List of political parties in Tunisia

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[edit]

	Leader	Political position	Ideology	ARP seats	Stance towards 2021 Tunisian self-coup
Ennahda Movement Arabic: حركة النهضة Ḥarakat an-Nahḍa, lit. 'Renaissance Movement' French: Mouvement Ennahda	Rached Ghannouchi	Right-wing	Social conservatism Economic liberalism Islamic democracy	0 / 217 <div style="background-color: rgb(Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "&"., 0, 0); width: 0%; height: 100%;">	Opposed
Heart of Tunisia Arabic: قلب تونس, romanized: Qalb Tūnis French: Au cœur de la Tunisie Berber languages: Ul en Tunest	Nabil Karoui	Centre	Bourguibism Populism Secularism	0 / 217 <div style="background-color: rgb(Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "&"., 0, 0); width: 0%; height: 100%;">	Opposed
Democratic Current Arabic: التيّار الديمُقراطي at-Tayyār ad-Dīmuqrāṭī French: Courant démocrate	Ghazi Chaouachi	Centre-left	Social democracy Progressivism Nationalism Pan-Arabism	0 / 217 <div style="background-color: rgb(Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "&"., 0, 0); width: 0%; height: 100%;">	Opposed
Dignity Coalition Arabic: ائتلاف الكرامة Iʾtilāf al-Karāma French: Coalition de la dignité	Seifeddine Makhlouf	Far-right	Islamism Francophobia Social conservatism	0 / 217 <div style="background-color: rgb(Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "&"., 0, 0); width: 0%; height: 100%;">	Opposed
Free Destourian Party (PDL) Arabic: الحزب الدستوري الحر al-Ḥizb ad-Dustūrī al-Ḥurr, lit. 'Free Constitutional Party' French: Partie destourien libre	Abir Moussi	Big tent	Tunisian nationalism Bourguibism Secularism	0 / 217 <div style="background-color: rgb(Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "&"., 0, 0); width: 0%; height: 100%;">	Opposed
People's Movement Arabic: حركة الشعب Ḥarakat aš-Šaʿb French: Mouvement du peuple	Zouhair Maghzaoui	Left-wing	Secularism Democratic socialism Nasserism Arab nationalism	0 / 217 <div style="background-color: rgb(Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "&"., 0, 0); width: 0%; height: 100%;">	Supportive
Tahya Tounes Arabic: تحيا تونس Taḥyā Tūnis, lit. 'Long Live Tunisia' French: Vive la Tunisie	Youssef Chahed	Centre	Bourguibism Secularism Liberalism	0 / 217 <div style="background-color: rgb(Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "&"., 0, 0); width: 0%; height: 100%;">
Machrouu Tounes (MPT) Arabic: مشروع تونس Mašrūʿ Tūnis, lit. 'Project Tunisia' French: Mouvement du projet de la Tunisie	Mohsen Marzouk	Centre-left to centre-right	Secularism Bourguibism	0 / 217 <div style="background-color: rgb(Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "&"., 0, 0); width: 0%; height: 100%;">	Opposed
Errahma Arabic: حزب الرحمة Ḥizb ar-Raḥma, lit. 'Party of Divine Mercy' French: Parti de la miséricorde	Saïd Jaziri [fr]		Islamism Islamic democracy Religious conservatism	0 / 217 <div style="background-color: rgb(Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "&"., 0, 0); width: 0%; height: 100%;">
Republican People's Union Arabic: الاتحاد الشعبي الجمهوري al-Aitihad al-Shaebiu al-Jumhuriu French: Union populaire républicaine	Lotfi Mraïhi [fr]		Neo-Bourguibism	0 / 217 <div style="background-color: rgb(Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "&"., 0, 0); width: 0%; height: 100%;">
Tunisian Alternative Arabic: البديل التونسي, romanized: al-Badil Ettounsi	Mehdi Jomaa	Centre	Liberalism	0 / 217 <div style="background-color: rgb(Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "&"., 0, 0); width: 0%; height: 100%;">
Nidaa Tounes Arabic: حركة نداء تونس Ḥarakat Nidā’ Tūnis, lit. 'Call of Tunisia' French: Appel de la Tunisie	Khemaies Jhinaoui	Centre to centre-left	Bourguibism Social democracy Third Way Secularism	0 / 217 <div style="background-color: rgb(Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "&"., 0, 0); width: 0%; height: 100%;">
Afek Tounes Arabic: آفاق تونس Āfāq Tūnis, lit. 'Tunisian Horizons'	Yassine Brahim	Centre-right	Liberalism Secularism	0 / 217 <div style="background-color: rgb(Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "&"., 0, 0); width: 0%; height: 100%;">	Opposed
Popular Front Arabic: الجبهة الشعبية, romanized: al-Ğabha aš-Šaʿbiyya French: Front populaire		Left-wing to far-left	Socialism Secularism Arab nationalism Pan-Arabism	0 / 217 <div style="background-color: rgb(Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "&"., 0, 0); width: 0%; height: 100%;">	Opposed
Aïch Tounsi [fr] Arabic: عيش تونسي, romanized: Eish Tunusiun	Olfa Terras [fr]		Populism	0 / 217 <div style="background-color: rgb(Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "#"., 0, 0); width: 0%; height: 100%;">
Farmers' Voice Party Arabic: حزب صوت الفلاحين, romanized: Ḥizb Ṣawt al-Fallāḥīn French: Parti de la voix des agriculteurs	Fayçal Tebbini		Agrarianism	0 / 217 <div style="background-color: rgb(Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "&"., 0, 0); width: 0%; height: 100%;">
Green League Arabic: الرابطة الخضراء, romanized: al-Raabitat al-Khadra' French: Ligue verte				0 / 217 <div style="background-color: rgb(Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "#"., 0, 0); width: 0%; height: 100%;">
Current of Love Arabic: تيار المحبة, romanized: Tayyār al-Maḥabba French: Courant de l'amour	Mohamed Hechmi Hamdi		Populism Islamic democracy Social conservatism Regionalism	0 / 217 <div style="background-color: rgb(Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "&"., 0, 0); width: 0%; height: 100%;">
Democratic and Social Union [ar; fr] (VDS-PR-MDS) Arabic: الاتحاد الديمقراطي الاجتماعي al-Aitihad ad-Diymuqratiu al-Aijtimaeiu French: Union démocratique et sociale			Democratic socialism Progressivism	0 / 217 <div style="background-color: rgb(Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "#"., 0, 0); width: 0%; height: 100%;">	Opposed
Socialist Destourian Party [fr] Arabic: الحزب الاشتراكي الدستوري al-Hizb al-Aishtirakiu ad-Dusturiu French: Parti socialiste destourien	Chokri Balti			0 / 217 <div style="background-color: rgb(Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "#"., 0, 0); width: 0%; height: 100%;">

Other parties[edit]

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]

References[edit]

^ 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.

[1] Eleanor Beardsley (9 May 2011). "Tunisia Seen As Laboratory For Arab Democracy". NPR. Retrieved 7 March 2019.

[2] "Tunisia cabinet to lift party bans". Al Jazeera English. 20 January 2011. Retrieved 10 January 2014.

[3] "Tunisia - Opposition Parties". Global Security. Retrieved 11 October 2014.

[4] "New Party In Tunisia". Nessma. Retrieved 14 December 2018.

[5] Julius Dihstelhoff (25 October 2018). "Tunisian Politics Between Crisis and Normalization". Carnegie Endowment. Retrieved 7 March 2019.

[6] 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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v t e Political parties in Tunisia
Assembly of the Representatives of the People	25th of July Movement (80) People's Movement (12) Voice of the Republic (7) Democratic Patriots' Unified Party (2) Tunisia Forward (1) Independent lists (52) Unfilled seats (7)
Unrepresented	Ennahda Heart of Tunisia Democratic Current Dignity Coalition Free Destourian Party Long Live Tunisia Machrouu Tounes Nidaa Tounes Errahma Tunisian Alternative Republican People's Union Afek Tounes Green League Current of Love Farmers' Voice Party Aïch Tounsi Popular Front Democratic and Social Union (VDS-PR-MDS) Socialist Destourian Party Al Amal Congress for the Republic Democratic Forum for Labour and Liberties Democratic Party Expatriate Tunisians' Call Free Patriotic Union Green Party for Progress Green Tunisia Party Justice and Development Party Maghrebi Republican Party Movement Party National Front for Salvation Pirate Party Popular Unity Movement Popular Unity Party Rad Al Iitibar Reform Front Party Social Liberal Party Socialist Party Tunisian Pirate Party Unionist Democratic Union Voice of the People of Tunisia Wafa Movement
Defunct	Young Tunisians (1907–?) Destour (1920–1960) Neo Destour (1934–1964) Communist Party (1934–1993) Socialist Destourian Party (1964–1988) Democratic Constitutional Rally (1988–2011) Progressive Democratic Party (1983–2012) Ettajdid Movement (1993–2012) Al-Watan Party (2011–2013) Democratic Alliance Party (2012–2017) National Destourian Initiative (2011–2019)
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Parties represented in the Assembly of the Representatives of the People[edit]

Other parties[edit]

Legalized before the Tunisian revolution[edit]

Legalized after the Tunisian revolution[edit]

Defunct parties[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]