The fall of the Soviet-backed People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) and the victory of the Mujahadeen in 1992 splintered the Afghan left and sent it underground. It survived in the form of groups like the left-nationalist Watan Party of Afghanistan (a successor of the PDPA), the small, urban Left Radical of Afghanistan, and the Solidarity Party of Afghanistan, a left-wing, anti-imperialist party currently out of parliament but aligned with independent woman senator Bulquis Roshan.

After the fall of Communism, two parties have dominated the Albanian political spectrum: on the right, the Democratic Party of Albania and on the left, the Socialist Party of Albania (PS). The PS has formed a government four times since 1992, including in 2017, when it won 48% of the vote. While it previously tacked to the center, it has moved somewhat left recently, introducing a progressive tax system. The center-left Socialist Movement for Integration, which spun off from the PS in 2004, has dodged corruption scandals to become the country’s largest third party.

Since the vicious Cold War-infused civil war between the ruling People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) and the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola ended in 2002, the country has remained in the hands of the corrupt, violently repressive MPLA while maintaining the veneer of a multiparty system. Though the disputed 2017 election saw longtime dictator José Eduardo dos Santos step down, the MPLA retained power. No left-wing parties threw their hats in the ring, though the National Patriotic Alliance promised various generous social programs and was rewarded with a mere 0.51% of the vote.