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.
 * 🇳🇺 Niue
 * 🇴🇲 Oman – Political parties are banned; candidates must be independent.
 * 🇶🇦 Qatar – Political parties are banned; candidates must be independent.
 * 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia – Political parties are banned; candidates must be independent.
 * 🇹🇻 Tuvalu
 * 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates – Political parties are banned; candidates must be independent.

Theocracies

 * 🇦🇫 Afghanistan – Political parties are banned under the current Taliban government.
 * 🇻🇦 Vatican City

Republics

 * Federated States of Micronesia
 * 🇵🇼 Palau

Subnational entities

 * 🇨🇦 Canada
 * Northwest Territories
 * Nunavut
 * Almost every municipal government in the country
 * 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
 * Falkland Islands
 * Pitcairn Islands
 * 🇸🇭 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
 * 🇦🇺 Australia
 * 🇨🇽 Christmas Island
 * 🇨🇨 Cocos (Keeling) Islands
 * 🇳🇫 Norfolk Island
 * 🇳🇿 New Zealand
 * 🇹🇰 Tokelau
 * 🇺🇸 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