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  "id": "lb-political-parties",
  "name": "Lebanon — Political Parties",
  "title": "Lebanon — Political Parties",
  "description": "Political parties of Lebanon from the Party Facts core parties list (hdigital/partyfactsdata). Each record includes the Party Facts ID, short and long names (localized + English + other transliterations), first and last years of activity, peak vote share with year, and Wikipedia link where available. The Party Facts project links party identities across major comparative-politics datasets (ParlGov, MARPOR/Manifesto, CHES, V-Party, etc.).",
  "category": "politics",
  "source": "https://github.com/hdigital/partyfactsdata",
  "source_url": "https://github.com/hdigital/partyfactsdata",
  "updated": "2026-04",
  "record_count": 28,
  "columns": [
    {
      "key": "partyfacts_id",
      "label": "Partyfacts Id",
      "type": "number"
    },
    {
      "key": "name_short",
      "label": "Name Short",
      "type": "string"
    },
    {
      "key": "name",
      "label": "Name",
      "type": "string"
    },
    {
      "key": "name_english",
      "label": "Name English",
      "type": "string"
    },
    {
      "key": "name_other",
      "label": "Name Other",
      "type": "string"
    },
    {
      "key": "year_first",
      "label": "Year First",
      "type": "number"
    },
    {
      "key": "year_last",
      "label": "Year Last",
      "type": "number"
    },
    {
      "key": "share",
      "label": "Share",
      "type": "number"
    },
    {
      "key": "share_year",
      "label": "Share Year",
      "type": "number"
    },
    {
      "key": "wikipedia",
      "label": "Wikipedia",
      "type": "string"
    },
    {
      "key": "description",
      "label": "Description",
      "type": "string"
    },
    {
      "key": "comment",
      "label": "Comment",
      "type": "string"
    },
    {
      "key": "technical",
      "label": "Technical",
      "type": "string"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "partyfacts_id": 5844,
      "name_short": "M14A",
      "name": "The March 14 Alliance",
      "name_english": "The March 14 Alliance",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 2005,
      "year_last": "",
      "share": 55.5,
      "share_year": 2009,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_14_Alliance",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 5846,
      "name_short": "RD",
      "name": "Resistance and Development",
      "name_english": "Resistance and Development",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 2001,
      "year_last": 2009,
      "share": 46,
      "share_year": 2000,
      "wikipedia": "",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 5845,
      "name_short": "M8A",
      "name": "The March 8 Alliance",
      "name_english": "The March 8 Alliance",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 2005,
      "year_last": "",
      "share": 44.5,
      "share_year": 2009,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_8_Alliance",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 5509,
      "name_short": "MC",
      "name": "Maronite Christians",
      "name_english": "Maronite Christians",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1973,
      "year_last": 1992,
      "share": 30.3,
      "share_year": 1972,
      "wikipedia": "",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 2562,
      "name_short": "FM",
      "name": "Tayyar Al-Mustaqbal",
      "name_english": "Future Movement",
      "name_other": "Arabic: تيار المستقبل",
      "year_first": 1992,
      "year_last": "",
      "share": 25,
      "share_year": 2008,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_Movement",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 5512,
      "name_short": "SM",
      "name": "Shi'i Muslims",
      "name_english": "Shia Moslem",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1960,
      "year_last": 2000,
      "share": 22.5,
      "share_year": 1992,
      "wikipedia": "",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 5511,
      "name_short": "SUM",
      "name": "Sunni Muslims",
      "name_english": "Sunni Moslem",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1960,
      "year_last": 2000,
      "share": 22.5,
      "share_year": 1992,
      "wikipedia": "",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 2564,
      "name_short": "FPM",
      "name": "at-Tayyār al-Waṭanī al-Horr",
      "name_english": "Free Patriotic Movement",
      "name_other": "Arabic: التيار الوطني الحر‎",
      "year_first": 2005,
      "year_last": "",
      "share": 16.4,
      "share_year": 2005,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Patriotic_Movement",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 5508,
      "name_short": "AK",
      "name": "al-Karamah",
      "name_english": "Dignity",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 2001,
      "year_last": 2005,
      "share": 14.1,
      "share_year": 2000,
      "wikipedia": "",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 6391,
      "name_short": "NLP",
      "name": "Ḥizb Al-Waṭaniyyīn Al-Aḥrār",
      "name_english": "National Liberal Party",
      "name_other": "Arabic: حزب الوطنيين الأحرار‎",
      "year_first": 1958,
      "year_last": "",
      "share": 11.1,
      "share_year": 1972,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Liberal_Party_(Lebanon)",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 5510,
      "name_short": "GO",
      "name": "Greek Orthodox",
      "name_english": "Greek Orthodox",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1960,
      "year_last": 2000,
      "share": 11.1,
      "share_year": 1959,
      "wikipedia": "",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 3165,
      "name_short": "Amal",
      "name": "Harakat Amal",
      "name_english": "Amal Movement",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1974,
      "year_last": "",
      "share": 10.5,
      "share_year": 2008,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amal_Movement",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 3238,
      "name_short": "Hizb",
      "name": "Ḥizbu 'llāh",
      "name_english": "Hezbollah",
      "name_other": "Arabic: حزب الله‎ Ḥizbu 'llāh",
      "year_first": 1985,
      "year_last": "",
      "share": 10.5,
      "share_year": 2008,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 4741,
      "name_short": "NB",
      "name": "Al-Kutlah Al-Wataniyyah",
      "name_english": "National Bloc",
      "name_other": "Arabic: الكتلة الوطنية‎",
      "year_first": 1943,
      "year_last": "",
      "share": 6.8,
      "share_year": 1953,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Bloc_%28Lebanon%29",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 2565,
      "name_short": "PSP",
      "name": "al-hizb al-taqadummi al-ishtiraki",
      "name_english": "Progressive Socialist Party",
      "name_other": "Arabic: الحزب التقدمي الاشتراكي‎",
      "year_first": 1949,
      "year_last": "",
      "share": 6.3,
      "share_year": 1996,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_Socialist_Party",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 7473,
      "name_short": "GC",
      "name": "Greek Catholics",
      "name_english": "Greek Catholics",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1960,
      "year_last": 2000,
      "share": 6.3,
      "share_year": 1996,
      "wikipedia": "",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "ParIS",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 3235,
      "name_short": "LF",
      "name": "al-Quwwāt al-Libnānīyah",
      "name_english": "Lebanese Forces",
      "name_other": "Arabic: القوات اللبنانية‎ al-Quwwāt al-Libnānīyah",
      "year_first": 1976,
      "year_last": "",
      "share": 5.5,
      "share_year": 2008,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanese_Forces",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 4742,
      "name_short": "CU",
      "name": "Constitutionalist Union / Party of Constitutionalist Union",
      "name_english": "Constitutionalist Union / Party of Constitutionalist Union",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1943,
      "year_last": 1968,
      "share": 5,
      "share_year": 1960,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanese_general_election,_1960",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 2566,
      "name_short": "Kateab",
      "name": "Hizb Al-Kata’eb Al-Lubnaniyah",
      "name_english": "Lebanese Phalanges Party",
      "name_other": "Arabic: حزب الكتائب اللبنانية",
      "year_first": 1936,
      "year_last": "",
      "share": 4.3,
      "share_year": 2008,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kataeb_Party",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 7992,
      "name_short": "AM",
      "name": "Azm Movement",
      "name_english": "Azm Movement",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 2004,
      "year_last": "",
      "share": 3.1,
      "share_year": 2018,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azm_Movement",
      "description": "4 of 128 seats in 2018 Lebanese general election",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 7993,
      "name_short": "TP",
      "name": "Tadamun Party",
      "name_english": "Tadamun Party",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 2018,
      "year_last": 2018,
      "share": 3.1,
      "share_year": 2018,
      "wikipedia": "",
      "description": "4 of 128 seats in 2018 Lebanese general election",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 3236,
      "name_short": "SSNP",
      "name": "Al-Ḥizb Al-Sūrī Al-Qawmī Al-'Ijtimā'ī",
      "name_english": "Syrian Social Nationalist Party",
      "name_other": "Arabic: الحزب السوري القومي الاجتماعي‎; French: Parti populaire syrien or Parti social nationaliste syrien",
      "year_first": 1932,
      "year_last": "",
      "share": 1.6,
      "share_year": 2008,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_Social_Nationalist_Party",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 3166,
      "name_short": "MM",
      "name": "Tayyār Al-Marada",
      "name_english": "Marada Movement",
      "name_other": "Arabic: تيار المردة‎",
      "year_first": 1967,
      "year_last": "",
      "share": 1.2,
      "share_year": 2008,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marada_Movement",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 2317,
      "name_short": "LDemP",
      "name": "Hizb al-democraty al-lubnany – الحزب الديمقراطي اللبناني",
      "name_english": "Lebanese Democratic Party",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 2001,
      "year_last": "",
      "share": 1.2,
      "share_year": 2008,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanese_Democratic_Party",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 6039,
      "name_short": "CB",
      "name": "Al Kutla ad Dustuuriyya",
      "name_english": "Constitutional Bloc",
      "name_other": "Arabic: الكتلة الدستورية",
      "year_first": 1934,
      "year_last": 1958,
      "share": "",
      "share_year": "",
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_Bloc_(Lebanon)",
      "description": "leader support 1952 Chamoun (SNF) –  see CHISOLS",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 8349,
      "name_short": "NSF",
      "name": "National Salvation Front",
      "name_english": "National Salvation Front",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1982,
      "year_last": 1999,
      "share": "",
      "share_year": "",
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanese_National_Resistance_Front",
      "description": "Party of Rashid Karami, prime minister (HoG) from 1984 to 1986.",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 8351,
      "name_short": "ALP",
      "name": "Hizb al-Taharor al-'Arabi",
      "name_english": "Arab Liberation Party",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 2004,
      "year_last": "",
      "share": "",
      "share_year": "",
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_Liberation_Party",
      "description": "Party of Omar Karami, prime minister (HoG) in 2004.",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 8350,
      "name_short": "HM",
      "name": "Harakat Majd",
      "name_english": "Glory Movement",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 2004,
      "year_last": "",
      "share": "",
      "share_year": "",
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majd_Movement",
      "description": "Party of Najib Azmi Mikati, prime minister (HoG) from 2011 to 2013.",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "title": "Lebanon — Political Parties - Free Download",
    "description": "Political parties of Lebanon from the Party Facts core parties list (hdigital/partyfactsdata). Each record includes the Party Facts ID, short and long names (localized + English + other transliterations), first and last years of activity, peak vote share with year, and Wikipedia link where available. The Party Facts project links party identities across major comparative-politics datasets (ParlGov, MARPOR/Manifesto, CHES, V-Party, etc.). Contains 28 records. Download in Excel, CSV, PDF formats.",
    "seo_title": "Lebanon — Political Parties | ListBase",
    "seo_description": "Download Lebanon — Political Parties dataset with 28 records. Available in Excel, CSV, PDF formats.",
    "key_takeaways": [
      "Contains 28 records with 13 fields",
      "Available for free download in Excel, CSV, and PDF formats",
      "Data sourced from https://github.com/hdigital/partyfactsdata"
    ]
  }
}