This is a list of political parties that were or are currently banned.
By country
Argentina
In 1943, Pedro Pablo Ramírez banned all political parties after overthrowing the government.[1]
Austria
Name | Native name(s) | Ideology | Year banned | Reference(s) |
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National Democratic Party | Far-right | 1988 |
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) |
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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] |
Canada
Name | Native name(s) | Ideology | Year banned | Reference(s) |
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National Unity Party (Canada) | Far-right, | 1940 |
Cambodia
Name | Native name(s) | Ideology | Year banned | Reference(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Cambodia National Rescue Party | Khmer: គណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិ | Anti-Vietnamese sentiment, civic nationalism, liberalism, populism | 2017 |
Czech Republic
Name | Native name(s) | Ideology | Year banned | Reference(s) |
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Workers' Party | Czech nationalism, Right-wing populism, Far-right politics, | 2010 |
China
Egypt
Eswatini
Name | Native name(s) | Ideology | Year banned | Reference(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Communist Party of Swaziland | Communism | [14] | ||
Convention for Full Democracy in Swaziland | [14] | |||
Ngwane National Liberatory Congress | [14] | |||
Ngwane Socialist Revolutionary Party | [14] | |||
People's United Democratic Movement | [14] | |||
Swaziland National Front | [14] |
Georgia
Name | Native Name | Ideology | Year Banned | Notes | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Communist Party of Georgia | საქართველოს კომუნისტური პარტია | Communism Marxism-Leninism | 1991 | [15] | |
Centrists | ცენტრისტები | Russophilia | 2016 | Banned from election | [16] |
Germany
All political parties were banned in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia after the annexation of Czechoslovakia.[17] During World War II political parties in Luxembourg and Norway were banned following their occupations by Germany.[18][19]
Name | Native name(s) | Ideology | Year banned | Note(s) | Reference(s) |
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National Socialist German Workers' Party | German: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP | Nazism (specifically Hitlerism) | 1945 | ||
Socialist Reich Party | German: Sozialistische Reichspartei Deutschlands | Nazism | 1952 | banned by Federal Constitutional Court | |
Communist Party of Germany | German: Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands | Communism | 1956 | banned by Federal Constitutional Court | |
People's Socialist Movement of Germany/Labour Party | German: Volkssozialistische Bewegung Deutschlands/Partei der Arbeit | Neo-Nazism, Strasserism | 1982 | banned as association, not considered a party | |
German Alternative | German: Deutsche Alternative | Neo-Nazism | 1992 | banned as association, not considered a party | |
National Offensive | German: Nationale Offensive | Neo-Nazism | 1992 | banned as association, not considered a party | |
Nationalist Front | German: Nationalistische Front | Neo-Nazism, Strasserism | 1992 | banned as association, not considered a party | |
Free German Workers' Party | German: Freiheitliche Deutsche Arbeiterpartei | Neo-Nazism, Strasserism | 1995 | banned as association, not considered a party |
Greece
Prime Minister Ioannis Metaxas banned all political parties in 1936.[20] Golden Dawn was ruled as a criminal organization in 2020.[21] 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.[22][23]
Name | Native Name | Ideology | Year Banned | Notes | Reference |
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Golden Dawn | Χρυσή Αυγή | Fascism, Neo-Nazism | 2020 | Ruled as a criminal organization | [21] |
KKE | Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας | Communism | 1936 | Banned by Ioannis Metaxas, but semi-legalised in 1974 |
Haiti
Name | Native name(s) | Ideology | Year banned | Reference(s) |
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Haitian Communist Party | Haitian Creole: Parti Kominis Ayisyen, French: Parti Communiste Haitïen | Communism, Marxism-Leninism | 1936 |
Hong Kong
Name | Native name(s) | Ideology | Year banned | Reference(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Hong Kong National Party | Yue Chinese: 香港民族黨 | Hong Kong independence | 2018 | [24] |
Iran
Name | Native name(s) | Ideology | Year banned | Reference(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Islamic Iran Participation Front | 2010 | [25] | ||
Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution of Iran Organization | 2010 | [25] |
Indonesia
Name | Native name(s) | Ideology | Year banned | Reference(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Socialist Party of Indonesia | Centre-left to left-wing | 1960 | ||
Acoma Party | Communism, Far-left | 1965 | ||
Communist Party of Indonesia | Communism, Far-left | 1966 |
Iraq
Name | Native name(s) | Ideology | Year banned | Reference(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Islamic Dawa Party | [26] |
Moldova
Name | Native name(s) | Ideology | Year banned | Reference(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Șor Party | Russophilia, Hard euroscepticism | 2023 | [27][28] |
Netherlands
Name | Native name(s) | Ideology | Year banned | Reference(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Centre Party '86 | Dutch nationalism, Right-wing populism, Far-right politics, | 1998 |
Nepal
King Tribhuvan of Nepal banned the Communist Party of Nepal.[29] 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.[30][29][31]
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.[32] 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.[33][34]
Name | Native name(s) | Ideology | Year banned | Reference(s) |
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Communist Party of Nepal | Communism | [29] | ||
Nepali Congress | Social democracy Democratic socialism |
[30] |
Russia
Romania
Prime Minister Patriarch Miron of Romania banned all political parties in 1939.[50]
Name | Native name(s) | Ideology | Year banned | Reference(s) |
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Iron Guard | Garda de Fier | Fascism | 1939 | [50] |
South Korea
Name | Native name(s) | Ideology | Year banned | Reference(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Workers' Party of South Korea | Communism, Far-left | 1949 | ||
United Socialist Party of Korea | Centre-left to left-wing | 1967 | ||
New Democratic Party (South Korea) | Far-left | 1980 | ||
Unified Progressive Party | Far-left | 2014 |
Spain
Batasuna was the first political party banned following the end of Francisco Franco's dictatorship.[51]
Name | Native name(s) | Ideology | Year banned | Reference(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Batasuna | Basque nationalism | 2003 | [51] |
Sri Lanka
Name | Native name(s) | Ideology | Year banned | Reference(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Tamil United Liberation Front | Sri Lankan Tamil nationalism | 1983 | [52] |
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 were banned again after Omar al-Bashir overthrew the government.[53][54]
Name | Native name(s) | Ideology | Year banned | Reference(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Sudanese Ba'ath Party | Ba'athism | [55] | ||
Sudanese Communist Party | Communism | 1989 | [56] |
Turkey
Name | Native name(s) | Ideology | Year banned | Reference(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Workers Party of Turkey | Left-wing | 1971 | ||
United Communist Party of Turkey | Left-wing | 1991 | ||
People's Labour Party (Turkey) | Kurdish nationalist | 1993 | ||
Democracy Party (Turkey) | Kurdish nationalist | 1994 | ||
People’s Democracy Party | Kurdish nationalist | 2003 | ||
Democratic Society Party | Kurdish nationalist | 2009 |
Ukraine
Name | Native name(s) | Ideology | Year banned | Reference(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Communist Party of Ukraine (Soviet Union) | Far-left | 1991 | ||
Russian Bloc (party) | Russophilia | 2014 | ||
Russian Unity | Russophilia | 2014 | ||
Communist Party of Ukraine | Far-left | 2015 | ||
Communist Party of Ukraine (renewed) | Far-left | 2015 | ||
Communist Party of Workers and Peasants | Far-left | 2015 | ||
Opposition Platform — For Life | Russophilia | 2022 | ||
Opposition Bloc (2019) | Russophilia | 2022 | ||
Socialist Party of Ukraine | Centre-left to left-wing, Russophilia | 2022 | ||
Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine | Syncretic, Russophilia | 2022 | ||
Derzhava (Ukrainian party) | Russophilia | 2022 | ||
Union of Left Forces | Left-wing, Russophilia | 2022 | ||
Nashi (political party) | Russophilia | 2022 | ||
Left Opposition (Ukraine) | Left-wing to far-left, Russophilia | 2022 | ||
Volodymyr Saldo Bloc | Блок Володимира Сальдо | Regionalism, Russophilia | 2022 | |
Socialists (Ukraine) | Соціалісти | Centre-left to left-wing, Russophilia | 2022 | |
Party of Shariy | Партія Шарія | Russophilia, Libertarianism | 2022 |
United States
Name | Native name(s) | Ideology | Year banned | Reference(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Communist Party USA | Communism | 1954 | [57] |
References
- ↑ "All Political Parties Banned In Argentina". Asheville Citizen-Times. 1 January 1944. p. 12. Archived from the original on 10 February 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Baath Party resumes underground activities". Al Arabiya English. September 8, 2008.
- ↑ "Algeria bans thirty political parties". BBC.
- ↑ "Algerian ban on WAFA party". European Parliament. 16 November 2000.
- ↑ "Bhutan Peoples' Party". www.fotw.info.
- 1 2 Wesson & Fleischer 1983, p. 96.
- 1 2 Wesson & Fleischer 1983, p. 12.
- ↑ "All Political Parties Banned". Calgary Herald. 13 June 1934. p. 13. Archived from the original on 10 February 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Nazi Political Party Banned In Bulgaria". Great Falls Tribune. 12 April 1939. p. 2. Archived from the original on 10 February 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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- ↑ "Штайнмаєр: В українській кризі з′явилось слабке світло в кінці тунелю | Європа | DW.DE | 09.06.2014". September 8, 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-09-08.
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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ginindza 1994, p. 21.
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- ↑ "German Chief Decrees End Of Monarchy". Venice Vanguard. 25 September 1940. p. 1. Archived from the original on 10 February 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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- 1 2 "Greek court rules far-right Golden Dawn leaders ran a crime group". Reuters. 7 October 2020. Archived from the original on 7 March 2023.
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- 1 2 "Iran jails 3 reformists, suspends opposition parties, bans paper". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 20 April 2010. p. 4. Archived from the original on 9 February 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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- 1 2 3 Upreti 1991, p. 372.
- 1 2 CIA 1979, p. III.
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- ↑ Raeper & Hoftun 1992, p. 126.
- ↑ "From the archive: April 9, 1990: Nepal king bows to protests". The Guardian. 9 April 2015. Archived from the original on 9 February 2023.
- ↑ http://kremlin.ru/acts/bank/385 Указ Президента РСФСР от 06.11.1991 г. № 169 О деятельности КПСС и КП РСФСР
- ↑ http://kremlin.ru/acts/bank/385 Указ Президента РСФСР от 06.11.1991 г. № 169 О деятельности КПСС и КП РСФСР
- ↑ https://bigenc.ru/c/front-natsional-nogo-spaseniia-rossiia-808a87 Фронт национального спасения (Россия)
- 1 2 3 https://minjust.gov.ru/ru/documents/7822/ Archived 2021-03-25 at the Wayback Machine Перечень общественных объединений и религиозных организаций, в отношении которых судом принято вступившее в законную силу решение о ликвидации или запрете деятельности по основаниям, предусмотренным Федеральным законом от 25.07.2002 № 114-ФЗ «О противодействии экстремистской деятельности»
- ↑ https://rg.ru/2007/04/19/nbp.html Суд признал НБП запрещенной организацией
- ↑ https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/1314324 Запрещена деятельность Национал-социалистического общества
- ↑ https://rg.ru/2010/06/29/soyuz-site-anons.html Верховный суд подтвердил запрет на деятельность движения "Славянский союз"
- ↑ https://www.kp.ru/daily/25674.5/835386/ Запрет движение против нелегальной иммиграции – благо или зло?
- ↑ https://jewish.ru/ru/news/articles/146338/ Суд запретил "Русский общенациональный союз"
- ↑ https://www.m24.ru/articles/sud/06082012/2920 Мосгорсуд запретил деятельность "Северного братства" Подробнее: https://www.m24.ru/articles/sud/06082012/2920?utm_source=CopyBuf
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- ↑ https://minjust.gov.ru/ru/documents/7822/ Archived 2021-03-25 at the Wayback Machine Перечень общественных объединений и религиозных организаций, в отношении которых судом принято вступившее в законную силу решение о ликвидации или запрете деятельности по основаниям, предусмотренным Федеральным законом от 25.07.2002 № 114-ФЗ «О противодействии экстремистской деятельности»
- ↑ https://tass.ru/proisshestviya/6310819 В 2018 году в России запретили деятельность четырех экстремистских организаций
- ↑ https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/4434511 «Нацию и свободу» признали экстремистами
- ↑ https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/5458349 «Народное движение "Адат"» внесено в перечень запрещенных организаций
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