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. The country is now a multiparty state. Although there are two numerically major parties, no single party has a realistic chance of governing alone.
Parties represented in the Assembly of the Representatives of the People PartyLeaderPolitical positionIdeologyARP seatsStance towards 2021 Tunisian self-coupEnnahda MovementḤarakat an-Nahḍa, Rached GhannouchiRight-wingSocial conservatismEconomic liberalismIslamic democracy OpposedHeart of TunisiaNabil KarouiCentreBourguibismPopulismSecularismOpposedDemocratic Currentat-Tayyār ad-DīmuqrāṭīGhazi ChaouachiCentre-leftSocial democracyProgressivismNationalismPan-ArabismOpposedDignity CoalitionIʾtilāf al-KarāmaSeifeddine MakhloufFar-rightIslamismFrancophobiaSocial conservatismOpposedFree Destourian Party (PDL)al-Ḥizb ad-Dustūrī al-Ḥurr, Abir MoussiBig tentTunisian nationalismBourguibismSecularismOpposedPeople's MovementḤarakat aš-ŠaʿbZouhair MaghzaouiLeft-wingSecularismDemocratic socialismNasserismArab nationalismSupportiveTahya TounesTaḥyā Tūnis, Youssef ChahedCentreBourguibismSecularismLiberalismMachrouu Tounes (MPT)Mašrūʿ Tūnis, Mohsen MarzoukCentre-left tocentre-rightSecularismBourguibismOpposedErrahmaḤizb ar-Raḥma, IslamismIslamic democracyReligious conservatismRepublican People's Unional-Aitihad al-Shaebiu al-JumhuriuNeo-BourguibismTunisian AlternativeMehdi JomaaCentreLiberalismNidaa TounesḤarakat Nidā’ Tūnis, Khemaies JhinaouiCentre tocentre-leftBourguibismSocial democracyThird WaySecularismAfek TounesĀfāq Tūnis, Yassine BrahimCentre-rightLiberalismSecularismOpposedPopular Front Left-wing to far-leftSocialismSecularismArab nationalismPan-ArabismOpposedPopulismFarmers' Voice PartyFayçal TebbiniAgrarianismGreen LeagueCurrent of LoveMohamed Hechmi HamdiPopulismIslamic democracySocial conservatismRegionalism al-Aitihad ad-Diymuqratiu al-AijtimaeiuDemocratic socialismProgressivismOpposedal-Hizb al-Aishtirakiu ad-DusturiuChokri Balti
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.
Legalized before the Tunisian revolution Democratic Forum for Labour and Liberties (FDTL, or Ettakatol) Ettajdid Movement, or Renewal Movement Green Party for Progress (PVP, , ) 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 ()
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 (, ) Green Tunisia Party Hizb ut-Tahrir or the Liberation Party Homeland Party or 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 (, ) 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 (, ) Tunisian Movement for Freedom and Dignity Tunisian National Front Tunisian Nationalist Party 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. National Destourian Initiative. Merged into Long Live Tunisia.
See also Politics of Tunisia List of ruling political parties by country
References