List of political parties in Tunisia
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This article lists political parties in Tunisia. Tunisia was a dominant-party state of the Constitutional Democratic Rally ("RCD" from its French language initials) before the Tunisian revolution. In the aftermath of the revolution the RCD was dissolved by the new state authorities and over 70 new political parties formed.[1] The country is now a multiparty state. Although there are two numerically major parties, no single party has a realistic chance of governing alone.[further explanation needed][citation needed]
Parties represented in the Assembly of the Representatives of the People[]
| Affiliation | Members | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 election results |
As of current | ||
| Ennahda Movement | 69 | 69 | |
| Nidaa Tounes | 86 | 37 | |
| Long Live Tunisia | – | 44 | |
| Machrouu Tounes | – | 25 | |
| Popular Front | 15 | 15 | |
| Afek Tounes | 8 | 8 | |
| Al-Irada | 4 | 4 | |
| Democratic Current | 3 | 3 | |
| People's Movement | 3 | 3 | |
| Current of Love | 2 | 2 | |
| Democratic Alliance Party | 1 | 1 | |
| Farmers' Voice Party | 1 | 1 | |
| Movement of Socialist Democrats | 1 | 1 | |
| National Front for Salvation | 1 | 1 | |
| Republican Party | 1 | 1 | |
| Others | 6 | 5 | |
| Total members | 217 | ||
The 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
- Green Party for Progress (PVP, 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)
- (Parti social démocratique liberal)[3]
Legalized after the Tunisian revolution[]
- Afek Tounes. Initially merged into the Republican Party, though it was revived in August 2013.
- Tunisian Ba'ath Movement (حركة البعث تونس, Mouvement Baath de Tunisie)
- Congress for the Republic (CPR)
- [4]
- Current of Love
- Democratic Alliance Party
- Democratic Current
- Democratic Patriots' Unified Party, formerly the Democratic Patriots' Movement
- Destourian Movement
- Ennahda Movement or Renaissance Party
- Free Patriotic Union
- (حركة تونس المستقبل, Mouvement Tunisie de l'Avenir)
- Green Tunisia Party
- Hizb ut-Tahrir or the Liberation Party
- Homeland Party or Al Watan
- Initiative
- Justice and Development Party
- Maghrebi Republican Party (PRM)
- Nidaa Tounes
- Patriotic and Democratic Labour Party (حزب العمل الوطني الديمقراطي, Parti du travail patriotique et démocratique)
- Pirate Party
- Tunisian Pirate Party
- Popular Front
- Popular Unity Movement
- Popular Unity Party
- Progressive People's Party
- Reform Front Party
- Republican Party
- Social Democratic Path
- Socialist Party, formerly the Left Socialist 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]
- National Destourian Initiative. Merged into 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.
- ^ Julius Dihstelhoff (25 October 2018). "Tunisian Politics Between Crisis and Normalization". 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.
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