Constituent Parties
Party | Arabic name | Seats in Parliament (after 2009 election) | Demographic base |
---|---|---|---|
Future Movement | Tayyar Al Mustaqbal تيار المستقبل |
26 | Secular; Mainly Sunni Muslim. |
Independents | 13 | ||
Lebanese Forces | al-quwāt al-lubnāniyah القوات اللبنانية |
8 | Secular; Maronite. |
Lebanese Phalanges | al-Kataeb al-Lubnāniyya حزب الكتائب اللبنانية |
5 | Mainly Maronite Christian |
Social Democrat Hunchakian Party | Hizb al-Henchag حزب الهنشاق (حزب الهنشاق الديمقراطي الإجتماعي) |
2 | Secular, Armenian |
National Liberal Party | Hizb al-Wataniyyin al-Ahrar حزب الوطنيين الأحرار |
1 | Maronite Christian |
Democratic Left | Harakat Al-Yassar ll-Dimoqrati حركة اليسار الديمقراطي |
1 | Secular |
Islamic Group | Al-Jamaa Al-Islamiya الجماعة الإسلامية |
1 | Sunni Muslim |
Armenian Democratic Liberal Party - Ramgavar | Hizb al-Ramgavar حزب الرمغفار (الحزب الديمقراطي الليبرالي الأرمني) |
1 | Secular, Armenian |
Independence Movement | Harakat Al-Istiklal حركة الإسنقلال |
0 | Officially secular; Mainly Maronite Christian |
Democratic Renewal | Harakat al-Tajaddod al-Dimoqrati حركة التجدد الدمقراطي |
0 | Secular |
Lebanese National Bloc | Hizb al-Kitla al-Wataniya حزب الكتلة الوطنية |
0 | Officially secular; mainly Maronite Christian |
Free Lebanese Armenian Movement | Harakit Al-Lubnaniyin Al-Arman Al-Ahrar حركة اللبنانيين الأرمن الأحرار |
0 | Secular, Armenian |
Free Shiite Movement | Tayyar el-Shi'i el-Horr التيار الشيعي الحرّ |
0 | Shiite Muslim |
Lebanese Peace Party | Hizb as-Salām al-Lubnāny حزب السلام اللبناني |
0 | Secular |
Muahedeen Group | Jamaat Al-Muahedeen جماعة الموحدين |
0 | Mainly Druze |
Syriac Union of Lebanon | Hizb al Ittihad al Siryāni حزب الاتحاد السرياني |
0 | Syriac Christian |
Shuraya Party | Hizb Al-Shurāya | 0 | Assyrian |
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