List of political parties in Algeria

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Algeria has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments. The Algerian Constitution (as of 1996) allows the formation of any party not "founded on a religious, linguistic, racial, sex, corporatist or regional basis" or violating "the fundamental liberties, the fundamental values and components of the national identity, the national unity, the security and integrity of the national territory, the independence of the country and the People’s sovereignty as well as the democratic and republican nature of the State."

In Arabic, French, and English, major Algerian political parties are typically referred to by the three or four initials of their French names. (The Movement of Society for Peace, which uses an Arabic acronym, is an exception.) In formal contexts, however, their full names are used.

1 The parties
2 See also

Short name	English name	Arabic name	French name	Leader	Site
FLN	National Liberation Front	جبهة التحرير الوطني (Jabhat at-Taḥrīr al-Waṭaniyy)	Front de Libération National	Abdelaziz Belkhadem	http://www.pfln.org.dz/
RND	National Rally for Democracy	التجمع الوطني الديمقراطي (at-Tajammu` al-Waṭaniyy ad-Dīmuqrāṭiyy)	Rassemblement National Démocratique	Ahmed Ouyahia
El Islah/MRN/MI	Movement for National Reform	حركة الإصلاح الوطني (Ḥarakat al-Iṣlāḥ al-Waṭaniyy)	Mouvement El Islah/Mouvement du Rénouveau National	Abdallah Djaballah	http://www.elislah.org/
Hamas/HMS/MSP	Movement of Society for Peace	حركة مجتمع السلم (Ḥarakat Mujtama` as-Silm)	Mouvement de la Societé pour la Paix	Bouguerra Soltani	http://www.hmsalgeria.net/
PT	Workers' Party	حزب العمّال (Ḥizb al-`Ummāl)	Parti des Travailleurs	Louisa Hanoune
FNA	Algerian National Front	الجبهة الوطنية الجزائرية (al-Jabhah al-Waṭaniyyah al-Jazā'iriyyah)	Front National Algérien	Moussa Touati	http://www.fna.dz/
Ennahda (MN)	Islamic Renaissance Movement	حركة النهضة (Ḥarakat an-Nahḍah)	Mouvement Ennahda/Mouvement de la Renaissance Islamique	Lahbib Adami
PRA	Party of Algerian Renewal	حزب التجديد الجزائري (Ḥizb at-Tajdīd al-Jazā'iriyy)	Parti du Rénouveau Algérien	Yacine Terkmane
MEN	Movement of National Understanding	حركة الوفاق الوطني (Ḥarakat al-Wifāq al-Waṭaniyy)	Mouvement de l'Entente Nationale	Ali Boukhazna

Short name	English name	Arabic name	French name	Leader	Site
FFS	Front of Socialist Forces	جبهة القوى الاشتراكية (Jabhat al-Quwā al-Ištirākiyyah)	Front des Forces Socialistes	Hocine Ait Ahmed	http://www.ffs-dz.org/
RCD	Rally for Culture and Democracy	التجمع من أجل الثقافة والديمقراطية (at-Tajammu` min 'ajl aṯ-Ṯaqāfah wad-Dīmuqrāṭiyyah)	Rassemblement pour la Culture et la Démocratie	Said Sadi	http://www.rcd-algerie.org/
MDA	Movement for Democracy in Algeria	الحركة من أجل الديمقراطية في الجزائر (al-Ḥarakah min 'ajl ad-Dīmuqrāṭiyyah fī al-Jazā'ir)	Mouvement pour la démocratie en Algérie	Ahmed Ben Bella