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Asia

Cambodia

• Cambodian People's Party (CPP)
• Khmer: Kanakpak Pracheachon Kâmpuchéa (KPK)
• Led by
  15 January 1985
• In power since 1979 (as the Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party until 1991)
• Sole legal party, 1981–1991
• Parliamentary election, 2005
  : CPP 47.3% and 73 out of 123 seats

• United Front
• Chinese: 中国共产党 (Zhōngguó Gòngchǎndǎng)
• Led by
  15 November 2002
• In power since 1949
• CPC is the
  eight minor parties
  are recognized; no opposition parties operate legally

Japan

• Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
• Japanese: 自由民主党 (Jiyū-Minshutō)
• Led by
  26 September 2007
• In power 1955-1993, and since 1996
• Parliamentary election, 2005
  : LDP 38.2% and 296 out of 480 seats

Kazakhstan

• Fatherland
• Russian: Нур Отан (Nur Otan)
• Led by
  16 December 1991
• In power since 1999 (as
  Otan
  until 2006)
• Presidential election, 2005
  : Nursultan Nazarbayev (Fatherland) 91.15%
• Legislative election, 2007
  : Fatherland 88.05% and 98 out of 98 seats

Malaysia

• United Malays National Organization
  (UMNO)
• Led by
  31 October 2003
• In power since 1957 (as the
  Alliance Party
  until 1973)
• Parliamentary election, 2008
  : UMNO 29.33% and 79 out of 222 seats, total for Barisan Nasional 50.27% and 140 out of 222 seats

North Korea

• Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland
  (DFRF)
• Korean: 조선로동당 (Chosŏn Rodongdang)
• Led by
  8 October 1997
• In power since 1946 (as the
  Workers Party of North Korea
  until 1949)
• Parliamentary election, 2003
  : DFRF 100.0% and 687 out of 687 seats (of which 687 uncontested)
• WPK is the constitutionally-defined ruling party; two minor parties are recognized; no opposition parties operate legally

Samoa

• Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP)
• Led by
  23 November 1998
• In power since 1982
• Parliamentary election, 2006
  : HRPP 35 of 49 seats

Singapore

• People's Action Party (PAP)
• Led by
  12 August 2004
• In power since
  30 May 1959
• S R Nathan
  elected unopposed (all competing candidates disqualified)
• Parliamentary election, 2006
  : PAP 66.6% and 82 out of 84 seats (of which 37 uncontested)

Tajikistan (PDPT)

Yemen

• General People's Congress (GPC)
• Arabic
  : المؤتمر الشعبي العام (Al-Mu'tamar al-Sha`bi al-`Ām)
• Led by
  22 May 1990
• In power since the unification of North Yemen and South Yemen in 1990
• Presidential election, 2006
  : Ali Abdullah Saleh (GPC) 77.2%
• Parliamentary election, 2003
  : GPC 58.0% and 238 out of 301 seats