# List of banned political parties

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This article provides a list of political parties that were or are currently banned by the countries in which they were or are based. Party bans can be democratic or authoritarian. "Altering the character of the nation" has been referenced as an argument for banning parties. Ethnic party bans are prevalent in parts of Africa.

## By country
### Argentina

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

### Algeria

| Name | Native name(s) | Ideology | Year banned |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| Party of the Socialist Revolution | Arabic: حزب الثورة الاشتراكية,French: Parti de la Révolution Socialiste | Socialism | |
| Wafaa | | | 2000 |

### Bhutan

| Name | Native name(s) | Ideology | Year banned | Reference(s) |
| Bhutan People's Party | | Democratic socialism, Lhotshampa interests | 1990 | |
| 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, barring those elected with support from other parties, were removed from office.
Brazilian Integralist Action was banned after the Integralist Uprising in 1938.
| Name | Native name(s) | Ideology | Year banned | Reference(s) |
| Brazilian Communist Party | | Communism | 1947 | |
| Brazilian Integralist Action | | Brazilian Integralism | 1938 | |

### Bulgaria

All political parties were banned in Bulgaria in 1934.
| Name | Native name(s) | Ideology | Year banned | Reference(s) |
| Ratniks | | Nazism | 1939 | |

### 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 | |

### Egypt

All political parties were banned in 1953, following the 1952 Egyptian revolution, but were allowed to exist in 1976.
| Name | Native name(s) | Ideology | Year banned |
| Anti-Coup Alliance | Arabic: التحالف الوطني لدعم الشرعية | Islamism | 2014 |
| Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party - Egypt Region | Arabic: حزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي - مصر, romanized: Hizb Al-Ba'ath Al-Arabi Al-Ishtiraki – Misr | Neo-Ba'athism, Saddamism | |
| Democratic Movement for National Liberation | Arabic: الحركة الديمقراطية للتحرر الوطنى | Communism, Marxism, revolutionary socialism | 1953 |
| Egyptian Communist Organisation | Arabic: المنظمة الشيوعية المصرية, romanized: al-Munaẓẓamah aš-Šiūʿīah al-Miṣriyyah | Communism | |
| Freedom and Justice Party | Arabic: حزب الحرية والعدالة, romanized: Ḥizb al-Ḥurriyyah wa-l-ʿAdālah | Islamism, mixed economy, social conservatism | |
| Independence Party | Arabic: حزب الاستقلال | Islamism | 2014 |
| 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 | 2011 |
| Wafd Party | Arabic: حزب الوفد, romanized: Ḥizb al-Wafd, lit. 'Delegation Party' | Egyptian nationalism, national liberalism | 1953 |
| Watani Party | Arabic: ﺍﻟﺤﺰﺐ ﺍﻟﻮﻃﻨﻲ, romanized: al-Ḥizb al-Waṭanī, lit. 'National Party' | Anglophobia, anti-imperialism, Egyptian nationalism | 1953 |

### Eswatini

| Name | Ideology |
| Communist Party of Swaziland | Communism |
| Convention for Full Democracy in Swaziland | |
| Ngwane National Liberatory Congress | African socialism |
| Ngwane Socialist Revolutionary Party | |
| People's United Democratic Movement | Democratic socialism |
| Swaziland National Front | |

### Georgia

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

### Germany

All political parties were banned in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia after the annexation of Czechoslovakia. During World War II political parties in Luxembourg and Norway were banned following their occupations by Germany.
| Name | Native Name(s) | Ideology | Year Banned | Notes | Reference |
| Socialist Reich Party | Sozialistische Reichspartei Deutschlands | Neo-Nazism | 1952 | | |
| Communist Party of Germany | Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands | Communism | 1956 | | |

### Greece

Prime Minister Ioannis Metaxas banned all political parties in 1936.
Golden Dawn was ruled as a criminal organization in 2020. It was the first party banned in Greece since the end of the Greek junta in 1974. 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.
| Name | Native Name | Ideology | Year Banned | Year Legalized | Notes |
| Communist Party of Greece | Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας | Communism Marxism–Leninism | 1936 | 1974 | Banned by Ioannis Metaxas |
| Golden Dawn | Χρυσή Αυγή | Neo-Nazism Neo-Fascism | 2020 | | Ruled as a criminal organization |
| National Party – Greeks | Εθνικό Kόμμα – Έλληνες | Neo-Fascism | 2023 | | Effectively banned |
| National Popular Consciousness | Εθνική Λαϊκή Συνείδηση | Neo-Fascism | 2023 | | Dissolved following an effective ban |

### Hong Kong

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

### Iran

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

### Iraq

| Name | Native name(s) | Ideology | Year banned | Reference(s) |
| Islamic Dawa Party | | | | |

### Japan

Douglas MacArthur considered banning the Japanese Communist Party (JCP) on 3 May 1950. Twenty-four members of the JCP's central committee were removed from office in June and its newspaper, Shimbun Akahata, was banned on June 27.

### Moldova

| Name | Native name(s) | Ideology | Year banned | Notes | Reference(s) |
| Șor Party | | Russophilia, Hard euroscepticism | 2023 | Banned | |
| Chance Political Party | | Russophilia, Hard euroscepticism | 2023 | Banned from running | |

### Nepal

King Tribhuvan of Nepal banned the Communist Party of Nepal. The Nepali Congress, under the leadership of BP Koirala, won the 1959 election, but King Mahendra of Nepal dissolved the House of Representatives on 15 December 1960. The Rastriya Panchayat was formed and all political parties were banned.
A referendum was held in 1980 to determine whether to maintain the Panchayat system or institute a multi-party system. The Panchayat system was maintained with 54% of the vote. On 6 April 1990, King Birendra of Nepal ended the ban on political parties in response to the 1990 Nepalese revolution and the 1991 election was the first multi-party election since 1960.
| Name | Native name(s) | Ideology | Year banned | Reference(s) |
| Communist Party of Nepal | | Communism | | |
| Nepali Congress | | Social democracy Democratic socialism | | |

### Peru

| Name | Native name(s) | Ideology | Year banned | Reference(s) |
| National Alliance of Workers, Farmers, University Students, and Reservists | Alianza Nacional de Trabajadores, Agricultores, Universitarios, Reservistas y Obreros | Ethnocacerism | 2024 | |

### Philippines

| Name | Native name(s) | Ideology | Year banned | Year legalize | Reference(s) |
| Philippine Communist Party | Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas-1930 | Communism | 1957 | 1992 | |
| Communist Party of the Philippines | Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas | Communism | 1968 | 1992 | |

### Russia

| Name | Native name(s) | Ideology | Year banned |
| Communist Party of the Soviet Union | Коммунистическая партия Советского Союза | Communism, Marxism–Leninism | 1991 |
| Communist Party of the RSFSR | Коммунистическая партия РСФСР | Communism, Marxism–Leninism | 1991 |
| National Salvation Front | Фронт национального спасения | Corporate Statism, Broad Anti-Yeltsinism | 1993 |
| Russian National Unity | Русское национальное единство | Neo-Nazism | 2003 |
| National Bolshevik Party | Национал-большевистская партия | National Bolshevism | 2007 |
| National Socialist Society | Национал-социалистическое общество | Neo-Nazism | 2010 |
| Slavic Union | Славянский союз | Neo-Nazism | 2010 |
| National Socialist Worker's Party of Russia | Национал-социалистическая рабочая партия России | Neo-Nazism | 2010 |
| People's Will Army | Армия воли народа | Left-wing nationalism, Antisemitism | 2011 |
| Movement Against Illegal Immigration | Движение против нелегальной иммиграции | Ethnic nationalism | 2011 |
| Russian All-National Union | Русский общенациональный союз | Orthodox nationalism | 2011 |
| Northern Brotherhood | Северное братство | Neo-Nazism, Slavic Neopaganism | 2012 |
| Minin and Pozharsky's People's Militia | Народное ополчение имени Минина и Пожарского | Russian nationalism, Militarism | 2015 |
| Russians | Русские | Ethnic nationalism | 2015 |
| Volya | Воля | Conspiracy theorism, Personalism | 2016 |
| Artpodgotovka | Артподготовка | Populism, Civic nationalism | 2017 |
| Course of Truth and Unity | Курсом правды и единения | Conspiracy theorism, Occultism | 2018 |
| Bashkort [ru] | Башҡорт | Bashkir nationalism, Separatism | 2020 |
| Nation and Freedom Committee | Комитет «Нация и свобода» | Russian ultranationalism | 2020 |
| FBK and Navalny Headquarters | ФБК и Штабы Навального | Liberal democracy, Anti-corruption | 2021 |
| Male State | Мужское государство | National patriarchy, Racism | 2021 |
| Adat People's Movement | Ӏадат халкъан болам | Chechen nationalism, Separatism | 2022 |
| All-Tatar Public Center | Бөтентатар Иҗтимагый Үзәге | Tatar nationalism, Separatism | 2022 |
| People's Self-Defense | Народная самооборона | Anarcho-communism | 2022 |
| Vesna | Весна | Liberal democracy | 2022 |
| Oirat-Kalmyk People's Congress | Конгресс ойрат-калмыцкого народа | Kalmyk nationalism, Separatism | 2023 |
| Freedom of Russia Legion | Легион «Свобода России» | Anti-Putinism, Far-right | 2023 |
| Russian Volunteer Corps | Русский добровольческий корпус | Anti-Putinism, Far-right | 2023 |
| Ethnic National Union | Этническое национальное объединение | Neo-Nazism | 2023 |

### Romania

Prime Minister Patriarch Miron of Romania banned all political parties in 1939.
| Name | Native name(s) | Ideology | Year banned | Reference(s) |
| Iron Guard | Garda de Fier | Fascism | 1939 | |

### Spain

Batasuna was the first political party banned following the end of Francisco Franco's dictatorship.
| Name | Native name(s) | Ideology | Year banned | Reference(s) |
| Batasuna | | Basque nationalism | 2003 | |

### Sri Lanka

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

### 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.
| Name | Native name(s) | Ideology | Year banned | Reference(s) |
| Sudanese Ba'ath Party | | Ba'athism | | |
| Sudanese Communist Party | | Communism | 1989 | |

### Thailand

All political parties, except for the Democrat Party, were dissolved following the 2006 coup d'état and their members banned from seeking office for five years. Thai Rak Thai Party members joined the People's Power Party after the TRT was banned and then the Pheu Thai Party after the PPP was banned. Thai Nation Party members joined the Chart Thai Pattana Party after their party was banned.
Legend: TRT lineage FFP lineage
| Name | Native name(s) | Ideology | Year banned |
| Communist Party of Thailand | | Communism | |
| Thais Love Thais Party | Phak Thai Rak Thai | Populism | 2007 |
| Pandin Thai | | | 2007 |
| Prachatipatai Kaona | | | 2007 |
| Pattana Chart Thai | | | 2007 |
| People's Power Party | Phak Phalang Prachachon | Populism | 2008 |
| Thai Nation Party | | | 2008 |
| Neutral Democratic Party | Phak Matchima Thippathai | Populism | 2008 |
| Future Forward Party | Phak Anakhot Mai | Social democracy | 2020 |
| Move Forward Party | Phak Kao Klai | Social democracy | 2024 |

### Ukraine

| Name | Native name(s) | Ideology | Year banned |
| Communist Party of Ukraine (Soviet) | Комуністична партія України | Communism, Marxism–Leninism | 1991 |
| Donetsk Republic | Донецкая республика | Russian nationalism, Donbas separatism | 2007 |
| Eurasian Youth Union | Євразійський союз молоді | Neo-Eurasianism, Russian irredentism | 2011 |
| Russian Unity | Русское единство | Russian nationalism, Russian irredentism | 2014 |
| Russian Bloc | Русский блок | Russophilia, Pan-Slavism | 2014 |
| Communist Party of the DPR | Коммунистическая партия ДНР | Communism, Donbas separatism | 2014 (de facto) |
| New Russia Party | Партия «Новороссия» | Russian nationalism, Donbas separatism | 2014 (de facto) |
| Communist Party of Ukraine | Комуністична партія України | Communism, Marxism–Leninism | 2015, 2022 |
| Communist Party of Ukraine (renewed) | Комуністична партія України (оновлена) | Communism, Marxism–Leninism | 2015 |
| Communist Party of Workers and Peasants | Комуністична партія робітників і селян | Communism, Marxism–Leninism | 2015 |
| Opposition Platform — For Life | Опозиційна платформа — За життя | Social democracy, Regionalism, Russophilia | 2022 |
| Opposition Bloc | Опозиційний блок | Social liberalism, Regionalism, Russophilia | 2022 |
| Socialist Party of Ukraine | Соціалістична партія України | Social democracy, Democratic socialism | 2022 |
| Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine | Прогресивна соціалістична партія України | Left-wing populism, Pan-Slavism, Russophilia | 2022 |
| Workers Party of Ukraine (Marxist–Leninist) | Робітнича партія України (марксистсько-ленінська) | Communism, Marxism–Leninism | 2022 |
| Derzhava | Держава | Socialism, Russophilia | 2022 |
| Union of Left Forces | Союз лівих сил | Socialism, Russophilia | 2022 |
| Nashi | Наші | Social conservatism, Regionalism, Russophilia | 2022 |
| Left Opposition | Ліва опозиція | Left-wing populism, Russophilia | 2022 |
| Volodymyr Saldo Bloc | Блок Володимира Сальдо | Kherson regionalism, Russophilia | 2022 |
| Socialists | Соціалісти | Socialism, Russophilia | 2022 |
| One Rus | Русь Єдина | Russophilia, Putinism | 2022 |
| Happy Ukraine [uk] | Щаслива Україна | Russophilia, Economic liberalism | 2022 |
| Great Ukraine [uk] | Велика Україна | Socialism, Russophilia | 2022 |
| Justice and Development | Справедливості та розвитку | Chernobyl disaster veterans' interests | 2022 |
| Party of Shariy | Партія Шарія | Libertarianism, Russophilia | 2022 |
| Party of Regions | Партія регіонів | Social democracy, Regionalism, Russophilia | 2023 |
| Our Land | Наш край | Social democracy, Regionalism, Russophilia | 2024 |

### United States

Multiple states, including California, directly banned the Communist Party USA while other states indirectly did so by banning parties that supported overthrowing the government using violence. Communist candidates were removed from the ballot in Arizona and Georgia in 1940, as the secretaries of state ruled that they could not honestly take the oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States. In 1954, the US government passed the Communist Control Act of 1954 which outlawed the party and made membership in the party a criminal offense. Most of those provisions, however, have either been repealed or ruled unconstitutional.
| Name | Native name(s) | Ideology | Year banned | Reference(s) |
| Communist Party USA | | Communism | 1954 | |