List of political parties in the State of Palestine

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The following political parties, listed in alphabetic order, have taken part in recent elections for the Palestinian National Authority in the Palestinian territories:

Brief history and overview

In 1994, The Palestinian Authority was formed, the governing body for the interim period pending final status negotiations. The President of the State of Palestine is the highest-ranking political position, the equivalent to head of state, in the Palestinian National Authority (PNA). The President is elected by popular elections. The Palestinian Legislative Council is the legislature of the Palestinian Authority. It is not to be confused with the Palestinian National Council, which remains the national legislature of the Palestinian people as a whole. The PLC passed a new law in June 2005 increasing the number of MPs from 88 to 132, stipulating that half be elected under a system of proportional representation and half by traditional constituencies.[ citation needed ]

Legislative Council members

PartyAbbr.FlagFoundedLeaderPolitical position Legislative
Council
Hamas
حماس		 Hamas Emblem Flag Green Variant with Outline Emblem.svg 1987 Khaled Mashal Khaled Meshaal 01 (cropped).jpg
74 / 132
Fatah
فتح		 Fatah Flag Vector Graphic.svg 1965 Mahmoud Abbas Mahmoud Abbas May 2018.jpg Centre-left
to left-wing
45 / 132
PFLP Flag of The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.png 1967 Ahmad Sa'adat Far-left
3 / 132
2005 Salam Fayyad Salam Fayyad (cropped).jpg Centre-left
2 / 132
PNI2002 Mustafa Barghouti Mustafa barghouthi (cropped).jpg Centre-left
to left-wing
2 / 132
DFLP Flag of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine.svg 1968 Nayef Hawatmeh Nayef Hawatmeh 2017 (cropped).jpg Far-left
1 / 132
PPP1982 Bassam as-Salhi Far-left
1 / 132
Independent —
4 / 132

Unrepresented parties

PartyAbbr.FlagFoundedPolitical positionFounder
  • Liberty
  • Arabic: الحرية
  • al-Huriyatu
2005 Centre-left Marwan Barghouti Marwan Barghouti.jpg
ALF1969 Left-wing [a] Rakad Salem
As-Sa'iqa
الصاعقة		 Flag of the Ba'ath Party.svg 1966 Far-left [b] Farhan Abu Hayja
PLF1959Wasel Abu Yousef
PLF (ANAW)1983Abu Nidal Ashqar
PLF (AFGW)1983Abd ul-Fattah Ghanim
PAF1993 Left-wing Jameel Shihadeh
FIDA1990 Left-wing Saleh Ra'fat
PCP Palestinian Communist Party Flag.svg 1991 Far-left Mahmoud Sa'adeh
PPSF1967 Left-wing Ahmed Majdalani
PPSF (KAM)1991 Left-wing Khalid ʽAbd al-Majid
PFLP-GC1968 Left-wing [c] Ahmed Jibril
RDPP2019
RPCP1982 Far-left Arabi Awwad
Wa'ad2004 Eyad El-Sarraj
Fatah al-Yasir2007 Right-wing Khalid Abu-Hilal

Alliances

PartyFoundedPolitical positionStatus
1993 Big tent Active
Palestinian National and Islamic Forces 2000 Big tent Active
2005 Left-wing Defunct
2006 Left-wing Defunct
2005 Left-wing Defunct
1980s Left-wing Defunct
2016 Left-wing Defunct
Freedom and Social Justice 2006 Left-wing Defunct
2005 Center-left Defunct
1983 Left-wing Defunct
1985 Left-wing Defunct
2005 Right-wing Defunct
1974 Left-wing Defunct
Sons of the Land (Beit Jala) 2005 Left-wing Defunct
1989 Left-wing Active
United Beit Jala 2005 Left-wing Defunct
2005 Left-wing Defunct
2005 Right-wing Defunct

Defunct parties

PartyFoundedPolitical positionFounder
2005 Centre-left
to Left-wing 		Marwan Barghouti Marwan Barghouti.jpg
1935 Right-wing Abd al-Latif Salah
1932 Right-wing Yaqub al-Ghusayn
1969 Left-wing
1977 Centre-left
to left-wing 		Naji Alush
1982 Far-left
1964 Far-left
  • Muhammad Fayyad
  • Ibrahim Khraysha
1978 Far-left
1968 Big tent Hassan Sabarini (Abohelmi)
1983 Far-left
1969 Far-left
1972 Far-left
1922 Far-left
1943 Far-left
1923 Far-left
1922 Far-left
1930s Far-left
1919 Far-left

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Due to its affiliation with Saddamism
  2. ↑ Due to its association with the Ba'ath Party (Syrian-dominated faction)
  3. ↑ Still considers itself nominally socialist
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