List of political parties in Lebanon

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Political parties in Lebanon lists political parties in Lebanon.

Lebanon has numerous political parties, but they play a much less significant role in Lebanese politics than they do in most parliamentary democracies. Many of the "parties" are simply lists of candidates endorsed by a prominent national or local figure. Loose coalitions, usually organized locally, are formed for electoral purposes by negotiation among clan leaders and candidates representing various religious communities; such coalitions usually exist only for the election, and rarely form a cohesive bloc in the National Assembly after the election. No single party has ever won more than 12.5 percent of the seats in the National Assembly, and no coalition of parties has won more than 35 percent.

Especially outside of the major cities, elections tend to focus more on local than national issues, and it is not unusual for a party to join an electoral ticket in one constituency while aligned with a rival party - even an ideologically opposite party - in another constituency.

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[edit] The parties

[edit] Main (parliamentary) parties

[edit] Other (general) parties

[edit] Armenian parties

[edit] Kurdish parties

  • Kurdish Democratic Party
  • Razkari Party

[edit] Forbidden parties

These parties are officially forbidden, but their members still organise activities and participate in elections.

[edit] Political organizations

These groups are not political parties in the classical sense: their members belong to, and in some cases lead, a variety of political parties. They are coalitions of individuals rather than parties.

[edit] See also

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