List of political parties in Kuwait

Political parties in Kuwait have not been legalized since independence in 1961.

In practice, there are many de facto political parties:

Current parties

Name Acronym Leader Ideology Political
position 		National
Assembly seats
National Democratic Alliance
التحالف الديمقراطي الوطني
al-Tehalef al-Dimoqrati al-Watani 		NDA Bashar Al-Sayegh Secularism
National liberalism 		Centre-right
0 / 65
Kuwait Democratic Forum
المنبر الديمقراطي الكويتي 		KDF Bandar Al-Khairan Secularism
Arab nationalism
Pan-Arabism 		Centre-left
1 / 65
Kuwaiti Progressive Movement
الحركة التقدمية الكويتية 		KPM Ahmad Aldeyain Socialism
Anti-capitalism
Anti-imperialism
Marxism-Leninism 		Left-wing
to far-left
0 / 65
Popular Action Movement
حركة العمل الشعبي 		PAM Musallam Al-Barrak Populism Centre-right
0 / 65
Popular Action Bloc
كتلة العمل الشعبي 		PAB Ahmed Al-Sadoun Populism
Nationalism 		Centre-left
2 / 65
Islamic Constitutional Movement
الحركة الدستورية الإسلامية
al-Haraka al-Dosturiya al-Islamiyah 		Hadas
حدس 		Mohammad al-Olaim Sunni Islamism Right-wing
1 / 65
Islamic Salafi Alliance
التجمع الإسلامي السلفي 		ISA Khaled Sultan bin Essa Islamism
Salafism 		Far-right
3 / 65
National Islamic Alliance
التحالف الوطني الإسلامي 		NIA Adnan Zahid Abdulsamad Shi'a Islamism
0 / 65
Justice and Peace Alliance
تجمع العدالة والسلام 		JPA Saleh Ashour Shi'a Islamism
1 / 65
Civil Conservative Party
حزب المحافظين المدني 		CCP Mohammed Al-Mutayrat Nationalism
Islamic democracy
Paternalistic conservatism 		Centre-right
0 / 65
Civil Democratic Movement CDM
0 / 65
Youth Association of Kuwait
رابطة الشباب الكويتي 		YaKuwait Youth politics Centre-left
0 / 65
National Islamic Alliance (Taalof)
التآلف الوطني الإسلامي 		NIA none Shi'a Islamism
2 / 65
Thawabit Al-Umma
تجمع ثوابت الأمة 		Bader Al-Dahoum Salafism Far-right
2 / 65

Outlawed parties

Name Acronym Leader Ideology Political position
Hizb ut-Tahrir
حزب التحرير
Hizb at-Tahrir 		HT Ata Abu Rashta Islamism
Caliphalism 		Far-right

See also

References

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