List of political parties by country
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This is a list of political parties by country, in the form of a table with a link to an overview of political parties in each country and showing which party system is dominant in each country
. A political party
is a political
organization subscribing to a certain ideology
or formed around very special issues with the aim to participate in power, usually by participating in election
s. Individual parties are properly listed in separate articles under each nation.
The ruling party
in a parliamentary system is the political party or coalition of the majority in parliament. It generally forms the central government
.
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| style="text-align:left"|Abkhazia || • || || || || United Abkhazia
, Amtsakhara
, Aitaira || 2007 parliamentary election
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| style="text-align:left"|Afghanistan || • || || || || (none) || 2009 presidential election
2010 parliamentary election
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| style="text-align:left"|Åland || • || || || || Liberals for Åland
, Åland Centre
|| 2007 legislative election
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| style="text-align:left"|Albania || • || || || || Democratic Party of Albania
, Socialist Movement for Integration
,
Republican Party of Albania
|| 2009 parliamentary election
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| style="text-align:left"|Algeria || • || || || || National Liberation Front
, National Rally for Democracy|| 2007 legislative election
2009 presidential election
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| style="text-align:left"|American Samoa ||colspan=5| (no actual political party) || 2006 legislative election
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| style="text-align:left"|Andorra || • || || || || Reformist Coalition: Liberal Party of Andorra
,
Lauredian Union
, New Centre
, Independents of Ordino|| 2009 parliamentary election
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| style="text-align:left"|Angola || || || • || || Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola
Party of Labour || 2008 legislative election
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| style="text-align:left"|Anguilla || • || || || || Anguilla United Front:
Anguilla National Alliance
, Anguilla Democratic Party
|| 2010 general election
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| style="text-align:left"|Antigua and Barbuda || || • || || || United Progressive Party
|| 2009 general election
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| style="text-align:left"|Argentina || • || || || || Front for Victory (FPV)
- Justicialist Party (PJ)
||2009 legislative election
2011 general election
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| style="text-align:left"|Armenia || • || || || || Republican Party of Armenia
|| 2007 parliamentary election
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| style="text-align:left"|Aruba || || • || || || Aruban People's Party
|| 2009 general election
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| style="text-align:left"|Australia || • || || || || Australian Labor Party
|| 2010 federal election
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| style="text-align:left"|Austria || • || || || || Social Democratic Party of Austria
,
Austrian People's Party
|| 2008 legislative election
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| style="text-align:left"|Azerbaijan || || || • || || New Azerbaijan Party
|| 2010 parliamentary election
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| style="text-align:left"|Bahamas || • || || || || Free National Movement
|| Bahamian general election, 2007
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| style="text-align:left"|Bahrain || || || • || || Al Wefaq
|| 2006 parliamentary election
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| style="text-align:left"|Bangladesh || • || || || || Grand Alliance: Bangladesh Awami League
, Jatiya Party, Jatiyo Samajtantrik Dal
, Workers Party of Bangladesh
, Liberal Democratic Party
|| 2008 general election
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| style="text-align:left"|Barbados || || • || || || Democratic Labour Party
|| 2008 general election
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| style="text-align:left"|Belarus || || || • || || "Parties loyal to the president" || 2008 parliamentary election
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| style="text-align:left"|Belgium || • || || || || Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams, Open VLD, Parti Socialiste, Mouvement Réformateur, Centre Démocrate Humaniste (Caretaker government since April 24th 2010) || 2010 general election
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| style="text-align:left"|Belize || || • || || || United Democratic Party
|| 2008 legislative election
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| style="text-align:left"|Benin || • || || || || Cauri Forces for an Emerging Benin
|| 2007 parliamentary election
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| style="text-align:left"|Bermuda || || • || || || Progressive Labour Party
|| 2007 general election
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| style="text-align:left"|Bhutan || || • || || || Bhutan Peace and Prosperity Party
|| 2008 general election
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| style="text-align:left"|Bolivia || • || || || || Movement for Socialism (MAS)
|| 2009 general election
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| style="text-align:left"|Bosnia and Herzegovina || • || || || || (none) || 2010 general election
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| style="text-align:left"|Botswana || || || • || || Botswana Democratic Party
|| 2009 general election
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| style="text-align:left"|Brazil || • || || || || For Brazil to keep on changing
coalition: Workers' Party
, Brazilian Democratic Movement Party, Republic Party
, Brazilian Socialist Party
, Democratic Labour Party
, Social Christian Party
, Communist Party of Brazil
, Brazilian Republican Party
, Christian Labour Party
, National Labour Party
, Green Party
|| 2010 general election
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| style="text-align:left"|British Virgin Islands || || • || || || Virgin Islands Party
|| 2007 general election
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| style="text-align:left"|Brunei ||colspan=5| (no actual political party) || (no elections)
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| style="text-align:left"|Bulgaria || • || || || || Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria
|| 2009 parliamentary election
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| style="text-align:left"|Burkina Faso || || || • || || Congress for Democracy and Progress
|| 2007 parliamentary election
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| style="text-align:left"|Burma || colspan=5| (no actual political party) || 2010 general election
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| style="text-align:left"|Burundi || • || || || || National Council for the Defense of Democracy –
Forces for the Defense of Democracy || 2005 legislative election
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| style="text-align:left"|Cambodia || || || • || || Cambodian People's Party
|| 2008 parliamentary election
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| style="text-align:left"|Cameroon || || || • || || Cameroon People's Democratic Movement
|| 2007 parliamentary election
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| style="text-align:left"|Canada || • || || || || Conservative Party of Canada
|| 2011 federal election
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| style="text-align:left"|Cape Verde || || • || || || African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde
|| 2006 parliamentary election
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| style="text-align:left"|Cayman Islands || || • || || || United Democratic Party
|| 2009 general election
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| style="text-align:left"|Central African Republic || • || || || || National Convergence "Kwa Na Kwa" || 2005 general election
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| style="text-align:left"|Chad || || || • || || Patriotic Salvation Movement
|| 2002 parliamentary election
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| style="text-align:left"|Chile || • || || || || Coalition for Change
|| 2009 parliamentary election
2009-10 presidential election
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| style="text-align:left"|China || || || || • || Communist Party of China
|| 2008 congressional election
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| style="text-align:left"|Colombia || • || || || || Social Party of National Unity (Party of the U) || 2010 legislative election
2010 presidential election
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| style="text-align:left"|Comoros || || • || || || Camp of the Autonomous Islands
|| 2004 legislative election
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| style="text-align:left"|Congo (Brazzaville) || || || • || || Congolese Party of Labour
|| 2007 parliamentary election
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| style="text-align:left"|Congo (Kinshasa) || • || || || || Alliance of the Presidential Majority
|| 2006 general election
2007 senate election
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| style="text-align:left"|Cook Islands || || • || || || Cook Islands Party
|| 2010 general election
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| style="text-align:left"|Costa Rica || • || || || || National Liberation Party (PLN) || 2010 general election
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| style="text-align:left"|Côte d'Ivoire || || • || || || Ivorian Popular Front
|| 2000–2001 parliamentary election
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| style="text-align:left"|Croatia || • || || || || Croatian Democratic Union
|| 2007 parliamentary election
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| style="text-align:left"|Cuba|| || || || • || Communist Party of Cuba
|| 2008 legislative election
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| style="text-align:left"|Cyprus || • || || || || Progressive Party of Working People
, Democratic Rally
|| 2008 presidential election
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| style="text-align:left"|Czech Republic || • || || || || Civic Democratic Party, TOP 09, Public Affairs
|| 2010 legislative election
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| style="text-align:left"|Denmark || • || || || || Social Democrats (Denmark), Danish Social Liberal Party, Socialist People's Party (Denmark),
(parliamentary support from Red-Green Alliance (Denmark)
| 2011 parliamentary election
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| style="text-align:left"|Djibouti || || || • || || People's Rally for Progress
|| 2008 parliamentary election
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| style="text-align:left"|Dominica || || • || || || Dominica Labour Party
|| 2005 general election
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| style="text-align:left"|Dominican Republic || • || || || || Dominican Liberation Party (PLD)
|| 2008 presidential election
2010 parliamentary election
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| style="text-align:left"|East Timor || • || || || ||Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor
, National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction
, Social Democratic Party
, Timorese Social Democratic Association
|| 2007 parliamentary elections
, 2007 presidential elections
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| style="text-align:left"|Ecuador || • || || || ||PAIS Alliance|| 2009 general election
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| style="text-align:left"|Egypt || colspan=6| Military Rule
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| style="text-align:left"|El Salvador || • || || || ||Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN)
|| 2009 legislative election
2009 presidential election
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| style="text-align:left"|Equatorial Guinea || || || • || || Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea
|| 2004 parliamentary election
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| style="text-align:left"|Eritrea || || || || • || People's Front for Democracy and Justice
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| style="text-align:left"|Estonia || • || || || ||Reform Party
, Pro Patria and Res Publica Union||2011 parliament election
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| style="text-align:left"|Ethiopia || • || || || || Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front
|| 2005 general election
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| style="text-align:left"|European Union || • || || || || European People's Party
and Party of European Socialists
(no direct executive powers) || 2009 parliament election
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| style="text-align:left"|Falkland Islands || colspan=5| (no actual political party) || 2009 general election
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| style="text-align:left"|Faroe Islands || • || || || || Union Party || 2008 parliamentary elections
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| style="text-align:left"|Fiji || || • || || || (none) || 2006 general elections
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| style="text-align:left"|Finland || • || || || || National Coalition Party, Social Democratic Party
, Left Alliance
, Green League
, Swedish People's Party of Finland, Christian Democrats
|| 2011 parliamentary elections
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| style="text-align:left"|France|| • || || || || Union for a Popular Movement
|| 2007 legislative election
2007 presidential election
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| style="text-align:left"|French Polynesia || || • || || || O Porinetia To Tatou Ai'a
|| 2008 legislative elections
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| style="text-align:left"|Gabon || || || • || || Gabonese Democratic Party
, pro-administration majority parties || 2009 presidential election
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| style="text-align:left"|Gambia || || || • || || Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction
|| 2007 parliamentary election
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| style="text-align:left"|Georgia || || || • || || United National Movement || 2008 legislative election
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| style="text-align:left"|Germany || • || || || || Christian Democratic Union
, Christian Social Union
, Free Democratic Party
|| 2009 federal election
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| style="text-align:left"|Ghana || • |||| || ||National Democratic Congress
|| 2008 parliamentary elections, 2008 presidential election
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| style="text-align:left"|Gibraltar || • || || || || Gibraltar Social Democrats
|| 2007 general election
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| style="text-align:left"|Greece || || • || || || Panhellenic Socialist Movement
|| Greek Parliamentary elections, 2009, (Snap election, originally not due until 2011)
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| style="text-align:left"|Greenland || • || || || || Inuit Ataqatigiit
|| 2009 parliamentary election
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| style="text-align:left"|Grenada || || • || || || National Democratic Congress
|| 2008 general election
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| style="text-align:left"|Guam || || • || || || Democratic Party
|| 2008 general election
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| style="text-align:left"|Guatemala || • || || || ||National Unity of Hope
|| 2007 general elections
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| style="text-align:left"|Guernsey || colspan=5| (no actual political party) || 2008 general election
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| style="text-align:left"|Guinea || • || || || || Union for the Progress of Guinea || 2010 presidential election
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| style="text-align:left"|Guinea-Bissau || • || || || || African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde
|| 2008legislative election
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| style="text-align:left"|Guyana || || • || || || People's Progressive Party
|| 2006 legislative election
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| style="text-align:left"|Haiti || • || || || || Fwon Lespwa
|| 2006 general elections
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| style="text-align:left"|Honduras || || • || || || National Party of Honduras
|| 2009 general elections
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| style="text-align:left"|Hong Kong || • || || || || Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong || 2008 legislative elections
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| style="text-align:left"|Hungary || • || || || || Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Union
, Christian Democratic People's Party
|| 2010 parliamentary elections
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| style="text-align:left"|Iceland || • || || || || Social Democratic Alliance & Left-Green Movement
|| 2009 general election
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| style="text-align:left"|India || • || || || || United Progressive Alliance
|| 2009 general election
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| style="text-align:left"|Indonesia || • || || || || Democratic Party
|| 2009 legislative election
, 2009 presidential election
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| style="text-align:left"|Iran || || || • || || Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran
|| 2008 legislative election
, 2009 presidential election
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| style="text-align:left"|Iraq || • || || || || ||
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| style="text-align:left"|Ireland || • || || || ||Fine Gael
& Labour Party
|2011 general election
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| style="text-align:left"|Israel || • || || || ||Likud
, Yisrael Beiteinu, Shas
, Independence
, The Jewish Home
and United Torah Judaism
|| 2009 Knesset elections
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| style="text-align:left"|Italy || • || || || || The People of Freedom
, Lega Nord, Movement for Autonomies || 2008 general election
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| style="text-align:left"|Jamaica || || • || || || Jamaica Labour Party
|| 2007 general election
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| style="text-align:left"|Japan || || • || || || Democratic Party of Japan
, People's New Party
|| 2009 general election
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| style="text-align:left"|Jersey || •|| || || || (none) || 2008 general elections
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| style="text-align:left"|Jordan || • || || || || (none) || 2010 parliamentary elections
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| style="text-align:left"|Kazakhstan || || || • || || Nur Otan || 2011 presidential election
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| style="text-align:left"|Kenya || • || || || ||Party of National Unity
, Orange Democratic Movement
|| 2007 general election
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| style="text-align:left"|Kiribati || • || || || || Pillars of Truth
|| Kiribati presidential election, 2007
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| style="text-align:left"|Kuwait || || || || || colspan=2| (no actual political party)
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| style="text-align:left"|Kyrgyzstan || • || || || || Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan
|| 2010 parliamentary election
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| style="text-align:left"|Kosovo || • || || || || Democratic Party of Kosova (PDK)- New Kosovo Alliance
(AKR) (Coalition for New Kosovo (KKR)) || 2010 General Elections.
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| style="text-align:left"|Laos || || || || • || Lao People's Revolutionary Party
|| Laotian parliamentary election, 2011
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| style="text-align:left"|Latvia || • || || || || Unity
, ZZS
|| Latvian parliamentary election, 2010
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| style="text-align:left"|Lebanon || • || || || || March 8 Alliance
, Progressive Socialist Party
|| Lebanese general election, 2009
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| style="text-align:left"|Lesotho || || || • || || Lesotho Congress for Democracy
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| style="text-align:left"|Liberia ||• || || || || Unity Party (Liberia)
|| Liberian general election, 2005
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| style="text-align:left"|Libya || || || || || colspan=2| (no actual political party)
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| style="text-align:left"|Liechtenstein || || • || || ||
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| style="text-align:left"|Lithuania || • || || || ||
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| style="text-align:left"|Luxembourg || • || || || || CSV
, LSAP
|| Luxembourgian legislative election, 2009
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| style="text-align:left"|Macau || • || || || || ||
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| style="text-align:left"|Macedonia || • || || || || ||
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| style="text-align:left"|Madagascar || • || || || || ||
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| style="text-align:left"|Malawi || • || || || || ||
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| style="text-align:left"|Malaysia || || || • || ||National Front
||2008 general election
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| style="text-align:left"|Maldives || • || || || || Maldivian Democratic Party
|| 2008 presidential election
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| style="text-align:left"|Mali || • || || || || ||
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| style="text-align:left"|Malta || || • || || || ||
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| style="text-align:left"|Man || || || || || colspan=2| (no actual political party)
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| style="text-align:left"|Marshall Islands || || • || || || ||
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| style="text-align:left"|Mauritania || • || || || || ||
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| style="text-align:left"|Mauritius || • || || || ||Ptr-MSM-PMSD (Coalition of Labour Party
, MSM
& Social Democrats
Now no alliance , Ruling coalition of Labour/PMSD only ||2010
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| style="text-align:left"|Mayotte || • || || || || ||
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| style="text-align:left"|Mexico || • || || || || National Action Party (PAN)
|| 2006 general election
2009 legislative elections
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| style="text-align:left"|Federated States of Micronesia || || || || || colspan=2| (no actual political party)
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| style="text-align:left"|Moldova || • || || || || Alliance for European Integration
(Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova
, Democratic Party of Moldova
, Liberal Party
) || Moldovan parliamentary election, 2010
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| style="text-align:left"|Monaco || || || • || || || Union for Monaco
coalition
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| style="text-align:left"|Mongolia || • || || || || Mongolian People's Party || 2009 presidential election
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| style="text-align:left"|Montenegro || • || || || || Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro
, Social Democratic Party of Montenegro
, Democratic Union of Albanians
, Bosniak Party, Croatian Civic Initiative
|| Montenegrin parliamentary election, 2009
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| style="text-align:left"|Montserrat || || • || || || ||
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| style="text-align:left"|Morocco || • || || || || ||
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| style="text-align:left"|Mozambique || || • || || || ||
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| style="text-align:left"|Nagorno-Karabakh || • || || || || ||
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| style="text-align:left"|Namibia || || || • || || South West Africa People's Organization || 2009 general election
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| style="text-align:left"|Nauru || || || || || (no parties in Parliament) ||
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| style="text-align:left"|Nepal || • || || || || Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
, Nepali Congress
|| 2008 Constituent Assembly election
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| style="text-align:left"|Netherlands || • || || || || People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
, Christian Democratic Appeal
Party for Freedom
(Supporting Government) || 2010 general election
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| style="text-align:left"|New Caledonia || • || || || || ||
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| style="text-align:left"|New Zealand || • || || || || New Zealand National Party
ACT New Zealand, Māori Party
, United Future New Zealand (Supporting Government) || 2008 general election
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| style="text-align:left"|Nicaragua || • || || || || Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN)
|| 2006 general elections
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| style="text-align:left"|Niger || • || || || || ||
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| style="text-align:left"|Nigeria || • || || || || People's Democratic Party
|| 2007 general election
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| style="text-align:left"|Niue || || || || ||colspan=2| (no actual political party)
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| style="text-align:left"|Norfolk Island
|| || || || ||colspan=2| (no actual political party)
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| style="text-align:left"|Northern Cyprus || • || || || || National Unity Party || 2010 presidential election
2009 parliamentary election
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| style="text-align:left"|North Korea || || || || • || Workers' Party of Korea
, Korean Social Democratic Party
, Cheondoist Chongu Party || 2009 parliamentary election
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| style="text-align:left"|Northern Marianas || || • || || || ||
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| style="text-align:left"|Norway || • || || || || Red-Green Coalition
: Labour Party, Socialist Left Party
, Centre Party
|| 2009 parliamentary election
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| style="text-align:left"|Oman || || || || || colspan=2| (no actual political party)
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| style="text-align:left"|Pakistan || • || || || || Pakistan Peoples Party
, Awami National Party
, Mutahida Qaumi Movement, Pakistan Muslim League (F)
|| 2008 general elections
, 2008 presidential elections
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| style="text-align:left"|Palau || || || || || colspan=2| There are no actual political parties since Palau is a non-partisan democracy
.
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| style="text-align:left"|Palestinian National Authority || || • || || || Fatah
, Hamas
|| 2006 legislative elections
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| style="text-align:left"|Panama || • || || || || Democratic Change, Panameñista Party
|| Panamanian general election, 2009
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| style="text-align:left"|Papua New Guinea || • || || || || National Alliance Party
(as coalition leader) || 2007 general elections
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| style="text-align:left"|Paraguay || • || || || || Patriotic Alliance for Change (APC)
|| 2008 general elections
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| style="text-align:left"|Peru || • || || || || Peruvian Nationalist Party
, Possible Peru, Socialist Party
|| 2011 general elections
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| style="text-align:left"|Philippines || • || || || || Liberal Party
|| 2010 general elections
2010 presidential elections
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| style="text-align:left"|Pitcairn Islands || || || || || colspan=2| There are no actual political parties since the country is a non-partisan democracy
.
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| style="text-align:left"|Poland || • || || || || Civic Platform
, Polish People's Party || 2007 parliamentary elections
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| style="text-align:left"|Portugal || • || || || || Social Democratic Party
, People's Party || 2011 legislative election
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| style="text-align:left"|Puerto Rico || • || || || || New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico
|| 2008 general elections
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| style="text-align:left"|Qatar || || || || || colspan=2| (Qatar is not a democracy and hence has no actual political parties.)
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| style="text-align:left"|Romania || • || || || || Democratic Liberal Party
(dismissed by Parliament
) || 2008 legislative election
2009 presidential election
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| style="text-align:left"|Russia || || ||• || || United Russia
|| 2007 legislative election
2008 presidential election
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| style="text-align:left"|Rwanda || || || • || || Rwandan Patriotic Front
|| 2008 parliamentary election
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| style="text-align:left"|Saint Helena || colspan=6| (no actual political party)
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| style="text-align:left"|Saint Kitts and Nevis || || • || || || colspan=2| No information
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| style="text-align:left"|Saint Lucia || || • || || || colspan=2| No information
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| style="text-align:left"|Saint Pierre and Miquelon || • || || || || colspan=2| No information
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| style="text-align:left"|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines || || • || || || colspan=2| No information
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| style="text-align:left"|Samoa || || || • || || Human Rights Protection Party
|| 2006 general election
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| style="text-align:left"|San Marino || • || || || || colspan=2| No information
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| style="text-align:left"|São Tomé and Príncipe || • || || || || colspan=2| No information
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| style="text-align:left"|Saudi Arabia || colspan=6| (no actual political party)
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| style="text-align:left"|Senegal || • || || || || colspan=2| No information
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| style="text-align:left"|Serbia || • || || || || For a European Serbia
; Socialist Party of Serbia
, Party of United Pensioners of Serbia
, United Serbia
; Hungarian Coalition
, List for Sandžak || 2008 parliamentary election
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| style="text-align:left"|Seychelles || || • || || || colspan=2| No information
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| style="text-align:left"|Sierra Leone || • || || || || colspan=2| No information
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| style="text-align:left"|Singapore || || || • || || People's Action Party
|| 2011 general election
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| style="text-align:left"|Slovakia || || || • || || Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party; Freedom and Solidarity
; Christian Democratic Movement
; Most–Híd
|| 2010 parliamentary election
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| style="text-align:left"|Slovenia || • || || || || colspan=2| No information
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| style="text-align:left"|Solomon Islands || • || || || || No information || 2010 general elections
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| style="text-align:left"|Somalia || colspan=6| (no actual political party)
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| style="text-align:left"|Somaliland || • || || || || United Peoples' Democratic Party
|| 2005 parliamentary elections
2003 presidential election
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| style="text-align:left"|South Africa || || || • || || African National Congress
|| 2009 general election
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| style="text-align:left"|South Korea || • || || || || Grand National Party
||
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| style="text-align:left"|South Ossetia || • || || || || Unity Party
|| 2009 parliamentary election
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| style="text-align:left"|South Sudan || || || • || || Sudan People's Liberation Army
|| 2010 general election
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| style="text-align:left"|Spain || • || || || || Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
, Socialists' Party of Catalonia
|| 2008 general election
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| style="text-align:left"|Sri Lanka || || • || || || United People's Freedom Alliance
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| style="text-align:left"|Sudan || || || • || || colspan=2| No information
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| style="text-align:left"|Suriname || • || || || || colspan=2| No information
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| style="text-align:left"|Swaziland || colspan=6| (no actual political party)
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| style="text-align:left"|Sweden || • || || || || Alliance for Sweden
|| 2010 general election
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| style="text-align:left"|Switzerland || • || || || || Swiss People's Party, Free Democratic Party - The Liberals, Social Democratic Party, Christian Democratic People Party, Conservative Democratic Party
|| 2009 Federal Council election
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| style="text-align:left"|Syria || || || || • || Ba'ath Party || 2000 election
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| style="text-align:left"|Taiwan (Republic of China) || • || || || || Kuomintang
|| 2008 legislative election
2008 presidential election
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| style="text-align:left"|Tajikistan || || || • || || People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan
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| style="text-align:left"|Tanzania || || || • || || Chama Cha Mapinduzi
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| style="text-align:left"|Thailand || • || || || || Pheu Thai Party, Chartthaipattana Party, Chart Pattana Puea Pandin Party, Phalang Chon Party
|| 2011 general election
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| style="text-align:left"|Togo || || || • || || Rally of the Togolese People
|| 2007 parliementary election
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| style="text-align:left"|Tokelau || || || || || colspan=2| Tokelau is a de-facto non-partisan democracy
since no actual political parties exist.
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| style="text-align:left"|Tonga || • || || || ||
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| style="text-align:left"|Transnistria || • || || || ||
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| style="text-align:left"|Trinidad and Tobago || || • || || ||People's Partnership
|| 2010 general elections
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| style="text-align:left"|Tunisia || • || || || || (national unity government
) || 2011 Constituent Assembly election
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| style="text-align:left"|Turkey || • || || || || Justice and Development Party
|| 2011 general election
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| style="text-align:left"|Turkmenistan || || || || • || Democratic Party of Turkmenistan
||
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| style="text-align:left"|Turks and Caicos || || • || || ||
|-
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| style="text-align:left"|Tuvalu
|| || || || || colspan=2| Tuvalu is a de-facto non-partisan democracy
since no actual political parties exist.
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| style="text-align:left"|Uganda || || || • || || National Resistance Movement
|| 2011 general elections
|-
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| style="text-align:left"|Ukraine || • || || || || Party of Regions
, Lytvyn Bloc, Communist Party of Ukraine
|| 2007 parliamentary elections
2010 presidential elections
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| style="text-align:left"|United Arab Emirates || || || || || colspan=2| UAE is a de-jure non-partisan semi-democratic state since all political parties were outlawed. The Federal National Council (al-Majlis al-Watani al-Ittihadi) is the UAE’s parliamentary body and consists of 40 members, representing the Emirates, half appointed by the rulers of the constituent states and the other half elected to serve two-year terms, with only advisory tasks.
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| style="text-align:left"|United Kingdom || • || || || || Coalition Agreement
between Conservative Party
and Liberal Democrats
|| 2010 general election
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| style="text-align:left"|United States || || • || || || Democratic Party
|| 2008 general elections
2010 congressional elections
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| style="text-align:left"|Uruguay || • || || || || Broad Front
|| 2009 general elections
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| style="text-align:left"|Uzbekistan || || || • || || People's Democratic Party of Uzbekistan
|| 2009-2010 parliamentary elections
|}
|-
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| style="text-align:left"|Vanuatu || • || || || || Vanua'aku Pati
|| 2008 general elections
|-
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| style="text-align:left"|Vatican City || || || || || colspan=2| (no actual political party)
|-
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| style="text-align:left"|Venezuela || • || || || || United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV)
|| 2006 presidential elections
2010 parliamentary elections
|-
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| style="text-align:left"|Vietnam || || || || • || Communist Party of Vietnam
|| 2011 parliamentary elections
|-
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| style="text-align:left"|Virgin Islands of the United States || • || || || || Democratic Party of the Virgin Islands
|| 2008 general elections
|}
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| style="text-align:left"|Wallis and Futuna || • || || || || (none) || 2007 Territorial Assembly elections
|-
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| style="text-align:left"|Western Sahara || || || || • || Polisario Front
|| 2008 legislative elections
|}
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| style="text-align:left"|Yemen || || || • || || General People's Congress || 2006 presidential elections
|}
|-
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| style="text-align:left"|Zambia || • || || || || Patriotic Front
|| Zambian general election, 2011
|-
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| style="text-align:left"|Zimbabwe || • || • || || || Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front, Movement for Democratic Change
|| 2008 parliamentary elections
, 2008 presidential elections
|}
Country
A country is a region legally identified as a distinct entity in political geography. A country may be an independent sovereign state or one that is occupied by another state, as a non-sovereign or formerly sovereign political division, or a geographic region associated with a previously...
. A political party
Political party
A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...
is a political
Politics
Politics is a process by which groups of people make collective decisions. The term is generally applied to the art or science of running governmental or state affairs, including behavior within civil governments, but also applies to institutions, fields, and special interest groups such as the...
organization subscribing to a certain ideology
Ideology
An ideology is a set of ideas that constitutes one's goals, expectations, and actions. An ideology can be thought of as a comprehensive vision, as a way of looking at things , as in common sense and several philosophical tendencies , or a set of ideas proposed by the dominant class of a society to...
or formed around very special issues with the aim to participate in power, usually by participating in election
Election
An election is a formal decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy operates since the 17th century. Elections may fill offices in the legislature, sometimes in the...
s. Individual parties are properly listed in separate articles under each nation.
The ruling party
Ruling party
The ruling party or governing party in a parliamentary system is the political party or coalition of the majority in parliament. Within a parliamentary system, the majority in the legislature also controls the executive branch of government, thus leaving no possibility of dueling parties...
in a parliamentary system is the political party or coalition of the majority in parliament. It generally forms the central government
Central government
A central government also known as a national government, union government and in federal states, the federal government, is the government at the level of the nation-state. The structure of central governments varies from institution to institution...
.
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| style="text-align:left"|Abkhazia || • || || || || United Abkhazia
United Abkhazia
United Abkhazia is a political party in Abkhazia. United Abkhazia was founded on March 25, 2004 as a socio-political movement, with the specific goal of presenting a single opposition candidate for the October 2004 presidential elections....
, Amtsakhara
Amtsakhara
Amtsakhara is an important political movement and party in Abkhazia, a de facto independent republic in Caucasus whose independence is recognized by Russia and Nicaragua, Venezuela, Nauru but whom most of the international community considers as a part of Georgia.Amtsakhara originally formed as an...
, Aitaira || 2007 parliamentary election
Abkhazian parliamentary election, 2007
Parliamentary elections were held in the unrecognized Republic of Abkhazia on 4 March 2007; a run-off round was held in seventeen constituencies on 18 March 2007. 189 polling stations were organized to elect 35 parliament members. 47.25% of about 130,000 registered voters participated in the first...
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| style="text-align:left"|Afghanistan || • || || || || (none) || 2009 presidential election
Afghan presidential election, 2009
The 2009 presidential election in Afghanistan was characterized by lack of security, low voter turnout and widespread ballot stuffing, intimidation, and other electoral fraud....
2010 parliamentary election
Afghan parliamentary election, 2010
The Afghan parliamentary election, 2010 to elect members of the Wolesi Jirga took place on 18 September 2010. The Afghan Independent Election Commission - established in accordance with the article 156 of the Constitution of Afghanistan for the purpose of organizing and supervising all elections in...
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| style="text-align:left"|Åland || • || || || || Liberals for Åland
Liberals for Åland
The Liberals for Åland is a liberal political party of the Åland Islands. The party is an observer at Liberal International. At the 2007 legislative elections, the party won 10 out of 30 seats. The current party leader is Viveka Eriksson.-Elections:...
, Åland Centre
Åland Centre
The Åland Centre is a centrist, agrarian political party in the Åland Islands.At the 2003 elections, the party won 24.1 % of popular votes and 7 out of 30 seats. On the October 21st, 2007, parliamentary elections, the party won 23.5 % of the popular vote and 8 out of 30 seats.- External links :*...
|| 2007 legislative election
Åland legislative election, 2007
The 2007 Åland legislative election was held on 21 October 2007 in the Åland Islands for the Lagting, the regional parliament of Åland. All 30 seats were up for election to four-year terms using proportional representation...
|-
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| style="text-align:left"|Albania || • || || || || Democratic Party of Albania
Democratic Party of Albania
The Democratic Party of Albania is a center-right, Conservative, political party in Albania and the leading party in the governing coalition since the 2005 parliamentary elections...
, Socialist Movement for Integration
Socialist Movement for Integration
The Socialist Movement for Integration is a social democratic Albanian political party. It was formed in 2004 after Ilir Meta quit the Socialist Party of Albania.At the elections in July 2005 the party won five seats in the Parliament...
,
Republican Party of Albania
Republican Party of Albania
The Republican Party of Albania is a right-wing, national conservative political party in Albania.-History:The Republican Party of Albania was founded in January 1991 under the leadership of the writer Sabri Godo, who was also its first chairman. After the Democratic Party, this was the second...
|| 2009 parliamentary election
Albanian parliamentary election, 2009
A parliamentary election was held in Albania on 28 June 2009. Prior to the election, the electoral law was changed to a regional and proportional system...
|-
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| style="text-align:left"|Algeria || • || || || || National Liberation Front
National Liberation Front (Algeria)
The National Liberation Front is a socialist political party in Algeria. It was set up on November 1, 1954 as a merger of other smaller groups, to obtain independence for Algeria from France.- Anticolonial struggle :...
, National Rally for Democracy|| 2007 legislative election
Algerian legislative election, 2007
Legislative elections were held in Algeria on 17 May 2007. 24 political parties and around 100 independent lists with a total of more than 12,000 candidates competed for the 389 seats in the National People's Assembly. While most Algerians voted on May 17th, immigrants from Algeria to other...
2009 presidential election
Algerian presidential election, 2009
A presidential election was held in Algeria on 9 April 2009. It was described in a US Embassy in Algiers cable as "carefully choreographed and heavily controlled", with the official turnout figure "exaggerated".- Removal of term limit :...
|-
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| style="text-align:left"|American Samoa ||colspan=5| (no actual political party) || 2006 legislative election
American Samoan legislative election, 2006
Legislative elections were held in American Samoa on 7 November 2006. Only the House of Representatives was elected....
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| style="text-align:left"|Andorra || • || || || || Reformist Coalition: Liberal Party of Andorra
Liberal Party of Andorra
The Liberal Party of Andorra is a centre-right, conservative-liberal, political party and the largest party in Andorra. It was founded in 1992 by Marc Forné, who became Head of Government in 1994...
,
Lauredian Union
Lauredian Union
The Lauredian Union is a local conservative political party in Sant Julià de Lòria, Andorra.At the 2001 elections the party won 2 out of 28 seats in the General Council of Andorra. It lost parliamentary representation in 2005, but regained its two seats in 2011....
, New Centre
New Centre (Andorra)
The New Centre is a Centre-right political party in Andorra that espouses a political program of Conservatism and Christian democracy. The party was founded in 2005 as a merger between the Andorran Democratic Centre and Century 21 political parties after they had been in an electoral alliance...
, Independents of Ordino|| 2009 parliamentary election
Andorran parliamentary election, 2009
Parliamentary elections were held in Andorra on 26 April 2009, the fourth under the 1993 Constitution. The elections were held at the end of the normal four-year term of the General Council , but also following months of intense pressure from Co-Prince Nicolas Sarkozy to change the country's...
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| style="text-align:left"|Angola || || || • || || Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola
Party of Labour || 2008 legislative election
Angolan legislative election, 2008
A legislative election was held in Angola on September 5 and September 6, 2008, as announced by President José Eduardo dos Santos on December 27, 2007. The 220 seats in the National Assembly were at stake. The 2008 election was the first election in Angola since 1992;...
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| style="text-align:left"|Anguilla || • || || || || Anguilla United Front:
Anguilla National Alliance
Anguilla National Alliance
The Anguilla National Alliance is a political party in Anguilla.At the last elections, 21 February 2005, the party was part of the Anguilla United Front, that won 38.9 % of popular votes and 4 out of 7 elected seats.- External links :**...
, Anguilla Democratic Party
Anguilla Democratic Party
The Anguilla Democratic Party is a political party in Anguilla.At the last elections, 21 February 2005, the party was part of the Anguilla United Front, that won 38.9 % of popular votes and 4 out of 7 elected seats.-External links:*...
|| 2010 general election
Anguillan general election, 2010
The Anguillan general election was held on 15 February 2010. Seven seats in the Anguilla House of Assembly were contested in the election.The incumbent Chief Minister of Anguilla Osbourne Fleming chose to retire and not stand for election...
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| style="text-align:left"|Antigua and Barbuda || || • || || || United Progressive Party
United Progressive Party
There have been several political parties named the United Progressive Party.*For the main governing party in Antigua and Barbuda, see United Progressive Party ....
|| 2009 general election
Antigua and Barbuda general election, 2009
The Antigua and Barbuda general election of 2009 was held on 12 March 2009. The United Progressive Party government was re-elected with a reduced majority...
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| style="text-align:left"|Argentina || • || || || || Front for Victory (FPV)
Front for Victory
The Front for Victory is a Peronist political party and electoral alliance in Argentina, although it is formally a faction of the Justicialist Party. Both the former President Néstor Kirchner and the current President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner belong to this party, located on the left-wing...
- Justicialist Party (PJ)
Justicialist Party
The Justicialist Party , or PJ, is a Peronist political party in Argentina, and the largest component of the Peronist movement.The party was led by Néstor Kirchner, President of Argentina from 2003 to 2007, until his death on October 27, 2010. The current Argentine president, Cristina Fernández de...
||2009 legislative election
Argentine legislative election, 2009
Legislative elections were held in Argentina for half the seats in the Chamber of Deputies and a third of the seats in the Senate on 28 June 2009, as well as for the legislature of the City of Buenos Aires and other municipalities.-Background:...
2011 general election
Argentine general election, 2011
Argentina held national presidential and legislative elections on 23 October 2011. Incumbent president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner secured a second term in office after the Front for Victory won just over half of the seats in the National Congress....
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| style="text-align:left"|Armenia || • || || || || Republican Party of Armenia
Republican Party of Armenia
The Republican Party of Armenia is a national conservative political party in Armenia. It was the first political party in independent Armenia to be founded and registered . It is the largest party of the centre-right in Armenia, and claims to have 140,000 members...
|| 2007 parliamentary election
Armenian parliamentary election, 2007
Parliamentary elections were held in Armenia on 12 May 2007. 1,364 candidates ran for the 131 seats, 41 of which were constituency seats with the remaining 90 being filled by a proportional party-list system...
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| style="text-align:left"|Aruba || || • || || || Aruban People's Party
Aruban People's Party
The Aruban People's Party is a Christian democrat political party in Aruba. AVP is an acronym for the Dutch name of the party....
|| 2009 general election
Aruban general election, 2009
General elections were held in Aruba on 25 September 2009 to choose the 21 members of the Estates . Aruba is an autonomous region of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and has full autonomy over its internal affairs with defence and foreign affairs overseen by the Dutch government...
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| style="text-align:left"|Australia || • || || || || Australian Labor Party
Australian Labor Party
The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...
|| 2010 federal election
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| style="text-align:left"|Austria || • || || || || Social Democratic Party of Austria
Social Democratic Party of Austria
The Social Democratic Party of Austria is one of the oldest political parties in Austria. The SPÖ is one of the two major parties in Austria, and has ties to trade unions and the Austrian Chamber of Labour. The SPÖ is among the few mainstream European social-democratic parties that have preserved...
,
Austrian People's Party
Austrian People's Party
The Austrian People's Party is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Austria. A successor to the Christian Social Party of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it is similar to the Christian Democratic Union of Germany in terms of ideology...
|| 2008 legislative election
Austrian legislative election, 2008
A legislative snap election for the National Council in Austria was held on 28 September 2008. The previous election was held on 1 October 2006. The election was caused by the withdrawal of Austrian People's Party leader Wilhelm Molterer from the governing grand coalition on 7 July 2008...
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| style="text-align:left"|Azerbaijan || || || • || || New Azerbaijan Party
New Azerbaijan Party
The New Azerbaijan Party is the ruling political party in Azerbaijan. It was formed on 18 December 1992 by the former President of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev, who led it until his retirement and death in 2003...
|| 2010 parliamentary election
Azerbaijani parliamentary election, 2010
A parliamentary election was held in Azerbaijan on 7 November 2010.-Candidates:The registration of candidates ends October 15 when the campaign period ends...
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| style="text-align:left"|Bahamas || • || || || || Free National Movement
Free National Movement
The Free National Movement is a socially liberal and economically conservative political party in The Bahamas. It is currently the ruling party, winning 23 of the 41 seats in the Bahamas House of Assembly on May 2, 2007; two of these seats are currently being contested in Electorial Court by the...
|| Bahamian general election, 2007
Bahamian general election, 2007
General elections were held in the Bahamas on 2 May 2007. The result was an opposition victory, with the Free National Movement, led by former Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham, claiming 23 of the 41 seats. Incumbent Prime Minister Perry Christie conceded defeat in a phone call to his rival. Ingraham...
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| style="text-align:left"|Bahrain || || || • || || Al Wefaq
Al Wefaq
Al Wefaq National Islamic Society , also known as the Islamic National Accord Association, is a Bahraini political society, and the largest party in the Bahrain, both in terms of its membership and its results at the polls...
|| 2006 parliamentary election
Bahraini parliamentary election, 2006
Bahrain held parliamentary elections on 25 November 2006 for the 40-seat lower house of parliament, the Chamber of Deputies, as well as municipal elections. There was a 72% turnout in the first round of polling...
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| style="text-align:left"|Bangladesh || • || || || || Grand Alliance: Bangladesh Awami League
Bangladesh Awami League
The Bangladesh Awami League , commonly known as the Awami League, is the mainstream center-left, secular political party in Bangladesh...
, Jatiya Party, Jatiyo Samajtantrik Dal
Jatiyo Samajtantrik Dal
The Jatiyo Samajtantrik Dal is a political party in Bangladesh.The party founded in 1972 through the merger of socialist political activists and military officers. It was founded under the leadership of Major Abdul Jalil, a freedom fighter from Barisal District, and was also joined by pro-Awami...
, Workers Party of Bangladesh
Workers Party of Bangladesh
The Workers Party of Bangladesh is a Communist party in Bangladesh.WPB was founded in 1980 by the Bangladesh Communist Party , Revolutionary Communist League, Majdur Party and another group. Amal Sen was the founding general secretary....
, Liberal Democratic Party
Liberal Democratic Party (Bangladesh)
The Liberal Democratic Party is a political party in Bangladesh.The party was formed on October 26, 2006 by former President of Bangladesh Dr. A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury, Colonel Oli Ahmed, and 24 other former Members of Parliament and ministers from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party . The party...
|| 2008 general election
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| style="text-align:left"|Barbados || || • || || || Democratic Labour Party
Democratic Labour Party (Barbados)
The Democratic Labour Party is a political party in Barbados, and currently the ruling party of the country. It is led by Freundel Stuart.-History:...
|| 2008 general election
Barbadian general election, 2008
A general election was held in Barbados on 15 January 2008. A concurrent referendum to determine whether or not to become a republic was initially planned but that vote was postponed....
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| style="text-align:left"|Belarus || || || • || || "Parties loyal to the president" || 2008 parliamentary election
Belarusian parliamentary election, 2008
The Belarusian parliamentary election, 2008 was held in Belarus on 28 September 2008. The 110 seats in the House of Representatives were at stake....
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| style="text-align:left"|Belgium || • || || || || Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams, Open VLD, Parti Socialiste, Mouvement Réformateur, Centre Démocrate Humaniste (Caretaker government since April 24th 2010) || 2010 general election
Belgian general election, 2010
General elections were held in Belgium on 13 June 2010. After the fall of the previous government over the withdrawal of Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats from the government the King dissolved the legislature and called new elections...
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| style="text-align:left"|Belize || || • || || || United Democratic Party
United Democratic Party (Belize)
The United Democratic Party is one of the two major political parties in Belize, and currently the ruling party, having won the 2008 general elections. A centre-right conservative party, it is currently led by Dean Barrow.-Founding:...
|| 2008 legislative election
Belizean legislative election, 2008
A legislative election was held in the nation of Belize on February 7, 2008. Beginning with this election, Belizeans elected to the House of Representatives 31 members instead of 29...
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| style="text-align:left"|Benin || • || || || || Cauri Forces for an Emerging Benin
Cauri Forces for an Emerging Benin
The Cowry Forces for an Emerging Benin is a political party of Benin, formed by supporters of president Yayi Boni. In the parliamentary election held on 31 March 2007, the party won 35 out of 83 seats. The party expanded its plurality to 41 seats in the 2011 election that followed the contested...
|| 2007 parliamentary election
Beninese parliamentary election, 2007
A parliamentary election was held in Benin on 31 March 2007, having been delayed from an earlier date of 25 March due to difficulties in organizing it. 26 political parties and alliances took part in the election...
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| style="text-align:left"|Bermuda || || • || || || Progressive Labour Party
Progressive Labour Party (Bermuda)
The Progressive Labour Party is a political party in Bermuda. It has been in power since 1998, winning subsequent elections in 2003 and 2007.- Formation :...
|| 2007 general election
Bermudan general election, 2007
The 2007 Bermudan general election was held in Bermuda on 18 December 2007. The campaign was the longest in the history of Bermuda and was hard fought between the two political parties...
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| style="text-align:left"|Bhutan || || • || || || Bhutan Peace and Prosperity Party
Bhutan Peace and Prosperity Party
The Bhutan Peace and Prosperity Party, or Druk Phuensum Tshogpa , is one of the major political parties in Bhutan. It was formed on July 25, 2007 as a merger of the All People's Party and the Bhutan People's United Party, which were both short-lived...
|| 2008 general election
Bhutanese general election, 2008
Bhutan held its first general election on March 24, 2008 for the National Assembly. Two parties were registered by the Election Commission of Bhutan to contest the election: the Bhutan Peace and Prosperity Party , which was formed by the merger of the previously established Bhutan People's United...
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| style="text-align:left"|Bolivia || • || || || || Movement for Socialism (MAS)
Movement for Socialism (Bolivia)
The Movement for Socialism-Political Instrument for the Sovereignty of the Peoples , alternately referred to as "Movement Toward Socialism" or "Movement to Socialism", is a left-wing, socialist, Bolivian political organization led by Evo Morales, founded in 1995...
|| 2009 general election
Bolivian general election, 2009
The Bolivian general election, 2009 was held on 6 December, 2009, following a constitutional referendum held on 25 January 2009. Voters elected:*President and Vice President of the Republic.*130 members of the Chamber of Deputies.*36 members of the Senate....
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| style="text-align:left"|Bosnia and Herzegovina || • || || || || (none) || 2010 general election
Bosnia and Herzegovina general election, 2010
Presidential and parliamentary elections were held in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 3 October 2010 for both the Federal government and the two entities.Voters elected 42 deputies to the State House of Representatives...
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| style="text-align:left"|Botswana || || || • || || Botswana Democratic Party
Botswana Democratic Party
The Botswana Democratic Party is the governing conservative party in Botswana. Its chairman is Daniel Kwelagobe.BDP was shaped by Sir Seretse Khama, who is celebrated for nurturing the economic and political success of Botswana. The party's base is in the traditional Setswana communities, and it...
|| 2009 general election
Botswana general election, 2009
General elections were held in Botswana on 16 October 2009. They were the 10th general elections held since Botswana's independence in 1966. Botswana's parliament has 61 seats, of which 57 are elected using a single-member district plurality system, meaning there are 57 constituencies, each...
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| style="text-align:left"|Brazil || • || || || || For Brazil to keep on changing
For Brazil to keep on changing
For Brazil to keep on changing is the name of an electoral coalition formed around the democratic socialist Workers' Party in Brazil for the 2010 presidential election. It comprised ten parties from the left and center spectrums: PT, PMDB, PCdoB, PDT, PRB, PR, PSB, PSC, PTC and PTN. On October...
coalition: Workers' Party
Workers' Party (Brazil)
The Workers' Party is a democratic socialist political party in Brazil. Launched in 1980, it is recognized as one of the largest and most important left-wing movements of Latin America. It governs at the federal level in a coalition government with several other parties since January 1, 2003...
, Brazilian Democratic Movement Party, Republic Party
Republic Party
The Republic Party is a centrist Brazilian political party.It was founded on December 21, 2006 by the merge of the Liberal Party and the Party of the Reconstruction of the National Order .It is likely that in the future two other parties, the Social Christian Party The Republic Party (Partido da...
, Brazilian Socialist Party
Brazilian Socialist Party
The Brazilian Socialist Party , is a political party in Brazil. It was founded in 1947, before being abolished by the military regime in 1965 and re-organized in 1985 with the re-democratization of Brazil. It elected six Governors in 2010, becoming the second largest party in number of state...
, Democratic Labour Party
Democratic Labour Party
The Democratic Labour Party is a name used by many political parties:* Democratic Labour Party * Democratic Labour Party * Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania* Democratic Labour Party...
, Social Christian Party
Social Christian Party
Several political parties, past and present have been known as the Social Christian Party or close variants on the name:* Social Christian Party * Social Christian Party * Social Christian Party * Christian Social Union of Bavaria...
, Communist Party of Brazil
Communist Party of Brazil
The Communist Party of Brazil is a political party in Brazil. It has national reach and deep penetration in the trade union and students movements. PCdoB dispute with the Brazilian Communist Party the title of "oldest political party in Brazil"...
, Brazilian Republican Party
Brazilian Republican Party
The Brazilian Republican Party is a Brazilian political party. Its electoral number is 10 and it became a registered political party on August 25, 2005. The Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus uses the party to elect its bishops in Brazilian elections...
, Christian Labour Party
Christian Labour Party
The Christian Labour Party is a christian-conservative political party in Brazil.The party was founded in 1985 as Youth Party by Daniel Tourinho, a brazilian lawyer...
, National Labour Party
National Labour Party
*National Labour Organisation *National Labour Party *National Labor Party *National Labour Party *National Labour Party *National Labour Party...
, Green Party
Green Party (Brazil)
The Brazilian Green Party was constituted after the military dictatorship period and, like other Green Parties around the world, is committed to establishing a set of policies on ensuring social-democracy and sustainable development...
|| 2010 general election
Brazilian general election, 2010
The first round of the Brazilian general election of 2010 was held on Sunday, October 3, 2010. The Presidency of the Republic, all 513 Chamber of Deputies seats and 54 out of 81 Federal Senate seats were contested in this election, along with governorships and state legislatures of all 26 states...
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| style="text-align:left"|British Virgin Islands || || • || || || Virgin Islands Party
Virgin Islands Party (British Virgin Islands)
The Virgin Islands Party is a political party in the British Virgin Islands, led by Premier Ralph T. O'Neal.The Virgin Islands Party has held power in the British Virgin Islands for all except for 15 years since the adoption of the modern Legislative Council in 1967. It was originally formed by...
|| 2007 general election
British Virgin Islands general election, 2007
The British Virgin Islands general election, 2007 was held in the British Virgin Islands on 20 August 2007. The result was a landslide victory for the opposition Virgin Islands Party over the incumbent National Democratic Party ....
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| style="text-align:left"|Bulgaria || • || || || || Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria
Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria
Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria , abbreviated GERB , is a Bulgarian centre-right political party established on March 13 2006. It has been Bulgaria's ruling party since 2009....
|| 2009 parliamentary election
Bulgarian parliamentary election, 2009
Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 5 July 2009. The decisive winner of the elections was Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria party, led by Sofia mayor Boyko Borisov...
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| style="text-align:left"|Burkina Faso || || || • || || Congress for Democracy and Progress
Congress for Democracy and Progress
The Congress for Democracy and Progress is the ruling political party in Burkina Faso. Its President is Roch Marc Christian Kaboré....
|| 2007 parliamentary election
Burkinabe parliamentary election, 2007
A parliamentary election was held in Burkina Faso on 6 May 2007. The ruling Congress for Democracy and Progress won 73 out of 111 seats....
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| style="text-align:left"|Burma || colspan=5| (no actual political party) || 2010 general election
Burmese general election, 2010
A general election was held in Burma on 2010, in accordance with the new constitution which was approved in a referendum held in...
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| style="text-align:left"|Burundi || • || || || || National Council for the Defense of Democracy –
Forces for the Defense of Democracy || 2005 legislative election
Burundian legislative election, 2005
The Republic of Burundi held legislative elections on 4 July 2005. Approximately 30 political parties and independents competed for 100 seats in the National Assembly. Voting was largely peaceful throughout the country during election day. Observers deemed the polls generally free, fair, and...
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| style="text-align:left"|Cambodia || || || • || || Cambodian People's Party
Cambodian People's Party
The Cambodian People's Party is the current ruling party of Cambodia.This party was formerly known as Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party...
|| 2008 parliamentary election
Cambodian parliamentary election, 2008
A parliamentary election was held in Cambodia on 27 July 2008.Prime Minister Hun Sen announced the planned date of the election on 30 May 2007, saying that the date of 27 July 2008 had been decided on because it was a holiday and because it fell exactly five years after the last election...
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| style="text-align:left"|Cameroon || || || • || || Cameroon People's Democratic Movement
Cameroon People's Democratic Movement
The Cameroon People's Democratic Movement is the ruling political party in Cameroon.-History:Previously known as the Cameroon National Union, which had dominated Cameroon politics since independence in 1960, it was renamed in 1985...
|| 2007 parliamentary election
Cameroonian parliamentary election, 2007
A parliamentary election was held in Cameroon on 22 July 2007, with some polls held again on 30 September 2007. 1,274 candidates stood for the 180 seats in the National Assembly, with 41 parties participating...
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| style="text-align:left"|Canada || • || || || || Conservative Party of Canada
Conservative Party of Canada
The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum...
|| 2011 federal election
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| style="text-align:left"|Cape Verde || || • || || || African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde
African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde
The African Party of Independence of Cape Verde is a former socialist party and presently a social-democratic political party in Cape Verde. Its members are nicknamed “os tambarinas” in Portuguese , and they identify themselves with the color yellow.-Forerunner:In 1956, its forerunner, the African...
|| 2006 parliamentary election
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| style="text-align:left"|Cayman Islands || || • || || || United Democratic Party
United Democratic Party (Cayman Islands)
The United Democratic Party is a political party in the Cayman Islands.In the elections, 8 November 2000, with a turnout of 80% only non-partisans were elected...
|| 2009 general election
Caymanian general election, 2009
General elections were held in the Cayman Islands on 20 May 2009. A referendum on a draft constitution was held at the same time.The opposition United Democratic Party defeated the incumbent People's Progressive Movement...
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| style="text-align:left"|Central African Republic || • || || || || National Convergence "Kwa Na Kwa" || 2005 general election
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| style="text-align:left"|Chad || || || • || || Patriotic Salvation Movement
Patriotic Salvation Movement
The Patriotic Salvation Movement is the ruling political party in Chad.After Idriss Déby, an army commander who participated in an unsuccessful plot against President Hissène Habré in 1989, fled to Sudan, he and his supporters, known as the April 1 Movement, operated from Sudan with Libyan backing...
|| 2002 parliamentary election
Chadian parliamentary election, 2002
The Chadian parliamentary election of 2002 was the second multi-party parliamentary election since the independence of Chad, and came after the normal expiry of the mandate of the National Assembly's deputies...
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| style="text-align:left"|Chile || • || || || || Coalition for Change
Coalition for Change
The Coalition for Change is a presidential and parliamentary electoral coalition that groups the supporters of President Sebastián Piñera for the 2009-2010 Chilean election...
|| 2009 parliamentary election
Chilean parliamentary election, 2009
Parliamentary elections were held in Chile on December 13, 2009, in conjunction with the presidential election. The totality of seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 18 out of 38 seats in the Senate were up for election....
2009-10 presidential election
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| style="text-align:left"|China || || || || • || Communist Party of China
Communist Party of China
The Communist Party of China , also known as the Chinese Communist Party , is the founding and ruling political party of the People's Republic of China...
|| 2008 congressional election
2008 National People's Congress
The 1st Plenary Session of the 11th National People's Congress held its annual meeting from March 5 to March 18, 2008 in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, in conjunction with the 2008 CPPCC....
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| style="text-align:left"|Colombia || • || || || || Social Party of National Unity (Party of the U) || 2010 legislative election
Colombian legislative election, 2010
Colombia held elections to both houses of the Congress on 14 March 2010. The nationwide constituency for the 102-member Senate was contested by 16 lists, comprising 948 candidates. There are 33 regional constituencies for the Chamber of Representatives, plus a few other ethnic minority...
2010 presidential election
Colombian presidential election, 2010
The Colombian presidential election of 2010 took place under a two-round system, with an initial vote held on May 30 and a second poll held three weeks later on June 20. A referendum proposal that would have allowed incumbent President Álvaro Uribe the opportunity to run for a third term was...
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| style="text-align:left"|Comoros || || • || || || Camp of the Autonomous Islands
Camp of the Autonomous Islands
The Camp of the Autonomous Islands is a federalist political party in the Comoros. It is a loose coalition of islands leaders opposed to former president Azali Assoumani. At the last legislative election, 18 and 25 April 2004, the camp won a clear majority of the seats in parliament....
|| 2004 legislative election
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| style="text-align:left"|Congo (Brazzaville) || || || • || || Congolese Party of Labour
Congolese Party of Labour
The Congolese Party of Labour , founded in 1969 by Marien Ngouabi, is the ruling political party of the Republic of the Congo...
|| 2007 parliamentary election
Republic of the Congo parliamentary election, 2007
A parliamentary election was held in the Republic of the Congo on 24 June 2007, with a second round initially planned for 22 July 2007, but then postponed to 5 August 2007. According to the National Commission of the Organization of the Elections , 1,807 candidates stood in the first round for 137...
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| style="text-align:left"|Congo (Kinshasa) || • || || || || Alliance of the Presidential Majority
Alliance of the Presidential Majority
The Alliance of the Presidential Majority is a political alliance formed by supporters of President-elect Joseph Kabila following the 2006 general elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This bloc currently holds the majority of seats in the National Assembly with 332 out of 500...
|| 2006 general election
Democratic Republic of the Congo general election, 2006
General elections were held in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on July 30, 2006, the first multiparty elections in the country in 41 years. Voters went to the polls to elect both a new President of the Republic and a new National Assembly, the lower-house of the Parliament.The polls were...
2007 senate election
Democratic Republic of the Congo Senate election, 2007
Elections to the Senate of the Democratic Republic of the Congo were held on 2007-01-19, though they had originally been scheduled for 2007-01-16...
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| style="text-align:left"|Cook Islands || || • || || || Cook Islands Party
Cook Islands Party
The Cook Islands Party is a nationalist political party in the Cook Islands. It was the first political party founded in the Cook Islands, and one of the two major parties of the Islands' politics since 1965....
|| 2010 general election
13th Cook Islands Parliament
The 13th Cook Islands Parliament is the current term of the Parliament of the Cook Islands. Its composition was determined by the 2010 elections on 17 November 2010....
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| style="text-align:left"|Costa Rica || • || || || || National Liberation Party (PLN) || 2010 general election
Costa Rican general election, 2010
Costa Rica held parliamentary and presidential elections on February 7, 2010. The ruling party before the election, the center-left National Liberation Party, put forward former Vice-President Laura Chinchilla as its presidential candidate, while the libertarian, Movimiento Libertario nominated...
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| style="text-align:left"|Côte d'Ivoire || || • || || || Ivorian Popular Front
Ivorian Popular Front
The Ivorian Popular Front , known by its French initials FPI, is a centre-left, democratic socialist and social democratic, political party in Côte d'Ivoire....
|| 2000–2001 parliamentary election
Ivorian parliamentary election, 2000–2001
Parliamentary elections were held in Ivory Coast on 10 December 2000. In 28 seats in the north of the country voting was postponed due to unrest relating to the boycott by the Rally of the Republicans...
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| style="text-align:left"|Croatia || • || || || || Croatian Democratic Union
Croatian Democratic Union
The Croatian Democratic Union is the main center-right political party in Croatia. It is the biggest and strongest individual Croatian party since independence of Croatia. The Christian democratic HDZ governed Croatia from 1990 to 2000 and, in partial coalition, from 2003...
|| 2007 parliamentary election
Croatian parliamentary election, 2007
Parliamentary elections to the Croatian Parliament were held on 25 November 2007 in Croatia and on 24 November and 25 November 2007 abroad. The campaign officially started on 3 November...
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| style="text-align:left"|Cuba|| || || || • || Communist Party of Cuba
Communist Party of Cuba
The Communist Party of Cuba is the governing political party in Cuba. It is a communist party of the Marxist-Leninist model. The Cuban constitution ascribes the role of the Party to be the "leading force of society and of the state"...
|| 2008 legislative election
Cuban legislative election, 2008
A parliamentary election to the National Assembly of People's Power was held in Cuba on 20 January 2008. According to the Cuban electoral system, one candidate was nominated for each of the 614 seats in the Assembly, and candidates were elected if they received at least 50% of the vote.The date of...
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| style="text-align:left"|Cyprus || • || || || || Progressive Party of Working People
Progressive Party of Working People
The Progressive Party of Working People is a communist party in Cyprus. It supports an independent, demilitarized and non-aligned Cyprus, and a federal solution of the internal aspect of the Cyprus problem. It places particular emphasis on rapprochement with the Turkish Cypriots. It supported...
, Democratic Rally
Democratic Rally
The Democratic Rally , is a centre-right political party in Cyprus, led by Nicos Anastasiades.The party was founded on 4 July 1976 by veteran politician Glafkos Klerides. Clerides served as Cyprus president from 1993 until 2003....
|| 2008 presidential election
Cypriot presidential election, 2008
A presidential election was held in Cyprus on 17 February 2008, with the second round held on 24 February 2008. The second-round winner, and thus the President of Cyprus for the next term, is Dimitris Christofias....
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| style="text-align:left"|Czech Republic || • || || || || Civic Democratic Party, TOP 09, Public Affairs
Public Affairs (political party)
Public Affairs , abbreviated to VV, is a conservative liberal political party in the Czech Republic. Led by anti-establishment investigative journalist and writer Radek John, its main platform is transparency and opposing political corruption. It has 24 seats in the Chamber of Deputies.Besides...
|| 2010 legislative election
Czech legislative election, 2010
A legislative election in the Czech Republic took place on 28–29 May 2010. The election had been expected to take place some time before the end of 2009 to elect the members of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic...
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| style="text-align:left"|Denmark || • || || || || Social Democrats (Denmark), Danish Social Liberal Party, Socialist People's Party (Denmark),
(parliamentary support from Red-Green Alliance (Denmark)
| 2011 parliamentary election
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| style="text-align:left"|Djibouti || || || • || || People's Rally for Progress
People's Rally for Progress
The People's Rally for Progress , is a political party in Djibouti. It has dominated politics in the country since 1979, initially under the rule of President Hassan Gouled Aptidon...
|| 2008 parliamentary election
Djiboutian parliamentary election, 2008
A parliamentary election was held in Djibouti on 8 February 2008. There were 65 candidates running for the 65 seats in the National Assembly, with all of the candidates coming from the ruling coalition, the Union for the Presidential Majority...
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| style="text-align:left"|Dominica || || • || || || Dominica Labour Party
Dominica Labour Party
The Dominica Labour Party is a social-democratic political party in Dominica.-History:Founded in 1955 by Phyllis Shand Allfrey and Emmanuel Christopher Loblack, it is the oldest political party in Dominica. It first contested general elections in 1961, winning seven of the eleven seats. In the next...
|| 2005 general election
Dominican general election, 2005
The 2005 Dominican General election was held in Dominica on 5 May 2005. After a hard campaign the Dominica Labour Party was re-elected winning a majority of seats...
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| style="text-align:left"|Dominican Republic || • || || || || Dominican Liberation Party (PLD)
Dominican Liberation Party
The Dominican Liberation Party is one of the main political parties of the Dominican Republic, and has a centrist position.The party has been elected into office thrice now with Leonel Fernández as President of the Dominican Republic in the 1996, 2004 and 2008 elections, though losing in 2000...
|| 2008 presidential election
Dominican Republic presidential election, 2008
A presidential election was held in the Dominican Republic on 16 May 2008.A poll from late October 2007 gave the incumbent Leonel Fernández of the centre-right Dominican Liberation Party 42%, construction tycoon Miguel Vargas Maldonado of the centre-left Dominican Revolutionary Party 30% and Amable...
2010 parliamentary election
Dominican Republic parliamentary election, 2010
A parliamentary election was held in the Dominican Republic on 16 May 2010 to elect members to the 32 seats in the Senate and 183 seats in the Chamber of Deputies. Polls forecasted a victory for the Dominican Liberation Party of President Leonel Fernández...
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| style="text-align:left"|East Timor || • || || || ||Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor
Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor
The Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor is a leftist political party in East Timor. They presently hold a plurality of seats in the National Parliament and formed the government in East Timor from independence until 2007...
, National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction
National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction
National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction is a political party in East Timor founded by former President Xanana Gusmão in March 2007 in preparation for the 2007 parliamentary election....
, Social Democratic Party
Social Democratic Party
The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by a large number of political parties in various countries around the world...
, Timorese Social Democratic Association
Timorese Social Democratic Association
The Timorese Social Democratic Association is a social-democratic political party in East Timor....
|| 2007 parliamentary elections
East Timorese parliamentary election, 2007
A parliamentary election was held in East Timor on 30 June 2007. Although a narrow plurality was achieved by the Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor , a coalition involving the next three largest groups formed a government...
, 2007 presidential elections
East Timorese presidential election, 2007
The 2007 East Timorese presidential election involved two separate votes. The first, on 9 April 2007 eliminated six of the eight nominees. The remaining two candidates, current Prime Minister José Ramos-Horta and Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor President Francisco Guterres, faced...
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| style="text-align:left"|Ecuador || • || || || ||PAIS Alliance|| 2009 general election
Ecuadorian general election, 2009
An early general election was held on 26 April 2009 in Ecuador following the approval of a new constitution in a referendum held on 28 September 2008. President Rafael Correa ran for his first term under the new constitution...
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| style="text-align:left"|Egypt || colspan=6| Military Rule
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| style="text-align:left"|El Salvador || • || || || ||Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN)
Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front
The Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front is, since 1992, a left-wing political party in El Salvador and formerly a coalition of five revolutionary guerrilla organizations...
|| 2009 legislative election
Salvadoran legislative election, 2009
A parliamentary election was held in El Salvador on 18 January 2009. The leftist Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front was widely expected to win the most seats for the first time against the nationalist conservative Nationalist Republican Alliance...
2009 presidential election
Salvadoran presidential election, 2009
A presidential election was held in El Salvador on 15 March 2009. The main candidates were Rodrigo Ávila and Mauricio Funes . Funes won the election with 51.3% of the vote.-Polls:...
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| style="text-align:left"|Equatorial Guinea || || || • || || Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea
Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea
The Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea is the ruling political party in Equatorial Guinea. It was established by President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo as the country's sole legal political organization on 11 October 1987...
|| 2004 parliamentary election
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| style="text-align:left"|Eritrea || || || || • || People's Front for Democracy and Justice
People's Front for Democracy and Justice
The People's Front for Democracy and Justice is the current ruling political movement in Eritrea. It is nominally and often considered African socialist and holds itself open to nationalists of any political affiliation. It is the successor to the Eritrean People's Liberation Front...
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| style="text-align:left"|Estonia || • || || || ||Reform Party
Estonian Reform Party
The Estonian Reform Party is a centre-right, free market liberal party in Estonia. It is led by Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip, and has 33 members in the 101-member Riigikogu, making it the largest party in the legislature...
, Pro Patria and Res Publica Union||2011 parliament election
Estonian parliamentary election, 2011
A parliamentary election was held in Estonia on 6 March 2011, with e-voting between 24 February and 2 March 2011.The 101 members of the Riigikogu were elected using a form of proportional representation for a four-year term. The seats were allocated using a modified D'Hondt method. The country is...
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| style="text-align:left"|Ethiopia || • || || || || Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front
Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front
The Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front is the ruling political coalition in Ethiopia. It is an alliance of four other groups: the Oromo Peoples' Democratic Organization , the Amhara National Democratic Movement , the South Ethiopian Peoples' Democratic Front The Ethiopian People's...
|| 2005 general election
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| style="text-align:left"|European Union || • || || || || European People's Party
European People's Party
The European People's Party is a pro-European centre-right European political party. The EPP was founded in 1976 by Christian democratic parties, but later it increased its membership to include conservative parties and parties of other centre-right perspectives.The EPP is the most influential of...
and Party of European Socialists
Party of European Socialists
The Party of European Socialists is a European political party led by Sergei Stanishev, former Prime Minister of Bulgaria. The PES comprises social-democratic national-level political parties primarily from Member state of the European Union, as well as other nations of the European continent. The...
(no direct executive powers) || 2009 parliament election
European Parliament election, 2009
Elections to the European Parliament were held in the 27 member states of the European Union between 4 and 7 June 2009. A total of 736 Members of the European Parliament were elected to represent some 500 million Europeans, making these the biggest trans-national elections in history...
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| style="text-align:left"|Falkland Islands || colspan=5| (no actual political party) || 2009 general election
Falkland Islands general election, 2009
The Falkland Islands general election of 2009 was held on Thursday 5 November 2009 to elect members to the Legislative Assembly. It was the first general election in the Falkland Islands since the new constitution came into force on 1 January 2009, which replaced the old Legislative Council with...
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| style="text-align:left"|Faroe Islands || • || || || || Union Party || 2008 parliamentary elections
Faroese parliamentary election, 2008
Parliamentary elections were held in the Faroe Islands on 19 January 2008, the latest possible date. The Self-Government Party and the Centre Party gained a seat each while the Social Democratic Party lost a seat. The number of women went from three to seven...
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| style="text-align:left"|Fiji || || • || || || (none) || 2006 general elections
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| style="text-align:left"|Finland || • || || || || National Coalition Party, Social Democratic Party
Social Democratic Party of Finland
The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many...
, Left Alliance
Left Alliance
The Left Alliance is the name of a number of left wing political parties around the world.These include:* Democratic Left Alliance in Poland* Left Alliance * Leeds Left Alliance, now part of the Alliance for Green Socialism...
, Green League
Green League
The Green League is a centrist green liberal political party in Finland. It has ten seats in the Finnish Parliament and two in the European Parliament. The current chairperson is Ville Niinistö....
, Swedish People's Party of Finland, Christian Democrats
Christian Democrats (Finland)
The Christian Democrats is a Christian democratic political party in Finland. Formerly known as the Finnish Christian League , the Christian Democrats have six seats in the Finnish Parliament and one in the European Parliament.The party was founded in 1958, chiefly from the Christian faction of...
|| 2011 parliamentary elections
Finnish parliamentary election, 2011
An election to the Eduskunta was held on 17 April 2011 after the termination of the previous parliamentary term. Advance voting, which included voting by Finnish expatriates, was held between 6 and 12 April with a turnout of 31.2%....
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| style="text-align:left"|France|| • || || || || Union for a Popular Movement
Union for a Popular Movement
The Union for a Popular Movement is a centre-right political party in France, and one of the two major contemporary political parties in the country along with the center-left Socialist Party...
|| 2007 legislative election
French legislative election, 2007
The French legislative elections took place on 10 June and 17 June 2007 to elect the 13th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic, a few weeks after the French presidential election run-off on 6 May. 7,639 candidates stood for 577 seats, including France's overseas possessions...
2007 presidential election
French presidential election, 2007
The 2007 French presidential election, the ninth of the Fifth French Republic was held to elect the successor to Jacques Chirac as president of France for a five-year term.The winner, decided on 5 and 6 May 2007, was Nicolas Sarkozy...
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| style="text-align:left"|French Polynesia || || • || || || O Porinetia To Tatou Ai'a
O Porinetia To Tatou Ai'a
‘O Pōrīnetia To Tātou ‘Ai‘a is a French Polynesian anti-independence political party founded by Gaston Tong Sang on 1 October 2007 after he split from his former party, the Tāhō‘ēra‘a Huira‘atira...
|| 2008 legislative elections
French Polynesian legislative election, 2008
An early legislative election to the Assembly of French Polynesia was held in French Polynesia in early 2008. The first round of the election was held on 27 January 2008, with the second round held on 10 February 2008...
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| style="text-align:left"|Gabon || || || • || || Gabonese Democratic Party
Gabonese Democratic Party
The Gabonese Democratic Party , is the ruling and dominant political party of Gabon. Its motto is Dialogue, Tolerance, Peace.It has held power since independence, first under Léon M'ba , then under Omar Bongo...
, pro-administration majority parties || 2009 presidential election
Gabonese presidential election, 2009
A presidential election was held in Gabon on 30 August 2009 after the incumbent President Omar Bongo Ondimba died on 8 June 2009. While the constitution stated that Interim President Rose Francine Rogombé should organise elections within 30 to 45 days, the Constitutional Court accepted the...
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| style="text-align:left"|Gambia || || || • || || Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction
Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction
The Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction is a political party in The Gambia, founded by army officers who staged a coup in 1994. It was formed in 1996 to support army leader Yahya Jammeh's campaign for the 1996 elections....
|| 2007 parliamentary election
Gambian parliamentary election, 2007
A parliamentary election was held in The Gambia on 25 January 2007. Forty-eight members of the National Assembly were elected, with another five being appointed by the President. 103 candidates had been approved by the Independent Electoral Commission, and only the ruling party, the Alliance for...
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| style="text-align:left"|Georgia || || || • || || United National Movement || 2008 legislative election
Georgian legislative election, 2008
Parliamentary elections were held in Georgia on May 21, 2008. President Mikheil Saakashvili proposed a referendum on bringing them forward from October to April after the 2007 Georgian demonstrations...
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| style="text-align:left"|Germany || • || || || || Christian Democratic Union
Christian Democratic Union (Germany)
The Christian Democratic Union of Germany is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Germany. It is regarded as on the centre-right of the German political spectrum...
, Christian Social Union
Christian Social Union of Bavaria
The Christian Social Union in Bavaria is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Germany. It operates only in the state of Bavaria, while its sister party, the Christian Democratic Union , operates in the other 15 states of Germany...
, Free Democratic Party
Free Democratic Party (Germany)
The Free Democratic Party , abbreviated to FDP, is a centre-right classical liberal political party in Germany. It is led by Philipp Rösler and currently serves as the junior coalition partner to the Union in the German federal government...
|| 2009 federal election
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| style="text-align:left"|Ghana || • |||| || ||National Democratic Congress
National Democratic Congress (Ghana)
The National Democratic Congress is a social democratic political party in Ghana, founded by Jerry John Rawlings, who was Head of State of Ghana from 1981 to 1993 and the President of Ghana from 1993 to 2001. The NDC was formed ahead of elections in 1992 and 1996 returned Jerry John Rawlings to...
|| 2008 parliamentary elections, 2008 presidential election
Ghanaian presidential election, 2008
A presidential election was held in Ghana on 7 December 2008, at the same time as a parliamentary election. Since no candidate received more than 50% of the votes, a run-off election was held on 28 December, 2008 between the two candidates who received the most votes, Nana Akufo-Addo and John Atta...
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| style="text-align:left"|Gibraltar || • || || || || Gibraltar Social Democrats
Gibraltar Social Democrats
The Gibraltar Social Democrats, abbreviated to GSD, is a centre-right political party in Gibraltar.Their current leader is Peter Caruana, the Chief Minister of Gibraltar. The GSD has been the governing party in Gibraltar since 1996.-History:...
|| 2007 general election
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| style="text-align:left"|Greece || || • || || || Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Panhellenic Socialist Movement
The Panhellenic Socialist Movement , known mostly by its acronym PASOK , is one of the two major political parties in Greece. Founded on 3 September 1974 by Andreas Papandreou, in 1981 PASOK became Greece's first social democratic party to win a majority in parliament.The party is a socialist party...
|| Greek Parliamentary elections, 2009, (Snap election, originally not due until 2011)
Greek legislative election, 2009
Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 4 October 2009. An election was not required until September 2011.On 2 September Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis announced he would request President Karolos Papoulias to dissolve Parliament and call an election...
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| style="text-align:left"|Greenland || • || || || || Inuit Ataqatigiit
Inuit Ataqatigiit
Inuit Ataqatigiit is a leftist and separatist political party in Greenland. The party was born out of the increased youth radicalism in Denmark during the 1970s. The party strives to make Greenland an independent state.In the 2005 elections, the party won 22.6% of the popular vote and seven out of...
|| 2009 parliamentary election
Greenlandic parliamentary election, 2009
Parliamentary elections were held in Greenland on 2 June 2009. Prime Minister Hans Enoksen announced the election date on 15 April 2009, stating that he would prefer for a newly elected parliament to administer Greenland when the self-government reform takes effect on 21 June 2009...
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| style="text-align:left"|Grenada || || • || || || National Democratic Congress
National Democratic Congress (Grenada)
The National Democratic Congress is a liberal centre-left political party in Grenada. Tillman Thomas is the party's leader, Nazim Burke is its deputy leader, and Peter David is its General Secretary...
|| 2008 general election
Grenadian general election, 2008
A general election was held in Grenada on 8 July 2008.Out of a total of fifteen seats, the opposition National Democratic Congress won eleven seats and the governing New National Party won four seats, thus bringing the NDC to power for the first time since 1995...
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| style="text-align:left"|Guam || || • || || || Democratic Party
Democratic Party (Guam)
The Democratic Party is a political party in Guam. It is affiliated to the United States Democratic Party.Its most prominent member is Madeleine Z. Bordallo, Guam's delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives since 2003....
|| 2008 general election
Guamanian general election, 2008
General elections were held in Guam on 4 November 2008. Voters in Guam chose their non-voting delegate to the United States House of Representatives, as well as members of the territorial legislature...
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| style="text-align:left"|Guatemala || • || || || ||National Unity of Hope
National Unity of Hope
The National Unity of Hope is a political party in Guatemala. It was founded in 2002 and defines itself as a social-democratic and social-Christian party....
|| 2007 general elections
Guatemalan general election, 2007
A general election was held in Guatemala in two rounds on 9 September and 4 November 2007. Voters went to the polls to elect a new President and Vice President of the Republic, 158 congressional deputies, and 332 mayors.-Results:...
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| style="text-align:left"|Guernsey || colspan=5| (no actual political party) || 2008 general election
Guernsey general election, 2008
Parliamentary elections were held in Guernsey on 23 April 2008. 18,576 voters or 40.58% of the eligible population of 45,772 turned out and cast a total of 89,239 votes; there were 10 blank papers, 35 spoilt papers and on average 4.8 votes were cast...
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| style="text-align:left"|Guinea || • || || || || Union for the Progress of Guinea || 2010 presidential election
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| style="text-align:left"|Guinea-Bissau || • || || || || African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde
African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde
The African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde or PAIGC is a political party that governed Guinea-Bissau from the independence of the then Portuguese Guinea in 1974, until the late 1990s, and from 2004 to 2005. Currently it is the party with the largest number of seats in the...
|| 2008legislative election
Guinea-Bissau legislative election, 2008
A parliamentary election was held on 16 November 2008 in Guinea-Bissau. The African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde won a majority of 67 out of 100 seats, while the Party for Social Renewal won 28 seats.-Chronology:...
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| style="text-align:left"|Guyana || || • || || || People's Progressive Party
People's Progressive Party (Guyana)
The People's Progressive Party is a political party in Guyana led by Bharrat Jagdeo. The party has been in power since the 1992 elections and currently holds 36 of the 65 seats in the National Assembly.-History:...
|| 2006 legislative election
Guyanese legislative election, 2006
The 2006 Guyanese legislative election took place in Guyana on 28 August 2006.-Campaign:The People's Progressive Party of incumbent President Bharrat Jagdeo was ahead in the opinion polls and was expected to keep its majority in the National Assembly of Guyana....
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| style="text-align:left"|Haiti || • || || || || Fwon Lespwa
Lespwa
Fwon Lespwa is a Haitian political coalition headed by René Préval, who served as president from 1996 to 2001 and from 2006 to 2011. The name Lespwa is the Haitian Creole form of the French l'espoir, meaning "hope". The coalition's full French name is Front de l'Espoir...
|| 2006 general elections
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| style="text-align:left"|Honduras || || • || || || National Party of Honduras
National Party of Honduras
The National Party is a centre-right conservative political party in Honduras and the main right-wing political party in the country. Founded in 1902 the PNH is identified with the color blue as its rival the Liberal Party of Honduras , is red. All the democratic elections in Honduras have been...
|| 2009 general elections
Honduran general election, 2009
The Honduran general election, 2009 was held in Honduras on 29 November 2009, including presidential, parliamentary and local elections. Voters went to the polls to elect:*A new President of Honduras to serve a four-year term starting January 27, 2010....
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| style="text-align:left"|Hong Kong || • || || || || Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong || 2008 legislative elections
Hong Kong legislative election, 2008
The 2008 Hong Kong legislative election was held on 7 September 2008 for the 4th Legislative Council since the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. There are 60 seats in the 4th Council, with 30 Members elected by geographical constituencies through direct elections, and...
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| style="text-align:left"|Hungary || • || || || || Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Union
Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Union
The Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Union is a major conservative party in Hungary. At the 2010 election in Hungary, Fidesz-KDNP won a two-thirds majority of seats by gaining 52% of the votes, with Fidesz winning 227 seats and KDNP winning 36...
, Christian Democratic People's Party
Christian Democratic People's Party (Hungary)
The Christian Democratic People's Party is a political party in Hungary.- History :The party was founded in 1944 by Hungarian Catholic statesmen, intellectuals, and ecclesiastical such as Bishop Vilmos Apor, Béla Kovrig , László Varga and General József Pálffy, among others...
|| 2010 parliamentary elections
Hungarian parliamentary election, 2010
A parliamentary election was held in Hungary on 11 and 25 April 2010 to choose MPs for the National Assembly. They were the sixth free elections since the end of communist era. The 386 members of parliament were elected in a combined system of party lists and electoral constituencies...
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| style="text-align:left"|Iceland || • || || || || Social Democratic Alliance & Left-Green Movement
Left-Green Movement
The Left-Green Movement is a left-wing political party in Iceland.It was founded in 1999 by a few members of Alþingi who did not approve of the planned merger of the left parties in Iceland that resulted in the founding of the Social Democratic Alliance...
|| 2009 general election
Icelandic parliamentary election, 2009
A parliamentary election was held in Iceland on 25 April 2009 following strong pressure from the public as a result of the Icelandic financial crisis...
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| style="text-align:left"|India || • || || || || United Progressive Alliance
United Progressive Alliance
The United Progressive Alliance is a ruling coalition of center-left political parties heading the government of India. The coalition is led by the Indian National Congress , which is currently the single largest political party in the Lok Sabha...
|| 2009 general election
Indian general election, 2009
India held general elections to the 15th Lok Sabha in five phases between 16 April 2009 and 13 May 2009. With an electorate of 714 million , it was the largest democratic election in the world to date.By constitutional requirement, elections to the Lok Sabha must be...
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| style="text-align:left"|Indonesia || • || || || || Democratic Party
Democratic Party (Indonesia)
The Democratic Party is a political party in Indonesia, was founded on 9 September 2001. Its ideology is based on the Indonesian concept of Pancasila.-Origins:...
|| 2009 legislative election
Indonesian legislative election, 2009
Legislative elections were held in Indonesia on 9 April 2009 for 132 seats of the Regional Representative Council and 560 seats of the People's Representative Council . A total of 38 parties met the requirements to be allowed to participate in the national elections, with a further six contesting...
, 2009 presidential election
Indonesian presidential election, 2009
Presidential elections were held in Indonesia on 8 July 2009. The elections returned a president and vice president for the 2009–2014 period. A run-off election was scheduled to be held on 8 September if needed, but President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono won more than 60% of the vote in the first...
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| style="text-align:left"|Iran || || || • || || Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran
Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran
The Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran , usually shortened to Abadgaran , is an alliance of some right-wing Iranian political parties and organizations. The alliance, mostly active in Tehran, won almost all of Tehran's seats in the Iranian Majlis election of 2004 and the Iranian City and Village...
|| 2008 legislative election
Iranian legislative election, 2008
Legislative elections for Majlis of Iran were held on 14 March 2008, with a second round held on 25 April 2008. Conservatives loyal to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad were considered the victors of the election, at least in part because "all the most prominent" reformist candidates were disqualified...
, 2009 presidential election
Iranian presidential election, 2009
Iran's tenth presidential election was held on 12 June 2009, with incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad running against three challengers. The next morning the Islamic Republic News Agency, Iran's official news agency, announced that with two-thirds of the votes counted, Ahmadinejad had won the election...
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| style="text-align:left"|Ireland || • || || || ||Fine Gael
Fine Gael
Fine Gael is a centre-right to centrist political party in the Republic of Ireland. It is the single largest party in Ireland in the Oireachtas, in local government, and in terms of Members of the European Parliament. The party has a membership of over 35,000...
& Labour Party
Labour Party (Ireland)
The Labour Party is a social-democratic political party in the Republic of Ireland. The Labour Party was founded in 1912 in Clonmel, County Tipperary, by James Connolly, James Larkin and William X. O'Brien as the political wing of the Irish Trade Union Congress. Unlike the other main Irish...
|2011 general election
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| style="text-align:left"|Israel || • || || || ||Likud
Likud
Likud is the major center-right political party in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin in an alliance with several right-wing and liberal parties. Likud's victory in the 1977 elections was a major turning point in the country's political history, marking the first time the left had...
, Yisrael Beiteinu, Shas
Shas
Shas is an ultra-orthodox religious political party in Israel, primarily representing Sephardic and Mizrahi Haredi Judaism.Shas was founded in 1984 by dissident members of the Ashkenazi dominated Agudat Israel, to represent the interests of religiously observant Sephardic and Mizrahi ...
, Independence
Independence (Israeli political party)
Independence is a recently-established political party in Israel. It was launched by Defense Minister Ehud Barak on 17 January 2011 after he and four other Labour Party MKs announced their secession from the caucus...
, The Jewish Home
The Jewish Home
-External links:*...
and United Torah Judaism
United Torah Judaism
United Torah Judaism is an alliance of Degel HaTorah and Agudat Israel, two small Israeli Haredi political parties in the Knesset. It was first formed in 1992.The two parties have not always agreed with each other about policy matters...
|| 2009 Knesset elections
Israeli legislative election, 2009
Elections for the 18th Knesset were held in Israel on 10 February 2009. These elections became necessary due to the resignation of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert as leader of the Kadima party, and the failure of his successor, Tzipi Livni, to form a coalition government...
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| style="text-align:left"|Italy || • || || || || The People of Freedom
The People of Freedom
The People of Freedom is a centre-right political party in Italy. With the Democratic Party, it is one of the two major parties of the current Italian party system....
, Lega Nord, Movement for Autonomies || 2008 general election
Italian general election, 2008
A snap general election was held in Italy on 13 April and 14 April 2008. The election came after President Giorgio Napolitano dissolved parliament on 6 February 2008 following the defeat of the government of Prime Minister Romano Prodi in a January 2008 Senate vote, and the unsuccessful tentative...
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| style="text-align:left"|Jamaica || || • || || || Jamaica Labour Party
Jamaica Labour Party
The Jamaica Labour Party is one of the two major political parties in Jamaica, the other being the People's National Party. Despite its name, the JLP is a centre-right, conservative party.-Background:...
|| 2007 general election
Jamaican general election, 2007
General elections in Jamaica were held on September 3, 2007. They had originally been scheduled for August 27, 2007 but were delayed due to Hurricane Dean. The preliminary results indicated a slim victory for the opposition Jamaican Labour Party led by Bruce Golding, which grew by two seats from...
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| style="text-align:left"|Japan || || • || || || Democratic Party of Japan
Democratic Party of Japan
The is a political party in Japan founded in 1998 by the merger of several opposition parties. Its socially liberal platform is generally considered center-left in the Japanese political spectrum...
, People's New Party
People's New Party
The People's New Party is a centre-right, Conservative, Japanese political party formed on 17 August 2005 in the aftermath of the defeat of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's Japan Post privatisation bills which led to a snap election.-History:The Kokumin Shinto, headed by Shizuka Kamei, includes...
|| 2009 general election
Japanese general election, 2009
A general election in Japan was held on August 30, 2009, for all 480 seats of the House of Representatives of Japan, the lower house of the Diet of Japan....
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| style="text-align:left"|Jersey || •|| || || || (none) || 2008 general elections
Jersey general election, 2008
The Jersey general election, 2008 was a series of elections that were taking place in two stages in October and November 2008 in Jersey.- Constable elections :...
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| style="text-align:left"|Jordan || • || || || || (none) || 2010 parliamentary elections
Jordanian parliamentary election, 2010
A Chamber of Deputies election was held in Jordan following the dissolution of the current parliament by King Abdullah II on 9 November 2010. The election had not been due until November 2011.-Background:...
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| style="text-align:left"|Kazakhstan || || || • || || Nur Otan || 2011 presidential election
Kazakhstani presidential election, 2011
Early presidential elections were held in Kazakhstan on 3 April 2011, having been originally scheduled for 2012.The elections were called after a plan for holding a referendum to increase president term limits to 2020 was rejected by the Constitutional Council.Nazarbayev was re-elected for a third...
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| style="text-align:left"|Kenya || • || || || ||Party of National Unity
Party of National Unity (Kenya)
Party of National Unity was founded as a political coalition of parties in Kenya. On September 16, 2007, Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki announced the party formation and said that he would run as its presidential candidate in the December 2007 Kenyan elections...
, Orange Democratic Movement
Orange Democratic Movement
Orange Democratic Movement refers to a political party in Kenya, which is the successor of a former grassroots people's movement which was formed in the 2005 Kenyan constitutional referendum. The erstwhile single party which separated in August 2007 into two...
|| 2007 general election
Kenyan general election, 2007
Kenyan general election, 2007 was held on 27 December 2007 . It comprised Presidential, parliamentary and civic elections. The previous general election in Kenya was held in 2002.-See also:*Kenyan presidential election, 2007...
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| style="text-align:left"|Kiribati || • || || || || Pillars of Truth
Pillars of Truth
Pillars of Truth is a political party in Kiribati.The party was created through a split in the National Progressive Party, which was the first party to rule after Independence in 1979....
|| Kiribati presidential election, 2007
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| style="text-align:left"|Kyrgyzstan || • || || || || Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan
Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan
Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan is a political party in Kyrgyzstan. Members formed the party on 1 October 1993, but did not register with the Justice Ministry until 16 December 1994...
|| 2010 parliamentary election
Kyrgyzstani parliamentary election, 2010
An early parliamentary election was held in Kyrgyzstan on 10 October 2010. All 120 seats of the Jogorku Kenesh were elected by using a party list system...
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| style="text-align:left"|Kosovo || • || || || || Democratic Party of Kosova (PDK)- New Kosovo Alliance
New Kosovo Alliance
New Kosovo Alliance is a political party in Kosovo which is in the current coalition government made up by the PDK and AKR. The party was founded on 3 May 2006, by Behgjet Pacolli the founding owner of Mabetex,the Swiss based project engineering firm responsible for some of the most significant...
(AKR) (Coalition for New Kosovo (KKR)) || 2010 General Elections.
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| style="text-align:left"|Laos || || || || • || Lao People's Revolutionary Party
Lao People's Revolutionary Party
The Lao People's Revolutionary Party is a communist political party that has governed Laos since 1975. The policy-making organs are the politburo and the central committee. A party congress, which elects members to the politburo and central committee, is held every five years...
|| Laotian parliamentary election, 2011
Laotian parliamentary election, 2011
A parliamentary election was held in Laos on 30 April 2011. There were an additional 17 members of parliament in comparison to the last election, to reflect population growth....
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| style="text-align:left"|Latvia || • || || || || Unity
Unity (Latvia)
Unity is a Latvian centre-right political party, founded as an electoral alliance of the New Era Party, the Civic Union and the Society for Other Politics on 6 March 2010...
, ZZS
Union of Greens and Farmers
Union of Greens and Farmers is a green/agrarian and conservative political alliance in Latvia. It consists of two political parties: Latvian Farmers' Union and the Green Party of Latvia . It is the third-largest party in the Saeima....
|| Latvian parliamentary election, 2010
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| style="text-align:left"|Lebanon || • || || || || March 8 Alliance
March 8 Alliance
The March 8 Alliance is a coalition of various political parties in Lebanon. It has been the ruling coalition since January 25, 2011 when the alliance managed to nominate Najib Mikati as the new prime minister.-History:...
, Progressive Socialist Party
Progressive Socialist Party
The Progressive Socialist Party or PSP , also known as Parti Socialiste Progressiste in French, is a political party in Lebanon. Its current leader is Walid Jumblatt...
|| Lebanese general election, 2009
Lebanese general election, 2009
-Background:Prior to the election, the process to lower the voting age from 21 to 18 years was put into motion, but as this requires a constitutional amendment, it did not happen before the election.- Allocation of seats :...
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| style="text-align:left"|Lesotho || || || • || || Lesotho Congress for Democracy
Lesotho Congress for Democracy
The Lesotho Congress for Democracy is a political party in Lesotho.In 1997, Prime Minister Ntsu Mokhehle left the Basutoland Congress Party to form with his faction the new Lesotho Congress for Democracy. The new party won the 1998 elections with 60.7% of the popular vote and 79 out of 80 seats....
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| style="text-align:left"|Liberia ||• || || || || Unity Party (Liberia)
Unity Party (Liberia)
The Unity Party is a political party in Liberia that was started in 1984 by the late Dr. Edward B. Kesselly, also its first standard bearer. The Unity Party participated the first post-1980 coup elections, running against then-President Samuel Doe in October 1985...
|| Liberian general election, 2005
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| style="text-align:left"|Luxembourg || • || || || || CSV
Christian Social People's Party
The Christian Social People's Party , abbreviated to CSV or PCS, is the largest political party in Luxembourg. The party follows a Christian Democratic and conservative ideology and, like most parties in Luxembourg, it is strongly pro-European...
, LSAP
Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party
The Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party , abbreviated to LSAP or POSL, is a social democratic political party in Luxembourg.The LSAP is the second-largest party in the Chamber of Deputies, having won 13 of 60 seats at the 2009 election, and has one seat in the European Parliament...
|| Luxembourgian legislative election, 2009
Luxembourgian legislative election, 2009
Legislative elections were held in Luxembourg on 7 June 2009, together with the 2009 election to the European Parliament. All sixty members of the Chamber of Deputies were elected for five years...
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| style="text-align:left"|Malaysia || || || • || ||National Front
Barisan Nasional
Barisan Nasional is a major political coalition in Malaysia, formed in 1973 as the successor to the Alliance . Along with its predecessor, it has been Malaysia's federal ruling political force since independence...
||2008 general election
Malaysian general election, 2008
The 12th Malaysian general election was held on March 8, 2008, in accordance with Malaysian laws for national elections, which states that a general election must be held no later than five years subsequent to the previous elections; the previous general election was held in 2004...
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| style="text-align:left"|Maldives || • || || || || Maldivian Democratic Party
Maldivian Democratic Party
The Maldivian Democratic Party is the ruling political party in power of the Maldives. It is a liberal party with its stated goal being the promotion of human rights and democracy in the Maldives. This party won the first ever multi-party elections in the Maldives...
|| 2008 presidential election
Maldivian presidential election, 2008
Presidential elections were held in the Maldives on October 8 and 28, 2008. On October 8, no candidate gained more than 50% of the vote; a runoff was held on October 28 between Maumoon Abdul Gayoom and Mohamed Nasheed and his running mate, Dr. Mohammed Waheed Hassan. Nasheed and Dr...
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| style="text-align:left"|Mauritius || • || || || ||Ptr-MSM-PMSD (Coalition of Labour Party
Mauritian Labour Party
The Labour Party is a political party in Mauritius.The Mauritian Labour Party was structured in 1936 to model the British Labour Party and has similar socialist goals...
, MSM
Militant Socialist Movement
The Militant Socialist Movement is a Centre-Right political party in Mauritius that adheres to the philosophies of socialism and political democracy. It is the 3rd largest political party in the National Assembly. It has in all 13 seats directly elected from the 2010 general elections...
& Social Democrats
Mauritian Social Democrat Party
The Mauritian Social Democratic Party is a political party in Mauritius. It is conservative and francophile. It is the 4th biggest political party in the National Assembly after Mauritian Labour Party, Mauritian Militant Movement and the Militant Socialist Movement...
Now no alliance , Ruling coalition of Labour/PMSD only ||2010
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| style="text-align:left"|Mexico || • || || || || National Action Party (PAN)
National Action Party (Mexico)
The National Action Party , is one of the three main political parties in Mexico. The party's political platform is generally considered Centre-Right in the Mexican political spectrum. Since 2000, the President of Mexico has been a member of this party; both houses have PAN pluralities, but the...
|| 2006 general election
Mexican general election, 2006
A general election was held in Mexico on Sunday, July 2, 2006. Voters went to the polls to elect, on the federal level:*A new President of the Republic to serve a six-year term, replacing then Mexican President Vicente Fox .*500 members to serve for a...
2009 legislative elections
Mexican legislative election, 2009
Legislative elections were held in Mexico on 5 July 2009. Voters elected 500 new deputies to sit in the Chamber of Deputies for the 61st Congress.-Opinion Polling:...
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| style="text-align:left"|Moldova || • || || || || Alliance for European Integration
Alliance for European Integration
The Alliance for European Integration is the ruling coalition in Moldova since the July 2009 election.-Overall context :After April 2009 election and the civil unrest, the climate in Moldova became very polarised. The parliament failed to elect a new president. For this reason, the parliament was...
(Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova
Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova
The Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova is a political party in the Republic of Moldova. The Party's Founding Congress was held on December 8, 2007 and Vlad Filat was elected as president....
, Democratic Party of Moldova
Democratic Party of Moldova
The Democratic Party of Moldova is a social-democratic political party in Moldova.-Overview:In the legislative elections of 6 March 2005, the party was part of the Electoral Bloc Democratic Moldova , that won 28.4 % of the popular vote and 34 out of 101 seats. Inside the Bloc the party won 8 seats...
, Liberal Party
Liberal Party (Moldova)
The Liberal Party is a conservative-liberal political party in Moldova.The president of the party is Mihai Ghimpu. His nephew Dorin Chirtoacă is its vice-president.-History:...
) || Moldovan parliamentary election, 2010
Moldovan parliamentary election, 2010
A parliamentary election was held in Moldova on 28 November 2010 after indirect presidential elections failed for the second time in late 2009.-Pre-election developments:...
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| style="text-align:left"|Monaco || || || • || || || Union for Monaco
Union for Monaco
The Union for Monaco is a centrist political alliance in Monaco. It is formed by the Union for the Principality, the National Union for the Future of Monaco and the Promotion of the Monegasque Family. It holds 21 of 24 seats in the National Council of Monaco....
coalition
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| style="text-align:left"|Mongolia || • || || || || Mongolian People's Party || 2009 presidential election
Mongolian presidential election, 2009
Presidential elections were held in Mongolia on 24 May 2009. It was contested between incumbent Nambaryn Enkhbayar, supported by the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party, and Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj, who had support of the Democratic Party and the opposition parties. Elbegdorj declared himself...
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| style="text-align:left"|Montenegro || • || || || || Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro
Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro
The Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro is the ruling social-democratic political party in Montenegro....
, Social Democratic Party of Montenegro
Social Democratic Party of Montenegro
The Social Democratic Party of Montenegro is a political party in Montenegro....
, Democratic Union of Albanians
Democratic Union of Albanians
The Democratic Union of Albanians is an Albanian minority political party in Montenegro....
, Bosniak Party, Croatian Civic Initiative
Croatian Civic Initiative
The Croatian Civic Initiative is a Croat minority political party in Montenegro. The party was formed in 2002. It first participated in elections in the Tivat municipality that year, and is still based in the town...
|| Montenegrin parliamentary election, 2009
Montenegrin parliamentary election, 2009
Pre-term parliamentary elections in Montenegro were scheduled by President of Montenegro Filip Vujanović on 27 January 2009 by the Decree of Scheduling Elections for the Assembly of Montenegro, in accordance with Article 92 point 5 of the Montenegrin Constitution:..and Article 95:As well as Article...
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| style="text-align:left"|Namibia || || || • || || South West Africa People's Organization || 2009 general election
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| style="text-align:left"|Nauru || || || || || (no parties in Parliament) ||
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| style="text-align:left"|Nepal || • || || || || Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)
The Communist Party of Nepal , also known as CPN-UML, CPN, is one of the largest communist parties in Nepal. It was created on January 6, 1991 through the unification of the Communist Party of Nepal and the Communist Party of Nepal...
, Nepali Congress
Nepali Congress
The Nepali Congress is a Nepalese political party. Nepali Congress led the 1950 Democratic Movement which successfully ended the Rana dynasty and allowed commoners to take part in the polity. It again led a democratic movement in 1990, in partnership with leftist forces, to end monarchy and...
|| 2008 Constituent Assembly election
Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, 2008
A general election for the Constituent Assembly was held in Nepal on 10 April 2008 after having been postponed from earlier dates of 7 June 2007 and 22 November 2007. The Nepalese Constituent Assembly will draft a new constitution; it will therefore decide, amongst other things, on the issue of...
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| style="text-align:left"|Netherlands || • || || || || People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy is a conservative-liberal political party located in the Netherlands. The VVD supports private enterprise in the Netherlands and is often perceived as an economic liberal party in contrast to the social-liberal Democrats 66 alongside which it sits in...
, Christian Democratic Appeal
Christian Democratic Appeal
The Christian Democratic Appeal is a centre-right Dutch Christian democratic political party. It suffered severe losses in the 2010 elections and fell from the first to the fourth place...
Party for Freedom
Party for Freedom
The Party for Freedom is a Dutch right-wing political party. Founded in 2005 as the successor to Geert Wilders' one-man party in the House of Representatives, it won nine seats in the 2006 general election, making it the fifth largest party in parliament, and third largest opposition party. It...
(Supporting Government) || 2010 general election
Dutch general election, 2010
The 2010 Dutch general election was held on Wednesday, 9 June 2010. After the fall of the cabinet Balkenende IV on 20 February, Queen Beatrix accepted the resignation of the Labour Party ministers on 23 February...
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| style="text-align:left"|New Zealand || • || || || || New Zealand National Party
New Zealand National Party
The New Zealand National Party is the largest party in the New Zealand House of Representatives and in November 2008 formed a minority government with support from three minor parties.-Policies:...
ACT New Zealand, Māori Party
Maori Party
The Māori Party, a political party in New Zealand, was formed on 7 July 2004. The Party is guided by eight constitutional "kaupapa", or Party objectives. Tariana Turia formed the Māori Party after resigning from the Labour Party where she had been a Cabinet Minister in the Fifth Labour-led...
, United Future New Zealand (Supporting Government) || 2008 general election
New Zealand general election, 2008
The 2008 New Zealand general election was held on 8 November 2008 to determine the composition of the 49th New Zealand parliament. The conservative National Party, headed by its Parliamentary leader John Key, won a plurality of votes and seats, ending 9 years of government dominated by the social...
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| style="text-align:left"|Nicaragua || • || || || || Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN)
Sandinista National Liberation Front
The Sandinista National Liberation Front is a socialist political party in Nicaragua. Its members are called Sandinistas in both English and Spanish...
|| 2006 general elections
Nicaraguan general election, 2006
Nicaragua held a general election on 5 November 2006. The country's voters went to the polls to elect a new President of the Republic and 90 members of the National Assembly, all of whom will serve five-year terms...
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| style="text-align:left"|Niger || • || || || || ||
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| style="text-align:left"|Nigeria || • || || || || People's Democratic Party
People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)
The People's Democratic Party is a political party in Nigeria. Its policies generally lie towards the right wing of the political spectrum. It has won every single Presidential elections since 1999, namely: 1999, 2003, 2007, and 2011, and is the dominant party in the Fourth Republic.-History:In...
|| 2007 general election
Nigerian general election, 2007
The Nigerian general elections of 2007 were held on 14 April and 21 April 2007. Governorship and state assembly elections were held on 14 April, while the presidential and national assembly elections were held a week later on 21 April. Umaru Yar'Adua won the highly controversial election for the...
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| style="text-align:left"|Niue || || || || ||colspan=2| (no actual political party)
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| style="text-align:left"|Norfolk Island
Elections and parties in Norfolk Island
Norfolk Island elects on territorial level a legislature. The Norfolk Legislative Assembly has 9 members, elected for a three-year term. The only political party on Norfolk Island is the Norfolk Island Labor Party, which is led by Assembly member Mike King....
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| style="text-align:left"|Northern Cyprus || • || || || || National Unity Party || 2010 presidential election
Northern Cyprus presidential election, 2010
A presidential election was held in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus on 18 April 2010. If no candidate had gained more than 50% of the vote in the first round, a run-off round would have been held on 25 April 2010.-Background:...
2009 parliamentary election
Northern Cyprus parliamentary election, 2009
Parliamentary elections were held in Northern Cyprus on 19 April 2009, a year earlier than necessary. The early election was decided upon by the ruling Republican Turkish Party...
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| style="text-align:left"|North Korea || || || || • || Workers' Party of Korea
Workers' Party of Korea
The Workers' Party of Korea is the ruling Communist party of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea , commonly known as North Korea. It is also called the Korean Workers' Party...
, Korean Social Democratic Party
Korean Social Democratic Party
The Korean Social Democratic Party is a political party in North Korea, allied with the ruling Workers' Party of Korea. Initially a moderate social democratic party, it was formed on November 3, 1945, by medium and small entrepreneurs, merchants, handicraftsmen, petite bourgeoisie, peasants and...
, Cheondoist Chongu Party || 2009 parliamentary election
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| style="text-align:left"|Northern Marianas || || • || || || ||
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| style="text-align:left"|Norway || • || || || || Red-Green Coalition
Red-Green Coalition (Norway)
The Red-Green Coalition is a centre-left coalition of Norwegian parties, formed by the Labour , the Socialist Left Party , and the Centre Party. Unlike many other Red-Green coalitions, the "Green" here is the colour of a centrist party rather than an actual Green party...
: Labour Party, Socialist Left Party
Socialist Left Party (Norway)
The Socialist Left Party or SV, is a Norwegian left-wing political party. At one point one of the smallest parties in Parliament, it became the fourth-largest political party in Norway for the first time in the 2001 parliamentary election, and has been so ever since...
, Centre Party
Centre Party (Norway)
The Centre Party is a centrist and agrarian political party in Norway, founded in 1920. The Centre Party's policy is not based on any of the major ideologies of the 19th and 20th century, but has a focus on maintaining decentralised economic development and political decision-making.From its...
|| 2009 parliamentary election
Norwegian parliamentary election, 2009
The 2009 parliamentary election was held in Norway on 14 September 2009. Elections in Norway are held on a Monday in September, usually the second or third Monday, as determined by the king. Early voting was possible between 10 August and 11 September 2009, while some municipalities held open...
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| style="text-align:left"|Pakistan || • || || || || Pakistan Peoples Party
Pakistan Peoples Party
The Pakistan Peoples Party , is a democratic socialist political party in Pakistan affiliated with Socialist International. Pakistan People's Party is the largest political party of Pakistan...
, Awami National Party
Awami National Party
The Awami National Party is an Pashtun nationalist, socialist, centre-left political party in Pakistan affiliated with Socialist International...
, Mutahida Qaumi Movement, Pakistan Muslim League (F)
Pakistan Muslim League (F)
The Pakistan Muslim League is a political party in Pakistan. It is one of the factions of the original Pakistan Muslim League. The letter 'F' in its name stands for functional. It is primarily associated with the Sindhi religious leader Pir Pagara...
|| 2008 general elections
Pakistani general election, 2008
A general election was held in Pakistan on 18 February 2008, after being postponed from 8 January 2008. The original date was intended to elect members of the National Assembly of Pakistan, the lower house of the Majlis-e-Shoora...
, 2008 presidential elections
Pakistani presidential election, 2008
An indirect presidential election was held on 6 September 2008 in Pakistan. The Electoral College of Pakistan - a joint sitting of the Senate, National Assembly and Provincial Assemblies - elected a new President after the resignation of President Pervez Musharraf...
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| style="text-align:left"|Palau || || || || || colspan=2| There are no actual political parties since Palau is a non-partisan democracy
Non-partisan democracy
Nonpartisan democracy is a system of representative government or organization such that universal and periodic elections take place without reference to political parties.-Overview:...
.
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| style="text-align:left"|Palestinian National Authority || || • || || || Fatah
Fatah
Fataḥ is a major Palestinian political party and the largest faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization , a multi-party confederation. In Palestinian politics it is on the left-wing of the spectrum; it is mainly nationalist, although not predominantly socialist. Its official goals are found...
, Hamas
Hamas
Hamas is the Palestinian Sunni Islamic or Islamist political party that governs the Gaza Strip. Hamas also has a military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades...
|| 2006 legislative elections
Palestinian legislative election, 2006
On January 25, 2006, elections were held for the Palestinian Legislative Council , the legislature of the Palestinian National Authority . Notwithstanding the 2005 municipal elections and the January 9, 2005 presidential election, this was the first election to the PLC since 1996; subsequent...
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| style="text-align:left"|Panama || • || || || || Democratic Change, Panameñista Party
Panameñista Party
- Founding and early history :The party is the oldest in Panama. It was founded in 1932 by Arnulfo Arias Madrid, a prominent medical , as the National Revolutionary Party. Its membership largely came from Patriotic Communal Action, a nationalist organization that opposed the large amount of...
|| Panamanian general election, 2009
Panamanian general election, 2009
Presidential and parliamentary elections were held in Panama on May 3, 2009.The government-supported presidential candidate and member of the Democratic Revolutionary Party was the former Housing Minister Balbina Herrera. The Liberal Party and the People's Party were in alliance with the PRD, in...
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| style="text-align:left"|Papua New Guinea || • || || || || National Alliance Party
National Alliance Party (Papua New Guinea)
The National Alliance Party is a political party in Papua New Guinea. It was founded in 1995 by Bernard Narokobi, Moi Avei, Bart Philemon and Masket Iangalio, who invited Sir Michael Somare to lead them to the 1997 elections after he had been sacked as leader of the Pangu Party.National Alliance...
(as coalition leader) || 2007 general elections
Papua New Guinean general election, 2007
General elections were held in Papua New Guinea from 30 June 2007 to 14 July 2007.For the first time, the election did not use first past the post , but rather Limited Preferential Voting, in which voters number...
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| style="text-align:left"|Paraguay || • || || || || Patriotic Alliance for Change (APC)
Patriotic Alliance for Change
The Patriotic Alliance for Change is a center-left and left-wing Paraguayan political alliance consisting of eight parties in a governing coalition:*Radical Liberal Party*Febrerista Revolutionary Party*National Encounter Party...
|| 2008 general elections
Paraguayan general election, 2008
The 2008 Paraguayan general election was held in Paraguay on April 20, 2008. This includes presidential, legislative, and local elections. The presidential election was won by opposition candidate Fernando Lugo of the Patriotic Alliance for Change, who defeated Blanca Ovelar of the long-ruling...
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| style="text-align:left"|Peru || • || || || || Peruvian Nationalist Party
Peruvian Nationalist Party
The Peruvian Nationalist Party is a political party in Peru. The ideology of the party is wrongly considered to be nationalism with strong ties to the Movimiento Etnocacerista.Ollanta Humala was the Peruvian Nationalist Party's...
, Possible Peru, Socialist Party
Socialist Party (Peru)
The Socialist Party is a Peruvian political party founded in 2005. Its presidential candidate for the 2006 national election was Javier Diez Canseco...
|| 2011 general elections
Peruvian general election, 2011
The Peruvian general election, 2011 took place on 10 April 2011. Since no candidate received more than half of all valid votes, a second round was necessary to determine the winner. This second round took place on 5 June and determined the successor of Alan García, as well as 130 members of the...
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| style="text-align:left"|Philippines || • || || || || Liberal Party
Liberal Party (Philippines)
The Liberal Party of the Philippines is a liberal party in the Philippines, founded by then senators Senate President Manuel Roxas, Senate President Pro-Tempore Elpidio Quirino, and former 9th Senatorial District Senator Jose Avelino, on November 24, 1945 by a breakaway Liberal group from the...
|| 2010 general elections
Philippine general election, 2010
Elections for all positions in the Philippines above the barangay were held on Monday, May 10, 2010. The elected president will become the 15th President of the Philippines, succeeding President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who is barred from seeking re-election due to term restrictions...
2010 presidential elections
Philippine presidential election, 2010
-Timeline:The COMELEC-mandated election period for this election was from January 10 to June 9, 2010.-2008:*August 26 - Then Metro Manila Development Authority Chairman Bayani Fernando announces bid for presidency....
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| style="text-align:left"|Pitcairn Islands || || || || || colspan=2| There are no actual political parties since the country is a non-partisan democracy
Non-partisan democracy
Nonpartisan democracy is a system of representative government or organization such that universal and periodic elections take place without reference to political parties.-Overview:...
.
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| style="text-align:left"|Poland || • || || || || Civic Platform
Civic Platform
Civic Platform , abbreviated to PO, is a centre-right, liberal conservative political party in Poland. It has been the major coalition partner in Poland's government since the 2007 general election, with party leader Donald Tusk as Prime Minister of Poland and Bronisław Komorowski as President...
, Polish People's Party || 2007 parliamentary elections
Polish parliamentary election, 2007
Early parliamentary elections for both houses of parliament were held in Poland on 21 October 2007 after the Sejm voted for its own dissolution on 7 September 2007. The election took place two years before the maximum tenure of four years, with the previous elections having been in September 2005...
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| style="text-align:left"|Portugal || • || || || || Social Democratic Party
Social Democratic Party (Portugal)
The Social Democratic Party , is a centre-right liberal conservative political party in Portugal. It is commonly known by its initials, PSD; on ballot papers, its initials appear as PPD/PSD, with the first three letters coming from the party's original name, Democratic People's Party...
, People's Party || 2011 legislative election
Portuguese legislative election, 2011
A general election was held in Portugal on 5 June 2011 to elect all 230 members of the Assembly of the Republic. Pedro Passos Coelho led the center-right Social Democratic Party to victory over the Socialist Party, led by incumbent Prime Minister José Sócrates...
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| style="text-align:left"|Puerto Rico || • || || || || New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico
New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico
The New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico is a political party that advocates for Puerto Rico's admission to the United States of America as the 51st state...
|| 2008 general elections
Puerto Rican general election, 2008
The Puerto Rico general election of 2008, held on Tuesday, November 4, 2008 was the most recent election to select the Governor of Puerto Rico.The election was won by Luis G...
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| style="text-align:left"|Qatar || || || || || colspan=2| (Qatar is not a democracy and hence has no actual political parties.)
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| style="text-align:left"|Romania || • || || || || Democratic Liberal Party
Democratic Liberal Party (Romania)
The Democratic Liberal Party is a populist, centre-right party in Romania. It was formed on 15 December 2007, when the Democratic Party merged with the Liberal Democratic Party. From 2004 to 2007, the Democratic Party was part of the governing Justice and Truth Alliance...
(dismissed by Parliament
Parliament of Romania
The Parliament of Romania is made up of two chambers:*The Chamber of Deputies*The SenatePrior to the modifications of the Constitution in 2003, the two houses had identical attributes. A text of a law had to be approved by both houses...
) || 2008 legislative election
Romanian legislative election, 2008
Legislative elections were held in Romania on November 30, 2008. The Democratic Liberal Party won most seats in both the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, although the alliance headed by the Social Democratic Party won a fractionally higher vote share.-Electoral System:President Traian Băsescu...
2009 presidential election
Romanian presidential election, 2009
The first round of 2009 Romanian presidential elections was held in Romania on 22 November and a run-off round between Traian Băsescu and Mircea Geoană was held on 6 December 2009. Although most exit polls favored Geoană in the runoff, the authorities declared Băsescu the narrow victor with 50.33%...
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| style="text-align:left"|Russia || || ||• || || United Russia
United Russia
United Russia is a centrist political party in Russia and the largest party in the country, currently holding 315 of the 450 seats in the State Duma. The party was founded in December 2001, through a merger of the Unity and Fatherland-All Russia parties...
|| 2007 legislative election
Russian legislative election, 2007
Legislative elections were held in the Russian Federation on 2 December 2007. At stake were the 450 seats in the State Duma, the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia . Eleven parties were included in the ballot, including Russia's largest party, United Russia, which was supported by...
2008 presidential election
Russian presidential election, 2008
The Russian Presidential election of 2008, held on March 2, 2008 resulted in the election of Dmitry Medvedev as the third President of Russia. Medvedev, whose candidacy was supported by incumbent president Vladimir Putin and five political parties , received 71% of the vote, and defeated...
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| style="text-align:left"|Rwanda || || || • || || Rwandan Patriotic Front
Rwandan Patriotic Front
The Rwandan Patriotic Front abbreviated as RPF is the current ruling political party of Rwanda, led by President Paul Kagame. It governs in a coalition with other parties...
|| 2008 parliamentary election
Rwandan parliamentary election, 2008
A parliamentary election was held in Rwanda from 15 September to 18 September 2008. There were 80 seats at stake in the Chamber of Deputies, 53 directly elected and 27 indirectly elected. No opposition parties participated in the election...
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| style="text-align:left"|Saint Helena || colspan=6| (no actual political party)
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| style="text-align:left"|Saint Kitts and Nevis || || • || || || colspan=2| No information
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| style="text-align:left"|Saint Lucia || || • || || || colspan=2| No information
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| style="text-align:left"|Saint Pierre and Miquelon || • || || || || colspan=2| No information
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| style="text-align:left"|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines || || • || || || colspan=2| No information
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| style="text-align:left"|Samoa || || || • || || Human Rights Protection Party
Human Rights Protection Party
The Human Rights Protection Party is a Samoan political party. It has been the dominant party in Samoan politics since 1982.The party was co-founded in May 1979 by Va'ai Kolone and Tofilau Eti Alesana in opposition to the government of Tupuola Efi...
|| 2006 general election
Samoan general election, 2006
General elections were held in Samoa on 31 March 2006. The result was a landslide victory for the Human Rights Protection Party, who took 30 of the 49 seats, and gained another five seats when independent MPs joined the party.-Detailed Results:Source:...
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| style="text-align:left"|San Marino || • || || || || colspan=2| No information
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| style="text-align:left"|São Tomé and Príncipe || • || || || || colspan=2| No information
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| style="text-align:left"|Saudi Arabia || colspan=6| (no actual political party)
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| style="text-align:left"|Senegal || • || || || || colspan=2| No information
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| style="text-align:left"|Serbia || • || || || || For a European Serbia
For a European Serbia
For a European Serbia – Boris Tadić is an electoral coalition that won the Serbian parliamentary election, 2008, Vojvodina parliamentary election, 2008 and Serbian local elections, 2008...
; Socialist Party of Serbia
Socialist Party of Serbia
The Socialist Party of Serbia is officially a democratic socialist political party in Serbia. It is also widely recognized as a de facto Serbian nationalist party, though the party itself does not officially acknowledge this...
, Party of United Pensioners of Serbia
Party of United Pensioners of Serbia
The Party of United Pensioners of Serbia is a political party in Serbia. Party leader is Jovan Krkobabić. The party took part in 2007 parliamentary election in coalition with the Social Democratic Party and won no seats...
, United Serbia
United Serbia
United Serbia is a political party in Serbia, centered in Jagodina. It was previously a close ally of New Serbia, and was a member of its coalition with the Democratic Party of Serbia....
; Hungarian Coalition
Hungarian Coalition
The Hungarian Coalition ; Serbian: Мађарска Коалиција , Mađarska Koalicija ) is a political coalition composed of 3 ethnic Hungarian political parties in Serbia: the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians, the Democratic Party of Vojvodina Hungarians, and the Democratic Fellowship of Vojvodina Hungarians...
, List for Sandžak || 2008 parliamentary election
Serbian parliamentary election, 2008
A pre-term parliamentary election was held in the Serbia on 11 May 2008, barely a year after the previous parliamentary election. There were 6,749,886 eligible electors who were able to vote in 8,682 voting places, as well as 157 special voting places designed for refugees from...
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| style="text-align:left"|Seychelles || || • || || || colspan=2| No information
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| style="text-align:left"|Sierra Leone || • || || || || colspan=2| No information
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| style="text-align:left"|Singapore || || || • || || People's Action Party
People's Action Party
The People's Action Party is the leading political party in Singapore. It has been the city-state's ruling political party since 1959....
|| 2011 general election
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| style="text-align:left"|Slovakia || || || • || || Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party; Freedom and Solidarity
Freedom and Solidarity
Freedom and Solidarity , abbreviated to SaS, is a centre-right classical liberal political party in Slovakia. The party was established in 2009 and is led by its founder, the economist Richard Sulík, who designed Slovakia's flat tax system...
; Christian Democratic Movement
Christian Democratic Movement
The Christian Democratic Movement is a political party in Slovakia.It is represented in the parliament. It was also member of the government coalition, but it left that coalition on 7 February 2006 due to disputes over an international treaty between Slovakia and the Holy See dealing with the...
; Most–Híd
Most–Híd
Most–Híd is a centre-right political party in Slovakia. Its programme calls for greater cooperation between the country's Hungarian minority and ethnic Slovaks...
|| 2010 parliamentary election
Slovak parliamentary election, 2010
A parliamentary election took place in Slovakia on 12 June 2010. The elections were contested by eighteen parties, six of which passed the 5% threshold for sitting in parliament...
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| style="text-align:left"|Slovenia || • || || || || colspan=2| No information
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| style="text-align:left"|Solomon Islands || • || || || || No information || 2010 general elections
Solomon Islands general election, 2010
A general election was held in the Solomon Islands on 4 August 2010. In May 2010, Prime Minister Derek Sikua announced that the election would be held on 4 August, however, this announcement was deemed to be premature, as only the Governor General has the authority to announce the election date...
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| style="text-align:left"|Somalia || colspan=6| (no actual political party)
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| style="text-align:left"|Somaliland || • || || || || United Peoples' Democratic Party
United Peoples' Democratic Party
The United Peoples' Democratic Party is one of the three political parties in the northwestern Somaliland region of Somalia. It is currently the opposition.-Overview:...
|| 2005 parliamentary elections
Somaliland parliamentary election, 2005
Somaliland held elections to an 82-member House of Representatives on 29 September 2005. It was the first multiparty parliamentary election conducted in the secessionist Republic of Somaliland since 1991, when the Somali Civil War began.-Political parties:...
2003 presidential election
Somaliland presidential election, 2003
Presidential elections in Somaliland, a de facto state that is claimed in whole by Somalia, were held on 14 April 2003. Results show that president Dahir Riyale Kahin won by the slightest of margins were released on April 19...
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| style="text-align:left"|South Africa || || || • || || African National Congress
African National Congress
The African National Congress is South Africa's governing Africanist political party, supported by its tripartite alliance with the Congress of South African Trade Unions and the South African Communist Party , since the establishment of non-racial democracy in April 1994. It defines itself as a...
|| 2009 general election
South African general election, 2009
South Africa held national and provincial elections to elect a new National Assembly as well as the provincial legislature in each province on 22 April 2009....
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| style="text-align:left"|South Korea || • || || || || Grand National Party
Grand National Party
The Grand National Party is a conservative political party in South Korea. Its Korean name, Hannara, has a double meaning as "Great National" and "Korean National." The GNP holds a majority of seats in the 18th Assembly, lasting from 2008 to 2012....
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| style="text-align:left"|South Ossetia || • || || || || Unity Party
Unity Party (South Ossetia)
The Unity Party is a major political party in South Ossetia, a partially recognized Caucasian republic, considered by most countries to be a part of Georgia. The Unity Party, founded in 2003, supports President Eduard Kokoity, and is currently the largest political party in South Ossetia. As of...
|| 2009 parliamentary election
South Ossetian parliamentary election, 2009
A parliamentary election in South Ossetia, a breakaway region of Georgia recognised as an independent state by Russia and Nicaragua, was held in June 2009. According to the preliminary results, the highest number of votes went to the ruling Unity Party...
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| style="text-align:left"|South Sudan || || || • || || Sudan People's Liberation Army
Sudan People's Liberation Army
The Sudan People's Liberation Movement is a political party in South Sudan. It was initially founded as a rebel political movement with a military wing known as the Sudan People's Liberation Army estimated at 180,000 soldiers. The SPLM fought in the Second Sudanese Civil War against the Sudanese...
|| 2010 general election
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| style="text-align:left"|Spain || • || || || || Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is a social-democratic political party in Spain. Its political position is Centre-left. The PSOE is the former ruling party of Spain, until beaten in the elections of November 2011 and the second oldest, exceeded only by the Partido Carlista, founded in...
, Socialists' Party of Catalonia
Socialists' Party of Catalonia
The Socialists' Party of Catalonia is a social-democratic political party in Catalonia, Spain resulting from the merge of two parties PSC Reagrupament led by Josep Pallach i Carolà and PSC Comgres. It is the Catalan referent of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party , and its Aranese section is...
|| 2008 general election
Spanish general election, 2008
Legislative elections for the Spanish Cortes Generales were held on March 9, 2008. The elections were for 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies, and the 208 directly elected seats in the upper house, the Senate, determining the Prime Minister of Spain...
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| style="text-align:left"|Sri Lanka || || • || || || United People's Freedom Alliance
United People's Freedom Alliance
The United People's Freedom Alliance is a political alliance in Sri Lanka. The current leader of the United People's Freedom Alliance is Mahinda Rajapaksa and Susil Premajayantha is the general secretary of UPFA.The alliance was formed by:...
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| style="text-align:left"|Sudan || || || • || || colspan=2| No information
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| style="text-align:left"|Suriname || • || || || || colspan=2| No information
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| style="text-align:left"|Swaziland || colspan=6| (no actual political party)
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| style="text-align:left"|Sweden || • || || || || Alliance for Sweden
Alliance for Sweden
The Alliance , formerly Alliance for Sweden , is a political alliance in Sweden. It consists of the four centre-right parties in the Riksdag...
|| 2010 general election
Swedish general election, 2010
A general election to the Riksdag, parliament of Sweden, was held on . The main contenders of the election were the governing centre-right coalition the Alliance and the oppositional centre-left Red-Greens coalition A general election to the Riksdag, parliament of Sweden, was held on . The main...
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| style="text-align:left"|Switzerland || • || || || || Swiss People's Party, Free Democratic Party - The Liberals, Social Democratic Party, Christian Democratic People Party, Conservative Democratic Party
Magic formula
In Swiss politics, the magic formula is an arithmetic formula for dividing the seven executive seats of the Swiss Federal Council between the four ruling parties. The formula was first applied in 1959...
|| 2009 Federal Council election
Swiss Federal Council election, 2009
A by-election to the Swiss Federal Council was held in Switzerland on 16 September 2009, after incumbent Federal Councillor Pascal Couchepin announced his intention to retire on 31 October 2009....
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| style="text-align:left"|Syria || || || || • || Ba'ath Party || 2000 election
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| style="text-align:left"|Taiwan (Republic of China) || • || || || || Kuomintang
Kuomintang
The Kuomintang of China , sometimes romanized as Guomindang via the Pinyin transcription system or GMD for short, and translated as the Chinese Nationalist Party is a founding and ruling political party of the Republic of China . Its guiding ideology is the Three Principles of the People, espoused...
|| 2008 legislative election
Republic of China legislative election, 2008
The 7th Legislative elections were held on January 12, 2008 in the Republic of China . The results gave the Kuomintang and the Pan-Blue Coalition a supermajority in the legislature, handing a heavy defeat to then-President Chen Shui-bian's Democratic Progressive Party, which won the remaining 27...
2008 presidential election
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| style="text-align:left"|Tajikistan || || || • || || People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan
People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan
The People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan is a political party in Tajikistan. It is the ruling party, and is led by Emomalii Rahmon, the current President of Tajikistan. At the last legislative elections, 27 February and 13 March 2005 , the party won 74% of the popular vote and 52 out of 63 seats...
|-
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| style="text-align:left"|Tanzania || || || • || || Chama Cha Mapinduzi
Chama Cha Mapinduzi
The Chama cha Mapinduzi is the ruling political party of Tanzania.- History :The party was created February 5, 1977, under the leadership of Julius Nyerere as the merger of the Tanganyika African National Union , the then ruling party in Tanganyika, and the Afro-Shirazi Party , the then ruling...
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| style="text-align:left"|Thailand || • || || || || Pheu Thai Party, Chartthaipattana Party, Chart Pattana Puea Pandin Party, Phalang Chon Party
Phalang Chon Party
The Phalang Chon Party is a political party in Thailand. It was founded in 2011. The party's key figure is its "chief adviser" Sontaya Kunplome, former minister of tourism under Thaksin Shinawatra, who left the Bhumjaithai Party in 2011 to found the Phalang Chon Party. Formally, the party is...
|| 2011 general election
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| style="text-align:left"|Togo || || || • || || Rally of the Togolese People
Rally of the Togolese People
The Rally of the Togolese People is the ruling political party in Togo. The President of Togo, Faure Gnassingbé, is also the National President of the RPT....
|| 2007 parliementary election
Togolese parliamentary election, 2007
A parliamentary election was held in Togo on October 14, 2007 for the 81 seats in the National Assembly. There were over 2,000 candidates, with 32 parties and 41 lists of independent candidates competing. The ruling Rally of the Togolese People was victorious, winning a majority of 50 seats...
|-
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| style="text-align:left"|Tokelau || || || || || colspan=2| Tokelau is a de-facto non-partisan democracy
Non-partisan democracy
Nonpartisan democracy is a system of representative government or organization such that universal and periodic elections take place without reference to political parties.-Overview:...
since no actual political parties exist.
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| style="text-align:left"|Tonga || • || || || ||
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| style="text-align:left"|Transnistria || • || || || ||
|-
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| style="text-align:left"|Trinidad and Tobago || || • || || ||People's Partnership
People's Partnership
The People's Partnership is a political coalition in Trinidad and Tobago between five political parties: the United National Congress, the Congress of the People, the Tobago Organization of the People, the National Joint Action Committee and the Movement for Social Justice...
|| 2010 general elections
Trinidad and Tobago general election, 2010
A general election was held in Trinidad and Tobago on May 24, 2010. The date of the general elections was announced by Prime Minister Patrick Manning on April 16, 2010, via a press release. The election was called over two years earlier than required by law...
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| style="text-align:left"|Tunisia || • || || || || (national unity government
National unity government
A national unity government, government of national unity, or national union government is a broad coalition government consisting of all parties in the legislature, usually formed during a time of war or other national emergency.- Canada :During World War I the Conservative government of Sir...
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| style="text-align:left"|Turkey || • || || || || Justice and Development Party
Justice and Development Party (Turkey)
The Justice and Development Party , abbreviated JDP in English and AK PARTİ or AKP in Turkish, is a centre-right political party in Turkey. The party is the largest in Turkey, with 327 members of parliament...
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Turkish general election, 2011
Turkey's 17th general election was held on 12 June 2011 to elect 550 new members of Grand National Assembly. They were Turkey's first non-early elections in 34 years.-Background:...
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| style="text-align:left"|Turkmenistan || || || || • || Democratic Party of Turkmenistan
Democratic Party of Turkmenistan
The Democratic Party of Turkmenistan is the only political party in Turkmenistan. The DPT was led by former Soviet provincial Party leader Saparmurat Niyazov from the dissolution of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s until his death in 2006...
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Elections and parties in Tuvalu
Tuvalu elects a legislature on a national level. The Parliament of Tuvalu has 15 members, elected for a four year term in 7 double- and 1 single-seat constituencies. Tuvalu is a de-facto non-partisan democracy since it does not have political parties.-Latest election:The Tuvaluan general election,...
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Non-partisan democracy
Nonpartisan democracy is a system of representative government or organization such that universal and periodic elections take place without reference to political parties.-Overview:...
since no actual political parties exist.
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| style="text-align:left"|Uganda || || || • || || National Resistance Movement
National Resistance Movement
The National Resistance Movement , commonly referred to as the Movement, is a political organization in Uganda.Until a referendum in 2005, Uganda held elections on a non-party basis. The NRM dominates parliament, however, and is expected to continue to do so. The presidential elections of 12 March...
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Ugandan general election, 2011
Presidential and parliamentary elections were held in Uganda on 18 February 2011.-Background:Yoweri Museveni is a former guerilla commander who has ruled Uganda for 25 years....
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| style="text-align:left"|Ukraine || • || || || || Party of Regions
Party of Regions
The Party of Regions is an Ukrainian political party created on October 26, 1997 just prior to the 1998 Ukrainian parliamentary elections under the name of Party of Regional Revival of Ukraine. It was reformed later in 2001 when the party united with several others...
, Lytvyn Bloc, Communist Party of Ukraine
Communist Party of Ukraine
The Communist Party of Ukraine is a political party in Ukraine, currently led by Petro Symonenko.The party fights the Ukrainian national self-determination by identifying any Ukrainian national parties as the National-Fascist ones The Communist Party of Ukraine is a political party in Ukraine,...
|| 2007 parliamentary elections
Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2007
Early parliamentary elections in Ukraine took place on 30 September 2007. The date of the election was determined following agreement between the President Viktor Yushchenko, the Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych and the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Oleksandr Moroz on 27 May 2007, in an attempt...
2010 presidential elections
Ukrainian presidential election, 2010
The Ukrainian presidential election of 2010 is Ukraine's fifth presidential election since declaring independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. The first round was held on January 17, 2010...
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| style="text-align:left"|United Arab Emirates || || || || || colspan=2| UAE is a de-jure non-partisan semi-democratic state since all political parties were outlawed. The Federal National Council (al-Majlis al-Watani al-Ittihadi) is the UAE’s parliamentary body and consists of 40 members, representing the Emirates, half appointed by the rulers of the constituent states and the other half elected to serve two-year terms, with only advisory tasks.
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Conservative – Liberal Democrat Coalition Agreement
The Conservative – Liberal Democrat Coalition Agreement was a policy document drawn up following the 2010 general election in the United Kingdom...
between Conservative Party
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
and Liberal Democrats
Liberal Democrats
The Liberal Democrats are a social liberal political party in the United Kingdom which supports constitutional and electoral reform, progressive taxation, wealth taxation, human rights laws, cultural liberalism, banking reform and civil liberties .The party was formed in 1988 by a merger of the...
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| style="text-align:left"|United States || || • || || || Democratic Party
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
|| 2008 general elections
United States elections, 2008
The 2008 United States general elections were held on November 4. The result was a significant victory for the Democratic Party on the national level, as they increased majorities in both houses of Congress and won the Presidency. Democrat Barack Obama defeated Republican John McCain in the...
2010 congressional elections
United States elections, 2010
The 2010 United States elections were held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010. During this midterm election year, all 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives and 37 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate were contested in this election along with 38 state and territorial...
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| style="text-align:left"|Uruguay || • || || || || Broad Front
Broad Front (Uruguay)
The Broad Front is a Uruguayan left-wing coalition of political parties. It is led by Jorge Brovetto. Frente Amplio has close ties with PIT-CNT trade union and the cooperative housing movement.-History:...
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Uruguayan general election, 2009
General elections for President and Parliament took place in Uruguay on 25 October and 29 November 2009. In parliamentary election results, the Broad Front emerged the winner, electing 16 senators and 50 deputies, while the National Party elected 9 senators and 30 deputies, the Colorado Party 5...
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| style="text-align:left"|Uzbekistan || || || • || || People's Democratic Party of Uzbekistan
People's Democratic Party of Uzbekistan
The People's Democratic Party of Uzbekistan is a political party in Uzbekistan which was founded in October 1991 after the Communist Party of Uzbekistan voted to cut its ties with the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and change its name to PDPU...
|| 2009-2010 parliamentary elections
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| style="text-align:left"|Vanuatu || • || || || || Vanua'aku Pati
Vanua'aku Pati
The Vanua'aku Pati is a political party in Vanuatu.At the last legislative elections, 1 September 2008, the party won 11 out of 52 seats, becoming the largest party in Parliament....
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Vanuatuan general election, 2008
Parliamentary elections were held in Vanuatu on September 2, 2008. In July, the Melanesian Progressive Party requested that they be postponed, contesting the constitutionality of the Peoples Representation Act No. 33 of 2007, which allegedly enabled voters in certain constituencies to vote in two...
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| style="text-align:left"|Venezuela || • || || || || United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV)
United Socialist Party of Venezuela
The United Socialist Party of Venezuela is the name of a democratic socialist political party in Venezuela which resulted from the fusion of some of the political and social forces that support the Bolivarian Revolution led by incumbent President Hugo Chávez...
|| 2006 presidential elections
Venezuelan presidential election, 2006
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela held presidential elections on 3 December 2006, to choose a president for the six-year term to begin on 10 January 2007...
2010 parliamentary elections
Venezuelan parliamentary election, 2010
The 2010 parliamentary election in Venezuela took place on 26 September 2010 to elect the 165 deputies to the National Assembly. Venezuelan opposition parties, which had boycotted the previous election, thus allowing the governing United Socialist Party of Venezuela to gain a two-thirds...
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| style="text-align:left"|Vietnam || || || || • || Communist Party of Vietnam
Communist Party of Vietnam
The Communist Party of Vietnam , formally established in 1930, is the governing party of the nation of Vietnam. It is today the only legal political party in that country. Describing itself as Marxist-Leninist, the CPV is the directing component of a broader group of organizations known as the...
|| 2011 parliamentary elections
Vietnamese parliamentary election, 2011
A parliamentary election was held in Vietnam on 22 May 2011. Since Vietnam is a single-party state, the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam is guaranteed to win.According to the Ministry of Home Affairs, there were 827 candidates...
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| style="text-align:left"|Virgin Islands of the United States || • || || || || Democratic Party of the Virgin Islands
Democratic Party of the Virgin Islands
The Democratic Party is a political party in the U.S. Virgin Islands. It won the gubernatorial elections of 2006 when its candidate John de Jongh was elected with 57.3 %.At the last elections, 7 November 2006, the party won 8 out of 15 seats....
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United States Virgin Islands general election, 2008
Legislative elections will be held in United States Virgin Islands on 4 November 2008.- United States House of Representatives :Incumbent U.S. Virgin Islands Delegate Donna Christian-Christensen announced that she intended to seek a fourth term in the United States House of Representatives...
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| style="text-align:left"|Wallis and Futuna || • || || || || (none) || 2007 Territorial Assembly elections
Wallis and Futuna Territorial Assembly election, 2007
Territorial Assembly elections were held in Wallis and Futuna on 1 April 2007. Of the twenty-six lists contesting the election, twenty won one seat each in an election that has been described as "having elected members along mainly clan lines"...
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| style="text-align:left"|Western Sahara || || || || • || Polisario Front
Polisario Front
The POLISARIO, Polisario Front, or Frente Polisario, from the Spanish abbreviation of Frente Popular de Liberación de Saguía el Hamra y Río de Oro is a Sahrawi rebel national liberation movement working for the independence of Western Sahara from Morocco...
|| 2008 legislative elections
Sahrawi legislative election, 2008
The most recent election for the Sahrawi National Council took place between 17 February and 19 February 2008. More than 126 candidates competed for the 53 seats of the Sahrawi National Council, which is the unicameral legislature of the partially recognized Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. The...
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| style="text-align:left"|Yemen || || || • || || General People's Congress || 2006 presidential elections
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| style="text-align:left"|Zambia || • || || || || Patriotic Front
Patriotic Front (Zambia)
The Patriotic Front movement is the Zambian ruling political party. It is currently the most widely supported political party in Zambia. The Party was formed by Michael Sata as a breakaway party of the MMD in 2001. This was after the then-president Frederick Chiluba nominated Levy Mwanawasa as the...
|| Zambian general election, 2011
Zambian general election, 2011
A general election was held in Zambia on 20 September 2011 to elect a President and representatives to the National Assembly. On 23 September, Chief Justice Ernest Sakala announced that Michael Sata had won the election, defeating incumbent Rupiah Banda...
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| style="text-align:left"|Zimbabwe || • || • || || || Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front, Movement for Democratic Change
Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai
The Movement for Democratic Change Zimbabwe is a political party and the largest party in the House of Assembly of Zimbabwe. It is the main formation formed from the split of the original Movement for Democratic Change in 2005.-Foundation:...
|| 2008 parliamentary elections
Zimbabwean parliamentary election, 2008
A parliamentary election was held in Zimbabwe on March 29, 2008 to elect members to both the House of Assembly and the Senate of the Zimbabwean parliament...
, 2008 presidential elections
Zimbabwean presidential election, 2008
The Republic of Zimbabwe held a presidential election along with a parliamentary election on 29 March 2008. The three major candidates were incumbent President Robert Mugabe of the Zimbabwe African National Union - Patriotic Front , Morgan Tsvangirai of the Movement for Democratic Change , and...
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See also
- List of current heads of state and government
- List of basic political science topics
- List of democracy and elections-related topics
- List of frivolous parties
- List of election results
- List of national leaders
- Lists of political parties by United Nations geoscheme