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This article lists political parties in Tunisia.
multiparty state. Although there are two numerically major parties, no single party has a realistic chance of governing alone.[further explanation needed] [citation needed
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Parties represented in the Assembly of the Representatives of the People
| Party | Leader | Political position | Ideology | ARP seats | Stance towards 2021 Tunisian self-coup | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| : Mouvement Ennahda | Rached Ghannouchi | Right-wing | Islamic democracy
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0 / 217
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Opposed | |
| : Ul en Tunest | Nabil Karoui | Centre | Bourguibism Populism Secularism |
0 / 217
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Opposed | |
| : Courant démocrate | Ghazi Chaouachi | Centre-left | Social democracy Progressivism Nationalism Pan-Arabism |
0 / 217
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Opposed | |
| : Coalition de la dignité | Seifeddine Makhlouf | Far-right | Francophobia
Social conservatism |
0 / 217
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Opposed | |
| : Partie destourien libre | Abir Moussi | Big tent | Tunisian nationalism Bourguibism Secularism |
0 / 217
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Opposed | |
| : Mouvement du peuple | Zouhair Maghzaoui | Left-wing | Secularism Democratic socialism Nasserism Arab nationalism |
0 / 217
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Supportive | |
| : Vive la Tunisie | Youssef Chahed | Centre | Bourguibism Secularism Liberalism |
0 / 217
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| : Mouvement du projet de la Tunisie | Mohsen Marzouk | Centre-left to centre-right |
Secularism Bourguibism |
0 / 217
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Opposed | |
| : Parti de la miséricorde | Saïd Jaziri | Religious conservatism
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0 / 217
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| : Union populaire républicaine | Lotfi Mraïhi ]
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Neo-Bourguibism | 0 / 217
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Arabic: البديل التونسي, romanized : al-Badil Ettounsi
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Mehdi Jomaa | Centre | Liberalism | 0 / 217
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| : Appel de la Tunisie | Khemaies Jhinaoui | Centre to centre-left |
Bourguibism Social democracy Third Way Secularism |
0 / 217
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Arabic : آفاق تونسĀfāq Tūnis, lit. 'Tunisian Horizons' |
Yassine Brahim | Centre-right | Liberalism Secularism |
0 / 217
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Opposed | |
| : Front populaire | Left-wing to far-left | Socialism Secularism Arab nationalism Pan-Arabism |
0 / 217
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Opposed | ||
Arabic: عيش تونسي, romanized : Eish Tunusiun
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Olfa Terras | Populism | 0 / 217
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| : Parti de la voix des agriculteurs | Fayçal Tebbini | Agrarianism | 0 / 217
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| Green League : Ligue verte |
0 / 217
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| : Courant de l'amour | Mohamed Hechmi Hamdi | 0 / 217
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| : Union démocratique et sociale | Democratic socialism Progressivism |
0 / 217
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Opposed | |||
| : Parti socialiste destourien | Chokri Balti | 0 / 217
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Other parties
The following opposition parties exist de jure and/or de facto. On January 20, 2011 the cabinet of the interim government recognized all previously banned parties, with the exception of Hizb ut-Tahrir and a few other parties.[2]
Legalized before the Tunisian revolution
- Democratic Forum for Labour and Liberties (FDTL, or Ettakatol)
- Ettajdid Movement, or Renewal Movement
- Arabic: حزب الخضر للتقدم, French: Parti des verts pour le progrès)
- Movement of Socialist Democrats (MDS)
- Popular Unity Party (PUP)
- Progressive Democratic Party (PDP), now merged into the Republican Party.
- Social Liberal Party (PSL)
- Unionist Democratic Union (UDU)
- Liberal Democratic Social Party (Parti social démocratique liberal)[3]
Legalized after the Tunisian revolution
- El Amen Party
- Congress for the Republic (CPR)
- Cultural Unionist Nation Party
- Democratic Alliance Party
- Democratic Patriots' Unified Party, formerly the Democratic Patriots' Movement
- Democratic Social Nation Party
- Equity and Equality Party
- Free Patriotic Union
- Future Tunisia Party (حركة تونس المستقبل, Mouvement Tunisie de l'Avenir)
- Green Tunisia Party
- Hizb ut-Tahrir or the Liberation Party
- Homeland Partyor Al Watan
- Al Iklaa Party
- Initiative
- Justice and Development Party
- Maghrebi Republican Party (PRM)
- Movement of the Republic
- New Destour Party
- Patriotic and Democratic Labour Party (حزب العمل الوطني الديمقراطي, Parti du travail patriotique et démocratique)
- Parti Democrate Liberal
- Patriotic Construction Party
- Pirate Party
- Popular Unity Movement
- Popular Unity Party
- Progressive People's Party
- Reform and Development Party
- Reform Front Party
- Republican Party
- Social Democratic Path
- Socialist Party, formerly the Left Socialist Party
- Third Alternative
- Third Republic الجمهورية الثالثة
- Tunisia Forward
- Tunisian Ba'ath Movement (حركة البعث تونس, Mouvement Baath de Tunisie)
- Tunisian Movement for Freedom and Dignity
- Tunisian National Front
- Tunisian Nationalist Party[4]
- Tunisian Pirate Party
- Voice of the People of Tunisia
- Wafa Movement
- Al-Watan Party
- Workers' Party (PT), formerly the Tunisian Workers' Communist Party (PCOT)
Defunct parties
- Destour, founded 1920; split in 1934 resulted in the Neo Destour.
- Neo Destour, which became the PSD in 1964.
- Socialist Destourian Party (PSD), which became the RCD in 1988.
- Constitutional Democratic Rally(RCD). Dissolved in 2011.
- Tunisian Communist Party. Became the Ettajdid Movement.
- Progressive Democratic Party (PDP), merged into the Republican Party.
- Ettajdid Movement. Merged into the Social Democratic Path.
- Free Patriotic Union. Merged into Nidaa Tounes.[5]
- Long Live Tunisia.[6]
See also
References
- ^ Eleanor Beardsley (9 May 2011). "Tunisia Seen As Laboratory For Arab Democracy". NPR. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
- ^ "Tunisia cabinet to lift party bans". Al Jazeera English. 20 January 2011. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
- ^ "Tunisia - Opposition Parties". Global Security. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
- ^ "New Party In Tunisia". Nessma. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
- Carnegie Endowment. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
- ^ Al Mongi Al Saidani (9 August 2019). "98 Candidates Running in Tunisia Presidential Election". Asharq Al-Awsat. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
