List of political parties in Iraq

The following is a list of political parties in Iraq.

Iraq is a multi-party state. Political parties are commonly grouped by ideology/ethnic affiliation and 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
	Progress Party حزب تقدم Ḥizb Taqadum	Mohamed Al-Halbousi	Big tent	Nonsectarianism Reformism	39 / 329
	State of Law Coalition إئتلاف دولة القانون I'tilāf Dawlat al-Qānūn	Nouri al-Maliki	Syncretic	Populism Anti-secularism Statism	38 / 329
	Kurdistan Democratic Party پارتی دیموکراتی کوردستان Partiya Demokrat a Kurdistanê	Masoud Barzani	Big tent	Kurdish nationalism Secularism	31 / 329
	Fatah Alliance ائتلاف الفتح Iʾtilāf al-Fatḥ	Hadi al-Amiri	Right-wing	Shia Islamism Pro-Iran Anti-secularism	29 / 329
	Kurdistani Coalition هاوپەیمانی كوردستانی Hevpeymanîya Kurdistanî	Abdul Rahman Mustafa	Big tent	Kurdish nationalism Self-determination	17 / 329
	Extension Movement ائتلاف حركة امتداد Harakat Emtidad	Alaa al-Rikabi	Centre	Liberalism Secularism Iraqi nationalism	16 / 329
	Azem Alliance ائتلاف عزم Iʾtilāf al-Azem	Khamis al-Khanjar	Centre		14 / 329
	New Generation Movement جوڵانه‌وه‌ی نه‌وه‌ی نوێ Culanewey Newey Nwê	Shaswar Abdulwahid	Centre	Liberalism	9 / 329
	Babylon Movement حركة بابليون	Rayan al-Kildani			4 / 329
	Victory Alliance ائتلاف النصر Iʾtilāf al-Naṣr	Haider al-Abadi	Centre	Nonsectarianism Realpolitik Islamic democracy	0 / 329
	Alliance Towards Reforms تحالف سائرون للإصلاح Tahaluf Saairun al-Islah	Hassan al-Aquli	Big tent	Iraqi nationalism Anti-corruption	0 / 329
	National Coalition ائتلاف الوطنية Al-Wataniya	Ayad Allawi	Centre	Secularism	0 / 329
	National Wisdom Movement تيار الحكمة الوطني Tayar al-Hikmah al-Watani	Ammar al-Hakim	Big tent	Islamism Nonsectarianism	0 / 329
	Uniters for Reform Coalition ائتلاف متحدون للاصلاح I'tilāf Muttaḥidūn lil-Iṣlāḥ	Osama al-Nujaifi		Regionalism Islamic democracy Populism	0 / 329

Alliance Towards Reforms "Saairun"

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

Victory Alliance

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

Fatah Alliance

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

State of Law Coalition

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

Kurdistani Coalition

Party		Leader	Political position and Ideologies
	Kurdistan Democratic Party	Masoud Barzani	Kurdish nationalism Self-determination
	Patriotic Union of Kurdistan	Bafel Talabani	Kurdish nationalism Social democracy Secularism
	Kurdish Islamic Group	Ali Bapir	Salafism
	Kurdistan Islamic Union	Salaheddine Bahaaeddin	Islamic Democracy Kurdish nationalism
	Gorran Movement	Omar Said Ali	Secularism Kurdish nationalism Social liberalism Liberal Socialism Federalism Regionalism
	National Coalition	Aram Qadir	Kurdish nationalism Social Democracy
	Communist Party of Kurdistan – Iraq	Kawa Mahmud	Communism
	Kurdistan Islamic Movement	Ehsan Ali Abdul Aziz	Kurdish nationalism Islamism
	Kurdistan Toilers' Party	Balen Abdullah	Socialism Left-wing nationalism
	Kurdistan Socialist Democratic Party	Mohammed Haji Mahmoud	Kurdish nationalism Social Democracy
	Kurdistan Society's Freedom Movement (Tevgera Azadi)	Tara Husên Selam Ebdulla	Democratic confederalism
	Yazidi Democratic Party	Haydar Shesho	Yazidi Rights
	National Stance Movement	Ali Hama Saleh	Kurdish nationalism Anti-corruption
	People's Front	Lahur Talabani	Kurdish nationalism Social democracy

Other Parties

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

Main article: List of political parties 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
• 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

Defunct parties and alliances

Name(English)	Name(Arabic)	Acronym	Leader	Political position & ideologies
Wahdat an-Nidal	Wahdat an-Nidal وحدة النضال	-	-	Communism
Unified Popular Front	Al-Jabha Al-Sha'abiya Al-Mutahida الجبهة الشعبية المتحدة	UPF	-	-
National Democratic Party	Hizb al Wataniyah al Dimuqratiyah الحزب الوطني الديمقراطي	NDP	Kamel al-Chaderji	Centre-left Social democracy Democratic socialism
Shursh	Şoreş	-	-	Communism
Rayat ash-Shaghilah	Rayat Ash-Shagillah راية الشغّيلة	-	Jamal al-Haidari	Communism
Organization of Iraqi Revolutionary Communists	Tanzim Al-shiyo'iyyin Al-Thawriyyin Al-'Araqiyyin تنظيم الشيوعيين الثوريين العراقيين	IRC	Tahsin Ali Ash-Shaikhli	Communism
Leninist Group in the Iraqi Communist Movement	Al-Fariq Al-Lenini Fi Al-Haraka Al-Shiyo'iya Al-'Araqia الفريق اللينيني في الحركة الشيوعية العراقية	-	Khalid Abdullah as-Salam Khalil al-Jazairi	Communism
League of Iraqi Communists	Al-Rabita Al-shiyo'iyyin Al-'Araqiyyin رابطة الشيوعيين العراقيين	-	Daud as-Sayegh	Communism
Iraqi Communist Vanguard Organisation	-	-	-	Communism
Iraqi Communist Party of Daud as-Sayegh	-	-	Daud as-Sayegh	Communism
Iraqi Communist Party (Central Command)	Widhat al-Qa'idah	-	Adil Abdul-Mahdi	Communism
Ila al-Amam (Iraq)	Ila al-Amam إلى الأمام		Thunun Ayub Yaqub Cohen	Communism
Arab Unity Party	Hizb Al-Wahda Al-Arabiya حزب الوحدة العربية	AUP	Sobhi Abdul Hamid	Left-wing politics
Arab Struggle Party	Hizb Al-Kifah Al-Arabi حزب الكفاح العربي	ASP	-	Nasserism
Arabic Toilers' Movement	Harakt Al-Kadeheen Al-Arab حركة الكادحين العرب	ATM	Unknown; several	Marxist-Leninist
Reconciliation and Liberation Bloc	Kutla al-Musalaha wa't-Tahrir	RLB	Misha'an al-Juburi	Secularism Arab nationalism Iraqi nationalism
Constitutional Union Party	حزب الاتحاد الدستوري		Nuri al-Said	Anti-communism Arab nationalism
Party of National Brotherhood	حزب الاخاء الوطني		Naji Al-Suwaidi Yasin al-Hashimi Rashid Ali al-Gaylani	Pan-Arabism Arab nationalism
Socialist Nation Party	حزب الامة الاشتراكي		Salih Jabr	Social democracy Arab nationalism
Ahali group	الأهالي		Ja'far Abu al-Timman	Populism Iraqi nationalism
Liberal Party	حزب الاحرار		Tawfiq al-Suwaidi	Classical liberalism Constitutional monarchism
United Popular Front	الجبهة الشعبية المتحدة		Taha al-Hashimi	Reformism Iraqi nationalism

Outlawed 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	-	Raghad Hussein	Saddamism
Al-Awda	Al-Awda العودة	-	Mohammed Younis al-Ahmed	Ba'athism

See also

• Politics of Iraq
• List of political parties by country

References

1. Dodge, Toby (18 September 2018). "Iraq: A Year of Living Dangerously". Survival. 60 (5): 41–48. doi:10.1080/00396338.2018.1518368.

External links

• List of political parties participating in December 2005 election
• Report on Iraq's New Political Map by the United States Institute of Peace