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.

Parliamentary alliances and parties


	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			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"
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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
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

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

Outlawed parties
Name(English)	Name(Arabic)	Acronym	Leader	Political position & ideologies
Hizb ut-Tahrir	Hizb at-Tahrir حزب التحرير	HT	Ata Abu Rashta	Islamism 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	Left-wing to right-wing Saddamism
Al-Awda	Al-Awda العودة	-	Mohammed Younis al-Ahmed	Ba'athism

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v t e Political parties in Iraq
Major political parties	Sadrists (73) Progress Party (37) State of Law Coalition (33) Islamic Dawa Party Islamic Dawa Party – Iraq Organisation Kurdistan Democratic Party (31) Fatah Alliance (17) Badr Organization Al-Sadiqoun Bloc Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (17) Azem Alliance (14)
Minor political parties	Emtidad Movement (9) New Generation Movement (9) Ishraqat Kanoon (6) Tasmim Alliance (5) Victory Alliance (4) Kurdistan Justice Group (2) Iraqi Turkmen Front (1)
Reserved Christian seats (5)	Babylon Movement (4) Athra Alliance (1) Assyrian Democratic Movement Assyrian Patriotic Party Beth Nahrin Patriotic Union Chaldean Syriac Assyrian Popular Council Sons of Mesopotamia
Reserved minority seats (3)	Hareth Shanshal Sunaid (1) [Mandaean seat] Yazidi Movement for Reform and Progress (1) [Yazidi seat] Council of Free Shabaks (1) [Shabak seat]
Unrepresented in parliament	The Iraqis
Banned	Hizb ut-Tahrir Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party in Iraq pan-Arab organization al-Awda Arab Liberation Front
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List of political parties in Iraq

Parliamentary alliances and parties

Parties active in the Kurdistan Region

Other parties

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