List of political parties in Iraq
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The following is a list of political parties in Iraq.
Iraq is a multi-party parliamentary state. Political parties are commonly grouped by ideology and ethnic affiliation, as well as by the group with which they were listed on the ballot of the 2005 Iraqi National Assembly election.
The electoral system of Iraq favours larger parties and coalitions, but makes it difficult for a single party to dominate with a majority.[1]
Parliamentary alliances and parties
| Party | Leader | Political position |
Ideology | MPs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reconstruction and Development Coalition ائتلاف الإعمار والتنمية Iʼtilāf al-Iʻmār wa-al-tanmiyah |
Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani | Centre | 46 / 329 | ||
| State of Law Coalition إئتلاف دولة القانون I'tilāf Dawlat al-Qānūn |
Nouri al-Maliki | Syncretic | 29 / 329 | ||
| Al-Sadiqoun Bloc كتلة الصادقون |
Adnan Fayhan Moussa Cheri | 27 / 329 | |||
| Progress Party حزب تقدم Ḥizb Taqadum |
Mohamed Al-Halbousi | Big tent | 27 / 329 | ||
| Kurdistan Democratic Party پارتی دیموکراتی کوردستان Partiya Demokrat a Kurdistanê |
Masoud Barzani | Big tent | 26 / 329 | ||
| Badr Organization منظمة بدر Munaẓẓama Badr |
Hadi Al-Amiri | Right-wing | 18 / 329 | ||
| Patriotic Union of Kurdistan یەکێتیی نيشتمانیی کوردستان Yekêtîy Nîştimanîy Kurdistan |
Bafel Talabani | Centre-left to left-wing |
15 / 329 | ||
| Alliance of Nation State Forces تحالف قوى الدولة الوطنية Taḥāluf Quwā ad-Dawla al-Waṭaniyya |
Ammar al-Hakim | Centre | Shia Islam | 15 / 329 | |
| Azem Alliance ائتلاف عزم Iʾtilāf al-Azem |
Khamis al-Khanjar | Centre | 15 / 329 | ||
| National Sovereignty Alliance تحالف السيادة |
Khamis al-Khanjar | 9 / 329 | |||
| Al-Asas Coalition الأساس |
Muhsin Al-Mandalawi | 8 / 329 | |||
| Rights Movement حقوق |
Hassan Muanes | 6 / 329 | |||
| National Determination Alliance التصميم الوطني |
Thabit al-Abbasi | 5 / 329 | |||
| Good News, Iraq أبشر يا عراق |
Humam Hamoudi | 4 / 329 | |||
| Ishraqat Kanoon إشراقة كانون |
Jaafar Aziz | Centre | 8 / 329 | ||
| Services Alliance تحالف خدمات |
Shibl al-Zaidi | 5 / 329 | |||
| Tasmim Alliance تحالف تصميم |
Sarah al-Salihi | 6 / 329 | |||
| Kurdistan Islamic Union یەکگرتووی ئیسلامیی کوردستان Yekgirtiya Îslamî ya Kurdistanê |
Salahaddin Bahaaddin | Right-wing | 4 / 329 | ||
| National Stance Movement ڕەوتی هەڵوێستی نیشتیمانی Rewtî Helwêstî Nîştimanî |
Ali Hama Saleh | Big tent | 5 / 329 | ||
| New Generation Movement جوڵانه‌وه‌ی نه‌وه‌ی نوێ Culanewey Newey Nwê |
Shaswar Abdulwahid | Centre | Liberalism | 3 / 329 | |
| Al-Anbar Is Our Identity Alliance الأنبار هويتنا |
Mohamed Al-Halbousi | 3 / 329 | |||
| Nineveh for Its People الحسم الوطني |
Sheikh Abdullah Ajil Al-Yawar | 3 / 329 | |||
| Wasit Ajmal Alliance واسط أجمل |
Shibl al-Zaidi | 4 / 329 | |||
| National Party of the Masses الجماهيرية الوطنية |
Ahmed Abdullah al-Jubouri | 3 / 329 | |||
| Qimam Coalition قمم |
Mohamed Al-Halbousi | 3 / 329 | |||
| Tafawq Alliance التفوق |
Faisal Al-Issawi | 2 / 329 | |||
| Sumerian Movement سومريون |
2 / 329 | ||||
| Unified Iraqi Turkmen Front الجبهة التركمانية |
Seman Agha | 2 / 329 | |||
| Al-Faw Zakho Coalition ائتلاف الفاو زاخو |
Amer Abdul-Jabbar | 1 / 329 | |||
| Saladin Unified Alliance صلاح الدين الموحد |
1 / 329 | ||||
| Nineveh's People Union اتحاد أهل نينوى |
2 / 329 | ||||
| Arab Project المشروع العربي في العراق |
Khamis al-Khanjar | 1 / 329 | |||
| Diyala First Coalition ديالى أولاً |
Nouri al-Maliki | 1 / 329 | |||
| Arab Alliance of Kirkuk التحالف العربي في كركوك |
Rakan al-Jubouri | 1 / 329 | |||
| Saladin Partnership Alliance تحالف شراكتنا |
1 / 329 | ||||
| National Identity تحالف الهوية الوطنية |
Rayan al-Kildani | 1 / 329 | |||
| Kurdistan Justice Group کۆمەڵی دادگەری كوردستان Komelî Dadgerî Kurdistan |
Ali Bapir | Right-wing | 1 / 329 | ||
| Yazidi Cause Alliance تحالف القضية الإيزيدية |
Murad Ismael | Yazidi interests | 1 / 329 | ||
| Thabitun ثابتون |
Burhan Al-Maamouri | 1 / 329 | |||
| Idraak Movement حركة إدراك |
Akram Sharba | 1 / 329 | |||
| State Support Bloc كتلة دعم الدولة |
Murtadha Al-Saadi | 1 / 329 | |||
Former and non-parliamentary alliances and parties
| Party | Leader | Political position |
Ideology | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fatah Alliance ائتلاف الفتح Iʾtilāf al-Fatḥ |
Hadi al-Amiri | Right-wing | ||
| Kurdistani Coalition هاوپەیمانی كوردستانی Hevpeymanîya Kurdistanî |
Abdul Rahman Mustafa | Big tent | ||
| Extension Movement ائتلاف حركة امتداد Harakat Emtidad |
Alaa al-Rikabi | Centre | ||
| Babylon Movement حركة بابليون |
Rayan al-Kildani | |||
| Victory Alliance ائتلاف النصر Iʾtilāf al-Naṣr |
Haider al-Abadi | Centre | ||
| Alliance Towards Reforms تحالف سائرون للإصلاح Tahaluf Saairun al-Islah |
Hassan al-Aquli | Big tent | ||
| National Coalition ائتلاف الوطنية Al-Wataniya |
Ayad Allawi | Centre | Secularism | |
| National Wisdom Movement تيار الحكمة الوطني Tayar al-Hikmah al-Watani |
Ammar al-Hakim | Big tent | ||
| Uniters for Reform Coalition ائتلاف متحدون للاصلاح I'tilāf Muttaḥidūn lil-Iṣlāḥ |
Osama al-Nujaifi | |||
| Party | Leader | Political position & ideologies | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sadrist Movement | Muqtada al-Sadr | Shia Islamism Religious Conservatism Iraqi nationalism Populism Anti-imperialism | |
| Iraqi Communist Party | Raid Fahmi | Communism Classical Marxism Reformism Secularism Nonsectarianism | |
| Youth Movement for Change Party | |||
| Party of Progress and Reform | |||
| Iraqi Republican Group | |||
| State of Justice Party | |||
| Party | Leader | Political position & ideologies | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ataa Movement | Falih Alfayyadh | Islamic Democracy | |
| Popular Movement in Iraq | Mohammed Taha al-Hamdoun | Sunni Arab Interests Iraqi nationalism Federalism | |
| Iraqi National Congress | Ahmed Chalabi | Centrism Nonsectarianism | |
| Party | Leader | Political position & ideologies | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Badr Organization | Hadi Al-Amiri | Shia Islamism | |
| Al-Sadiqoun Bloc | Adnan Fihan Moussa Cheri | Shia Political Thought Religious Sectarianism | |
| Islamic Virtue Party | Ammar Tu'ma Abd Abbas | Khomeinism Islamism Anti-Zionism | |
| National Reform Trend | Ibrahim al-Jaafari | Islamism | |
| Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq المجلس الأعلى الإسلامي العراقي al-Madschlis al-aʿlā l-islāmī l-ʿIrāqī |
Humam Hamoudi | Decentralization Shia Islamism Sistanism | |
| Party | Leader | Political position & ideologies | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Islamic Dawa Party حزب الدعوة الإسلامية Ḥizb al Daʿwa al-Islāmiyya |
Nouri al-Maliki | Islamic democracy | |
| Islamic Dawa Party – Iraq Organisation حزب الدعوة الاسلامية - تنظيم العراق Ḥizb al Daʿwa al-Islāmiyya – Tanzim al-Iraq |
Hashim Al-Mosawy | Shia Islamism | |
| Islamic Union of Iraqi Turkoman | Abbas al-Bayati | Iraqi Turkmen Interests | |
| Party | Leader | Political position and Ideologies | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chaldean Syriac Assyrian Popular Council | Shamsuddin Georgis Zaya | Assyrian nationalism Autonomism Regionalism determination | |
| Iraqi Turkmen Front | Arshad al-Salihi | Regionalism Turkmen Interests | |
| Civil Democratic Alliance | Ali Khathem Aziz | Secularism Nonsectarianism Anti-corruption Third way | |
| Assyrian Democratic Movement | Yonadam Kanna | Assyrian interests Federalism | |
| Sons of Mesopotamia | Galeta Shaba | Assyrian nationalism Self-determination Populism | |
| Yazidi Movement for Reform and Progress | Amin Farhan Jejo | Yazidi Interests Regionalism | |
Parties active in the Kurdistan Region
Other parties
- Al Neshoor Party
- Alliance of Independent Democrats – led by Adnan Pachachi
- Assyria Liberation Party
- Bet-Nahrain Democratic Party
- Constitutional Monarchy Movement – led by Sharif Ali Bin al-Hussein
- Democratic Monarchy Alliance
- Feyli Kurd’s National Movement – led by Judge Munir Haddad
- Green Party of Iraq
- The Upholders of the Message (Al-Risaliyun)
- Iraqi Democratic Union
- Rawafid El-Iraq led by Jalal B. Mejel AlGaood
- Ezidi Freedom and Democracy Party (PADE)
- Leftist Worker-Communist Party of Iraq
- Popular Unity Party
- Turkmen People's Party
- Worker-Communist Party of Iraq
Historical parties
| Name(English) | Name(Arabic) | Acronym | Leader | Political position & ideologies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hizb ut-Tahrir | Hizb at-Tahrir
حزب التحرير |
HT | Ata Abu Rashta | Caliphalism |
| Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party in Iraq | Hizb al-Ba‘th al-'Arabi al-Ishtiraki fi al-'Iraq
حزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي في العراق |
- | Mohammed Younis al-Ahmed | Saddamism |
| Al-Awda | Al-Awda
العودة |
- | Mohammed Younis al-Ahmed | Ba'athism |