List of banned political parties

This article provides a list of political parties that were or are currently banned by the countries in which they were or are based.

By country

Argentina

In 1943, Pedro Pablo Ramírez banned all political parties after overthrowing the government.[1]

Algeria

Name Native name(s) Ideology Year banned Reference(s)
Algerian Communist Party Arabic: لحزب الشيوعي الجزائري, French: Parti Communiste Algérien Communism, Marxism-Leninism 1962
Algerian National Movement Arabic: لحركة الوطنية الجزائرية, Berber languages: Amussu Aɣelnaw Adzayri, French: Mouvement National Algérien
Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party of Algeria Arabic: حزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي في الجزائر, romanized: Hizb Al-Ba'ath Al-Arabi Al-Ishtiraki fy Aljeza'ir, French: Parti Ba'ath Arabe Socialiste d'Algérie Neo-Ba'athism, Saddamism [2]
Étoile Nord-Africaine (North African Star) Arabic: نجم شمال أفريقيا 1937
Islamic Salvation Front Arabic: الجبهة الإسلامية للإنقاذ, romanized: al-Jabhah al-Islāmiyah lil-Inqādh, French: Front Islamique du Salut Anti-democracy, Islamism, Jihadism, Qutbism 1992
Liberal Social Party French: Parti Social Libéral 1998 [3]
Party of the Socialist Revolution Arabic: حزب الثورة الاشتراكية,French: Parti de la Révolution Socialiste Socialism
Wafaa 2000 [4]

Bhutan

Name Native name(s) Ideology Year banned Reference(s)
Bhutan People's Party Democratic socialism, Lhotshampa interests 1990 [5]
Communist Party of Bhutan (Marxist–Leninist–Maoist) Communism, Marxism-Leninism-Maoism, republicanism 2003

Brazil

The Brazilian Communist Party was suppressed during the Vargas Era, but were later able to participate in the 1945 and 1947 elections. However, the party was banned by Eurico Gaspar Dutra in May 1947, and all of its elected officials, baring those elected with support from other parties, were removed from office.[6]

Brazilian Integralist Action was banned after the Integralist Uprising in 1938.[7]

Name Native name(s) Ideology Year banned Reference(s)
Brazilian Communist Party Communism 1947 [6]
Brazilian Integralist Action Brazilian Integralism 1938 [7]

Bulgaria

All political parties were banned in Bulgaria in 1934.[8]

Name Native name(s) Ideology Year banned Reference(s)
Ratniks Nazism 1939 [9]

China

Name Native name(s) Ideology Year banned Reference(s)
Zhi Xian Party Chinese: 中国至宪党 Chinese New Left, Chongqing model, Maoism 2013 [10][11]

Egypt

All political parties were banned in 1953, following the 1952 Egyptian Revolution, but were allowed to exist in 1976.[12]

Name Native name(s) Ideology Year banned Reference(s)
Anti-Coup Alliance Arabic: التحالف الوطني لدعم الشرعية Islamism 2014 [13]
Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party - Egypt Region Arabic: حزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي - مصر, romanized: Hizb Al-Ba'ath Al-Arabi Al-Ishtiraki – Misr Neo-Ba'athism, Saddamism
Democratic Movement for National Liberation Arabic: الحركة الديمقراطية للتحرر الوطنى Communism, Marxism, revolutionary socialism 1953 [14]
Egyptian Communist Organisation Arabic: المنظمة الشيوعية المصرية, romanized: al-Munaẓẓamah aš-Šiūʿīah al-Miṣriyyah Communism
Freedom and Justice Party Arabic: حزب الحرية والعدالة, romanized: Ḥizb al-Ḥurriyyah wa-l-ʿAdālah Islamism, mixed economy, social conservatism
Independence Party Arabic: حزب الاستقلال Islamism 2014 [15]
Jewish Anti-Zionist League Arabic: الرابطة الإسرائيلية لمكافحة الصهيونية Anti-colonialism, anti-racism, communism, Jewish anti-Zionism
Liberal Constitutional Party Arabic: حزب الاحرار الدستوريين, romanized: Ḥizb al-aḥrār al-dustūriyyīn Constitutionalism, social liberalism 1952
Muslim Brotherhood Arabic: جماعة الاخوان المسلمين, romanized: jamāʿat al-ʾiḫwān/al-ikhwan/el-ekhwan al-muslimīn Mixed economy, social conservatism, Sunni Islamism
National Democratic Party Arabic: الحزب الوطني الديمقراطي, romanized: Al-Ḥizb Al-Waṭanī Ad-Dīmūqrāṭī Egyptian nationalism, populism, social democracy 2011
Wafd Party Arabic: حزب الوفد, romanized: Ḥizb al-Wafd, lit. 'Delegation Party' Egyptian nationalism, national liberalism 1953 [12]
Watani Party Arabic: ﺍﻟﺤﺰﺐ ﺍﻟﻮﻃﻨﻲ, romanized: al-Ḥizb al-Waṭanī, lit. 'National Party' Anglophobia, anti-imperialism, Egyptian nationalism 1953 [12]

Eswatini

Name Native name(s) Ideology Year banned Reference(s)
Communist Party of Swaziland Communism [16]
Convention for Full Democracy in Swaziland [16]
Ngwane National Liberatory Congress [16]
Ngwane Socialist Revolutionary Party [16]
People's United Democratic Movement [16]
Swaziland National Front [16]

Georgia

Name Native Name Ideology Year Banned Notes Reference
Communist Party of Georgia საქართველოს კომუნისტური პარტია Communism
Marxism-Leninism		 1991 [17]
Centrists ცენტრისტები Russophilia 2016 Banned from election [18]

Germany

All political parties were banned in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia after the annexation of Czechoslovakia.[19] During World War II political parties in Luxembourg and Norway were banned following their occupations by Germany.[20][21]

Greece

Prime Minister Ioannis Metaxas banned all political parties in 1936.[22]

Golden Dawn was ruled as a criminal organization in 2020.[23] It was the first party banned in Greece since the end of the Greek junta in 1974.[24] A law passed in 2023 prohibiting parties led by people convicted of crimes from running in elections resulted in Golden Dawn and National Party – Greeks being prohibited from the 2023 Greek legislative election.[25][26]

Name Native Name Ideology Year Banned Year Legalized Notes Reference
Golden Dawn Χρυσή Αυγή Neo-Nazism
Neo-Fascism		 2020 Ruled as a criminal organization [23]
Communist Party of Greece Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας Communism
Marxism–Leninism		 1936 1974 Banned by Ioannis Metaxas [27]

Hong Kong

Name Native name(s) Ideology Year banned Reference(s)
Hong Kong National Party 香港民族黨 Hong Kong independence 2018 [28]

Iran

Name Native name(s) Ideology Year banned Reference(s)
Islamic Iran Participation Front 2010 [29]
Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution of Iran Organization 2010 [29]

Iraq

Name Native name(s) Ideology Year banned Reference(s)
Islamic Dawa Party [30]

Moldova

Name Native name(s) Ideology Year banned Reference(s)
Șor Party Russophilia, Hard euroscepticism 2023 [31][32]

Nepal

King Tribhuvan of Nepal banned the Communist Party of Nepal.[33] The Nepali Congress, under the leadership of BP Koirala, won the 1959 election, but King Mahendra of Nepal dissolved the House of Representatives on 15 December 1960. The Rastriya Panchayat was formed and all political parties were banned.[34][33][35]

A referendum was held in 1980 to determine whether to maintain the Panchayat system or institute a multi-party system. The Panchayat system was maintained with 54% of the vote.[36] On 6 April 1990, King Birendra of Nepal ended the ban on political parties in response to the 1990 Nepalese revolution and the 1991 election was the first multi-party election since 1960.[37][38]

Name Native name(s) Ideology Year banned Reference(s)
Communist Party of Nepal Communism [33]
Nepali Congress Social democracy
Democratic socialism 		[34]

Russia

Name Native name(s) Ideology Year banned Reference(s)
Communist Party of the Soviet Union Коммунистическая партия Советского Союза Communism, Marxism–Leninism 1991 [39]
Communist Party of the RSFSR Коммунистическая партия РСФСР Communism, Marxism–Leninism 1991 [40]
National Salvation Front Фронт национального спасения Corporate Statism, Broad Anti-Yeltsinism 1993 [41]
Russian National Unity Русское национальное единство Neo-Nazism 2003 [42]
National Bolshevik Party Национал-большевистская партия National Bolshevism 2007 [43]
National Socialist Society Национал-социалистическое общество Neo-Nazism 2010 [44]
Slavic Union Славянский союз Neo-Nazism 2010 [45]
People's Will Army Армия воли народа Left-wing nationalism, Antisemitism 2011 [42]
Movement Against Illegal Immigration Движение против нелегальной иммиграции Ethnic nationalism 2011 [46]
Russian All-National Union Русский общенациональный союз Orthodox nationalism 2011 [47]
Northern Brotherhood Северное братство Neo-Nazism, Slavic Neopaganism 2012 [48]
Russians Русские Ethnic nationalism 2015 [49]
Volya Воля Conspiracy theorism, Personalism 2016 [42]
Artpodgotovka Артподготовка Populism, Civic nationalism 2017 [42]
Course of Truth and Unity Курсом правды и единения Conspiracy theorism, Occultism 2018 [50]
Nation and Freedom Committee Комитет «Нация и свобода» Russian ultranationalism 2020 [51]
Adat People's Movement Ӏадат халкъан болам Chechen nationalism 2022 [52]

Romania

Prime Minister Patriarch Miron of Romania banned all political parties in 1939.[53]

Name Native name(s) Ideology Year banned Reference(s)
Iron Guard Garda de Fier Fascism 1939 [53]

Spain

Batasuna was the first political party banned following the end of Francisco Franco's dictatorship.[54]

Name Native name(s) Ideology Year banned Reference(s)
Batasuna Basque nationalism 2003 [54]

Sri Lanka

Name Native name(s) Ideology Year banned Reference(s)
Tamil United Liberation Front Sri Lankan Tamil nationalism 1983 [55]

Sudan

Jaafar Nimeiry overthrew the government in 1969, and banned all political parties. He was overthrown by a coup d'état in 1985, and a new government was formed by Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab. He legalized political parties, but they were banned again after Omar al-Bashir overthrew the government.[56][57]

Name Native name(s) Ideology Year banned Reference(s)
Sudanese Ba'ath Party Ba'athism [58]
Sudanese Communist Party Communism 1989 [59]

Ukraine

Name Native name(s) Ideology Year banned Reference(s)
Opposition Platform — For Life Опозиційна платформа — За життя Social democracy, Regionalism, Russophilia 2022 [60]
Opposition Bloc Опозиційний блок Social liberalism, Regionalism, Russophilia 2022 [60]
Socialist Party of Ukraine Соціалістична партія України Social democracy, Democratic socialism 2022 [60]
Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine Прогресивна соціалістична партія України Left-wing populism, Pan-Slavism, Russophilia 2022 [60]
Derzhava Держава Socialism, Russophilia 2022 [60]
Union of Left Forces Союз лівих сил Socialism, Russophilia 2022 [60]
Nashi Наші Social conservatism, Regionalism, Russophilia 2022 [60]
Left Opposition Ліва опозиція Left-wing populism, Russophilia 2022 [60]
Volodymyr Saldo Bloc Блок Володимира Сальдо Kherson regionalism, Russophilia 2022 [60]
Socialists Соціалісти Socialism, Russophilia 2022 [60]
Party of Shariy Партія Шарія Libertarianism, Russophilia 2022 [60]
Party of Regions Партія регіонів Social democracy, Regionalism, Russophilia 2023 [61]

United States

Name Native name(s) Ideology Year banned Reference(s)
Communist Party USA Communism 1954 [62]

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