Political parties in Kuwait have not been legalized since independence in 1961.
In practice, there are many de facto political parties:
Current parties
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!Acronym
!Leader
!Ideology
!Political<br/>position
!National<br/>Assembly seats
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|National Democratic Alliance<br/><span lang="ar" dir="ltr">التحالف الديمقراطي الوطني</span><br/>al-Tehalef al-Dimoqrati al-Watani
|NDA
|Bashar Al-Sayegh
|Secularism<br/>National liberalism
|Centre-right
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|Kuwait Democratic Forum<br/><span lang="ar" dir="ltr">المنبر الديمقراطي الكويتي</span>
|KDF
|Bandar Al-Khairan
|Secularism<br/>Arab nationalism<br/>Pan-Arabism
|Centre-left
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|Kuwaiti Progressive Movement<br/><span lang="ar" dir="ltr">الحركة التقدمية الكويتية</span>
|KPM
|Ahmad Aldeyain
|Socialism<br/>Anti-capitalism<br/>Anti-imperialism<br/>Marxism-Leninism
|Left-wing<br/>to far-left
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|Popular Action Movement<br/><span lang="ar" dir="ltr">حركة العمل الشعبي</span>
|PAM
|Musallam Al-Barrak
|Populism
|Centre-right
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|Popular Action Bloc<br/><span lang="ar" dir="ltr">كتلة العمل الشعبي</span>
|PAB
|Ahmed Al-Sadoun
|Populism<br/>Nationalism
|Centre-left
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|Islamic Constitutional Movement<br/><span lang="ar" dir="ltr">الحركة الدستورية الإسلامية</span><br/>al-Haraka al-Dosturiya al-Islamiyah
|Hadas<br/><span lang="ar" dir="ltr">حدس</span>
|Mohammad al-Olaim
|Sunni Islamism
|Right-wing
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|Islamic Salafi Alliance<br/><span lang="ar" dir="ltr">التجمع الإسلامي السلفي</span>
|ISA
|Khaled Sultan bin Essa
|Islamism<br/>Salafism
|Far-right
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|National Islamic Alliance<br/><span lang="ar" dir="ltr">التحالف الوطني الإسلامي</span>
|NIA
|Adnan Zahid Abdulsamad
|Shi'a Islamism
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|Justice and Peace Alliance<br/><span lang="ar" dir="ltr">تجمع العدالة والسلام</span>
|JPA
|Saleh Ashour
|Shi'a Islamism
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|Civil Conservative Party<br/><span lang="ar" dir="ltr">حزب المحافظين المدني</span>
|CCP
|Mohammed Al-Mutayrat
|Nationalism<br/>Islamic democracy<br/>Paternalistic conservatism
|Centre-right
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|Civil Democratic Movement
|CDM
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|Youth Association of Kuwait<br/><span lang="ar" dir="ltr">رابطة الشباب الكويتي</span>
|YaKuwait
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|Youth politics
|Centre-left
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|National Islamic Alliance (Taalof)<br/><span lang="ar" dir="ltr">التآلف الوطني الإسلامي</span>
|NIA
|none
|Shi'a Islamism
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|Thawabit Al-Umma<br/><span lang="ar" dir="ltr">تجمع ثوابت الأمة</span>
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|Bader Al-Dahoum
|Salafism
|Far-right
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Outlawed parties
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!Leader
!Ideology
!Political position
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|Hizb ut-Tahrir<br/><span lang="ar" dir="ltr">حزب التحرير</span><br/>Hizb at-Tahrir
|HT
|Ata Abu Rashta
|Islamism<br/>Caliphalism
|Far-right
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See also
- Politics of Kuwait
- List of ruling political parties by country
References
ar:الأحزاب السياسية في الكويت