List of political parties in Kuwait

Political parties in Kuwait have not been legalized since independence in 1961.

In practice, there are many de facto political parties:

	Acronym	Leader	Ideology	Political position	National Assembly seats
National Democratic Alliance التحالف الديمقراطي الوطني al-Tehalef al-Dimoqrati al-Watani	NDA	Bashar Al-Sayegh	Secularism National liberalism	Centre-right	0 / 65
Kuwait Democratic Forum المنبر الديمقراطي الكويتي	KDF	Bandar Al-Khairan	Secularism Arab nationalism Pan-Arabism	Centre-left	1 / 65
Kuwaiti Progressive Movement الحركة التقدمية الكويتية	KPM	Ahmad Aldeyain	Socialism Anti-capitalism Anti-imperialism Marxism-Leninism	Left-wing to far-left	0 / 65
Popular Action Movement حركة العمل الشعبي	PAM	Musallam Al-Barrak	Populism	Centre-right	0 / 65
Popular Action Bloc كتلة العمل الشعبي	PAB	Ahmed Al-Sadoun	Populism Nationalism	Centre-left	2 / 65
Islamic Constitutional Movement الحركة الدستورية الإسلامية al-Haraka al-Dosturiya al-Islamiyah	Hadas حدس	Mohammad al-Olaim	Sunni Islamism	Right-wing	1 / 65
Islamic Salafi Alliance التجمع الإسلامي السلفي	ISA	Khaled Sultan bin Essa	Islamism Salafism	Far-right	3 / 65
National Islamic Alliance التحالف الوطني الإسلامي	NIA	Adnan Zahid Abdulsamad	Shi'a Islamism		0 / 65
Justice and Peace Alliance تجمع العدالة والسلام	JPA	Saleh Ashour	Shi'a Islamism		1 / 65
Civil Conservative Party حزب المحافظين المدني	CCP	Mohammed Al-Mutayrat	Nationalism Islamic democracy Paternalistic conservatism	Centre-right	0 / 65
Civil Democratic Movement	CDM				0 / 65
Youth Association of Kuwait رابطة الشباب الكويتي	YaKuwait		Youth politics	Centre-left	0 / 65
National Islamic Alliance (Taalof) التآلف الوطني الإسلامي	NIA	none	Shi'a Islamism		2 / 65
Thawabit Al-Umma تجمع ثوابت الأمة		Bader Al-Dahoum	Salafism	Far-right	2 / 65

List of political parties in Kuwait

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