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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. Until 2005, no single party had ever won more than 12.5 percent of the seats in the National Assembly, and no coalition of parties had 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.

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.

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Party Emblem	Name in English	Name in Arabic	Acronym	Leader or Chairman	Remarks	Political Position	Sect or ethnic group
File:14march-logo.jpgMarch 14 Alliance or Loyalists
File:Tayyar-mostakbal.jpg	Future Movement	Tayyar Al Mustaqbal تيار المستقبل	FM	Saad Hariri	Currently has 34 MPs	Capitalism	Officially secular; Mainly Sunni Muslim.
File:Psp-leb.jpg	Progressive Socialist Party	Hizb al-Taqadummi al-Ishtiraki الحزب التقدمي الإشنراكي	PSP	Walid Jumblatt	Currently has 15 MPs	Officialy Socialism, but practically Feudalism	Officially secular; Mainly Druze
	Lebanese Forces	al-Quwat al-Lubnāniyya القوات اللبنانية	LF	Samir Geagea	Currenty has 5 MPs	Right wing, Lebanese nationalism	Officially secular; Mainly Maronite Christian
File:Kataeb-flag.gif	Phalangist or Kataeb Party march 14 faction	al-Kataeb al-Lubnāniyya حزب الكتائب اللبنانية	Kataeb	Amin Gemayel	Two MPs elected, both assassinated. Part of Qornet Shehwan Gathering	Right wing, Lebanese nationalism	Maronite Christian
File:N686450064 283808 3983.jpg	National Liberal Party	Hizb al-Wataniyyin al-Ahrar حزب الوطنيين الأحرار	NLP	Dory Chamoun	Currently has no MPs. Part of Qornet Shehwan Gathering	Liberalism	Officially Secular, mainly Maronite Christian
File:Alistiklal.jpg	Independence Movement	Harakit al-istiklal حركة الإسنقلال	Al istiklal	Nayla Moawad	Currently has 2 MPs. Part of Qornet Shehwan Gathering	Feudalism	Mainly Maronite Christian
N/A	Independents within Qornet Shehwan Gathering	-	-	-	Currently have 4 MPs, namely Samir Frangieh ,Solange Gemayel, Butros Harb and Ghassan Tueni	-	-
N/A	Tripoli Bloc	Al-takatol al-trabolsi التكتل الطرابلصي	-	Mohamed Safadi	Currently has 4 MPs, one christian and 3 muslim	-	-
File:Drm-tajaddod.jpg	Democratic Renewal	Harakat al-tajaddod al-democraty حركة التجدد الدمقراطي	DRM	Nassib Lahoud	Currently has 1 MP	Reformism	Secular
File:Lebanese democratic left movement.jpg	Democratic Left	Harakat Al-Yassar Al-Democraty حركة اليصار الدمقراطي	DL	Elias Attallah	Currently has 1 MP	Left-wing	Secular
File:Adl.gif	Armenian Democratic Liberal Party - Ramgavar	Hizb al-ramgavar حزب الرمغفار	ADL	-	Currently has 1 lebanese MP	Liberalism	Armenian Gregorian
File:Sedahoka.gif	Social Democrat Hunchakian Party	Hizb al-hunshak حزب الهنشق	Henshak	-	Currently has 1 MP	Socialist	Armenian Orthodox
File:National-bloc-party.jpg	Lebanese National Bloc	Hizb al-kitla al-wataniya حزب الكتلة الوطنية	NB	Carlos Eddé	Currently has no MPs	Lebanese nationalism	Maronite Christian
File:Jamaa.gif	Islamic Group	Al-jamaa Al-Islamiya الجماعة الإسلامية	JI	Assaad Harmouch	Currently has no MP	Islamist	Sunni Muslim
File:FLAM.jpg	Free Lebanese Armenian Movement	Harakit Al-Lubnaniyin Al-Arman Al-Ahrar حركة اللبنانيين الأرمن الأحرار	FLAM	-	Currently has no MP	Liberalism	Armenian Orthodox
File:Loubnanouna.jpg	Loubnanouna Alliance	Helf Loubnanouna حلف لبناننا	Loubnanouna	Sammy Gemayel	This party is an extention of the kataeb in colleges	Conservatism, Lebanese nationalism	Maronite Christian
File:Salam-flag.jpg	Lebanese Peace Party	Hizb Assalam Al-Lubnany حزب السلام اللبناني	LPP	Roger Edde	Currently has 0 MP	-	Secular
File:Leb-opposition.gifMarch 8 Alliance or Opposition
File:Tayyarlogoarabic.gif	Free Patriotic Movement	Tayyar Al-Watani Al- Horr التيار الوطني الحرّ	FPM	Michel Aoun	Currently has 14 MPs	Centrist	Officially secular; Traditionally Christian, with growing Muslim support
File:Flag of Hezbollah.svg	Hezbollah	Hizbullah حزب الله	HA	Hassan Nasrallah	Currently has 14 MPs	Islamism	Shi'a Muslim but enjoys support of different sects
	El Marada	Tayyar Al-Marada تيار المردة	MM	Suleiman Frangieh, Jr.	Currently has no MP	Feudalism	Mainly Maronite Christian, with considerable Muslim support
	Amal Movement	Harakat Amal حركة أمل	AMAL	Nabih Berri	Currently has 15 MPs	Islamism	Shi'a Muslim
File:Ssnpflag.gif	Syrian Social Nationalist Party	al-Hizb al-Quami al-Ijtima'i al-Suri الحزب القومي السوري الإجتماعي	SSNP	Ali Qanso	Currently has 2 MPs	Syrian Nationalism	Secular
N/A	Independents within the opposition	-	-	Hussein el-Husseini	Currently has 1 MP	-	-
	Ba'ath Arab Socialist Party	Hizb al-baas al-arabi al-'ishtiraki حزب البعث العربي الإشتراكي	BAATH	Assem Qanso	Currently has 1 MP	Socialism;Arab Nationalism	secular
File:Kataeb-flag.gif	Kataeb party opposition faction	-	Kataeb	Karim Pakradoni	Currently has 1 MP	Nationalism	Christian
N/A	Skaff Bloc or Popular Bloc	التكتل الشعبي	-	Elias Skaff	Currently has 4 MPs	Feudalism	Greek Catholic Christian
N/A	Murr Bloc or North Metn Bloc	تكتل المتن الشمالي	-	Michel Murr	Currently has 1 MP	Feudalist	Greek Orthodox christian
File:Arf logo.jpg	Armenian Revolutionary Federation	Tashnag حزب الطشنق	ARF	Hovig Mkhitarian	Currently has 2 MP Hagop Pakradounian,George Kasardji	Socialism	Armenian orthodox
N/A	Christian Democratic Party	Hizb al-Massihi al-Democraty حزب المسيحي الدمقراطي	CDP	Neemtallah Abi Nasr	Currently has 1 MP	-	Christian
File:Ldp flag.gif	Lebanese Democratic Party	Hizb al-lubnany al-democraty حزب اللبنلني الدمقراطي	LDP	Talal Arslan	Currently has no MP	Feudalism	Officialy Secular, mainly druz
File:Tanzeem Flag.jpg	Popular Nasserite Organization	Al-Tanzim Al-shaabi al-nassiri التنظيم الشعبي الناصري	NPO	Ossama Saad	Currently has 1 MP	Nasserism; Socialism; Arab nationalism	sunni muslim
File:Lebanese Communist Party Flag.png	Lebanese Communist Party	Al-Hizb al-shooyoo'i al-lubnany الحزب الشيوعي الليناني	LCP	Khaled Hadadi	Currently has no MP	Communism	Secular
File:Hizb el Taharor Flag.jpg	Arab Liberation Party	Hizb Al-Taharor Al-Arabi حزب التحرر العربي	ALP	Omar Karami	Currently has no MP	Feudalism	Sunni Muslim
File:Muratibun.PNG	Movement of Independent Nasserists - al-Murabitun	Harakat Al-nassiriyin Al-Mustakilin - Al mourabitoon حركة الناصريين المستقلين - المرابطون	INM	Ibrahim Koleilat	Currently has no MP	Nasserism;Arab Nationalism	Mainly Sunni muslim, but some shi'a and druz support
	Worker's League	Rabitat Al-Shaghila رابطة الشغياة	WL	Zaher Khatib	Currently has no MP	Communist; Arab Nationalism	Secular
File:Harakit-el-shaab.jpg	People's Movement	Harakat Al-Shaab حركة الشعب	SHAAB	Najah Wakim	Currently has no MP	Nasserism; Socialism; Arab Nationalism	Secular
N/A	Nasserite Unification movement	Al-Haraka Al-Tawhidiya Al-Nassiriya الحركة التوحيدية الناصرية	NUM	-	Currently has no MP	Nasserism	Secular
N/A	Solidarity Party	Hizb Al-Tadamon حزب التضامن	TADAMON	Emile Rahme	Currently has no MP	-	Chtistian
N/A	Islamic Labor Front	Jebhat Al-Aamal Al-islamy	-	Fathi Yakan	-	Islamism	Sunni Muslim
File:Tayyar-tawhid.jpg	Lebanese Unification Movement	Tayyar Al-Tawhid Al-Lubnany تيار النوحيد اللبناني	UC	Wiam Wahhab	Currently has no MP	Arab Nationalism	Officially Secular Mainly Druz
File:Popular-congress-leb.gif	Lebanese Popular Congress	Mo'tamar Al-Shaabi Al-Lubnany المؤتمر الشعبي اللبناني	LPC	Kamal Chatilla	Currently has no MP	Nasserism	Sunni Muslim
File:ADP-leb.gif	Arab Democratic Party	Al-Hizb Al-Aarabi Al-Democraty الحزب العربي الدمقراطي	ADP	Ali Eid	Currently has no MP	Feudalism	Alawite Muslim
File:Waad-party.jpg	Promise Party or National Secular Democratic Party	Hizb Al-Waad حزب الوعد	NSDP	Gina Hobeika	Currently has no MP	Secularism	Officially secular; Mainly Maronite Christian
File:AICP-logo.gif	Islamic Charitable Projects Association	Jam'iyat Al-mashari' Al-Khayriya Al-Islamiya Al-Ahbash الأحباش	ICPA	Abdallah al-Harari	Currently has no MP	Islamist	sunni muslim
N/A	Democratic Socialist Party	Hizb Al-Ishtiraki Al-Democraty الحزب الإشتراكي الدمقراطي	DSPL	Kamal Assad	Currently has no MP	Socialism	Officially Secular, but mainly [shi'a] muslim
File:Tajamo3 Flag.jpg	Federation of Popular Leagues and Committees	Tajamo' Al-Lujan wal-rawabit Al-Shaabiya تجمع اللجان و الروابط الشعبية	FPLC	Maan Bashour	Currently has no MP	Nasserism; Arabic Nationalism	Officially Secular, mainly sunni muslim
N/A	Socialist Arab Union	Al-Ittihad al-ishtiraki al-arabi الإتحاد الإشتراكي العربي	SAU	-	Currently has no MP	Socialist	Secular
File:Itti7ad-flag.JPG	Union Party	Hizb al-Ittihad حزب الإتحاد	UP	Abelrahim Mrad	Currently has no MP	Nasserism	Officially Secular, Mainly sunni muslim
File:Muslim-Ulama.jpg	Union of Muslim Ulama	Tajamo' Al-ulama Al-Muslimun تجمع العلماء المسلمون	UMU	-	This is more like a gathering than a party	Islamist	All Muslim Sects
N/A	Democratic Nasserite Movement	Harakat Al-Nassiriyin Al-Democratiyoon حركة الناصريين الدمقراطيون	DNM	-	Currently has no MP	Nasserism	sunni muslim
N/A	Lebanese-Arab Struggle Movement	Harakat Al-Nidal Al-Arabi Al-Lubnani حركة النضال العربي اللبناني	LASM	Faysal Dawood	Currently has no MP	Arabism	Officially Secular, Mainly Druz
File:Alawiteyouth.jpg	Alawite Youth Movement	Harakat Al-Shabab Al-Alawi حركة الشباب العلوي	AYM	Rifaat Eid	Currently has no MP	Feudalism	Alawite Muslim
File:UJDL.jpg	Lebanese Democratic Youth Union	Ittihad Al-Shabab Al-Democraty Al-Lubnany إتحاد الشباب الدمقراطي اللبنلني	UJDL	-	Affiliated to the Lebanese Communist Party	Communist	Secular
File:TAWHID-ISLAMI-Logo.gif	Islamic Unification Movement	Harakat Al-Tawhid Al-Islamy حركة التوحيد الإسلامي	IUM	Said Shaaban	Currently has no MP	Islamism	Sunni Muslim
File:Hiwar-flag.jpg	National Dialogue Party	Hizb Al-Hiwar Al-Watani حزب الحوار الوطني	NDP	Fouad Makhzoumi	Currently has no MP	Capitalism	Mainly sunni Muslim
N/A	Akar Popular Assembly	Tajamo' Al-Shaabi Al-Aakari	-	Wajih Baarini	-	Feudalism	Sunni Muslim
Other Lebanese parties
Comming soon	Congress Party	Hizb Al-Mu'tamar	-	Hassan Hachem	-	-	Mainly Shi'a Muslim
N/A	Glory Movement	Harakat Majd	-	Najib Mikati	-	Capitalism	Mainly sunni muslim
N/A	Islamic Gathering Movement	Harakt al-tajamo' al-islamy	-	-	-	Islamic	sunni muslim
File:Ldm-logo.gif	Lebanese Democratic Movement	Tayyar Lubnan Al-Democraty	-	Jack Tamer	-	Futurist	Secular
N/A	Lebanese Movement	Harakit Lubnan	-	Nabil Mshantaf	-	-	-
N/A	Lebanese Option Gathering	-	-	-	-	-	Secular
N/A	Lebanese People's Front	Jebhat al-shaab al-lubnany	-	Joseph Haddad	-	-	-
N/A	Lebanese Republican Party	Hizb Al-Jumhury Al-Lubnany	-	Imad Jaara	-	Liberalism	-
File:Najjadeh.JPG	Najjadeh Party	Hizb Al-Nejjadeh	-	Mustapha Hakim	Party used to enjoy big popularity among sunnis	Arab Nationalism	Sunni muslim
-	National Progressive Movement	Harakat Al-Takadom Al-Watani	-	-	Founder was Jamil Lahoud, Pr.Emile lahoud's father	-	Secular
File:United-Phoenician.gif	The United Phoenician Party	Hizb Al-qawmi Al-Finiki	-	-	-	Phoenician Nationalism	-
File:Finiki.gif	Phoenician Party	Hizb Al-Finiki	-	-	-	Phoenician Nationalism	Christian
N/A	National Labor Movement	Hizb Al-Aamal Al-Watani	-	-	-	Communism	Secular
N/A	The reformist movement in the Progressive Socialist Party	Al-Haraka Al-Islahiya fil Hizb Al-takadomi Al-ishtiraki	-	Ra'ed Sayegh	-	Socialism	Secular
N/A	Islamic Jihad Movement (Lebanon)	Harakat Al-Jihad Al-Islamy	-	-	-	Islamism	sunni muslimt
File:New-lebanese.jpg	New Lebanese Movement	Harakat Al-Lubnaniyin Al-Joddod	-	-	-	Secularism	Secular
File:Almustakilloon.jpg	The Independents	Al-Mustakiloon	-	-	-	-	Secular
File:Repubreform.GIF	Republican Reform Party	Hizb Al-Islahi Al-Jumhuri	-	Charles Chidiac	-	[[Liberalism]	Secular
N/A	Arab Socialist Party	Hizb Al-Aarabi Al-Ishtiraki	-	-	-	Socialism	Secular
N/A	Lebanese Labor Party	Hizb Al-Aamal el Lubnany	-	-	-	communism	Secular
N/A	Democratic Labor Party	Hizb Al-'ommali Al-Democraty	-	Elias Bou Rizk		socialism	Secular
N/A	Democratic Secular Party	Hizb Al-'elmani Al-Democraty	-	-	-	secularism	Secular
File:Lebanese-ecology-party.gif	Lebanese Ecology Party	Hizb Al-Bi'a Al-lubnany	-	-	-	ecology	Secular
N/A	National Youth Party	Hizb Al-Chabab Al-Watani	-	Ahmad Karami	-	-	Secular
N/A	Popular Democratic Party	Hizb Al-shaabi Al-Democraty	-	-	-	-	Secular
File:Orthodoxpartyleb.jpg	The Orthodox Party	Hizb Al-Orthodox	-	-	-	-	Greek Orthodox
File:Shurayalogo.jpg	Shuraya Party	Hizb Al-Shuraya	-	-	-	Assyrianism	Assyrian
100px	Liberation Party	Hizb ut-Tahrir	-	-	-	Islamism	sunni muslim
N/A	Party of Socialist Revolution	Hizb Al-Thawra Al-Ishtirakiya	-	-	-	Maoist communism	Secular
File:Badil.gif	Free Alternative	Al Badil Al Taharouri	-	-	-	Anarchism	Secular
N/A	National Party	Hizb Al-Watani	-	-	-	-	Secular
N/A	Universal party	Hizb Al Umami	-	-	-	Communism	Secular
N/A	Lebanese arab movement	Harakat Lebnan Al-Aarabi	-	-	-	Nasserism	sunni muslim
File:Jebha.gif	Libery Front	Jebhat Al-horriya	-	Fouad Abou Nader	Also knows as Koudama el Qoowat	Fashism	Christian
File:LebNationalLeague.JPG	Lebanese National League	Al-Rabita Al-Wataniya Al-Lubnaniya	-	Wajeb Kanso	-	Left-wing	Secular
File:Saraya-logo.jpg	Lebanese Resistance Brigades	Saraya el moqawama	-	-	Extention of Hizbollah	-	Secular
File:Aramic-dem-org.gif	Armaic Democratic Organisation	Tanzim Al-Arami Al-Democraty	-	-	-	-	Armaic
N/A	Nasserite Nationalist Organisation	Tanzim Al-Qawmi Al-Nassiri	-	-	-	Nasserism; Arab Nationalism	Secular
N/A	Justice and Development movement	Tayyar el 'adel wal Tanmiya	-	-	-	-	Secular
N/A	Cedars Movement	Tayyar al-Arz	-	-	-	-	Secular
File:Civil-society-movement.jpg	Civil society Movement	Tayyar Al-mojtama' Al-madani	-	Gregoire Haddad	-	Secularism	Secular
N/A	Southern Christian Assembly	Tajamo' Al-Massihi Al-janoubi	-	-	-	Christian conservatism	Christian
Kurdish parties
File:KDP-leb.jpg	Kurdish Democratic Party	Hizb Al-Kurdi Al-Democraty	-	-	-	-	Kurdish
N/A	Razkari Party	Hizb Al-Razkari	-	-	-	-	Kurdish
Forbidden Parties
File:Goclogo.gif	Guardians of the Cedars	Hizb Horras Al-Arz	-	Etienne Sakr	-	Fashism	Christian
N/A	Regressive Isolationist Party	Hizb Al-Raj'i Al-I'tizali	-	-	-	-	-
N/A	Islamic Amal Movement	Harakat Amal Al-Islamiya	-	Sobi Toufaily	-	Islamism	Shi'a Muslim
Defunct parties
N/A	Lebanese Resistance Movement (Tanzim)	'Harakat Al-Moqawama Al-Lubnaniya (Tanzim)'	-	-	The Party dissapeared after it's Militia's disbanding	Christian Conservatism	Maronite Christian
File:Tanzim-logo.JPG	Lebanese Youth Movement (MKG)	Harakat Al-Shabab Al-Lubnaniya	-	Bachir Maroun	-	Christian Conservatism	Maronite Christian
N/A	Constitutional Bloc Party	Hizb Al-Kitla Al-Doostooriya	-	Khalil El-Khoury	This party was mainly created by Pr.Bchara El-Khoury to oppose [[Emile Edde's National Bloc During the post-independence period	Feudalism	Secular
N/A	The Great Lebanese Labor Party	Al-Hizb Al-'omali Al-lubnany Al-Kabir	-	-	This party existed during the French Mandate of Lebanon	Communism	Secular
N/A	Deprived Movement	Harakat Al-Mahroomin	-	Musa as-sadr	Ancestor of Amal	-	Secular
	Arab Nationalists Movement	'Harakat Al-qawmiyin Al-'arab'	-	-	-	Arab Nationalism	Secular
File:24octobermov.JPG	24 October Movement	Harakat 24 Techrin	-	-	Had Big military actions in the north during the two year war, but mysteriously dissapeared after that.	Islamism	Sunni Muslim
File:Moonazamit.JPG	Organization of Communist Action	Moonazamat Al-'Amal Al-shooyoo'i	-	-	Dissolved into the LCP	Communism; Arab Nationalism	Secular
N/A	Revolutionary Communist Group	Tajamo' Al-Thawri Al-Shooyo'i	-	-	-	Communism	Secular

Revision as of 16:37, 3 May 2008

The parties

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