One-party state

A one-party state, single-party state, one-party system, or single-

party system is a type of sovereign state in which only one political
party has the right to form the government, usually based on the
existing constitution.[1] 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.
World's states colored by form of government1
The rule of the Committee of Union and Progress (CUP) in the
     Full presidential republics2      Semi-presidential
Ottoman Empire following the 1913 Ottoman coup d'état is
republics2
considered the first one-party state.[2]
     Republics with an      Parliamentary republics2
executive president elected
by or nominated by the
Contents legislature that may or may
not be subject to
Concept parliamentary confidence
Current one-party states      Parliamentary      Parliamentary
Former one-party states constitutional monarchies constitutional monarchies
where royalty does not hold which have a separate head
See also significant power of government but where
Notes royalty holds significant
executive and/or legislative
References
power
External links
     Absolute monarchies      One-party states

     Countries where      Countries which do not fit

Concept constitutional provisions for any of the above systems

government have been (e.g. provisional
suspended (e.g. military governments/unclear political
One-party states explain themselves through various methods. Most
juntas) situations)
often, proponents of a one-party state argue that the existence of
1
separate parties runs counter to national unity. Others argue that the This map was compiled according to the Wikipedia list of
one party is the vanguard of the people, and therefore its right to rule countries by system of government. See there for sources.
2 Several states constitutionally deemed to be multiparty
cannot be legitimately questioned. The Soviet government argued
that multiple parties represented the class struggle and because of this republics are broadly described by outsiders as
the Soviet Union legally authorized and recognized a single party authoritarian states. This map presents only the de jure
leading the proletariat, namely the Communist Party of the Soviet form of government, and not the de facto degree of
Union. democracy.

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 one of the following:

 1. A party which supports the ideology of Marxism–Leninism and vanguardism (sometimes described as
"communist states", such as the Soviet Union)
2. A party which supports a nationalist or fascist ideology (such as the Kingdom of Italy under the National Fascist
Party or Germany under the Nazi Party)
3. A party 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.

Current one-party states

As of 2022 the following countries are legally constituted as one-party states:
 Date of
Country Head of party Leader title Party Ideology Duration Notes
establishment

Chinese Socialism with

China General 1 October 72 years, Leads the
Communist Chinese
Secretary 1949 262 days United Front
Party characteristics

Xi Jinping

Marxism–Leninism,
First Castroism, 61 years,
Cuba Communist 16 April 1961
Secretary Guevarism, left-wing 65 days
Party of Cuba nationalism

Miguel Díaz-
Canel

People's
Front for Eritrean nationalism, 29 years,
Eritrea Chairperson 24 May 1993
Democracy statism 27 days
and Justice

Isaias Afwerki

Lao
Kaysone
Laos General People's 2 December 46 years,
Phomvihane
Secretary Revolutionary 1975 200 days
Thought
Party

Thongloun
Sisoulith

Leads the
Democratic
North General Workers' 10 October 76 years,
Juche, Songun Front for the
Korea Secretary Party of Korea 1945 253 days
Reunification
of Korea

Kim Jong-un

Sahrawi
Arab Secretary Polisario Sahrawi nationalism, 27 February 46 years,
Democratic General Front social democracy 1976 113 days
Republic

Brahim Ghali
Vietnam General Ho Chi Minh 2 September 76 years,
Secretary Communist Thought, socialist- 1945 291 days
Party of oriented market
Vietnam economy
 Nguyễn Phú
Trọng

Former one-party states

 Country Party Ideology Date of establishment Date of dissolution Continent
Union and
 Ottoman
Progress İttihadism 11 June 1913 1918 Asia/Europe
Empire
Party[3]
Tinoquista North
Peliquista Party Nationalism 1917 1919
Costa Rica America

 Turkey (one-
Republican Kemalism 1923 1945 Asia/Europe
party period)
People's Party
Khmer nationalism,
 Cambodia National conservatism,
Sangkum Royalism, Statism, 1955 1970 Asia
(Sangkum era) Buddhist socialism,
Economic nationalism
Cameroon
 Cameroon People's Big tent, Nationalism,
1975 1990 Africa
Democratic Francophilia
Movement

 Tunisia Tunisian nationalism,

Neo Destour 1963 1964 Africa
Bourguibism
Socialist
 Tunisia Tunisian nationalism,
Destourian 1964 1981 Africa
Secularism, Bourguibism
Party
Turkmen nationalism,
Democratic
 Turkmenistan Secularism, Social
Party of 1992 2008 Asia
conservatism, Catch-all
Turkmenistan
party
 Republic of
Tridemism 1 July 1925 15 July 1987 Asia
China[Note 1]/Taiwan Kuomintang

Pan-Arabism,
Syrian Arab Liberation
Modernization, Pro- 1953 1954 Asia
Republic Movement
Western
Pashtun nationalism,
Republic of National
Pashtunization, Anti-
Revolutionary February 14, 1977[4][5] April 28, 1978 Asia
Afghanistan communism,
Party
Republicanism, Secularism

National Arab socialism, Algerian

 Algeria nationalism, Pan-Arabism, 1962 1989 Africa
Liberation Front Anti-imperialism
Bangladesh
Bengali nationalism,
 Bangladesh Krishak Sramik 1975 1975 Asia
Socialism
Awami League
Burma
Burma Socialist Burmese Way to Socialism 1962 1988 Asia
Programme
Party
African
Party for the
 Cape Verde Communism, Marxism–
Independence 1975 1980 Africa
Leninism
of Guinea and
Cape Verde
African
 Cape Verde Party for the Communism, Marxism–
1980 1990 Africa
Independence Leninism
of Cape Verde
Movement for
 Central African nationalism, Anti-
the Social
colonialism, Progressivism, 1962 1980 Africa
African Republic Evolution of
Anti-imperialism
Black Africa

 Djibouti People's Rally

Issa interests 1977 1992 Africa
for Progress
 Equatorial United National African nationalism, 1970 1979 Africa
Guinea Workers' Party Personalism, Anti-
imperialism, Anti-
colonialism, Anti-racism,
 Pan-Africanism, Anti-
intellectualism
Arab nationalism, Arab
 Egypt Arab Socialist
socialism, Pan-Arabism, 1962 1976 Africa
Union
Nasserism
1991 (Provisional government)
Eritrean
 Eritrea People's Left-wing nationalism 1994 Africa
1993 (Recognized state)
Liberation Front

Nkrumaism, African
 Ghana Convention socialism, African
1964 1966 Africa
People's Party nationalism, Pan-
Africanism
Democratic
Party of Guinea
 Guinea African nationalism, African
– African 1958 1984 Africa
socialism, Pan-Africanism
Democratic
Rally
African Party
for the
Communism, Marxism–
 Guinea-Bissau Independence 1974 1991 Africa
Leninism
of Guinea and
Cape Verde

 Indonesia Indonesian
Nationalism, Marhaenism August 17, 1945 November 3, 1945 Asia
National Party
Arab nationalism, Arab
Iraq Iraqi Arab
socialism, Pan-Arabism, 1964 1968 Asia
Socialist Union
Nasserism
Arab
Socialist Ba'ath
Iraq Party (National Saddamist Ba'athism 1968 2003 Asia
Progressive
Front)
Arab nationalism, Arab
Libyan Arab
Libya socialism, Pan-Arabism, 1971 1977 Africa
Socialist Union
Nasserism, Nationalism

Democratic National Front

for the Defense Left-wing nationalism,
Republic of 1976 1989 Africa
of the Scientific socialism
Madagascar Revolution
Sudanese
African nationalism, Pan-
 Mali Union – African
Africanism, African 1960 1968 Africa
Democratic
socialism
Rally
Democratic
 Mali African socialism,
Union of the 1976 1991 Africa
Democratic centralism
Malian People

 Mauritania Mauritanian Nationalism, Centralism,

1961 1978 Africa
People's Party Islamic socialism
Movement for
the Liberation
of São Tomé
 São Tomé and Communism, Marxism–
and 1975 1990 Africa
Príncipe Leninism
Príncipe/Social
Democratic
Party

 Senegal Socialist Party African nationalism, African

1966 1974 Africa
of Senegal socialism
Seychelles
People's Communism, Marxism-
 Seychelles 1977 1991 Africa
Progressive Leninism
Front

 Sierra Leone All People's African nationalism,

1978 1991 Africa
Congress Democratic socialism
Democratic Sudanese Arab nationalism, Arab 1971 1985 Africa
Republic of the Socialist Union socialism, Anti-
Sudan communism
Arab
Socialist Ba'ath
 Syria Party (National Neo-Ba'athism 1963 February 27, 2012[6][7] Asia
Progressive
Front)

 Tanzania Chama Cha

Ujamaa, African socialism 1977 1992 Africa
Mapinduzi

 Tanganyika Tanganyika African nationalism, African

1961 1977 Africa
African National socialism, Ujamaa
Union
Uganda Social democracy, African
 Uganda People's nationalism, Pan- 1969 1971 Africa
Congress Africanism

 United Arab Arab nationalism, Arab

National Union 1958 1961 Africa
Republic socialism, Pan-Arabism

People's Anti-
Xinjiang Imperialist Six Great Policies 1935 1942 Asia
Association
United
 Zambia National African socialism, African
1972 1990 Africa
Independence nationalism
Party
Afro- African nationalism,
 Zanzibar 1964 1977 Africa
Shirazi Party Marxism–Leninism

People's
Democratic
Communism (until 1990),
Party of
Marxism–Leninism (until
Afghanistan December 24, 1980 July 27, 1990 Asia
Afghanistan 1990), Afghan nationalism,
(National
Anti-imperialism
Fatherland
Front)
Party of
Labour of
Democratic Albania October 20, 1944 August 5, 1945 Europe
Government of (National
Albania Liberation
Movement) Communism, Marxism-
Leninism, Hoxhaism, Anti-
Party of revisionism
Democratic August 5, 1945 January 11, 1946 Europe
Labour of
Government of
Albania
Albania
(Democratic
Albania Front) January 11, 1946 December 11, 1990 Europe

People's
People's Communism, Left-wing
Movement for nationalism, Marxism– November 11, 1975 May 30, 1991 Africa
Republic of Angola the Liberation Leninism
of Angola
Communist Communism, Marxism–
Armenia Party of Leninism, democratic December 2, 1920 December 30, 1922 Asia
Armenia centralism, state socialism
Communist Communism, Marxism–
Party of Leninism, democratic April 30, 1920 December 30, 1922 Asia
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan centralism, state socialism
People's
Benin Communism, Marxism–
Revolutionary November 30, 1975 March 1, 1990 Africa
Leninism (nominally)
Party of Benin
Bulgarian
Communist Communism, Marxism–
Party Leninism, democratic September 15, 1946 January 15, 1990 Europe
Bulgaria
(Fatherland centralism, state socialism
Front)
Byelorussia Communist Communism, Marxism– July 31, 1920 December 30, 1922 Europe
Party of Leninism, democratic
 Byelorussia centralism, state socialism
Chinese Marxism–Leninism, Mao
Chinese
Communist Zedong Thought, Chinese 1930 1937 Asia
Soviet Republic communism
Party

Communist Marxism–Leninism,
Party of democratic centralism, February 25, 1948 November 30, 1989 Europe
Czechoslovakia state socialism, Husakism
Czechoslovakia
(National Front)
Socialist
Unity Party of Communism, Marxism–
East Germany Germany Leninism, democratic October 7, 1949 March 30, 1950 Europe
(Democratic centralism, state socialism
Bloc)
Socialist
Unity Party of
Germany Communism, Marxism–
East Germany (National Front Leninism, democratic March 30, 1950 December 1, 1989 Europe
of the German centralism, state socialism
Democratic
Republic)
Russian
Communist
Communism, Marxism–
Estonia Party (Central
Leninism, democratic November 29, 1918 June 5, 1919 Europe
Committee of
centralism, state socialism
the Estonian
Sections)
Communist Communism, Marxism–
Estonia Party of Leninism, democratic July 21, 1940 August 9, 1940 Europe
Estonia centralism, state socialism
Commission for
Organizing the
Ethiopia Communism, Marxism–
Party of the September 12, 1984 February 22, 1987 Africa
Leninism
Working People
of Ethiopia
Workers'
Communism, Marxism–
Ethiopia Party of February 22, 1987 April 28, 1991 Africa
Leninism
Ethiopia
Communist Communism, Marxism–
Georgia Party of Leninism, democratic February 25, 1921 December 30, 1922 Asia
Georgia centralism, state socialism

Grenada New Jewel Communism, Marxism– Central

March 13, 1979 October 25, 1983
Movement Leninism America
Chinese Marxism–Leninism, Mao
Guangzhou Communist Zedong Thought, Chinese 1927 1927 Asia
Party communism
Chinese Marxism–Leninism, Mao
Hunan Communist Zedong Thought, Chinese 1927 1927 Asia
Party communism
Hungarian
Communism, Marxism–
Working August 20, 1949 October 30, 1956 Europe
Hungary Leninism, Stalinism
People's Party
Hungarian
Communism, Marxism–
Socialist November 4, 1956 October 7, 1989 Europe
Hungary Leninism, Kádárism
Workers' Party
Chinese Marxism–Leninism, Mao
Jinggang Communist Zedong Thought, Chinese 1927 1928 Asia
Party communism
Communism, Marxism–
Leninism, Agrarianism,
Kampuchea Communist
Autarky, Khmer April 17, 1975 June 22, 1982 Asia
Party of
nationalism,
Kampuchea
Ultranationalism
Kampuchean Communism, Socialism, January 7, 1979 October 23, 1991 Asia
Kampuchea People's Marxism–Leninism,
Revolutionary Revisionism, Left-wing
Party nationalism
 Communism, Marxism–
Communist
Latvia Leninism, democratic December 17, 1918 January 13, 1920 Europe
Party of Latvia
centralism, state socialism
Communism, Marxism–
Communist
Latvia Leninism, democratic July 21, 1940 August 5, 1940 Europe
Party of Latvia
centralism, state socialism
Mongolian
People's Communism, Marxism–
1921 July 29, 1990 Asia
Mongolia Revolutionary Leninism
Party

FRELIMO Marxism–Leninism June 25, 1975 December 1, 1990 Africa

Mozambique
Workers'
Party of North Communism, Marxism–
 Vietnam Vietnam Leninism, Ho Chi Minh September 2, 1945 1946 Asia
(partially) (League for the Thought
Independence
of Vietnam)
Workers' Party
of North
Communism, Marxism–
 North Vietnam Vietnam
Leninism, Ho Chi Minh 1955 July 2, 1976 Asia
(Vietnamese
Thought
Fatherland
Front)
Communist Communism, Marxism–
Lithuania Party of Leninism, democratic July 21, 1940 August 3, 1940 Europe
Lithuania centralism, state socialism
Communist
Communism, Marxism–
Lithuania– Party of
Leninism, democratic February 17, 1919 July 17, 1919 Europe
Byelorussia Lithuania and
centralism, state socialism
Belorussia
People's
Congolese Communism, Marxism–
Republic of the January 31, 1969 1991 Africa
Party of Labour Leninism
Congo

Persia Communist Communism, Marxism–

1920 1921 Asia
Party of Persia Leninism
Polish
Marxism–Leninism,
Poland United Workers' democratic centralism, February 5, 1947 July 1982 Europe
Party (Front of state socialism
National Unity)
Polish
United Workers' Marxism–Leninism,
Poland Party (Patriotic democratic centralism, July 1982 August 24, 1989 Europe
Movement for state socialism
National
Rebirth)
Romanian
Communist Communism, Marxism–
Party (People's February 5, 1948 1968 Europe
Romania Leninism
Democratic
Front)
Romanian
Communism, Marxism–
Communist Leninism, National 1968 1980 Europe
Romania Party (Front of Communism
Socialist Unity)
Romanian
Communist Communism, Marxism–
Party (Front of Leninism, National 1980 December 29, 1989 Europe
Romania Socialist Unity Communism
and
Democracy)
Russian Russian Social Communism, Marxism–
Soviet Federative Democratic Leninism, democratic January 19, 1918 March 8, 1918[8] Europe/Asia
Socialist Republic Labour Party centralism, state socialism

Russian Russian Communism, Marxism– March 8, 1918[8] December 30, 1922 Europe/Asia
Soviet Federative Communist Leninism, democratic
Socialist Republic Party centralism, state socialism
Islamic socialism,
Marxism–Leninism, Pan-
Somali Somalism
Somalia Revolutionary July 1976 January 26, 1991 Africa
Socialist Party Scientific socialism,
Somali nationalism

Yemeni Communism, Marxism–

 South Yemen October 31, 1978 May 22, 1990 Asia
Socialist Party Leninism

 South Yemen National Arab nationalism, Arab

November 30, 1967 October 31, 1978 Asia
Liberation Front socialism

Chinese Marxism–Leninism, Mao

Southwest Jiangxi Communist Zedong Thought, Chinese 1930 1931 Asia
Party communism
Russian Communism, Marxism–
Union of Soviet Communist Leninism, democratic December 30, 1922 December 31, 1925[8] Europe/Asia
Socialist Republics Party centralism, state socialism

Communism, Marxism–
All-Union
Leninism, democratic
Union of Soviet Communist December 31, 1925[8] October 13, 1952[8] Europe/Asia
centralism, state socialism,
Socialist Republics Party
Stalinism
Union Communist Communism, Marxism–
of Soviet Socialist Party of the Leninism, democratic October 13, 1952[8] October 9, 1990[9] Europe/Asia
Republics Soviet Union centralism, state socialism

Communism, Marxism–
Communist
Transcaucasia Leninism, democratic March 12, 1922 December 30, 1922 Asia
Part of Armenia
centralism, state socialism
Communist Communism, Marxism–
Transcaucasia Party of Leninism, democratic March 12, 1922 December 30, 1922 Asia
Azerbaijan centralism, state socialism
Communist Communism, Marxism–
Transcaucasia Party of Leninism, democratic March 12, 1922 December 30, 1922 Asia
Georgia centralism, state socialism
Tuvan
Communism, Marxism–
People's Leninism, democratic August 14, 1921 October 11, 1944 Asia
Tuva Revolutionary centralism, state socialism
Party
Communist Communism, Marxism–
Ukraine Party of Leninism, democratic March 10, 1919 December 30, 1922 Europe
Ukraine centralism, state socialism
Chinese Marxism–Leninism, Mao
Yan'an Communist Zedong Thought, Chinese 1937 1949 Asia
Party communism
Yemeni Communism, Marxism–
Yemen May 21, 1994 July 7, 1994 Asia
Socialist Party Leninism

League of
Communists of
Yugoslavia
Marxism–Leninism,
(Socialist November 29, 1945 January 22, 1990 Europe
Yugoslavia Titoism, Yugoslavism
Alliance of
Working People
of Yugoslavia)
Americanisation, North
Hawaii Reform Party 1894 1898
Annexationism America
Militarism, Social
conservatism, National
Brazilian conservatism, Brazilian South
1964 1979
military regime ARENA[Note 2] nationalism, Anti- America
communism, National
security
Gabonese
 Gabon Democratic Conservatism 1968 1990 Africa
Party
Democratic African nationalism, 1960 1990 Africa
  Ivory Coast Party of Côte Conservatism, Populism,
d'Ivoire – Houphouëtism, Pan-
African Africanism
Democratic
Rally

Kingdom of Spanish nationalism,

Spanish
Political Catholicism, 1924 1930 Europe
Spain Patriotic Union
Monarchism, Conservatism
Ubuntu, Conservatism,
 Malawi Malawi
African nationalism, Anti- 1964 1993 Africa
Congress Party
colonialism
Velyât-e Faqih, Anti-
imperialism, Iranian
nationalism, Shi'ite
Islamism, Anti-
Islamic Monarchism, Anti-
 Iran Republican Americanism, Anti- 1981 1987 Asia
Party communism, Anti-
Sovietism, Anti-Zionism,
Islamic fundamentalism,
Homophobia, Anti-Western
sentiment
National
Movement for
 Niger the Conservatism 1989 1991 Africa
Development of
Society
Albanian nationalism,
Albanian Albanian Greater Albania, Fascism,
June 2, 1939 July 27, 1943 Europe
Kingdom Fascist Party Italophilia, Serbophobia,
Hellenophobia
Albanian Guard of Albanian nationalism,
July 27, 1943 September 8, 1943 Europe
Kingdom Greater Albania Fascism

Albanian nationalism,
Greater Albania, Anti-
Albanian
National Front communism, September 14, 1943 November 29, 1943 Europe
Kingdom
Republicanism, Big tent,
Agrarian socialism
Federal State Fatherland
Clerical fascism May 1, 1934 March 13, 1938 Europe
of Austria Front
Union for
Republic Burundian nationalism,
National July 11, 1974 March 13, 1992 Africa
of Burundi Tutsi interests
Progress
Republic Cameroonian
National Union
Big tent September 1, 1966[10] March 24, 1985 Africa
of Cameroon

 Central Central African

African nationalism,
Democratic March 1, 1980 September 2, 1981 Africa
African Republic Republicanism
Union
African nationalism,
 Central Central African
Democratic socialism,
Democratic February 6, 1987 April 22, 1991[11] Africa
African Republic Social democracy,
Rally
Republicanism
African nationalism, Pan-
Chadian
Chad Africanism, Anti-
Progressive April 16, 1962 April 6, 1973 Africa
imperialism, African
Party
socialism, Federalism
National
African nationalism, Pan-
Movement for
 Chad Africanism, Anti-
the Cultural and April 6, 1973 April 13, 1975 Africa
imperialism, African
Social
socialism, Federalism
Revolution
National Union
 Chad for
Nationalism 1984 1990 Africa
Independence
and Revolution

 Comoros Comorian Union

Nationalism 1982 1990 Africa
for Progress
 Independent Ustaša – Croatian irredentism, April 10, 1941 May 8, 1945 Europe
State of Croatia Croatian Croatian ultranationalism,
Revolutionary National conservatism,
Movement Social conservatism,
Clerical fascism, Fascist
corporatism, Political
Catholicism, Anti-
communism

Dahomey Dahomeyan African nationalism,

1961 1963 Africa
Unity Party Republicanism
Dahomeyan
Dahomey Democratic African nationalism 1963 1965 Africa
Party

Dominican Trujillism, National

Dominican Central
conservatism, Right-wing 1931 1961
Republic Party America
populism
National
 Egypt Egyptian nationalism,
Democratic 1956 1958 Africa
Centrism, Big tent
Party
National
 Egypt Egyptian nationalism,
Democratic 1961 1962 Africa
Centrism, Big tent
Party
National Fascism, Anti-communism,
South
El Salvador Pro Patria Conservatism, Agrarian 1931 1944
America
Party oligarchy

Imperial
Empire of Rule Shōwa statism 1940 1945 Asia
Japan Assistance
Association
Democratic
 Equatorial Party of African nationalism,
1987 1991 Africa
Guinea Equatorial Militarism
Guinea
Patriotic
League
(National Front
Estonia Estonian nationalism,
for the March 9, 1935 July 21, 1940 Europe
Personalism
Implementation
of the
Constitution)
National
Nazi Germany Socialist Nazism July 14, 1933 May 23, 1945 Europe
German
Workers' Party
Protectorate
National
of Bohemia and Nazism March 21, 1939 May 9, 1945 Europe
Partnership
Moravia
Ubicoism, Liberalism,
Progressive South
Guatemala Nationalism, Anti- 1931 1944
Liberal Party America
communism
Black nationalism, Haitian
nationalism, Right-wing
National Central
Haiti populism, Anti- 1957 1985
Unity Party America
communism, Anti-
Americanism

Arrow Hungarism, Fascism,

Government
Collaborationism, October 16, 1944 May 7, 1945 Europe
of National Unity Cross Party Agrarianism
Monarchism, Populism,
Imperial State Rastakhiz
Secularism, Democratic 1975 1978 Asia
of Iran Party
centralism, Third Position
National
Kingdom of Fascist Party
Fascism, Corporatism, May 17, 1928[12] Europe
Italy
Muslim Ultranationalism, July 27, 1943
Totalitarianism January 9, 1939 Africa
Libya Association of
the Lictor
 Italian Social Fascism, Corporatism, September 13, 1943 April 28, 1945 Europe
Republic Republican Ultranationalism,
Fascist Party Totalitarianism,
Antisemitism,
Collaborationism

 Kenya Kenya African Kenyan nationalism,

1982 1991 Africa
National Union Conservatism
Lithuanian nationalism,
Lithuanian National conservatism,
Lithuania Social conservatism,
Nationalist 1927 1940 Europe
Fascist corporatism, Right-
Union
wing populism, Anti-
communism, Antisemitism
Fascism, Monarchism,
Concordia Manchurian nationalism,
Manchukuo Pan-Asianism, Anti- April 1, 1932[13] May 1, 1945[13] Asia
Association communism, Personalism,
collaborationism
Reich National
Commissariat for Socialist Nazism, collaborationism December 14, 1941 May 6, 1945 Europe
the Occupied Dutch Movement in
Territories the Netherlands
Nigerien
Progressive
 Niger African nationalism, Pan-
Party – African 1960 1974 Africa
Africanism
Democratic
Rally
General Yemeni nationalism, Arab
 North Yemen People's nationalism, Pan-Arabism, 1982 1988 Asia
Congress Big tent

Fascism, Nazism, Fascist

National National corporatism, Anti-
September 25, 1940 May 8, 1945 Europe
Government Rally communism,
Collaborationism
Colorado Conservatism, national South
Paraguay 1947 1962
Party conservatism America

Philippine Filipino nationalism,

Association for National conservatism,
Executive December 8, 1942 October 14, 1943 Asia
Service to the Fascism, Pro-Japan,
Commission collaborationism
New Philippines

Filipino nationalism,
Republic of Association for National conservatism,
October 14, 1943 August 17, 1945 Asia
the Philippines Service to the Fascism, Pro-Japan,
New Philippines collaborationism

National Salazarism, corporatism,

Portugal July 30, 1930[14] October 8, 1945[14] Europe
Union Integralismo Lusitano

National Salazarism, corporatism,

Portugal January 31, 1948[15] September 1969[16] Europe
Union Integralismo Lusitano

People's
Portugal National Action Corporatism, Integralismo
1970 April 25, 1974 Europe
(formerly Lusitano
National Union)

Romania Party of Big tent, Romanian

December 16, 1938 September 6, 1940 Europe
the Nation nationalism, Monarchism

National Legionarism, clerical

Iron Guard fascism, Christian September 6, 1940 January 23, 1941 Europe
Legionary State nationalism
 Rwanda Parmehutu Hutu Power 1965 1973 Africa

National Hutu Power,

 Rwanda Revolutionary Ultranationalism, Social
1978 1991 Africa
Movement for conservatism, Anti-
Development communism

San Marino Sammarinese Italian Fascism,

1926 1943 Europe
Fascist Party Corporatism
  San Marino Republican Italian Fascism 1943 1944 Europe
Fascist Party
of San Marino
Hlinka's
Slovak
Slovak People's Party Clerical fascism, Slovak
March 14, 1939 May 8, 1945 Europe
Republic – Party of nationalism
Slovak National
Unity
Francoism, Falangism,
FET y de Spanish nationalism,
Spanish State traditionalism, National April 19, 1937 July 6, 1976[17] Europe
las JONS Catholicism, anti-liberalism,
corporatism
Islamism, Arab
National
 Sudan nationalism, Salafism, 1989 2005 Africa
Congress Party
Social conservatism

 Togo Party of
African nationalism 1962 1963 Africa
Togolese Unity
Rally of the
African nationalism, Right-
 Togo Togolese 1969 1991 Africa
wing populism
People
Voltaic
Democratic
Upper Volta African nationalism, Pan-
Union-African 1960 1966 Africa
Africanism
Democratic
Rally
Yugoslav
Royalism, Yugoslav
Yugoslavia Radical
nationalism, Agrarianism, 1929 1931 Europe
Peasants'
Centralism, Anti-liberalism
Democracy
Popular
Zaire Mobutism, Zairean
Movement of 1970 1990 Africa
nationalism, Authenticité
the Revolution

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

Notes
1. The Republic of China controlled the mainland from 1912 to 1949 and the island of Taiwan since 1945, in which
the ROC currently administers the Free area. This government served China in the United Nations from 1945 to
1971. See Political status of Taiwan and the One-China policy for various viewpoints.
2. Although there was an official democratic opposition, the MDB, ARENA was de facto the only governing party.

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External links
Map of One Party States, 1945-95 (http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/oneparty.htm)
One-party states in Africa (http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/14chapter11.shtml)
BBC
List of One-Party Regimes (https://web.archive.org/web/20091027093132/http://geocities.com/kfzhouy/Party/One
partye.html)

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