List of political parties in Bahrain
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Political parties are illegal in Bahrain but operate as de facto political parties under the term political societies. Political societies in Bahrain range from the communist left to the Islamist right.
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Name (English) | Name (Arabic) | Acronym | Leader | Political positions & ideologies |
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Al-Asalah Islamic Society | جمعية الأصالة الإسلامية | Asalah |
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Al-Menbar Islamic Society | جمعية المنبر الوطني الإسلامي | - | Ali Ahmed Abdulla | Islamism |
National Justice Movement | حركة العدالة الوطنية | - |
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Al Meethaq | جمعية ميثاق العمل الوطني | - | - | Liberalism |
Economists Bloc | كتلة الاقتصاديون | - | - | Liberalism |
Name (English) | Name (Arabic) | Acronym | Leader | Political positions & ideologies |
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National Liberation Front – Bahrain | جبهة التحرير الوطني—البحرين | NLF | - |
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Bahrain Freedom Movement | Harakat Ahrar al-Bahrayn حركة أحرار البحرين الإسلامية |
BFM | Saeed al-Shehabi | |
Nationalist Democratic Assembly | Al-Tajamu'u Al-Qawmi Al-Dimuqratiyah التجمع القومي الديمقراطي |
NDA | Hassan Ali | Ba'athism |
Al Wefaq National Islamic Society | Jam'iyat al-Wifaq al-Watani al-Islamiyah جمعية الوفاق الوطني الإسلامية |
Al-Wefaq | Shaikh ali salman | Islamism |
National Democratic Action Society | جمعية العمل الوطني الديمقراطي |
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Fouad Seyadi |
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Progressive Democratic Tribune | جمعية المنبر الديمقراطي التقدمي | PDT | ||
Islamic Action Society | Jamʿiyah al-ʿAmal al-ʾIslami جمعية العمل الإسلامي |
Amal أمل |
Muħammad Ali al-Mahfuodh |
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Al Wahdawi | جمعية التجمع الوطني الديمقراطي الوحدوي | - | - | - |
Al Ekha | جمعية الإخاء الوطني | - | - | - |
Haq Movement | حركة حق حركة الحريات والديمقراطية | HM | Hasan Mushaima | Constitutionalism |
Shabeeba Society of Bahrain | جمعية الشبيبة البحرينية | - | - | - |
تيار االوفاء الإسلامي | Al-Wafa
الوفاء |
Abdulwahab Hussain | Islamism | |
February 14 Youth Coalition | إئتلاف شباب ثورة 14 فبراير | The Coalition الإئتلاف |
Anonymous activists | |
Al-Ashtar Brigades | سرايا الأشتر | - | - | Pro-Iran |
سرايا المختار | - | - | Shia Islamism | |
Khalas Movement | - | - | - | - |
Banned Parties[]
registered opposition:
The unlicensed opposition:
- Bahrain Freedom Movement
- Haq Movement
- February 14 Youth Coalition
- Al-Ashtar Brigades
- Khalas Movement
See also[]
Categories:
- Lists of political parties by country
- Political parties in Bahrain
- Politics of Bahrain
- Bahrain politics-related lists
- Lists of organisations based in Bahrain
- Lists of political parties in Asia