MDP [Kampelo KALUA, president]; National Independence Party; Social
Democratic Party or SDP [Eston KAKHOME, president]; United
Democratic Front or UDF [Bakili MULUZI] - governing party

Malaysia:
Alternative Coalition or Barisan Alternatif-BA (includes
the following parties: Party Islam Se-Malaysia or PAS [FADZIL
Mohamad Noor], National Justice Party or NJP [WAN AZIZAH Wan
Ismail], Democratic Action Party or DAP [LIM Kit Siang], and
Malaysian People's Party or PRM [SYED HUSIN]); National Front or NF
(ruling coalition dominated by the United Malays National
Organization or UMNO [MAHATHIR bin Mohammad], includes the following
parties: Malaysian Indian Congress or MIC [S. Samy VELLU], Malaysian
Chinese Association or MCA [LING Liong Sik], Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia
or Gerakan [LIM Keng Yaik], Parti Pesaka Bumiputra Bersatu or PBB
[Patinggi Haji Abdul TAIB Mahmud], Parti Angkatan Keadilan Rakyat
Bersatu or Akar [PANDIKAR Amin Mulia], Parti Bangsa Dayak Sarawak or
PBDS [Leo MOGGIE], Sarawak United People's Party or SUPP [George
CHAN Hong Nam], Liberal Democratic Party or LDP [CHONG Kah Kiat],
Sabah Progressive Party or SAPP [YONG Teck Lee], People's
Progressive Party or PPP [M. KAYVEAS], Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah or
PBRS [Joseph KURUP], Sarawak National Party or SNAP [Amar James
WONG], Parti Demokratik Sabah or PDS [leader NA], and United Pasok
Momogun Kadazan Organization or UPKO (state level only) [Bernard
DOMPOK]); Parti Bersatu Sabah or PBS [Joseph PAIRIN Kitingan]; Parti
Bersekutu [HARRIS Salleh]; State Reform Party of Sarawak or STAR
[PATAU Rubis]

Maldives:
although political parties are not banned, none exist

Mali:
Alliance for Democracy or ADEMA [Ibrahim Boubacar KEITA, party
chairman]; Block of Alternative for the Renewal of Africa or BARA
[Yoro DIAKITE]; Democratic and Social Convention or CDS [Mamadou
Bakary SANGARE, chairman]; Movement for the Independence,
Renaissance and Integration of Africa or MIRIA [Mohamed Lamine
TRAORE, Mouhamedou DICKO]; National Congress for Democratic
Initiative or CNID [Mountaga TALL, chairman]; Party for Democracy
and Progress or PDP [Me Idrissa TRAORE]; Party for National Renewal
or PARENA [Yoro DIAKITE, chairman; Tiebile DRAME, secretary
general]; Rally for Democracy and Labor or RDT [Ali GNANGADO]; Rally
for Democracy and Progress or RDP [Almamy SYLLA, chairman]; Sudanese
Union/African Democratic Rally