List of political parties in Jordan

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.

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	-	-	-	0 / 130
	National Constitutional Party	-	-	-	0 / 130
	Direct Democratic Nationalist Movement Party	-	-	-	0 / 130
	Jordanian National Party	-	-	-	0 / 130
	Jordanian United Front Party	-	-	-	0 / 130
	Al-Rafah Party	-	-	-	0 / 130
	Al-Hayat Jordanian Party	-	-	-	0 / 130
	Justice and Development Party	-	-	-	0 / 130
	Freedom and Equality Party	-	-	-	0 / 130
	Al–Ahrar Party	-	-	-	0 / 130
	Al Mustaqbal Party	-	-	-	0 / 130
	Jordanian Arab Constitutional Front Party	-	-	-	0 / 130
	Jordanian Left Democratic Party	-	-	-	0 / 130
	Jordan Peace Party	-	-	-	0 / 130
	Arab Jordanian al Ansar Party	-	-	-	0 / 130
	Arab Land Party	-	-	-	0 / 130
	Al-Umma Party	-	-	-	0 / 130
	National Democratic Public Movement Party	-	-	-	0 / 130
	Jordanian Labor Party	-	-	-	0 / 130
	Jordanian Future Party	-	-	-	0 / 130

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

• List of ruling political parties by country
• Politics of Jordan

External links

• (in Arabic) Jordan's political parties from Arab Decision website
• (in Arabic) The same page in English
• Ministry of Interior - Political Parties