Editing Dominant-party system (section)

===Africa===
*'''{{Flag|Algeria}}:''' The [[National Liberation Front (Algeria)|National Liberation Front]] had governed Algeria from 1962 to 1992, from 1992 to 1994 (sole legal party 1962 to 1989), and from 1999 to 2019. The current president, [[Abdelmadjid Tebboune]], is affiliated with FLN, but its partisan power is significantly weakened after the [[2021 Algerian legislative election|2021 parliamentary elections]]. 
*'''{{flag|Botswana}}''': The [[Botswana Democratic Party]] governed the country for 58 years with consecutive [[majority government]]s from independence in 1966 until [[2024 Botswana general election|2024]].
*'''{{Flag|Burkina Faso}}''': The [[Congress for Democracy and Progress]] from 1996 to 2014, under [[Blaise Compaoré]], who ruled first as an independent after a coup from 1987 to 1989, then led the [[Organization for Popular Democracy – Labour Movement]] from 1989 to 1996.
*'''{{Flag|Burundi}}''': [[Union for National Progress]] (UPRONA) from 1962 to 1993 (from 1974 to 1992 as sole legal party).
*'''{{Flag|Central African Republic}}:''' the [[Movement for the Social Evolution of Black Africa]] ruled from 1960 to 1981 (from 1962 to 1980 as sole legal party). 
*'''{{flag|Chad}}''': [[Patriotic Salvation Movement]] (Mouvement Patriotique de Salut de SMPS) governed from 1990 to 2021.
*'''{{flag|Egypt}}''': The [[National Democratic Party (Egypt)|National Democratic Party (NDP)]] of [[Egypt]], under various names, from 1952 to 2011 (as [[Arab Socialist Union (Egypt)|Arab Socialist Union]], sole legal party 1953–1978)
*'''{{flag|The Gambia}}''': The [[People's Progressive Party (The Gambia)|People's Progressive Party]] in The Gambia from 1962 to 1994. The [[Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction]] under [[Yahya Jammeh]] from 1996 to 2017, with Jammeh ruling first under a Junta after a [[1994 Gambian coup d'état|coup]] from 1994 to 1996.
*'''{{Flag|Gabon}}''': The [[Gabonese Democratic Party]] governed from independence in 1960 to 2023, ended with the [[2023 Gabonese coup d'état|2023 Gabonese coup]]. 
*'''{{Flag|Guinea-Bissau}}''': [[African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde]] (PAIGC) governed from 1974 to 1999 (from 1974 to 1991 as the sole legal party).
*'''{{Flag|Ivory Coast}}''': [[Democratic Party of Ivory Coast – African Democratic Rally|Democratic Party of Ivory Coast]] governed from 1960 to 1999 (from 1960 to 1990 as the sole legal party).
*'''{{flag|Kenya}}''': The [[Kenya African National Union]] in Kenya from 1963 to 2002 (sole legal party 1982–1991).
*'''{{Flag|Liberia}}''': [[True Whig Party]] ruled consecutively from 1878 to 1980, in a de facto one-party state manner, though the country never explicitly banned opposition parties.
*'''{{flag|Nigeria}}''': [[People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)|People's Democratic Party]] (PDP) was in power from May 29, 1999, till May 29, 2015, when the opposition party [[All Progressives Congress]] (APC) won the [[2015 Nigerian presidential election|presidential election]] in 2015.
*'''{{flag|Rhodesia}}''': The [[Rhodesian Front]] in [[Rhodesia]] (now [[Zimbabwe]]), under the leadership of [[Ian Smith]], from 1965 to 1980.
*'''{{flag|Senegal}}''': The [[Socialist Party of Senegal|Socialist Party]] in Senegal from 1960 to 2000 (sole legal party 1966–1974).
*'''{{Flag|Seychelles}}''': [[United Seychelles]] Party ruled from 1977 to 2020 (from 1977 to 1991 as sole legal party).
*'''{{Flag|Sierra Leone}}:''' The [[All People's Congress]] Party ruled from 1968 to 1992 (from 1978 to 1991 as sole legal party).
*'''{{flagicon|South Africa|1928}} {{flag|South Africa}}''': The [[National Party (South Africa)|National Party]] in South Africa from 1948 to 1994. The [[African National Congress]] (ANC) governed South Africa with consecutive majority governments from 1994 to 2024.
*'''{{Flag|Sudan}}''': [[National Congress (Sudan)|National Congress]] from 1998 to 2019 (1998 to 2005 as sole legal party).
*'''{{Flag|Tanzania}}''': Via Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) from 1961 with TANU name to present in 2024 no any other Political party have ever lead the country.
*'''{{flag|Tunisia}}''': The [[Democratic Constitutional Rally]] in Tunisia, 1956–2011 (as the sole legal party between 1963 and 1981).
*'''{{flag|Zambia}}''': The [[Movement for Multiparty Democracy]] from 1991 to 2011.