Editing Dominant-party system (section)

==Current dominant-party systems==

===Africa===
*{{flag|Angola}}
** [[MPLA|Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola]], ''Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola'' (MPLA):<ref>{{cite book |title=Africa Yearbook: Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara in 2008 |last1=Mehler |first1=Andreas |last2=Melber |first2=Henning |last3=Van Walraven |first3=Klaas |year=2009 |publisher=Brill |location=Leiden |isbn=978-90-04-17811-3 |page=411 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xOVYchAfCYYC }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bti-project.org/country-reports/esa/ago/ |title=2012 • Transformationsindex |access-date=April 1, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401150404/http://www.bti-project.org/country-reports/esa/ago/ |archive-date=April 1, 2012 }} {{in lang|en}}</ref> In power since independence, November 11, 1975; sole legal party, 1975–92
** Formerly led by President [[José Eduardo dos Santos]] (in office from September 10, 1979, to August 28, 2017) and now led by [[João Lourenço]].
** [[1992 Angolan general election|Presidential election, 1992]]: dos Santos (MPLA-PT) won 49.6% of the vote. As this was not an absolute majority, a runoff against Jonas Savimbi (40.1%) was required, but did not take place. Dos Santos remained in office without democratic legitimacy.
** New constitution, 2010: popular election of president abolished in favour of a rule that the top candidate of the most voted party in parliamentary elections becomes president.
** [[2022 Angolan general election|Parliamentary election, 2022]]: MPLA 51.17% and 124 of 220 seats.
* {{Flag|Burundi}}
** [[National Council for the Defense of Democracy – Forces for the Defense of Democracy|National Council for the Defense of Democracy-Forces for the Defense of Democracy]] (CNDD-FDD) In power since 2005
** Led by President [[Évariste Ndayishimiye]], in office since June 18, 2020
** [[2020 Burundian general election|Presidential election, 2020]]: Évariste Ndayishimiye (CNDD-FDD) 71.45%
** [[2020 Burundian general election|Parliamentary election, 2020]]: CNDD-FDD 70.98% and 72 of 100 seats.
*{{flag|Cameroon}}<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Siegle |first1=Joseph |last2=Wahila |first2=Hany |date=January 13, 2025 |title=Cameroon: Change is Coming but More of the Same? |url=https://africacenter.org/spotlight/2025-elections/cameroon/ |access-date=January 23, 2025 |website=African Center For Strategic Studies}}</ref>
** [[Cameroon People's Democratic Movement]] (Rassemblement Démocratique et Populaire du Cameroun, RDPC): Led by President [[Paul Biya]], in office since November 6, 1982 
** In power, under various names, since independence, January 1, 1960 (Sole legal party, 1966–1990)
** [[2018 Cameroonian presidential election|Presidential election, 2018]]: Paul Biya (RDPC) 71.28%
** [[2020 Cameroonian parliamentary election|Parliamentary election, 2020]]: RDPC 139 of 180 seats
*{{flag|Republic of the Congo}}{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}}
** [[Congolese Party of Labour]] (Parti Congolais du Travail, PCT): Led by President [[Denis Sassou-Nguesso]], in office from February 8, 1979, to August 31, 1992, and since October 15, 1997
** In power, under various names, from 1969 to 1992 and since 1997 (Sole legal party, 1963–1990)
** [[2022 Republic of the Congo parliamentary election|Parliamentary election, 2022]]: PCT 112 of 151 seats
** [[2021 Republic of the Congo presidential election|Presidential election, 2021]]: Denis Sassou-Nguesso (PCT) 88.40%
*{{flag|Djibouti}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023 |title=Djibouti: Freedom in the World 2024 Country Report |url=https://freedomhouse.org/country/djibouti/freedom-world/2024 |access-date=January 23, 2025 |website=Freedomhouse.org}}</ref>
** [[People's Rally for Progress]] (Rassemblement Populaire pour de Progrès, RPP)
** Led by President [[Ismail Omar Guelleh]], in office since May 8, 1999
** In power since its formation in 1979 (Sole legal party, 1979–1992)
** [[2023 Djiboutian parliamentary election|Parliamentary election, 2023]]: RPP in coalition, 93.68% and 59 of 65 seats
** [[2021 Djiboutian presidential election|Presidential election, 2021]]: Ismail Omar Guelleh (RPP) 97.30%
*{{flag|Equatorial Guinea}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023 |title=Equatorial Guinea |url=https://www.idea.int/democracytracker/country/equatorial-guinea |quote=Equatorial Guinea has been a dominant party state for decades, as the PDGE and the president’s inner circle control the most important offices of the state, and all but one of the seats in the bicameral legislature.}}</ref>
** [[Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea]] (Partido Democrático de Guinea Ecuatorial, PDGE)
** Led by President [[Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo]], in office since August 3, 1979: In power since its formation in 1987 (Sole legal party, 1987–1991)
** [[2017 Equatorial Guinean legislative election|Senate election, 2017]]: PDGE 92.00% 55 of 70 seats (Includes 15 unelected representatives appointed by the president.)
** Chamber of People's Representatives election, 2017: PDGE 92.00% 99 of 100 seats
** [[2022 Equatorial Guinean general election|Presidential election, 2022]]: Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo (PDGE) 97.00%
*{{flag|Ethiopia}}{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}}
**[[Prosperity Party]], previously [[Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front]] (EPRDF): Led by Prime Minister [[Abiy Ahmed]], in office since April 2, 2018
** In power since May 28, 1991 (party reorganization 2019)
** [[2021 Ethiopian general election|Parliamentary election, 2021]]: 410 of 483 seats
** Regional election, 2015: Regional partners 1987 of 1990 seats
*{{flag|Mozambique}}{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}}
** [[FRELIMO|Mozambican Liberation Front]] (FRELIMO)
** Led by President [[Daniel Chapo]], in office since January 15, 2025 
** In power since independence, June 25, 1975 (Sole legal party, 1975–1990)
** [[2024 Mozambican general election|Presidential election, 2024]]: Daniel Chapo (FRELIMO) 65.17%
** [[2024 Mozambican general election|Parliamentary election, 2024]]: FRELIMO 171 of 250 seats
*{{flag|Namibia}}<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Tötemeyer |first=Gerhard |date=December 10-12, 2007 |title=The Management of a Dominant Political Party system with particular reference to Namibia |url=https://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/namibia/05913.pdf |journal=Friedrich Ebert Stiftung |quote=SWAPO Party being the dominant party in Namibia seized legitimate political power and thereby ending colonial rule on 21 March 2000. SWAPO Party's growth as dominant party was as follows…}}</ref>
** [[SWAPO|South West Africa People's Organisation]] (SWAPO)
** Led by President [[Nangolo Mbumba]], in office since February 4, 2024
** In power since independence, March 21, 1990
** [[2024 Namibian general election|Presidential election, 2024]]: Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah (SWAPO) 58.07%
** [[2024 Namibian general election|Parliamentary election, 2024]]: SWAPO 53.37% and 51 of 96 seats
** [[2020 Namibian local and regional elections|Regional elections, 2020]]: SWAPO 88 of 121 seats
*{{flag|Nigeria}}
**[[Lagos State]]
***[[All Progressives Congress]] / [[Alliance for Democracy (Nigeria)|Alliance for Democracy]] has won every election in [[Lagos State]] since the end of military rule in Nigeria in 1999.
*{{flag|Rwanda}}{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}}
** [[Rwandan Patriotic Front]] (RPF)
** Led by President [[Paul Kagame]], in office since March 24, 2000
** In power since July 19, 1994
** [[2024 Rwandan general election|Presidential election, 2024]]: Paul Kagame (RPF) 99.18%
** [[2024 Rwandan general election|Parliamentary election, 2024]]: RPF 68.83% and 37 of 53 seats
*{{flag|South Sudan}}{{Citation needed|date=August 2012}}
** [[Sudan People's Liberation Movement]] (SPLM)
** Led by President [[Salva Kiir Mayardit]], in office since July 9, 2011; and was [[President of Southern Sudan]] since July 30, 2005
** In power since independence, July 9, 2011; and in the autonomous [[Government of Southern Sudan (2005–2011)|Government of Southern Sudan]] since formation, July 9, 2005
** [[2010 Sudanese general election|Presidential election, 2010]]: Salva Kiir Mayardit (SPLM) 92.99%
** Parliamentary election, 2010: SPLM 160 of 170 seats
**
*{{flag|Tanzania}}<ref>{{cite journal |last=O'Gorman |first=Melanie |date=April 26, 2012 |title=Why the CCM won't lose: the roots of single-party dominance in Tanzania |journal=[[Journal of Contemporary African Studies]] |volume=30 |issue=2 |pages=313–333 |doi=10.1080/02589001.2012.669566 |citeseerx=10.1.1.410.9369 |s2cid=17134713 }}</ref>
** [[Chama Cha Mapinduzi]] (CCM): Led by President [[Samia Suluhu Hassan]], in office since March 19, 2021
** In power, under various names, since independence, December 9, 1961 (Sole legal party, 1964–1992)
** [[2014 Tanzanian civic election|Civic election, 2014]]: CCM 74.50%
** [[2020 Tanzanian general election|Presidential election, 2020]]: [[John Magufuli]] (CCM) 84.40%
** [[2020 Tanzanian general election|Parliamentary election, 2020]]: CCM 350 of 393 seats (Includes 16 unelected representatives)
*{{flag|Togo}}{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}}
** [[Union for the Republic (Togo)|Union for the Republic]] (UNIR): Led by President [[Faure Gnassingbé]], in office since February 5, 2005
** In power since its formation in 2012
** [[2020 Togolese presidential election|Presidential election, 2020]]: Faure Gnassingbé (UNIR) 70.78%
** [[2024 Togolese parliamentary election|Parliamentary election, 2024]]: UNIR 108 of 113 seats
*{{flag|Uganda}}
** [[National Resistance Movement]] (NRM): Led by President [[Yoweri Museveni]], in office since January 29, 1986.
** In power as ''de facto'' dominant party since January 29, 1986, as a [[Non-partisan democracy|"non-party Movement."]]
** Became ''de jure'' dominant party with the return of multi-party elections on July 28, 2005.
** [[2021 Ugandan general election|Presidential election, 2021]]: [[Yoweri Museveni]] (NRM) 58.38%
** [[2021 Ugandan general election|Parliamentary election, 2021]]: NRM 41.60% and 336 of 529 seats
*{{flag|Zimbabwe}}{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}}
**[[Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front]] (ZANU-PF): Formerly led by President [[Robert Mugabe]], in office from April 18, 1980, to [[2017 Zimbabwean coup d'état|November 21, 2017]] (as president since December 31, 1987) and now led by [[Emmerson Mnangagwa]] since November 24, 2017. In power since independence, April 17, 1980
** [[2023 Zimbabwean general election|Presidential election, 2023]]: Emmerson Mnangagwa (ZANU-PF) 52.60%
** [[2023 Zimbabwean general election|Parliamentary election, 2023]]: ZANU-PF 56.18% and 177 of 280 seats
** [[2023 Zimbabwean general election|Senate election, 2023]]: ZANU-PF 33 of 80 seats (Includes 20 unelected representatives)

===Americas===
* {{flag|Antigua & Barbuda}}
** The [[Barbuda People's Movement]] has ruled the island of [[Barbuda]] since 1979, and has won every election for the island's seat in the national [[House of Representatives of Antigua and Barbuda|House of Representatives]] except for the [[2014 Antiguan general election|2014 election]], which it lost by one vote. 
* {{flag|Barbados}} 
** The [[Barbados Labour Party]] won every seat in the [[House of Assembly of Barbados|House of Assembly]] in the [[2018 Barbadian general election|2018]] and [[2022 Barbadian general election|2022 general election]]
** [[2022 Barbadian general election]]: [[Mia Mottley]]: 69.03%, 30 of 30 seats in the House of Assembly
* {{flag|Bolivia}} 
** [[Movement for Socialism (Bolivia)|Movement Toward Socialism (MAS)]] from 2006 to 2019 and since 2020. 
** [[2020 Bolivian general election]]: [[Luis Arce]]: 55.10%, won 75 chamber seats and 21 senate seats
*{{Flag|Brazil}}
**{{Flag|Bahia}}: the [[Workers' Party (Brazil)|Workers' Party]] has won every gubernatorial election since 2006.
* {{Flag|Costa Rica}}

** [[File:Bandera de Curridabat.svg|22px]] [[Curridabat (canton)|Curridabat]]: [[21st Century Curridabat]] has elected all [[Curridabat (canton)|Curridabat]] mayors since direct mayor elections exist in Costa Rica in [[2002 Costa Rican municipal elections|2002]].
* {{flag|Dominica}}
** [[Dominica Labour Party]]: Led by [[Roosevelt Skerrit]] and [[Charles Savarin]]
** In power since 2000
** [[2022 Dominican general election]]: 82.38% and won 19 of 21 seats
* {{flag|Mexico}}
** The [[National Action Party (Mexico)|National Action Party]] (PAN) has dominated politics in the state of [[Guanajuato]] since 1991,<ref>The state's first PAN governor, Carlos Medina Plascencia, took office on an interim basis without going to the polls.</ref> winning every gubernatorial election since 1995.<ref>Vicente Fox was the first democratically elected PAN governor of the state.</ref>
* {{flag|Nicaragua}}
** [[Frente Sandinista de Liberacion Nacional|FSLN]]: Led by [[Daniel Ortega]]. Presidency since 2007 (and 1979–1990) mayor of every major city, including [[Managua]], majorities in most departments. 
** Local elections, 2012: 75.7% and 127 of 153 seats
** [[2021 Nicaraguan general election|General election, 2021]]: Daniel Ortega 75.9%
** National election, 2016: 66.8%
** Constituency election, 2016: 65.7%
** Central American Parliament, 2016: 68.6%
* {{flag|Paraguay}}
** The [[Colorado Party (Paraguay)|Colorado Party]] of [[Paraguay]], 1880–1904 and 1948–2008, and 2014 to the present day. They were the sole legal party from 1947 to 1962. They currently (as of 2025) control the executive and both chambers of Congress.
* {{Flag|Saint Vincent|name=Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}}
**[[Unity Labour Party|Unity Labor Party]]: Led by Prime Minister [[Ralph Gonsalves]].
**In power since 2001
**[[2020 Vincentian general election]]: 49.6% (lost popular vote) and won 9 of 15 seats.
*{{flag|Venezuela}}
** [[United Socialist Party of Venezuela]] led [[Great Patriotic Pole]]: In power since 1999, led by [[Hugo Chavez]], then [[Nicolás Maduro]]
** [[2017 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election]]: won 538 of 545 seats
** [[2017 Venezuelan regional elections]]: 52.7%
** [[2017 Venezuelan municipal elections]]: GPP 71.31% and won 306 of 365 seats
** [[2018 Venezuelan presidential election]]: Nicolás Maduro 67.8%
** [[2020 Venezuelan parliamentary election]]: GPP claimed 70% of the seats.
**As of 2025, the legislature, judiciary and executive are ''de facto'' controlled by Maduro's party

===Asia and Oceania===

* {{Flag|Australia}}
** [[Australian Capital Territory]]: Since 2001, the [[Australian Labor Party]] has held government continuously in the ACT - sometimes in their own right, and sometimes in coalition with the [[Australian Greens]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-09-13 |title='It's become a bit one-sided': Antony Green says the ACT has fallen into a pattern of 'forever government'. So will anything change? |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-14/act-election-antony-green-forever-government-analysis/104347268 |access-date=2024-10-29 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}}</ref>
*{{anchor|Cambodia}}{{flag|Cambodia}}
** [[Cambodian People's Party]] (CPP): Led by former prime minister [[Hun Sen]], in office from 1985 to 2023
** In power since 1993 (sole legal party 1979–1992)
** [[2022 Cambodian communal elections]]: 99.46% and 11,510 of 11,572 councillors
** [[2018 Cambodian Senate election]]: 95.95% and 58 of 58 seats
** [[2023 Cambodian general election]]: 82.30% and 120 of 125 seats. 
*{{anchor|India}}{{flag|India}}
**[[Gujarat]]: Since 1998, the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] has consecutively ruled the state legislature of Gujarat.
* {{flag|Indonesia}}
** {{flag|Bali}}: Dominated by the [[Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle]] since 2003. The [[Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle]] won gubernatorial elections in 2003, 2008, [[2018 Bali gubernatorial election|2018]], and [[2024 Bali gubernatorial election|2024]]
** {{flag|West Sumatra}}: The [[Prosperous Justice Party]] won every gubernatorial elections in 2010, [[2015 West Sumatra gubernatorial election|2015]], [[2020 West Sumatra gubernatorial election|2020]], and [[2024 West Sumatra gubernatorial election|2024]]
*{{flag|Malaysia}}
** {{flag|Kelantan}}: Led by [[Parti Islam Se-Malaysia]] (PAS) under various coalitions ([[Angkatan Perpaduan Ummah]], [[Barisan Alternatif]], [[Pakatan Rakyat]], [[Gagasan Sejahtera]], [[Perikatan Nasional]] (PN)) since 1990. PAS also lead the state government as a single party from 1955 to 1973 and as a component party of [[Barisan Nasional]] from 1973 to 1978, when they were expelled from BN in the aftermath of the [[1977 Kelantan Emergency]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.malaysianbar.org.my/article/news/legal-and-general-news/general-news/kelantan-emergency-of-december-1977 | title=Kelantan Emergency of December 1977 - the Malaysian Bar }}</ref>
** {{flag|Pahang}}: Led by [[Barisan Nasional]] and its predecessor, [[Alliance Party (Malaysia)|Perikatan]] since 1955. Currently lead a coalition government with [[Pakatan Harapan]] after the [[2022 Pahang state election]].
** {{flag|Penang}}: Led by [[Pakatan Harapan]] and its predecessor, [[Pakatan Rakyat]] since 2008. Currently led a government coalition with Barisan Nasional after the 2023 state election. 
** {{flag|Sarawak}}: Led by [[Gabungan Parti Sarawak]] and its predecessors (BN Sarawak, Sarawak Alliance) since independence (1963). 
** {{flag|Selangor}}: Led by [[Pakatan Harapan]] and its predecessor, [[Pakatan Rakyat]] since 2008. Currently lead a government coalition with Barisan Nasional after the 2023 state election. 
** {{flag|Negeri Sembilan}}: Led by [[Pakatan Harapan]] since 2018. Currently lead a government coalition with Barisan Nasional after the 2023 state election.
** {{flag|Terengganu}}: Led by [[Malaysian Islamic Party|PAS]] under many coalitions (currently under [[Perikatan Nasional|PN]]), similar to Kelantan since [[2018 Terengganu state election|2018]]. The PN coalition won all seats in the state after the [[2023 Terengganu state election|2023 state election]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-12 |title=After clean sweep, PN now fully controls Terengganu at state and federal levels |url=https://theedgemalaysia.com/node/678446 |access-date=2024-12-28 |website=The Edge Malaysia}}</ref>
* {{flag|Palestinian National Authority}} 
** [[Palestinian National Authority|West Bank Government]] ([[Fatah]]): Led by President [[Mahmoud Abbas]], in office since 15 January 2005 (as Chairman of the [[Palestine Liberation Organization|PLO]] since 26 October 2004) 
*** [[Oslo Accords|In power since 1994]]
*** [[2005 Palestinian presidential election]]: Mahmoud Abbas 62.52%
** [[Governance of the Gaza Strip|Gaza Strip Government]] ([[Hamas]]): Led by Chairman of the Political Bureau (acting) [[Khaled Mashal]], in office since 16 October 2024 (previously in 31 July 2024 – 6 August 2024 and 1996-6 May 2017)
*** [[Battle of Gaza (2007)|In power since 2007]]
*** [[2006 Palestinian legislative election]]: 74 of 132 seats and 44.45%
* {{flag|Singapore}}
** [[People's Action Party]] (PAP): Led by [[Prime Minister of Singapore|Prime Minister]] [[Lawrence Wong]], in office since 15 May 2024 (as Secretary-General since 4 December 2024) 
** In power since 5 June 1959<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary.html |title=Singapore Elections Department – Parliamentary Election Results |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |access-date=September 9, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910073201/http://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_past_parliamentary.html |archive-date=September 10, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
** [[2025 Singaporean general election|Parliamentary election, 2025]]: PAP won 65.57% of the popular vote and 87 out of 97 seats
** [[2023 Singaporean presidential election|Presidential election, 2023]]: Former PAP member [[Tharman Shanmugaratnam]] won 70.4% of the vote{{NoteTag|Presidents in Singapore are not allowed to belong to any party}}
* {{flag|Tajikistan}}{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}}
** [[People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan]] is headed by President [[Emomali Rahmon]]: In power since 1994 
** [[2020 Tajik presidential election|Presidential election, 2020]]: [[Emomali Rahmon]] 92.08%
** [[2020 Tajik parliamentary election|Parliamentary election, 2020]]: 47 of 63 seats in [[Supreme Assembly (Tajikistan)|Assembly of Representatives]]
* {{flag|Turkmenistan}}{{Citation needed|date=June 2013}}
** [[Democratic Party of Turkmenistan]] is headed by [[Kasymguly Babaev]] since August 18, 2013
** [[2022 Turkmenistan presidential election|Presidential election, 2022]]: [[Serdar Berdimuhamedow]] 72.97%
** [[2018 Turkmen parliamentary election|Parliamentary election, 2018]]: 55 of 125 seats in the [[Assembly of Turkmenistan]]
** In power since independence in 1990
** Sole legal party until 2012

===Eurasia===

*{{flag|Azerbaijan}}
** [[New Azerbaijan Party]] (YAP) has been in power essentially continuously since 1993.
** [[2020 Azerbaijani parliamentary election|Parliamentary election, 2020]]: 72 of 125 seats
** [[2024 Azerbaijani presidential election|Presidential election, 2024]]: [[Ilham Aliyev]] 92.12%
*{{flag|Georgia}}<ref>David Aprasidze, David S. Siroky: ''Technocratic Populism in Hybrid Regimes: Georgia on My Mind and in My Pocket'', Politics Gov., Vol. 8, No. 4 (2020).</ref><ref>Phillip Oravec, Edward C. Holland: ''The Georgian Dream? Outcomes from the Summer of Protest, 2018'', Demokratizatsiya, Vol. 27, No. 2 (2019), pp. 249–256.</ref>
** [[Georgian Dream]] (GD) has been in power with an overall majority in Parliament since 2012.
** [[2020 Georgian parliamentary election|Parliamentary election, 2020]]: 48.22% and 90 of 150 seats
** [[2018 Georgian presidential election|Presidential election, 2018]]: [[Salome Zourabichvili]] 59.5% (endorsed by GD, GD amended the constitution to abolish popular vote for the presidency by 2024<ref>[https://dfwatch.net/understand-georgias-constitutional-reforms-look-beyond-president-48381 ''To Understand Georgia's Constitutional Reforms, Look Beyond the President''], Democracy & Freedom Watch, 6 May 2017, retrieved 7 January 2023.</ref>)
** [[List of municipalities in Georgia (country)|Municipality]] mayors: 64 of 65
*{{flag|Kazakhstan}}{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}}
** [[Amanat (political party)|Amanat]] 
** [[2016 Kazakh legislative election|Parliamentary election, 2016]]: 82.20% and 84 of 107 seats in the [[Majilis]]
** [[2022 Kazakh presidential election|Presidential election, 2022]]: [[Kassym-Jomart Tokayev]] 81.31%
*{{flag|Russia}}
** [[United Russia]]
*** Led by [[Dmitry Medvedev]] (president 2008–2012, prime minister 2012–2020)
*** In power since 2003
*** [[2024 Russian presidential election|Presidential election, 2024]]: [[Vladimir Putin]] 88.48% (endorsed by [[United Russia]] and several other parties, but ran as an independent)
*** [[2021 Russian legislative election|Parliamentary election, 2021]]: 49.82% and 324 of 450 seats
*** [[List of heads of federal subjects of Russia|Governors]]: 60 of 85
*{{flag|Turkey}}
** [[Justice and Development Party (Turkey)|Justice and Development Party]]
*** Led by [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]] (president 2014–present, prime minister 2003–2014)
*** In power since 2002
*** [[2023 Turkish presidential election|Presidential election, 2023]]: [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]] 52.18%
*** [[2023 Turkish parliamentary election|Parliamentary election, 2023]]: 35.61% and 268 of 600 seats

===Europe===
*{{Flag|Austria}}
** {{flag|Lower Austria}}
***[[Austrian People's Party]]: Led by [[Johanna Mikl-Leitner]], governor (since 2017); In power since 1945{{NoteTag|name=ÖVP|The predecessors of the ÖVP (the [[Christian Social Party (Austria)|Christian Social Party]]) ruled from 1907 until 1933 alone, with the help of the [[Fatherland Front (Austria)|Fatherland Front]] from 1933 until 1934, and the Fatherland Front ruled alone from 1934 until the [[Anschluss]] of 1938.}}
*** [[2023 Lower Austrian state election|State election, 2023]]: VPNÖ 39.93% and won 23 of 56 seats
*** [[2019 European Parliament election in Austria|European Parliament election, 2019]]: ÖVP 40.1%
*** [[2019 Austrian legislative election]]: ÖVP 42.3%
** {{flag|Tyrol}}
*** [[Austrian People's Party]]: Led by [[Anton Mattle]], governor (since 2022); In power since 1945
*** [[2022 Tyrolean state election|State election, 2022]]: TVP 34.71% and won 14 of 36 seats
*** [[2019 European Parliament election in Austria|European Parliament election, 2019]]: ÖVP 42.6%
*** [[2019 Austrian legislative election]]: ÖVP 45.8%
** {{flag|Vienna}}
*** [[Social Democratic Party of Austria]]: Led by [[Michael Ludwig]], [[List of mayors of Vienna|mayor]] (since 2018); In power since 1945{{NoteTag|The [[Social Democratic Party of Austria|SPÖ]] was previously the continuous ruling party of Vienna from 1919 until 1934, before being taken over by the [[Fatherland Front (Austria)|Fatherland Front]] and the 1938 [[Anschluss|Anschluss of Austria]].|name=SPÖ}}
*** [[2020 Viennese state election|State election, 2020]]: SPÖ 41.62% and won 46 of 100 seats
*** [[2019 Austrian legislative election]]: SPÖ 27.1%
*** [[2019 European Parliament election in Austria|European Parliament election, 2019]]: SPÖ 30.3%
** {{flag|Vorarlberg}}
*** [[Austrian People's Party]]: Led by [[Markus Wallner]], governor (since 2011); In power since 1945
*** [[2019 Vorarlberg state election|State election, 2019:]] VVP 43.53% and won 17 of 36 seats
*** [[2019 European Parliament election in Austria|European Parliament election, 2019]]: ÖVP 34.6%
*** [[2019 Austrian legislative election]]: ÖVP 36.6%
** {{flag|Upper Austria}}
*** [[Austrian People's Party]]: Led by [[Thomas Stelzer (born 1967)|Thomas Stelzer]], governor (since 2017); In power since 1945
*** [[2021 Upper Austrian state election|State election, 2021:]] OÖVP 37.61% and won 22 of 56 seats
*** [[2019 Austrian legislative election]]: ÖVP 36.8%
*** [[2019 European Parliament election in Austria|European Parliament election, 2019]]: ÖVP 35.1%
*{{Flag|Estonia}}
** [[Estonian Reform Party]] has won all national and local elections in [[Tartu]], the second biggest city, since 1995. Holding mayor's position since 1996.
*{{Flag|Germany}}
** {{flag|Bavaria}}
***[[Christian Social Union in Bavaria]] (CSU): Led by [[Markus Söder]], [[List of Ministers-President of Bavaria|Minister-President]] (since 2018); In power since 1946, with a sole hiatus from 1954 to 1957. From 1966 to 2003 and 2013 to 2018, CSU ruled with an absolute majority. Its share of votes peaked in 1974 at 62%. From 2003 to 2008, CSU held a two-thirds supermajority in the Bavarian Landtag. Since the 2010s, the CSU's dominance has somewhat eroded (31.7% in the [[2021 German federal election]]; 37.2% in the [[2018 Bavarian state election]]), but it is still considered impossible to form a government led by another party in Bavaria. Even before 1946, Bavaria was already a dominant party system before the Third Reich dominated by the Bavarian People's Party (1918-1933), the Bavarian Centrist Party (1887-1918) and the Bavarian Patriot Party (1869-1887). 
**{{flag|Saxony}}
*** [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|Christian Democratic Union]] (CDU):<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/landtagswahl-in-sachsen-cdu-sucht-nach-einem-neuen-partner-1.2108781 |title=CDU sucht nach einem neuen Partner |website=Sueddeutsche.de |date=August 31, 2014|last=Dresden|first=Cornelius Pollmer}}</ref> In power since the establishment of the state in 1990. CDU ruled with an absolute majority until 2004, and even a two-thirds supermajority in the Landtag from 1994 to 2004. Its popularity peaked at 56.9% in the 1999 election. In the 2010s, CDU's dominance eroded significantly. In the [[2017 German federal election]], Saxony's CDU came in second place for the first time in the history of the state, reaching 26.9%, behind the far-right [[Alternative für Deutschland]]. Due to the irreconcilability of left-wing and right-wing opposition parties, it is still considered impossible to form a state government led by another party than CDU.
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***[[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]] (SPD):<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brandenburg election: Olaf Scholz's SPD narrowly beats AfD - exit polls |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c24315lrv18o |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=www.bbc.com |date=September 22, 2024 |language=en-GB}}</ref> Led by [[List of minister-presidents of Brandenburg|Minister-President]] [[Dietmar Woidke]] (since 2013). In power since the state's establishment in 1990. currently. It won an absolute majority of seats in the [[Landtag of Brandenburg|Landtag]] and swept every single-member constituency in [[1994 Brandenburg state election|1994]], winning 54.1% of the vote. The SPD also swept all of Brandenburg's single-member constituencies in the [[2021 German federal election|2021 federal election]].
* {{flag|Hungary}}
** [[Fidesz–KDNP]]: In power since 2010 (won in the [[2009 European Parliament election in Hungary|European Parliament election, 2009]]: 14 of 22 of seats for Hungary)
** Led by [[Viktor Orbán]], [[Prime Minister of Hungary|prime minister]] (since 2010)
** [[2022 Hungarian parliamentary election]]: 54.13% and qualified majority, 135 of 199 seats
** [[2019 European Parliament election in Hungary|European Parliament election, 2019]]: 52.56% and 13 of 21 of seats for Hungary
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** {{flag|Emilia-Romagna}}
*** [[Democratic Party (Italy)|Democratic Party]]{{NoteTag|name=PD|Formerly its predecessors [[Italian Socialist Party|PSI]] (before 1924), [[Italian Communist Party|PCI]], [[Democratic Party of the Left|PDS]] and [[Democrats of the Left|DS]].}}: In power since 2007
*** [[2020 Emilia-Romagna regional election|Regional election, 2020]]: PD 34.7% and 23 of 50 seats
*** [[2024 European Parliament election in Italy|European Parliament election, 2024]]: PD 36.1% 
*** [[2022 Italian general election|Chamber of Deputies, 2022]]: PD 28.1%
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*** [[Centre-right coalition (Italy)|Centre-right coalition]]: In power since 1994
*** [[2018 Lombard regional election|Regional election, 2018]]: CDX 56.27% and won 49 of 80 seats
*** Presidential election, 2018: Attilio Fontana 54.67%
*** [[2022 Italian general election|Chamber of Deputies election, 2022]]: CDX 50.6%
*** Senate election, 2018: CDX 50.4%
** {{flag|Tuscany}}
*** [[Democratic Party (Italy)|Democratic Party]]{{NoteTag|name=PD}}: In power since 2007
*** [[2015 Tuscan regional election|Regional election, 2015]]: PD 48.1%  and 25 of 41 seats
*** [[2014 European Parliament election in Italy|European Parliament election, 2014]]: PD 52.5% 
*** [[2018 Italian general election|Chamber of Deputies election, 2018]]: PD 29.6%
*** Senate election, 2018: PD 30.5%
** {{flag|South Tyrol}}
*** [[South Tyrolean People's Party]]: In power since 1948 (The [[Deutscher Verband|German Association]] dominated from 1921 and before that it was part of Tyrol)
*** [[1924 Italian general election]]: [[Deutscher Verband|German Association]], part of [[Lists of Slavs and Germans]] 80%
*** [[2013 Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol provincial elections#South Tyrol|Provincial elections, 2013]]: SVP 45.7% and 17 of 35 seats
*** [[2014 European Parliament election in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol|European Parliament election, 2014]]: SVP 48.0% 
*** [[Italian general election, 2018 (Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol)|Chamber of Deputies election, 2018]]: SVP 48.8%
*** Senate election, 2018: SVP 49.8%
** {{flag|Veneto}}
*** [[Centre-right coalition (Italy)|Centre-right coalition]]: In power since 1994
*** Came in second place in Veneto to the [[Democratic Party (Italy)|Democratic Party]] in the [[2014 European Parliament election in Lombardy|European Parliament election, 2014]]: FI+LN+FdI 33.2%
*** [[2015 Venetian regional election|Regional election, 2015]]: CDX 52.2% and won 29 of 51 seats
*** Presidential election, 2015: Luca Zaia 50.1%
*** [[Italian general election, 2018 (Veneto)|Chamber of Deputies election, 2018]]: CDX 48.1%
*** Senate election, 2018: CDX 48.2%
* {{flag|Moldova}}
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*** [[Political status of Transnistria|Self-declared state]]
*** [[Obnovlenie]]: In power since 2005
*** [[2020 Transnistrian parliamentary election|Parliamentary election, 2020]]: Renewal 27.79% and 29 of 33 seats
*** [[2016 Transnistrian presidential election|Presidential election, 2016]]: [[Vadim Krasnoselsky]], as independent candidate, 59.16%
* {{flag|Portugal}}
** {{flag|Madeira}}: the [[Social Democratic Party (Portugal)|Social Democratic Party]] has dominated political life in the [[Administrative divisions of Portugal#Autonomous regions|autonomous region]] of [[Madeira]] since the first regional elections, in 1976. [[Alberto João Jardim]] served as [[Presidents of the Regional Government of Madeira|President of the Regional Government]] uninterruptedly from 1978 to 2015.
*** [[2013 Portuguese local elections|Local elections, 2013]]: PSD 34.81%
*** [[2014 European Parliament election in Portugal|European Parliament election, 2014]] (in Madeira): PSD 31.0%
*** [[2015 Madeira regional election|Regional election, 2015]]: PSD 48.56% and 25 of 47 seats
*** [[2015 Portuguese legislative election]] (in Madeira): PSD 37.8% and 3 of 6 seats
* {{Flag|San Marino}}
** The [[Sammarinese Christian Democratic Party]] (PDCS) have always had a plurality of seats in the [[Grand and General Council]] since 1951, However it has not consistently formed the government. From 2016 to 2020 it was in opposition. The predecessor of the PDCS the [[Sammarinese People's Party]] was already biggest party in [[1920 Sammarinese general election|1920]].
** [[2019 Sammarinese general election|General election, 2019]]. PDCS 33.35%
* {{flag|Serbia}}
** [[Serbian Progressive Party]]: In power since 2012, led by [[Miloš Vučević]]
** [[2022 Serbian general election|Parliamentary election, 2022]]: SNS 44.27% and 120 of 250 seats
** [[2022 Serbian general election|Presidential election, 2022]]: [[Aleksandar Vučić]], 60.01%
** [[2020 Vojvodina provincial election]]: SNS 61.58% and 76 of 120
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**{{flag|Basque Country}}
*** [[Basque Nationalist Party]], in power in the [[Basque Government]] from 1979 to 2009, and again since 2012.
*** [[2020 Basque regional election|Basque election, 2020]]: PNV 38.7%, 31 of 75 seats.
*** [[Results breakdown of the November 2019 Spanish general election (Congress)#Basque Country|Spanish Parliament election, November 2019]]: PNV 32.0%, 6 of 18 seats.
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*** [[Spanish Socialist Workers' Party]], in power in the [[Regional Government of Castile-La Mancha|Castilian-Manchegan Government]] from 1982 to 2011, and again since 2015.
*** [[2019 Castilian-Manchegan regional election|Castilian-Manchegan election, 2019]]: PSOE 44.1%, 19 of 33 seats.
*** [[Results breakdown of the November 2019 Spanish general election (Congress)#Castilla–La Mancha|Spanish Parliament election, November 2019]]: PSOE 33.1%, 9 of 21 seats.
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*** [[People's Party (Spain)|People's Party]]{{NoteTag|name=People's Party|Formerly its predecessor [[People's Alliance (Spain)|People's Alliance]] (before 1989).}}, in power in the [[junta of Castile and León|Castile and León Government]] continuously since 1987.
*** [[2022 Castilian-Leonese regional election|Castilian-Leonese election, 2022]]: PP 31.4%, 31 of 81 seats.
*** [[Results breakdown of the November 2019 Spanish general election (Congress)#Castile and León|Spanish Parliament election, November 2019]]: PP 31.6%, 13 of 31 seats.
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*** [[People's Party (Spain)|People's Party]], in power in the [[Government of the Community of Madrid]] continuously since 1995.
*** [[2021 Madrilenian regional election|Madrilenian election, 2021]]: PP 44.8%, 65 of 136 seats.
*** [[Results breakdown of the November 2019 Spanish general election (Congress)#Madrid|Spanish Parliament election, November 2019]]: PP 26.9%, 10 of 37 seats.
**{{flag|Galicia}}
*** [[People's Party (Spain)|People's Party]]{{NoteTag|name=People's Party|Formerly its predecessor [[People's Alliance (Spain)|People's Alliance]] (before 1989).}}, in power in the [[Xunta de Galicia|Galician Government]] from 1982 to 1987, from 1990 to 2005, and again since 2009.
*** [[2020 Galician regional election|Galician election, 2020]]: PP 47.6%, 41 of 75 seats.
*** [[Results breakdown of the November 2019 Spanish general election (Congress)#Galicia|Spanish Parliament election, November 2019]]: PP 31.9%, 10 of 23 seats.
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** {{flag|Kharkiv}}
***[[Kernes Bloc — Successful Kharkiv]] a party formed from members of the [[Party of Regions]], previously dominant in the [[Verkhovna Rada|Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine]], led by the [[List of mayors of Kharkiv|mayor]] of [[Kharkiv]] [[Hennadiy Kernes]], who was elected three times in a row in [[2020 Kharkiv local elections|elections]] with a result of more than 50% of the vote.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Геннадий Кернес, хозяин Харькова в инвалидном кресле |url=https://www.bbc.com/russian/features-55288508 |access-date=2024-01-30 |work=BBC News Русская служба |language=ru}}</ref>
* {{flag|United Kingdom}}:
** {{flag|Wales}}: 
*** [[Welsh Labour]] has won the majority of seats to the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] in Wales in every election since [[1922 United Kingdom general election|1922]]. 
***It has also been the largest party in the [[Senedd]] (formerly known as the National Assembly for Wales, until 2020) since its inception in [[1999 Welsh Assembly election|1999]].
** {{flag|London}}:
*** [[London Labour]] has won the majority of seats to the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] in London in every election since [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997]]. It has also been the largest party in the [[London Assembly]] for most of its existence with exception to 2008–12.
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*** [[Scottish Labour]] has won every election to the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] in Scotland from [[1964 United Kingdom general election|1964]] to [[2015 United Kingdom general election in Scotland|2015]], where it was heavily defeated and reduced to 1 seat.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Stacey |first1=Kiran |date=May 8, 2015 |title=SNP ends Labour domination in Scotland with election landslide |newspaper=Financial Times |url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/f350d9ac-f4fa-11e4-8a42-00144feab7de.html#axzz3pFUtHHx8}}</ref> 
***It controlled the [[Scottish Parliament]] from its inception in [[1999 Scottish Parliament election|1999]] until the [[2007 Scottish Parliament election|2007 election]] where it lost to the [[Scottish National Party|SNP]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Scottish Politics |last=Cairney |first=Paul |author2=McGarvey, Neil |year=2013 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan Limited |location=Houndmills |isbn=978-0-230-39046-1 |page=58 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ssqQmwEACAAJ }}</ref> It revived as the dominant party in Scotland in [[2024 United Kingdom general election in Scotland|2024]].