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Single-party states often pay lip service to democracy, but without a choice of ruling party, elections in single party states are largely symbolic. Although other political parties are sometimes allowed by the government, these other parties must subordinate themselves to the dominant party and cannot function as an opposition.
In most cases single-party states have arisen from fascist, communist or nationalist ideologies, particularly in the wake of independence from colonial rule.
Examples of present or former single-party states include:
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