List of political parties in Rojava

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This is a list of political parties in the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria. The Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria has a political system based on direct democratic and multi-party aspirations, with different levels of government: Self-governing municipalities and communes, self-governing autonomous regions and provinces, and the autonomous region as a whole.

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There have been two elections in the region so far, one for the communes/municipalities and one for regions/provinces in 2017, while the third federation-level election for the Syrian Democratic Council was delayed.

Political parties in Rojava

Parties

The following parties are represented either in the Syrian Democratic Assembly as of September 2016 or in cantonal parliaments: [1]

PartyAlliance Members inPolitical Position
Abbr. Name Abbr. NameWLeader FC FA Cantons Members(Ideology)
QMH Wheat Wave Movement
Law Citizenship Rights Movement

Teyar El-Qemih

 ? ? ? Haytham Manna 13 ? ? Secularism
Nonsectarianism
SUP Syriac Union Party TEV-DEM Movement for a Democratic Society Ishow Gowriye 13 ? ? Assyrian Interests
Modernization ("Dawronoye") [2]
TWDS Syrian National Democratic Alliance
Syrian National Democratic Coalition
 ? Alaeddine Khaled 14 ? ? Social ecology
Democratic confederalism
Communalism
CDR Honor and Rights Convention  ? Meram Dawûd 12 ? ? Secularism
Democratic confederalism
Communalism
YS Yekîtiya Star TEV-DEM Movement for a Democratic Society Rojîn Remo 11 ? ? Feminism
ANC Arab National Coalition  ? ? ? Ehmed El-Hebîb 11 ? ? Arab Interests
PDK-S Kurdistan Democratic Party of Syria ENKS Kurdish National Council Saud Malla 11 ? ? Kurdish nationalism
Kurdish autonomy
Liberal democracy
Traditionalism
PYD Democratic Union Party TEV-DEM Movement for a Democratic Society Salih Muslim
Asya Abdullah
03 ? ? Libertarian socialism
Eco-socialism
Social ecology
Democratic confederalism
Communalism
SDS Syrian Democratic Society TM Syria's Tomorrow Movement
Tayar Alghad Alsoury
Ziyad El-Asî 01 ? ? Pluralist democracy
DM Democratic Modernity Party  ?Ebilqadir El-Miwehed01 ? ?led by Fîras Qesas
PB-ASD Democratic Socialist Arab Ba'ath Party
Democratic Socialist Party
KDCK Assembly for Democracy and the Left  ? Brahim Makhous 01 ? ? Democratic Socialism
Arab Interests
LPSK Left Party of Syrian Kurds KDCK Assembly for Democracy and the Left  ? Mihmedê Mûsê 01 ? ? Centre-left
Kurdish Nationalism
ANC Arab National Coalition  ? ? Hikmet Hebîb 01 ? ? Arab Interests
Regionalism
KDPP / PDPKS Kurdish Democratic Progressive Party Abd al-Hamid Darwish01 ? ? Kurdish nationalism
Federalism
ADP Assyrian Democratic Party  Ninos Isho01 ? ? Eastern Assyrian interests
PADK Kurdistan Democratic Peace Party TEV-DEM Movement for a Democratic Society Talal Muhammad (Abduselam Mihemed)01 ? ? Democratic confederalism
Communalism
DT Democratic Transformation Party  Mizgîn Zêdan01 ? ? ?
PYLK Kurdistan Liberal Union Party TEV-DEM Movement for a Democratic Society Ferhad Têlo01 ? ? ?
WifaqKurdish Democratic Accord Party
Al Wifaq Party
HNKS Kurdish National Alliance in Syria  ? Fewzî Şengalî 01 ? ? Centre-right
Kurdish Nationalism
Îslah Syrian Reform Movement
Al-Îslah Party
HNKS Kurdish National Alliance in Syria  ? Emcet Osman 01 ? ? Reformism
Êzîdî Yazidi House
Mala Êzîdiyan
 ? Faris Eto Şemo 01 ? ? Yazidi Interests
SNC Syriac National Council  ?Bassam Said Ishak01 ? ? Assyrian Interests
PI Patriotic Initiative HNKS Kurdish National Alliance in Syria Cebel El-Ereb01 ? ? Popularism
Total   9*43* ? ? 

Notes: * including independents

Minor parties

The following groups or parties are not represented at either the cantonal or federal level (but may hold positions in municipal parliaments).

PartyAlliance Political Position
Abbr. Name Abbr. NameWLeader(Ideology)
KOM Communist Party of Kurdistan TEV-DEM Movement for a Democratic Society   Communism
Left-wing
Anti-capitalism
KNKNational Assembly of KurdistanTEV-DEM Movement for a Democratic Society   Left-wing
N-PDKSNew Kurdistan Democratic Party in SyriaTEV-DEM Movement for a Democratic Society   Left-wing
KESKGreen Party of KurdistanKDCK Assembly for Democracy and the Left  ? ? Environmentalism
PGDChange Party
Democratic Change Party
KDCK Assembly for Democracy and the Left  ? ? Progressivism
KEDKurdistan Workers PartyKDCK Assembly for Democracy and the Left  ? ? Trade Unionism
PCKSKurdish Left PartyKDCK Assembly for Democracy and the Left  ? ? Left-wing
TNKBooster Movement of KurdistanKDCK Assembly for Democracy and the Left  ? ? Left-wing
PYDKS Kurdish Democratic Unity Party HNKS Kurdish National Alliance in Syria Website [1]

Website [2]

Website [3]

Şêx Alî (Sheikh Ali) [3] Kurdish nationalism
Liberalism

Secularism

PDKSIKurdish Democratic PartyHNKS Kurdish National Alliance in Syria  ?Nesiredîn Îberahîm ?
PYÇŞ Yekiti Kurdistan Party ("The First Party with four branches")
Partiya Yeketî bi çar şaxên wê
ENKS Kurdish National Council  ? ? Kurdish nationalism
Traditionalism
ŞPKS Kurdish Future Movement in Syria ENKS Kurdish National Council Siamend Hajo Kurdish nationalism
Liberalism
PYDKKurdistan Democratic Union PartyENKS Kurdish National Council Faslah Youssef
(فصلة يوسف, elected March 8–9, 2019) [4]
TAA Syria's Tomorrow Movement TMSyria's Tomorrow Movement Fouad Humeira
Ahmad Jarba
Pluralist democracy
SRLC Syrian Revolutionary Left Current TWDS Syrian National Democratic Alliance   Trotskyism
Democratic socialism
MLKP Rojava Marxist–Leninist Communist Party (Rojava) [5] HBDH Peoples' United Revolutionary Movement   Hoxhaism
Anti-Revisionism
TKEP/L Communist Labour Party of Turkey/Leninist [6] HBDH Peoples' United Revolutionary Movement   Marxism–Leninism–Maoism
TKP/ML Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist–Leninist [7] HBDH Peoples' United Revolutionary Movement   Marxism–Leninism–Maoism
ADO Assyrian Democratic Organization Assyrian Interests
DCP Democratic Conservative Party Humaydi Daham al-Hadi Centre-right

Relative importance of the five party alliances

PartyNumber of elected representatives at the federal, cantonal and communal levels
TEV-DEM
8
HNKS
3
KDCK
2
ENKS
2
TM
1

Historical parties and alliances

Historical parties

NameIdeologyActiveContinued as
Mustafa Khidr Oso's Kurdish Freedom Party in Syria Kurdish Nationalism 2014 Kurdistan Democratic Party of Syria
Mustafa Juma's Kurdish Freedom Party in Syria Kurdish Nationalism 2014 Kurdistan Democratic Party of Syria
Kurdish Democratic Political Union Kurdish Nationalism 2013 Kurdistan Democratic Party of Syria
Kurdish Union Party in Syria (PYKS) Kurdish Nationalism 2012
Syrian National Resistance (SNR) Syrian nationalism, Anti-Turkism, democracy 2016–17dissolved

Historical alliances

NameIdeologyActiveContinued as
Kurdish Supreme Committee Kurdish Nationalism 2013discontinued

Names in the national languages

Abbr. Party Northern Kurdish (Latin script) Arabic Syriac Romanized Arabic
QMH Wheat Wave Movement Tevgera Hiqûq - Hemwelatîbûyîn - Mafanتيار قمح ?Teyar El-Qemih
SUP Syriac Union Party Partiya Yekîtiya Suryanîحزب الإتحاد السرياني في سوريةܓܒܐ ܕܚܘܝܕܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ ܒܣܘܪܝܐ
TWDS Syrian National Democratic Alliance Koalisyona Niştîmanî Demokratî Sûrîالتحالف الوطني الديمقراطي السوري ? ?
CDRHonor and Rights ConventionKombûna Rûmet û Mafnasiyêتجمع عهد الكرامة والحقوق ? ?
YSYekîtiya StarYekîtiya Star ? ?
ANCArab National CoalitionDesteya Niştîmanî ya Erebî ? ?
PDK-S Kurdistan Democratic Party of Syria Partiya Demokrat a Kurdistanê li Sûriyêحزب الديمقراطي کوردستان في سوريا
PYD Democratic Union Party Partiya Yekîtiya Demokratحزب الاتحاد الديمقراطي ?
SDSSyrian Democratic SocietyKombûna Demokratîk a Sûriyeyê
PB-ASD Democratic Socialist Arab Ba'ath Party Partiya Baas Demokratîk Sosyalîsa El-Erebîحزب البعث الديمقراطي العربي الاشتراكي ?
DMSyrian Democratic SocietyPartiya Modern û Demokratîk
ADO Assyrian Democratic Organisation المنظمة الآثورية الديمقراطيةܡܛܟܣܬܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܬܐ ܕܝܡܩܪܛܝܬܐ
ADPAssyrian Democratic PartyPartiya Asûrî ya Demokratîk
TAA Syria's Tomorrow Movement تيار الغد السوريTayar Alghad Alsoury
PDPKSProgressive Democratic PartyPartiya Demokrata Pêşverû ya Kurd li Sûriyê ? ?
PYDKS Kurdish Democratic Unity Party Partiya Yekîtîya Demokrat a Kurd li Sûriyêحزب الوحدة الديمقراطي الكردي في سوريا ?Hizb alwahdat aldiymuqratiu alkurdiu fi Suria
PYKSKurdish Union Party in SyriaPartiya Yekîtî ya Kurd li Sûriyê ? ?
PÇKSLeft Party of Syrian KurdsPartiya Çepa Kurdî li Surîyê ? ?
PÇDKSKurdish Left PartyPartiya Çepa Demokrata Kurdî li Suriyê ? ?
ŞPKSKurdish Future Movement in SyriaŞepêla Pêşeroja Kurdî li Suriyê ? ?
PAKKurdish Freedom PartyPartiya Azadî Kurdî li Sûriya ? ?
PADKKurdistan Democratic Peace PartyPartîya Aştîya Demokrat ya Kurdistanêحزب السلام الديمقراطي الكردستاني

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See also

Notes

    Bibliography

    References

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    2. The Revolutionaries of Bethnahrin | Warscapes
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    4. "Kurdistan Yekiti Party congratulates Kurdistan Union Party success of its conference". 20 March 2019.
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    7. The Carter Center (2017), p. 2.
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