This is a list of countries and dependencies with a permanent population that have no legal political parties. Some have

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that operate clandestinely.

Monarchies

* – Political parties are banned; candidates must be independent. * – Political parties are banned; candidates must be independent. * – Political parties are banned. * – Political parties are banned. * – Political parties are banned. * – Political parties are banned. * *

Republics

* *

Territories

* ** ** ** Almost every

municipal A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

government in the country * ** ** - Political parties exist and contest elections, however, none have ever won over an independent candidate. ** ** * ** ** ** * ** ** * ** - The

Nebraska Legislature The Nebraska Legislature (also called the Unicameral) is the legislature of the U.S. state of Nebraska. The Legislature meets at the Nebraska State Capitol in Lincoln. With 49 members, known as "senators", the Nebraska Legislature is the sm ...

is non-partisan

Former entities

* - Even though political parties were not banned the

Confederate Congress The Confederate States Congress was both the provisional and permanent legislative assembly of the Confederate States of America that existed from 1861 to 1865. Its actions were for the most part concerned with measures to establish a new na ...

did not have any political parties. *

Polish government-in-exile The Polish government-in-exile, officially known as the Government of the Republic of Poland in exile ( pl, Rząd Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej na uchodźstwie), was the government in exile of Poland formed in the aftermath of the Invasion of Pola ...

- There were no official political parties, but several unofficial political factions existed *

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Muammar Gaddafi became the ''de facto'' leader of Libya on 1 September 1969 after leading a group of young Libyan Army officers against King Idris I in a bloodless coup d'état. After the king had fled the country, the Revolutionary Co ...

References

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