List of political parties in Bahrain
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 | Ghanim Al-Buaneen | |
Al-Menbar Islamic Society | جمعية المنبر الوطني الإسلامي | - | Ali Ahmed Abdulla | Islamism |
National Justice Movement | حركة العدالة الوطنية | - | Abdullah Hashem | |
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 | - | |
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 | |
Progressive Democratic Tribune | جمعية المنبر الديمقراطي التقدمي | PDT | Hassan Madan | |
Islamic Action Society | Jamʿiyah al-ʿAmal al-ʾIslami جمعية العمل الإسلامي |
Amal أمل |
Muħammad Ali al-Mahfuodh | |
Unitary National Democratic Assemblage | جمعية التجمع الوطني الديمقراطي الوحدوي | Al Wahdawi
الوحدوي |
Hasan Al-Marzooq | - |
Al Ekha National Society | جمعية الإخاء الوطني | Al Ekha
الإخاء |
Musa Ghuloom Al-Ansari | - |
Haq Movement | حركة حق حركة الحريات والديمقراطية | HM | Hasan Mushaima | Constitutionalism |
Shabeeba Society of Bahrain | جمعية الشبيبة البحرينية | - | - | - |
Al Wafa' Islamic Movement | 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 |
Al-Mokhtar Brigades | سرايا المختار | - | - | Shia Islamism |
Banned Parties
registered opposition:
The unlicensed opposition:
- Bahrain Freedom Movement
- Haq Movement
- Al Wafa' Islamic Movement
- February 14 Youth Coalition
- Al-Ashtar Brigades
- Al-Mokhtar Brigades
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