This article provides a list of
political parties that were or are currently banned by the countries in which they were or are based.
By country
Argentina
In 1943,
Pedro Pablo Ramírez banned all political parties after
overthrowing the government.
[1]
Algeria
Name
Native name(s)
Ideology
Year banned
Reference(s)
Algerian Communist Party
Arabic : لحزب الشيوعي الجزائري ,
French : Parti Communiste Algérien
Communism ,
Marxism-Leninism
1962
Algerian National Movement
Arabic : لحركة الوطنية الجزائرية ,
Berber languages : Amussu Aɣelnaw Adzayri ,
French : Mouvement National Algérien
Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party of Algeria
Arabic : حزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي في الجزائر ,
romanized : Hizb Al-Ba'ath Al-Arabi Al-Ishtiraki fy Aljeza'ir ,
French : Parti Ba'ath Arabe Socialiste d'Algérie
Neo-Ba'athism ,
Saddamism
[2]
Étoile Nord-Africaine (North African Star)
Arabic : نجم شمال أفريقيا
1937
Islamic Salvation Front
Arabic : الجبهة الإسلامية للإنقاذ ,
romanized : al-Jabhah al-Islāmiyah lil-Inqādh ,
French : Front Islamique du Salut
Anti-democracy ,
Islamism ,
Jihadism ,
Qutbism
1992
Liberal Social Party
French : Parti Social Libéral
1998
[3]
Party of the Socialist Revolution
Arabic : حزب الثورة الاشتراكية ,
French : Parti de la Révolution Socialiste
Socialism
Wafaa
2000
[4]
Bhutan
Brazil
The
Brazilian Communist Party was suppressed during the
Vargas Era , but were later able to participate in the
1945 and
1947 elections . However, the party was banned by
Eurico Gaspar Dutra in May 1947, and all of its elected officials, baring those elected with support from other parties, were removed from office.
Brazilian Integralist Action was banned after the
Integralist Uprising in 1938.
Bulgaria
All political parties were banned in Bulgaria in 1934.
[8]
Name
Native name(s)
Ideology
Year banned
Reference(s)
Ratniks
Nazism
1939
[9]
China
Egypt
All political parties were banned in 1953, following the
1952 Egyptian Revolution , but were allowed to exist in 1976.
Name
Native name(s)
Ideology
Year banned
Reference(s)
Anti-Coup Alliance
Arabic : التحالف الوطني لدعم الشرعية
Islamism
2014
[13]
Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party - Egypt Region
Arabic : حزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي - مصر ,
romanized : Hizb Al-Ba'ath Al-Arabi Al-Ishtiraki – Misr
Neo-Ba'athism ,
Saddamism
Democratic Movement for National Liberation
Arabic : الحركة الديمقراطية للتحرر الوطنى
Communism ,
Marxism ,
revolutionary socialism
1953
Egyptian Communist Organisation
Arabic : المنظمة الشيوعية المصرية ,
romanized : al-Munaẓẓamah aš-Šiūʿīah al-Miṣriyyah
Communism
Freedom and Justice Party
Arabic : حزب الحرية والعدالة ,
romanized : Ḥizb al-Ḥurriyyah wa-l-ʿAdālah
Islamism ,
mixed economy ,
social conservatism
Independence Party
Arabic : حزب الاستقلال
Islamism
2014
[15]
Jewish Anti-Zionist League
Arabic : الرابطة الإسرائيلية لمكافحة الصهيونية
Anti-colonialism ,
anti-racism ,
communism ,
Jewish anti-Zionism
Liberal Constitutional Party
Arabic : حزب الاحرار الدستوريين ,
romanized : Ḥizb al-aḥrār al-dustūriyyīn
Constitutionalism ,
social liberalism
1952
Muslim Brotherhood
Arabic : جماعة الاخوان المسلمين ,
romanized : jamāʿat al-ʾiḫwān/al-ikhwan/el-ekhwan al-muslimīn
Mixed economy ,
social conservatism ,
Sunni Islamism
National Democratic Party
Arabic : الحزب الوطني الديمقراطي ,
romanized : Al-Ḥizb Al-Waṭanī Ad-Dīmūqrāṭī
Egyptian nationalism ,
populism ,
social democracy
2011
Wafd Party
Arabic : حزب الوفد ,
romanized : Ḥizb al-Wafd ,
lit. 'Delegation Party'
Egyptian nationalism ,
national liberalism
1953
Watani Party
Arabic : ﺍﻟﺤﺰﺐ ﺍﻟﻮﻃﻨﻲ ,
romanized : al-Ḥizb al-Waṭanī ,
lit. 'National Party'
Anglophobia ,
anti-imperialism ,
Egyptian nationalism
1953
Eswatini
Georgia
Germany
All political parties were banned in the
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia after the
annexation of
Czechoslovakia .
[19] During
World War II political parties in
Luxembourg and
Norway were banned following their occupations by Germany.
[20]
[21]
Greece
Prime Minister
Ioannis Metaxas banned all political parties in 1936.
[22]
Golden Dawn was ruled as a criminal organization in 2020.
[23] It was the first party banned in Greece since the end of the
Greek junta in 1974.
[24] A law passed in 2023 prohibiting parties led by people convicted of crimes from running in elections resulted in Golden Dawn and
National Party – Greeks being prohibited from the
2023 Greek legislative election .
[25]
[26]
Hong Kong
Iran
Iraq
Moldova
Name
Native name(s)
Ideology
Year banned
Reference(s)
Șor Party
Russophilia, Hard euroscepticism
2023
[31]
[32]
Nepal
King
Tribhuvan of Nepal banned the
Communist Party of Nepal . The
Nepali Congress , under the leadership of
BP Koirala , won the
1959 election , but King
Mahendra of Nepal dissolved the
House of Representatives on 15 December 1960. The
Rastriya Panchayat was formed and all political parties were banned.
A
referendum was held in 1980 to determine whether to maintain the
Panchayat system or institute a
multi-party system . The Panchayat system was maintained with 54% of the vote. On 6 April 1990, King
Birendra of Nepal ended the ban on political parties in response to the
1990 Nepalese revolution and the
1991 election was the first multi-party election since 1960.
[38]
Russia
Romania
Prime Minister
Patriarch Miron of Romania banned all political parties in 1939.
[53]
Name
Native name(s)
Ideology
Year banned
Reference(s)
Iron Guard
Garda de Fier
Fascism
1939
[53]
Spain
Batasuna was the first political party banned following the end of
Francisco Franco 's dictatorship.
[54]
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Jaafar Nimeiry
overthrew the government in 1969, and banned all political parties. He was overthrown by a
coup d'état in 1985 , and a new government was formed by
Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab . He legalized political parties, but they were banned again after
Omar al-Bashir
overthrew the government.
Ukraine
Name
Native name(s)
Ideology
Year banned
Reference(s)
Opposition Platform — For Life
Опозиційна платформа — За життя
Social democracy ,
Regionalism ,
Russophilia
2022
[60]
Opposition Bloc
Опозиційний блок
Social liberalism ,
Regionalism ,
Russophilia
2022
[60]
Socialist Party of Ukraine
Соціалістична партія України
Social democracy ,
Democratic socialism
2022
[60]
Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine
Прогресивна соціалістична партія України
Left-wing populism ,
Pan-Slavism ,
Russophilia
2022
[60]
Derzhava
Держава
Socialism ,
Russophilia
2022
[60]
Union of Left Forces
Союз лівих сил
Socialism ,
Russophilia
2022
[60]
Nashi
Наші
Social conservatism ,
Regionalism ,
Russophilia
2022
[60]
Left Opposition
Ліва опозиція
Left-wing populism ,
Russophilia
2022
[60]
Volodymyr Saldo Bloc
Блок Володимира Сальдо
Kherson
regionalism ,
Russophilia
2022
[60]
Socialists
Соціалісти
Socialism ,
Russophilia
2022
[60]
Party of Shariy
Партія Шарія
Libertarianism ,
Russophilia
2022
[60]
Party of Regions
Партія регіонів
Social democracy ,
Regionalism ,
Russophilia
2023
[61]
United States
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