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.

Contents 1 The parties 1.1 Main (parliamentary) parties 1.2 Other (general) parties 1.3 Armenian parties 1.4 Kurdish parties 1.5 Forbidden parties 1.6 Political organizations 2 See also

[edit] The parties

Although almost every party is strongly dominated by a particular faith community, it should be noted that most nonetheless maintain that they are secular. The Rafik Hariri Martyr List includes both Muslim and Christian members of parliament, but in different parties.

[edit] Main (parliamentary) parties

• Rafik Hariri Martyr List
  • Current for the Future (Tayyar Al Mustaqbal), 36. (Officially secular; Mainly Sunni Muslim.)
  • Progressive Socialist Party (Hizb al-Taqadummi al-Ishtiraki), 16. (Officially secular; Mainly Druze.)
  • Lebanese Forces, 6 (Officially secular; Mainly Maronite Christian.)
  • Qornet Shehwan Gathering, 6 (Mainly Maronite Christian.)
    • Phalangist or Kataeb Party (Hizb al-Kataeb)
    • National Liberal Party (Hizb al-Ahrar al-Watani)
    • independents
  • Tripoli Bloc, 3
    • Democratic Renewal, 1 (Muslim MP)
    • Democratic Left, 1 (Christian MP)
    • Independents within the Tripoli Bloc, 3 (Muslim MPs)
• Resistance and Development Bloc
  • Hope Movement or Amal Movement (Harakat Amal), 15. (Shi'a Muslim.)
  • Party of God (Hezbollah), 14. (Shi'a Muslim.)
  • Syrian Social Nationalist Party (al-Hizb al-Quami al-Ijtima'i al-Suri), 2. (Officially secular; Muslim-dominated, but some Christian support.)
  • Others, 4
• Aoun Alliance
  • Free Patriotic Movement (Tayyar Al-Watani Al-Horr), 14. (Officially secular; Mainly Christian, but some Muslim support.)
  • Skaff Bloc, 5
  • Murr Bloc, 2
  • El Marada, 0

[edit] Other (general) parties

• Arab Democratic Party
• Al Mourabitoun
• Ba'ath Arab Socialist Party
• Christian Democratic Party
• Congress Party
• Democratic Socialist Party
• Federation of Popular Leagues and Committees
• Islamic Amal Movement
• Islamic Charitable Projects Association
• Islamic Group (Lebanon)
• Lebanese Communist Party
• Lebanese Democratic Movement
• Lebanese Movement
• Lebanese National Bloc
• Lebanese People's Front
• Lebanese Popular Congress
• Lebanese Republican Party
• Marada Institution
• Movement of Change
• Najjadeh Party
• Nasserite Unification movement
• Popular Nasserite Organization
• Revolutionary Communist Group
• Socialist Arab Union
• Solidarity Party
• Union Party
• Waad Party
• Workers League
• Independent Nasserite Movement
• Organization of Communist Action
• Union of Muslim Ulama
• The United Phoenician Party
• Phoenician Party

[edit] Armenian parties

• Ramgavar Party (Ramgavar Azadakan - Liberal Democratic)
• Social Democrat Hunchakian Party
• Dashnak Party (Armenian Revolutionary Federation)

[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.

• Guardians of the Cedars

[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.

• Qornet Shehwan Gathering
• Ain el-Tineh Gathering

[edit] See also

• Index of political parties to browse parties by name
• List of political parties to browse parties by country
• List of political parties by ideology to browse parties by name
• Membership of internationals to browse parties by membership of internationals