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The National Democratic Action is Bahrain's largest Leftist Political Party , comprised of an alliance between former Maoists , Socialists and Arab Nationalists . Under the reform process initiated by Bahrain's King Hamad, the NDA's leaders returned from exile to participate in the political process. The party's origins lie in the split within the Left in the Arab world in the 1960s, between a pro-Moscow camp and a pro-China camp, with the NDA's leaders backing Beijing. Historically the Left in Bahrain had been very strong, partly as a result of the creation of a local Working Class through the Kingdom's Industrialisation with the discovery of oil in the 1930s; however the waning of Arab nationalism, the collapse of Communism as an ideology and the rise of the Islamist Right have marginalised the NDA and robbed it of much of its traditional support. The party suffered a very disappointing result in 2002's municipal elections when none of its candidates were elected in any constituency. Despite this, the NDA's leaders are widely respected and retain a great deal of influence in Bahraini society. EXTERNAL LINKS
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