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This is a 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.

Table

A

Country Country name links to list of political parties		Party system				Ruling party or coalition	Last Election
		Multi party	Two party	Dominant party	Single party
	Abkhazia	•				United Abkhazia, Amtsakhara, Aitaira	2007 parliamentary election
	Afghanistan[1]	•				(none)	2005 parliamentary election
	Åland	•				Liberals for Åland, Åland Centre	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: Liberal Party of Andorra, Lauredian Union, New Centre, Independents of Ordino	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		•			United Progressive Party	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

B

Country Country name links to list of political parties		Party system				Ruling party or coalition	Last Election
		Multi party	Two party	Dominant party	Single party
	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	•				Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams	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	•				Movement for Socialism	2009 general election
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	•				(none)	2006 general election
	Botswana			•		Botswana Democratic Party	2009 general election
	Brazil	•				Workers' Party, Brazilian Democratic Movement Party	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

C

Country Country name links to list of political parties		Party system				Ruling party or coalition	Last Election
		Multi party	Two party	Dominant party	Single party
	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				•	Communist Party of China	2008 congressional election
	Colombia	•				Colombian Liberal Party	2006 legislative election
	Comoros		•[3]			Camp of the Autonomous Islands	2004 legislative election
	Congo (Brazzaville)			•		Congolese Party of Labour	2007 parliamentary election
	Congo (Kinshasa)	•				People's Party for Reconstruction and Democracy	2006 general election 2007 senate election
	Cook Islands			•		Democratic Party	2006 general election
	Costa Rica	•				National Liberation Party	2006 parliamentary election
	Côte d'Ivoire		•			Ivorian Popular Front	2000–2001 parliamentary election
	Croatia	•				Croatian Democratic Union	2007 parliamentary election
	Cuba[4]				•	Communist Party of Cuba	2008 legislative election
	Cyprus	•				Progressive Party of Working People, Democratic Rally	2006 legislative election
	Czech Republic	•				Civic Democratic Party	2006 legislative election

D

Country Country name links to list of political parties		Party system				Ruling party or coalition	Last Election
		Multi party	Two party	Dominant party	Single party
	Denmark	•				Liberals, Conservative People's Party, parliamentary support from Danish People's Party[5]	2007 parliamentary election
	Djibouti			•		People's Rally for Progress	2008 parliamentary election
	Dominica		•			Dominica Labour Party	2005 general election
	Dominican Republic	•				Progressive Bloc	2006 parliamentary election

E

Country Country name links to list of political parties		Party system				Ruling party or coalition	Last Election
		Multi party	Two party	Dominant party	Single party
	East Timor	•				Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor, National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction, Social Democratic Party, Timorese Social Democratic Association	2007 parliamentary elections, 2007 presidential elections
	Ecuador	•
	Egypt			•
	El Salvador	•
	Equatorial Guinea			•
	Eritrea				•
	Estonia	•				Reform Party, Pro Patria and Res Publica Union	2007 parliament election
	Ethiopia			•
	European Union	•				European People's Party and Party of European Socialists (no direct executive powers)	2009 parliament election

F

Country Country name links to list of political parties		Party system				Ruling party or coalition	Last Election
		Multi party	Two party	Dominant party	Single party
	Falkland Islands					(no actual political party)
	Faroe Islands	•				Union Party	2008 parliamentary elections
	Fiji		•			(none)	2006 general elections
	Finland	•				Social Democratic Party of Finland, Centre Party, National Coalition Party	2007 parliamentary elections
	France	•				Union for a Popular Movement	2007 legislative election 2007 presidential election
	French Polynesia		•			O Porinetia To Tatou Ai'a	2008 legislative elections

G

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

H

Country Country name links to list of political parties		Party system				Ruling party or coalition	Last Election
		Multi party	Two party	Dominant party	Single party
	Haiti	•				Fwon Lespwa	2006 general elections
	Honduras		•			National Party of Honduras	2009 general elections
	Hong Kong		•			(none)	2008 parliamentary elections
	Hungary	•				Hungarian Socialist Party	2006 parliamentary elections

I

Country Country name links to list of political parties		Party system				Ruling party or coalition	Last Election
		Multi party	Two party	Dominant party	Single party
	Iceland	•				Social Democratic Alliance & Left-Green Movement	2009 general election
	India	•				United Progressive Alliance	2009 general election
	Indonesia	•
	Iran	•[6]				Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran	2008 legislative election
	Iraq	•
	Ireland	•				Fianna Fail	2007 general election
	Israel	•
	Italy	•				The People of Freedom, Lega Nord, Movement for Autonomies	2008 general election

J

Country Country name links to list of political parties		Party system				Ruling party or coalition	Last Election
		Multi party	Two party	Dominant party	Single party
	Jamaica		•			Jamaica Labour Party	2007 general election
	Japan		•			Democratic Party of Japan	2009 general election
	Jersey	•[7]				(none)	2008 general elections
	Jordan	•[8]				(none)	2007 parliamentary elections

K

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

L

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

M

Country Country name links to list of political parties		Party system				Ruling party or coalition	Last Election
		Multi party	Two party	Dominant party	Single party
	Macau	•
	Macedonia	•
	Madagascar	•
	Malawi	•
	Malaysia			•		National Front	2008 general election
	Maldives	•[9]
	Mali	•
	Malta		•
	Man					(no actual political party)
	Marshall Islands		•
	Mauritania	•[10]
	Mauritius	•
	Mayotte	•
	Mexico	•
	Micronesia					(no actual political party)
	Moldova	•
	Monaco			•
	Mongolia	•
	Montenegro	•
	Montserrat		•
	Morocco	•
	Mozambique		•

N

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

O

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

P

Country Country name links to list of political parties		Party system				Ruling party or coalition	Last Election
		Multi party	Two party	Dominant party	Single party
	Pakistan	•				Pakistan People's Party	2008 general elections, 2008 presidential elections
	Palau					(no actual political party)
	Palestinian National Authority		•			Fatah, Hamas	2006 legislative elections
	Panama	•				Democratic Change, Panameñista Party	Panamanian general election, 2009
	Papua New Guinea			•		National Alliance Party	2007 general elections
	Paraguay	•				Patriotic Alliance for Change	2008 general elections
	Peru	•				Union for Peru, Peruvian Nationalist Party	2006 general elections
	Philippines	•				Lakas-Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino-Christian Muslim Democrats	2007 general elections, 2010 general elections
	Pitcairn Islands					(no actual political party)
	Poland	•				Civic Platform	2007 parliamentary elections
	Portugal	•				Socialist Party	2009 legislative election
	Puerto Rico	•				New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico	2008 general elections

Q

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

R

Country Country name links to list of political parties		Party system				Ruling party or coalition	Last Election
		Multi party	Two party	Dominant party	Single party
	Romania	•				Democratic Liberal Party (dismissed by Parliament)	2008 legislative election 2009 presidential election
	Russia	•				United Russia	2007 legislative election 2008 presidential election
	Rwanda			•		Rwandan Patriotic Front	Rwandan parliamentary election, 2008

S

Country Country name links to list of political parties		Party system				Ruling party or coalition	Last Election
		Multi party	Two party	Dominant party	Single party
	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			•		People's Action Party	2006 general election
	Slovakia	•
	Slovenia	•
	Solomon Islands	•
	Somalia					(no actual political party)
	South Africa			•		African National Congress	2009 general election
	South Korea	•				Grand National Party
	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				•	Ba'ath Party	2000 election

T

Country Country name links to list of political parties		Party system				Ruling party or coalition	Last Election
		Multi party	Two party	Dominant party	Single party
	Taiwan (Republic of China)	•				Kuomintang	2008 legislative election 2008 presidential election
	Tajikistan			•
	Tanzania			•
	Thailand	•
	Togo			•		Rally of the Togolese People	2007 parliementary election
	Tokelau					(no actual political party)
	Tonga	•
	Transnistria	•
	Trinidad and Tobago		•
	Tunisia			•
	Turkey	•				Justice and Development Party	2007 general election
	Turkmenistan				•	Democratic Party of Turkmenistan
	Turks and Caicos		•
	Tuvalu					(no actual political party)

U

Country Country name links to list of political parties		Party system				Ruling party or coalition	Last Election
		Multi party	Two party	Dominant party	Single party
	Uganda			•		National Resistance Movement	2006 general elections
	Ukraine	•				Our Ukraine, Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc	2007 parliamentary elections, 2010 presidential elections
	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	•				Broad Front	2009 general elections
	Uzbekistan			•		People's Democratic Party of Uzbekistan	2009-2010 parliamentary elections

V

Country Country name links to list of political parties		Party system				Ruling party or coalition	Last Election
		Multi party	Two party	Dominant party	Single party
	Vanuatu	•				Vanua'aku Pati	2008 general elections
	Vatican City					(no actual political party)
	Venezuela			•		United Socialist Party of Venezuela	2006 presidential elections
	Vietnam				•	Communist Party of Vietnam	2007 parliamentary elections
	Virgin Islands of the United States	•				Democratic Party of the Virgin Islands	2008 general elections

W

Country Country name links to list of political parties		Party system				Ruling party or coalition	Last Election
		Multi party	Two party	Dominant party	Single party
	Wallis and Futuna	•				(none)	2007 Territorial Assembly elections
	Western Sahara				•	Polisario Front	2008 legislative elections

Y

Country Country name links to list of political parties		Party system				Ruling party or coalition	Last Election
		Multi party	Two party	Dominant party	Single party
	Yemen			•		General People's Congress	2006 presidential elections

Z

Country Country name links to list of political parties		Party system				Ruling party or coalition	Last Election
		Multi party	Two party	Dominant party	Single party
	Zambia	•				Movement for Multi-Party Democracy	2008 presidential elections
	Zimbabwe		•			Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front, Movement for Democratic Change	2008 parliamentary elections, 2008 presidential elections

See also

• List of current heads of state and government
• List of basic political science topics
• List of democracy and elections-related topics
• List of frivolous parties
• List of election results
• List of national leaders

Footnotes

List by regions and sub-regions

External links

• Political resources on the net