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List of political parties in Jordan

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This article lists political parties in Jordan. Jordan has 34 different political parties, but apart from the oppositional Islamic Action Front and neutral Jordanian National Youth Party, none of them play a real role because of lack of organization and clear political platforms.

The role of parties is significantly limited by institutional factors as well. The king is vested with somewhat broader executive power than is usually the case for a constitutional monarch, making it difficult for a party to win control of the government solely at the ballot box. Additionally, the electoral system is significantly malapportioned in favour of rural areas.[1]

There is no clear picture on the political parties in Jordan, but sources mention the following parties.

The parties

Party Abbr. Leader Political position & ideologies MPs
Islamic Action Front
جبهة العمل الإسلامي
Jabhat al-'Amal al-Islami'
IAF Hamza Mansour
Hamam Saeed
Islamism
Islamic democracy
10 / 130
Zamzam
زمزم
- Rheil Gharaibeh Islamic democracy
5 / 130
Islamic Centre Party
حزب الوسط الاسلامي
Hizb al-Wasat al-Islamiy
- - Centre-right
Islamic democracy
Arab nationalism
5 / 130
National Current Party
حزب التيار الوطني
Hizb al-Tayar al-Watani
NCP Salah Rsheedat Big tent
Jordanian nationalism
Arab nationalism
4 / 130
Justice and Reform Party JRP
2 / 130
Civil Alliance
حزب التحالف المدني
Hizb al-Tahalof al-Madani
- - Centre-left
Secularism
Social liberalism
1 / 130
Jordanian Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party
حزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي الأردني
Hizb al-Ba'aṯ al-'Arabi al-Istiraki al-’Urdunni
JASBP Akram al-Homsi Arab nationalism
Neo-Ba'athism
1 / 130
Jordanian Communist Party
الحزب الشیوعی الاردني
al-Hizb al-Shuyu'i al-Urduni
JCP Faraj Al-Tameezi Communism
Marxism–Leninism
1 / 130
National Union Party
1 / 130
Al-Awn Party
1 / 130
Jordanian Democratic People's Party
حزب الشعب الديمقراطي الأردني
Hizb al-Sha'ab al-Dimuqrati al-Urduni
HASHD - Far-left
Communism
0 / 130
Jordanian Democratic Popular Unity Party

حزب الوحدة الشعبية الديمقراطي الأردني
Hizb al-Wahdah al-Sha'abiyah al-Dimuqratiyyah al-Urduniy

- - Left-wing
Arab socialism
0 / 130
Arab Ba'ath Progressive Party
حزب البعث العربي التقدمي
Hizb al-Ba'aṯ al-'Arabi al-Taqadumi
- Fuad Dabbour Ba'athism
0 / 130
Al-Resalah Party
حزب الرسالة
Hizb al-Resalah
- Hazem Qashou -
0 / 130
Jordanian Arab Party
حزب العربي الأردني
Hizb al-'Arabi al-Urdunni
- Mazin Riyal Arab nationalism
Liberalism
0 / 130
Jordanian Progressive Party
الحزب التقدمي الأردني
al-Hizb al-Taqadumiu al-'Urduniyu
- Fawaz Mahmood Muflih Zou′bi -
0 / 130
Rescue and Partnership Party
الشراكة والانقاذ
al-Sharaka wa al-Inqath
- - Centre
0 / 130
Ma'an List
قائمة معاً
Qaʾima Maʿan
- - Centre-left
Secularism
Social liberalism
0 / 130
Arab Islamic Democratic Movement - - -
National Constitutional Party - - -
Direct Democratic Nationalist Movement Party - - -
Jordanian National Party - - -
Jordanian United Front Party - - -
Al-Rafah Party - - -
Al-Hayat Jordanian Party - - -
Justice and Development Party - - -
Freedom and Equality Party - - -
Al–Ahrar Party - - -
Al Mustaqbal Party - - -
Jordanian Arab Constitutional Front Party - - -
Jordanian Left Democratic Party - - -
Jordan Peace Party - - -
Arab Jordanian al Ansar Party - - -
Arab Land Party - - -
Al-Umma Party - - -
National Democratic Public Movement Party - - -
Jordanian Labor Party - - -
Jordanian Future Party - - -
Defunct Parties
Party Abbr. Leader Political position
National Socialist Party

الحزب الوطني الاشتراكي
Hizb al-Watani al-Ishtiraki

NSP Suleiman Nabulsi Left-wing, Arab nationalist, socialist
Banned Parties
Party Abbr. Leader Political position
Hizb ut-Tahrir

حزب التحرير

HT Ata Abu Rashta Islamic fundamentalism

See also

References