	Communist Party of China	Marxism–Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, Chinese communism	1930	1931	Asia
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics	Russian Communist Party	Communism, Marxism–Leninism	December 30, 1922	December 31, 1925	Europe/Asia
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics	All-Union Communist Party	Communism, Marxism–Leninism	December 31, 1925	October 13, 1952	Europe/Asia
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics	Communist Party of the Soviet Union	Communism, Marxism–Leninism	October 13, 1952	October 9, 1990	Europe/Asia
Transcaucasia	Communist Part of Armenia	Communism, Marxism–Leninism	March 12, 1922	December 30, 1922	Asia
Transcaucasia	Communist Party of Azerbaijan	Communism, Marxism–Leninism	March 12, 1922	December 30, 1922	Asia
Transcaucasia	Communist Party of Georgia	Communism, Marxism–Leninism	March 12, 1922	December 30, 1922	Asia
Tuva	Tuvan People's Revolutionary Party	Communism, Marxism–Leninism	August 14, 1921	October 11, 1944	Asia
Ukraine	Communist Party of Ukraine	Communism, Marxism–Leninism	March 10, 1919	December 30, 1922	Europe
Yan'an	Communist Party of China	Marxism–Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, Chinese communism	1937	1949	Asia
Yemen	Yemeni Socialist Party	Communism, Marxism–Leninism	May 21, 1994	July 7, 1994	Asia
Yugoslavia	League of Communists of Yugoslavia (Socialist Alliance of Working People of Yugoslavia)	Marxism–Leninism, Titoism, Yugoslavism	November 29, 1945	January 22, 1990	Europe
Hawaii	Reform Party	Americanisation, Annexationism	1894	1898	North America
Brazilian military regime	ARENA	Militarism, Social conservatism, National conservatism, Brazilian nationalism, Anti-communism, National security	1964	1979	South America
Gabon	Gabonese Democratic Party	Conservatism	1968	1990	Africa
Ivory Coast	Democratic Party of Côte d'Ivoire – African Democratic Rally	African nationalism, Conservatism, Populism, Houphouëtism, Pan-Africanism	1960	1990	Africa
Kingdom of Spain	Spanish Patriotic Union	Spanish nationalism, Political Catholicism, Monarchism, Conservatism	1924	1930	Europe
Malawi	Malawi Congress Party	Ubuntu, Conservatism, African nationalism, Anti-colonialism	1964	1993	Africa
Iran	Islamic Republican Party	Velyât-e Faqih, Anti-imperialism, Iranian nationalism, Shi'ite Islamism, Anti-Monarchism, Anti-Americanism, Anti-communism, Anti-Sovietism, Anti-Zionism, Islamic fundamentalism, Homophobia, Anti-Western sentiment	1981	1987	Asia
Niger	National Movement for the Development of Society	Conservatism	1989	1991	Africa
Albanian Kingdom	Albanian Fascist Party	Albanian nationalism, Greater Albania, Fascism, Italophilia, Serbophobia, Hellenophobia	June 2, 1939	July 27, 1943	Europe
Albanian Kingdom	Guard of Greater Albania	Albanian nationalism, Fascism	July 27, 1943	September 8, 1943	Europe
Albanian Kingdom	National Front	Albanian nationalism, Greater Albania, Anti-communism, Republicanism, Big tent, Agrarian socialism	September 14, 1943	November 29, 1943	Europe
Federal State of Austria	Fatherland Front	Clerical fascism	May 1, 1934	March 13, 1938	Europe
Republic of Burundi	Union for National Progress	Burundian nationalism, Tutsi interests	July 11, 1974	March 13, 1992	Africa
Republic of Cameroon	Cameroonian National Union	Big tent	September 1, 1966	March 24, 1985	Africa
Central African Republic	Central African Democratic Union	African nationalism, Republicanism	March 1, 1980	September 2, 1981	Africa
Central African Republic	Central African Democratic Rally	African nationalism, Democratic socialism, Social democracy, Republicanism	February 6, 1987	April 22, 1991	Africa
Chad	Chadian Progressive Party	African nationalism, Pan-Africanism, Anti-imperialism, African socialism, Federalism	April 16, 1962	April 6, 1973	Africa
Chad	National Movement for the Cultural and Social Revolution	African nationalism, Pan-Africanism, Anti-imperialism, African socialism, Federalism	April 6, 1973	April 13, 1975	Africa
Chad	National Union for Independence and Revolution	Nationalism	1984	1990	Africa
Comoros	Comorian Union for Progress	Nationalism	1982	1990	Africa
Independent State of Croatia	Ustaša – Croatian Revolutionary Movement	Croatian irredentism, Croatian ultranationalism, National conservatism, Social conservatism, Clerical fascism, Fascist corporatism, Political Catholicism, Anti-communism	April 10, 1941	May 8, 1945	Europe
Dahomey	Dahomeyan Unity Party	African nationalism, Republicanism	1961	1963	Africa
Dahomey	Dahomeyan Democratic Party	African nationalism	1963	1965	Africa
Dominican Republic	Dominican Party	Trujillism, National conservatism, Right-wing populism	1931	1961	Central America
Egypt	National Democratic Party	Egyptian nationalism, Centrism, Big tent	1956	1958	Africa
Egypt	National Democratic Party	Egyptian nationalism, Centrism, Big tent	1961	1962	Africa
El Salvador	National Pro Patria Party	Fascism, Anti-communism, Conservatism, Agrarian oligarchy	1931	1944	South America
Empire of Japan	Imperial Rule Assistance Association	Shōwa statism	1940	1945	Asia
Equatorial Guinea	Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea	African nationalism, Militarism	1987	1991	Africa
Estonia	Patriotic League (National Front for the Implementation of the Constitution)	Estonian nationalism, Personalism	March 9, 1935	July 21, 1940	Europe
Nazi Germany	National Socialist German Workers' Party	Nazism	July 14, 1933	May 23, 1945	Europe
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia	National Partnership	Nazism	March 21, 1939	May 9, 1945	Europe
Guatemala	Progressive Liberal Party	Ubicoism, Liberalism, Nationalism, Anti-communism	1931	1944	South America
Haiti	National Unity Party	Black nationalism, Haitian nationalism, Right-wing populism, Anti-communism, Anti-Americanism	1957	1985	Central America
Government of National Unity	Arrow Cross Party	Hungarism	October 16, 1944	May 7, 1945	Europe
Imperial State of Iran	Rastakhiz Party	Monarchism, Fascism, Populism, Secularism, Democratic centralism, Third Position	1975	1978	Asia
Kingdom of Italy Libya	National Fascist Party Muslim Association of the Lictor	Fascism	May 17, 1928 January 9, 1939	July 27, 1943	Europe Africa
Italian Social Republic	Republican Fascist Party	Fascism	September 13, 1943	April 28, 1945	Europe
Kenya	Kenya African National Union	Kenyan nationalism, Conservatism	1982	1991	Africa
Lithuania	Lithuanian Nationalist Union	Lithuanian nationalism, National conservatism, Social conservatism, Fascist corporatism, Right-wing populism, Anti-communism, Antisemitism	1927	1940	Europe
Manchukuo	Concordia Association	Fascism, Monarchism, Manchurian nationalism, Pan-Asianism, Anti-communism, Personalism	April 1, 1932	May 1, 1945	Asia
Reich Commissariat for the Occupied Dutch Territories	National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands	Nazism	December 14, 1941	May 6, 1945	Europe
Niger	Nigerien Progressive Party – African Democratic Rally	African nationalism, Pan-Africanism	1960	1974	Africa
North Yemen	General People's Congress	Yemeni nationalism, Arab nationalism, Pan-Arabism, Big tent	1982	1988	Asia
National Government	National Rally	Fascism, Nazism, Fascist corporatism, Anti-communism, Collaborationism	February 1, 1942	May 9, 1945	Europe
Paraguay	Colorado Party	Conservatism, national conservatism	1947	1962	South America
Philippine Executive Commission	Association for Service to the New Philippines	Filipino nationalism, National conservatism, Fascism, Pro-Japan	December 8, 1942	October 14, 1943	Asia
Republic of the Philippines	Association for Service to the New Philippines	Filipino nationalism, National conservatism, Fascism, Pro-Japan	October 14, 1943	August 17, 1945	Asia
Portugal	National Union	Salazarism, corporatism	July 30, 1930	October 8, 1945	Europe
Portugal	National Union	Salazarism, corporatism	January 31, 1948	September 1969	Europe
Portugal	People's National Action (formerly National Union)	Salazarism, corporatism	1970	April 25, 1974	Europe
Romania	Party of the Nation	Big tent, Romanian nationalism, Monarchism	December 16, 1938	September 6, 1940	Europe
National Legionary State	Iron Guard	Legionarism, clerical fascism	September 6, 1940	January 23, 1941	Europe
Rwanda	Parmehutu	Hutu Power	1965	1973	Africa
Rwanda	National Republican Movement for Democracy and Development	Hutu Power, Ultranationalism, Social conservatism, Anti-communism	1978	1991	Africa
San Marino	Sammarinese Fascist Party	Italian Fascism, Corporatism	1926	1943	Europe
San Marino	Republican Fascist Party of San Marino	Italian Fascism	1943	1944	Europe
Slovak Republic	Hlinka's Slovak People's Party – Party of Slovak National Unity	Clerical fascism	March 14, 1939	May 8, 1945	Europe
Spanish State	FET y de las JONS	Francoism, Falangism	April 19, 1937	July 6, 1976	Europe
Sudan	National Congress Party	Islamism, Arab nationalism, Salafism, Social conservatism	1989	2005	Africa
Togo	Party of Togolese Unity	African nationalism	1962	1963	Africa
Togo	Rally of the Togolese People	African nationalism, Right-wing populism	1969	1991	Africa
Upper Volta	Voltaic Democratic Union-African Democratic Rally	African nationalism, Pan-Africanism	1960	1966	Africa
Yugoslavia	Yugoslav Radical Peasants' Democracy	Royalism, Yugoslav nationalism, Agrarianism, Centralism, Anti-liberalism	1929	1931	Europe
Zaire	Popular Movement of the Revolution	Mobutism	1970	1990	Africa

See also

• Ban on factions in the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
• Political organisation
• Dominant-party system
• Political factionalism
• Outline of democracy
• Multi-party system
• Two-party system
• List of political party songs

External links

• Map of One Party States, 1945-95
• One-party states in Africa BBC
• List of One-Party Regimes