List of countries without political parties

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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.
•  Qatar – Political parties are banned.
•  Saudi Arabia – Political parties are banned.^[1][2]
•  United Arab Emirates – Political parties are banned.
•   Vatican City State
•  Tuvalu

Republics[]

•  Federated States of Micronesia
•  Nauru
•  Palau

Territories[]

•  Canada
  •  Northwest Territories
  •  Nunavut
    • Almost every municipal government in the country
•  United Kingdom
  •  Falkland Islands
  •  Guernsey - Political parties exist and contest elections, however, none have ever won over an independent candidate.
  •  Pitcairn Islands
  •  Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
•  Australia
  •  Christmas Island
  •  Cocos (Keeling) Islands
  •  Norfolk Island
•  New Zealand
  •  Niue
  •  Tokelau
•  United States
  •  Nebraska - The Nebraska Legislature is non-partisan

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 ^[3]
• Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

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