Algeria has a multi-party system with numerous political 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 of 1996 bans the formation of any party "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.
| Name | class=unsortable | Abbr. | Leader | Political position | Ideology | APN | Council | Alliances | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Liberation Front ar|جبهة التحرير الوطني|Jabhatu at-Taḥrīri al-Waṭanī fr|Front de libération nationale ber|Tirni n Weslelli Aɣelnaw | FLN | Big tent | Arab nationalism Pan-Arabism Algerian nationalism Arab socialism Anti-Zionism | SI | |||||
| Movement of Society for Peace ar|حركة مجتمع السلم|Harakat Mujtamaâ as-Silm fr|Mouvement de la société pour la paix | MSP Hims | [2] | Right-wing | Sunni Islamism Islamic democracy Pan-Islamism Economic liberalism Social conservatism Anti-Western Anti-Zionism | Muslim Brotherhood | ||||
| Democratic National Rally ar|التجمع الوطني الديموقراطي|at-Tadschammuʿ al-Waṭanī ad-Dīmuqrāṭī fr|Rassemblement national démocratique ber|Agraw aɣelnaw amagday | RND | Centre to centre-right | Populism Economic liberalism | CDI | |||||
| Future Front ar|جبهة المستقبل fr|Front El Moustakbal | FM | Centre | Algerian nationalism | ||||||
| National Construction Movement ar|حركة البناء الوطني|Harakat al-Bina' al-Watanii fr|Mouvement El-Bina | El-Bina | Abdelkader Bengrina | Right-wing | Islamic democracy Algerian nationalism | |||||
| Voice of the People ar|حزب صوت الشعب fr|Parti La Voix du peuple | PVP | Lamine Osmani | Right-wing nationalism National conservatism Right-wing populism | ||||||
ar|جبهة الحكم الراشد fr|Front de la bonne gouvernance | FBG | Aissa Belhadi | |||||||
| Justice and Development Front ar|جبهة العدالة والتنمية fr|Front pour la justice et le développement | FJD | Abdallah Djaballah | Right-wing | Islamic democracy Algerian nationalism | |||||
ar|حزب الحرية والعدالة fr|Parti de la liberté et de la justice | PLJ | Djamel Benziadi | Right-wing | Islamic democracy | |||||
| New Fajr Party ar|حزب الفجر الجديد fr|Parti el Fadjr el Jadid | PFJ | Tahar Benbaïbeche | Right-wing | Right-wing nationalism Conservatism | |||||
ar|جيل جديد|Jil Jadid fr|Jil Jadid | JJ | Centre-left | Social democracy | ||||||
| New Algeria Front ar|جبهة الجزائر الجديدة fr|Front de l’Algérie nouvelle | FAN | Djamel Benabdessalem | |||||||
ar|حزب الكرامة|Hizb el-Karama fr|Parti Dignité | PD | Mohamed Eddaoui | Nasserism | ||||||
| Algerian National Front ar|الجبهة الوطنية الجزائرية|Jabhah al-Waṭaniyyah al-Jazā'iriyyah fr|Front national algérien | FNA | Right-wing | National conservatism | ||||||
| Name | class=unsortable | Abbr. | Leader | Political position | Ideology | APN | Council | Alliances | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socialist Forces Front ar|جبهة القوى الاشتراكية fr|Front des forces socialistes ber|Tirni Iɣallen Inemlayen | FFS RƔN | Centre-left | Social democracy Algerianism Berberism Secularism | PA, SI | |||||
| Movement for Democracy in Algeria ar|الحركة من أجل الديمقراطية في الجزائر fr|Mouvement pour la démocratie en Algérie | MDA | Left-wing | Moderate Islamism Islamic socialism Progressivism Arab nationalism Algerian nationalism Pan-Maghrebism Anti-Zionism | ||||||
| Democratic and Social Movement ar|الحركة الديمقراطية والاجتماعية fr|Mouvement Démocratique et Social | MDS | Hamid Ferhi | Left-wing | Socialism Secularism | FDA | ||||
| Rally for Culture and Democracy ar|التجمع من أجل الثقافة والديمقراطية ber|ⴰⴽⵔⴰⵓ ⵉ ⵉⴷⵍⴻⵙ ⴷ ⵜⵓⴽⴷⵓⵜ fr|Rassemblement pour la Culture et la Démocratie | RCD | Centre to Centre-left | Liberalism Social liberalism Berberism Algerian nationalism Secularism | FDA | |||||
| Socialist Workers Party ar|حزب العمال الاشتراكي fr|Parti socialiste des travailleurs kab|Akabar Anemlay n Yixeddamen | PST | Left-wing to far-left | Internationalism Marxism Trotskyism Socialism Communism Feminism | FDA, FI | |||||
| Workers' Party ar|حزب العمال ber|Akabar Ixeddamen fr|Parti des travailleurs | PT | Louisa Hanoune | Far-left | Communism Trotskyism Proletarian internationalism | FDA, OJR | ||||