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Asia
Cambodia
 * Cambodian People's Party (CPP)
 * Khmer: Kanakpak Pracheachon Kâmpuchéa (KPK)
 * Led by Prime Minister Hun Sen, in office since 15 January 1985
 * In power since 1979 (as the Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party until 1991)
 * Sole legal party, 1981–1991
 * Parliamentary election, 2005: CPP 47.3% and 73 out of 123 seats

People's Republic of China
 * Communist Party of China (CPC), as part of the United Front
 * Chinese: 中国共产党 (Zhōngguó Gòngchǎndǎng)
 * Led by General Secretary Hu Jintao, in office since 15 November 2002
 * In power since 1949
 * CPC is the constitutionally-defined ruling party; eight minor parties are recognized; no opposition parties operate legally

Japan
 * Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
 * Japanese: 自由民主党 (Jiyū-Minshutō)
 * Led by Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, in office since 26 September 2007
 * In power 1955-1993, and since 1996
 * Parliamentary election, 2005: LDP 38.2% and 296 out of 480 seats

Kazakhstan
 * Fatherland
 * Russian: Нур Отан (Nur Otan)
 * Led by President Nursultan Nazarbayev, in office since 16 December 1991
 * In power since 1999 (as Otan until 2006)
 * Presidential election, 2005: Nursultan Nazarbayev (Fatherland) 91.15%
 * Legislative election, 2007: Fatherland 88.05% and 98 out of 98 seats

Malaysia
 * Barisan Nasional (National Front), a coalition of 14 parties led by the United Malays National Organization (UMNO)
 * Led by Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, in office since 31 October 2003
 * In power since 1957 (as the Alliance Party until 1973)
 * Parliamentary election, 2008: UMNO 29.33% and 79 out of 222 seats, total for Barisan Nasional 50.27% and 140 out of 222 seats

North Korea
 * Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), as part of the Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland (DFRF)
 * Korean: 조선로동당 (Chosŏn Rodongdang)
 * Led by General Secretary Kim Jong-il, in office since 8 October 1997
 * In power since 1946 (as the Workers Party of North Korea until 1949)
 * Parliamentary election, 2003: DFRF 100.0% and 687 out of 687 seats (of which 687 uncontested)
 * WPK is the constitutionally-defined ruling party; two minor parties are recognized; no opposition parties operate legally

Samoa
 * Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP)
 * Led by Prime Minister Tuila'epa Sailele Malielegaoi, in office since 23 November 1998
 * In power since 1982
 * Parliamentary election, 2006: HRPP 35 of 49 seats

Singapore
 * People's Action Party (PAP)
 * Led by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, in office since 12 August 2004
 * In power since 30 May 1959
 * Presidential election, 2005: President S R Nathan elected unopposed (all competing candidates disqualified)
 * Parliamentary election, 2006: PAP 66.6% and 82 out of 84 seats (of which 37 uncontested)

Tajikistan (PDPT)

Yemen
 * General People's Congress (GPC)
 * Arabic: المؤتمر الشعبي العام (Al-Mu'tamar al-Sha`bi al-`Ām)
 * Led by President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in office since 22 May 1990
 * In power since the unification of North Yemen and South Yemen in 1990
 * Presidential election, 2006: Ali Abdullah Saleh (GPC) 77.2%
 * Parliamentary election, 2003: GPC 58.0% and 238 out of 301 seats