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; candidates must be independent.
- Qatar – Political parties are banned; candidates must be independent.
- Saudi Arabia – Political parties are banned.
- Tuvalu
- United Arab Emirates – Political parties are banned; candidates must be independent.
- Vatican City State
Republics
Territories
- Canada
- Northwest Territories
- Nunavut
- Almost every municipal government in the country
- United Kingdom
- Australia
- New Zealand
- 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
- Libyan Arab Jamahiriya