Lebanon has hundreds of registered political parties. After 2005, when the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafic Hariri precipitated the Cedar Revolution, the political landscape became polarized between two rival alliances, the March 8 Alliance and the March 14 Alliance. Both names refer to dates of mass demonstrations during the revolution.
The March 8 Alliance was supportive of continued Syrian intervention in Lebanon, and includes Hezbollah, the Amal Movement (both majority Shia), and the Free Patriotic Movement (majority Christian). The March 14 Alliance contained parties who advocated for the end of Syrian involvement. Major partners include the Future Movement (majority Sunni), the Lebanese Forces, and Ketaeb (both majority Christian). This alliance dissolved in 2016, and the Future Movement withdrew from the 2022 election, but the remaining partners have maintained their opposition to Hezbollah.
The Progressive Socialist Party, the main representative of the Druze community, has supported both blocs at different points.
After the Revolution of 17 October 2019, a series of large-scale protests against the country's economic situation and political elites, a third bloc has emerged, of non-sectarian groups advocating for wide-scale reform. These groups first gained parliamentary representation in the 2022 elections.
The following list places political parties within the two major alliances. Although most parties maintain that they are secular, the major political parties in Lebanon are loosely representative of a certain faith community.
Parties currently represented in parliament PartyAbbr.Leader or ChairmanMPsPolitical position & ideologyAlliancePrimary demographicLebanese Forcesالقوات اللبنانيةal-Quwwāt al-LubnānīyahLFSamir GeageaChristian democracyLiberal conservatismLebanese nationalismOppositionChristianHezbollahحزب اللهḤizbu 'llāhHezbحزبNaim QassemShia IslamismAnti-ZionismAnti-WesternMarch 8ShiiteAmal Movementحركة أملḤarakat Amal AmalأملNabih BerriConservatismPopulismMarch 8ShiiteFree Patriotic Movementالتيار الحرّat-Tayyār al-HorrFPMGebran BassilCivic nationalismChristian democracyEconomic liberalismMarch 8 ChristianProgressive Socialist Partyالحزب التقدمي الإشتراكيḤizb at-Taqadummi al-Ishtiraki PSPTaymur JumblattProgressivismDemocratic socialismSecularismArab nationalismOppositionDruzeKataeb Party (Phalanges)حزب الكتائب اللبنانيةḤizb al-Katā'ib al-LubnānīyaKataebSamy GemayelLebanese nationalismChristian democracySocial conservatismMaronite politicsOppositionMaroniteArmenian Revolutionary FederationՀայ Յեղափոխական ԴաշնակցութիւնHay Heghapokhagan TashnagtsutiunARFՀՅԴHagop PakradounianDemocratic socialismArmenian nationalismUnited ArmeniaMarch 8ArmenianMarada Movementتيار المردةTayyār al-MaradaMMSuleiman FrangiehChristian democracyLebanese nationalismPro-SyrianismMarch 8MaroniteIndependence Movementحركة الاستقلالHarakat al-IstiklalIMMichel MoawadLebanese nationalismOppositionMaroniteTaqaddom Partyحزب التقدمḤizb al-TaKadumCollective leadershipReformismSocial democracyOctober 17SecularIslamic Charitable Projects Associationجمعية المشاريع الخيرية الإسلاميةJamʿīyah al-Mashārīʿ al-Khayrīyah al-ʾIslāmīyahICPAالأحباشal-AḥbāshShaykh Hussam QaraqiraReligious pluralismIslamic neo-traditionalismAnti-SalafismMarch 8SunniIslamic Groupالجماعة الإسلاميةal-Jama'ah al-IslamiyahIGAzzam Al-AyyoubiIslamic democracyPan-IslamismOppositionSunniUnion Partyحزب الإتحادḤizb al-Ittiḥād UPAbdul Rahim MradNasserismMarch 8SunniNational Banner Partyحزب الراية الوطنيḤizb al-Rayyat al-WataniNBP Ali HijaziArab nationalismMarch 8SecularNational Liberal Partyحزب الوطنيين الأحرارḤizb al-Waṭaniyyīn al-AḥrārNLPCamille Dory ChamounEconomic liberalismLebanese nationalismNational liberalismOppositionMaroniteLana – Social Democratic Partyلـنا - حزب ديمقراطي اجتماعيLana - hizb dimuqratiun ajtimaeiunLanaHassan SinnoReformismSocial democracyOctober 17SecularMada Partyحزب ماداhizb madaMadaKarim SaadehReformismSocial democracyOctober 17SecularKhatt Ahmarالخط الأحمرalkhatu al'ahmarWaddah SadekReformismSocial democracyOctober 17SecularPopular Nasserist Organizationالتنظيم الشعبي الناصريat-Tanzim ash-Shaabi an-Nassiri PNOOssama SaadNasserismSocialismArab nationalismNoneSunniNational Dialogue Partyحزب الحوار الوطنيḤizb al-Hiwar al-Watani NDPFouad MakhzoumiEconomic liberalismSecular liberalismNoneSunniDignity Movementتيار الكرامةTayyār al-KarāmaDMFaisal KaramiArab nationalismAnti-ZionismPan-ArabismMarch 8SunniWatani Allianceتحالف وطنيtahaluf wataniWataniMark GearaReformismSocial democracyOctober 17SecularReLebanonلبنان عن جديدlubnan ean jadidZiad AbsReformismSocial democracyOctober 17Secular
Other parties
March 8 Alliance Party Abbr. Leader or Chairman Political position & ideology Primary demographicArab Democratic Party الحزب العربي الدمقراطيal-Ḥizb al-Arabi ad-Dimoqraty ADPRifaat EidArab nationalismArab socialismNeo-Ba'athismPan-SyrianismAlawite Syrian Social Nationalist Party الحزب السوري القومي الإجتماعيal-Ḥizb as-Sūrī al-Qawmī al-'Ijtimā'īSSNPRabi BanatSyrian nationalism Social nationalismSecularIndependent Nasserite Movement - Al-Mourabitoun حركة الناصريين المستقلين - المرابطونḤarakat an-Nassiriyin al-Mustakilleen - al-MourabitoonINMIbrahim Kulaylat Arab nationalismNasserismAnti-imperialismPan-ArabismArab socialismMainly Sunni Muslim Some Shiite and DruzeLebanese Democratic Party الحزب الديمقراطي اللبنانيal-Ḥizb ad-Dimoqrati al-LubnāniLDPPrince Talal ArslanConservatismOfficially Secular Mainly DruzeToilers League رابطة الشغيلةRabitat ash-Shaghila LTZaher KhatibCommunism Marxism-Leninism Socialism Arab nationalismSecularSolidarity Party حزب التضامنḤizb at-Tadamon TadamonEmile RahmeChristian liberalismChristianityPeople's Movement حركة الشعبḤarakat ash-Shaeb SHAABIbrahim al-HalabiNasserism Socialism Arab nationalismSecularChristian Democratic Union الحزب المسيحي الدمقراطيal-Hizb al-Massihi al-Dimoqrati CDUNeemtallah Abi NasrChristian democracyChristianNasserite Unionists Movement الحركة التوحيدية الناصريةal-Ḥaraka at-Tawhidiyya an-Nassiriyya NUM -NasserismSecularIslamic Labor Front جبهة العمل الإسلاميJebhat al-A'amal al-Islamy ILFFathi YakanIslamismSunni MuslimArab Unification Party تيار التوحيد اللبنانيTayyār at-Tawhid al-Lubnany LUMWiam WahhabArab nationalismOfficially secular Mainly DruzePromise Party حزب الوعدḤizb al-Waad NSDPGina HobeikaSecularismOfficially secular Mainly Maronite ChristianFederation of Popular Leagues and Committees تجمع اللجان والروابط الشعبيةTajamo' al-Lijan wal Rawabit ash-Shaabiya FPLCMaan BashourNasserism Arab NationalismOfficially secular Mainly Sunni MuslimArab Socialist Union الإتحاد الإشتراكي العربيal-Ittiḥād al-Ishtiraki al-Arabi SAUOmar HarbArab socialismSecularDemocratic Nasserite Movement حركة الناصريين الدمقراطيونḤarakat al-Nassiriyin ad-Dimocratiyoon DNM -NasserismSunni MuslimLebanese Arab Struggle Movement حركة النضال العربي اللبنانيḤarakat an-Nidal al-Arabi al-Lubnani LASMFaysal DawoodArabismOfficially secular Mainly DruzeIslamic Unification Movement حركة التوحيد الإسلاميḤarakat at-Tawhid al-Islamy IUMSaid ShaabanIslamismSunni Muslim
March 14 Alliance Party Abbr. Leader or Chairman Political position & ideology Primary demographicFuture Movementتيار المستقبلTayyār al-MustaqbalFMSaad HaririClassical liberalismEconomic liberalismLebanese nationalismSunniSocial Democrat Hunchakian Partyحزب الهنشاق (حزب الهنشاق الديمقراطي الإجتماعي)Ḥizb al-HenchagՍոցիալ Դեմոկրատ Հնչակեան ԿուսակցութիւնSotsial Demokrat Hnchakyan KusaktsutyunSDHPՍԴՀԿ -Democratic socialism Social democracy Armenian nationalism SecularismArmenian Democratic Left Movement حركة اليسار الديمقراطيḤarakat al-Yassar ad-Dimoqrati DLElias AttallahArab nationalismSecularismSocial democracySecularDemocratic Renewal حركة التجدد الدمقراطيḤarakat at-Tajaddod ad-Dimoqrati DRMFarouk JabreSocial liberalismSecularism Reformism NonsectarianismSecularArmenian Democratic Liberal Party - Ramgavarحزب الرمغفار (الحزب الديمقراطي الليبرالي الأرمني)Ḥizb ar-RamgavarՌամկավար Ազատական ԿուսակցութիւնRamgavar Azadagan Gusagtsutyun ADL ՌԱԿ Hagop KassardjianArmenian nationalism National liberalism Classical liberalism Pro-EuropeanismArmenian Free Lebanese Armenian Movement حركة اللبنانيين الأرمن الأحرارḤarakat al-Lubnaniyin al-Arman al-Ahrar FLAM -Secular liberalismArmenianFree Shia Movement التيار الشيعي الحرّat-Tayyār ash-Shi'iy al-Hurr TSHMohammad Al Hajj HassanIslamismShiite MuslimLebanese Peace Party حزب السلام اللبنانيḤizb as-Salam al-Lubnany LPPRoger EddeCentrismDecentralizationBig tentSecularSyriac Union Partyܓܒܐ ܕܚܘܝܕܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ ܒܠܒܢܢحزب الاتحاد السريانيḤizb al-Ittiḥād as-Siryani SUPIbrahim MradAssyrian nationalismMainly Syriac Shuraya Partyܫܘܖܝܐحزب شورياḤizb ash-Shuraya ShurayaAssyrianismAssyrianChange Movement حركة التغـييرCMElie MahfoudDemocracyChristian
October 17 Party Abbr. Leader or Chairman Political position & ideology Primary demographicLebanese Communist Partyالحزب الشيوعي اللبنانيal-Ḥizb aš-Šuyūʿī al-LubnānīLCPHanna GharibCommunismMarxism–LeninismAnti-ZionismSecularCitizens in a State مواطنون ومواطنات في دولةMouwatinoun wa Mouwatinat fi Dawla MMFDCharbel NahasCivic nationalismProgressivismSecularismSecularSabaa Partyحزب سبعةHizb SabeaSabaaHassan Baz ChamasLiberalismSecularNational Bloc حزب الكتلة الوطنيةḤizb al-Kitla al-Wataniya NBMichel HelouCentrismLebanese nationalismSecular Historically MaroniteSocialist Arab Lebanon Vanguard Partyحزب طليعة لبنان العربي الاشتراكيḤizb at-Taliyeh Lubnan al-'Arabi al-Ishtiraki HTAbd al-Majid RafeiBa'athismSecularGreen Party of Lebanonحزب الخضر اللبنانيḤizb al-Khodor al-Lubnanī GPL Philip SkafGreen politics SecularLihaqqi لِ حقيLihaqqi Collective LeadershipLeft-libertarianismGrassroots democracyEconomic democracyRadical democracySecular Non-aligned Party Abbr. Leader or Chairman Political position & ideology Primary demographicPopular Blocالتكتّل الشعبيat-Takattol ash-Shaa'bi -Myriam SkaffChristian democracyGreek CatholicAzm Movement تيار العزمTayyār al-AzmAzmNajib MikatiCentrismSecularismSecularMainly SunniLebanese Social Democratic Partyحزب الدمقراطي الإشتراكيḤizb ad-Dimoqraty al-IshtirakiDSPLKamel AsaadSocialismSecularismLebanese nationalismIslamic socialismSocial democracyDemocratic socialismRed Shi'ismSecular Mainly Shiite MuslimHizb ut-Tahrir حزب التحريرḤizb at-Taḥrīr HTAta Abu RashtaOfficially IslamismOfficially Islamic Mainly SunniPhoenician Partyحزب فينيقياHizb alFinikiAntonios AbidaoudLebanese nationalismPhoenicianismSecularMovement of Lebanese Nationalism حركة القومية اللبنانيةḤarakat al-Qawmiyya al-Lubnaniyya MLNEtienne SaqrLebanese nationalismSecular Traditionally ChristianAramean Democratic Organizationܛܘܟܣܐ ܐܪܡܝܐ ܕܝܡܘܩܪܛܝܐṬukoso Oromoyo Dimoqraṭoyoالتنظيم الآرامي الديمقراطيat-Tanzim al-Arami ad-Dimoqraty ArDO Gabi GalloAramean identityNational conservatismChristian democracyReligious nationalismPro-EuropeanismAramean24 October Movement تيار لبنان الديمقراطيTayyār Lubnan ad-Dimoqraty -Jack TamerSocial democracySecularLebanese Option Party تيار الإنتماء اللبنانيTayyār al-Intimaa' al-Lubnani LOG Ahmad al-AsaadLiberalismSecular Mainly ShiiteLiberty Front جبهة الحريةJabhat al-Horriya -Fouad Abou NaderLebanese nationalismSecularTraditionally ChristianNajjadeh Party حزب النجادةḤizb an-Nejjadeh Mustapha HakimArab nationalismSunniNew Lebanese Movementحركة اللبنانيين الجددḤarakat al-Lubnaniyin al-Jodod Danny Abdel KhalekSecularismSecularArab Socialist Party الحزب العربي الإشتراكيal-Ḥizb al-Arabi al-Ishtiraki - -SocialismSecularLebanese Ecology Party حزب البيئة اللبنانيḤizb al-Bi'a al-Lubnany - Habib MaaloufEcologySecularPopular Democratic Party الحزب الشعبي الديمقراطيal-Ḥizb ash-Shaabi ad-Dimoqraty -Nazih HamzaMarxism-LeninismSecularTake Back Parliament - Lebanon