Political parties in Kuwait have not been legalized since independence in 1961.
In practice, there are many de facto political parties:
Current parties + NameAcronymLeaderIdeologyPoliticalpositionNationalAssembly seats National Democratic Allianceالتحالف الديمقراطي الوطنيal-Tehalef al-Dimoqrati al-WataniNDABashar Al-SayeghSecularismNational liberalismCentre-right Kuwait Democratic Forumالمنبر الديمقراطي الكويتيKDFBandar Al-KhairanSecularismArab nationalismPan-ArabismCentre-left Kuwaiti Progressive Movementالحركة التقدمية الكويتيةKPMAhmad AldeyainSocialismAnti-capitalismAnti-imperialismMarxism-LeninismLeft-wingto far-left Popular Action Movementحركة العمل الشعبيPAMMusallam Al-BarrakPopulismCentre-right Popular Action Blocكتلة العمل الشعبيPABAhmed Al-SadounPopulismNationalismCentre-left Islamic Constitutional Movementالحركة الدستورية الإسلاميةal-Haraka al-Dosturiya al-IslamiyahHadasحدسMohammad al-OlaimSunni IslamismRight-wing Islamic Salafi Allianceالتجمع الإسلامي السلفيISAKhaled Sultan bin EssaIslamismSalafismFar-right National Islamic Allianceالتحالف الوطني الإسلاميNIAAdnan Zahid AbdulsamadShi'a Islamism Justice and Peace Allianceتجمع العدالة والسلامJPASaleh AshourShi'a Islamism Civil Conservative Partyحزب المحافظين المدنيCCPMohammed Al-MutayratNationalismIslamic democracyPaternalistic conservatismCentre-right Civil Democratic MovementCDM Youth Association of Kuwaitرابطة الشباب الكويتيYaKuwaitYouth politicsCentre-left National Islamic Alliance (Taalof)التآلف الوطني الإسلاميNIAnoneShi'a Islamism Thawabit Al-Ummaتجمع ثوابت الأمةBader Al-DahoumSalafismFar-right
Outlawed parties + NameAcronymLeaderIdeologyPolitical position Hizb ut-Tahrirحزب التحريرHizb at-TahrirHTAta Abu RashtaIslamismCaliphalismFar-right
See also Politics of Kuwait List of ruling political parties by country
References
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