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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

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Party  | Leader  | Political
position  | Ideology  | MPs

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| 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"  Party  | Leader  | Political position & ideologies

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| 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

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| 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

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| 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

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| 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

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| 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
| Coalition for Democracy and Justice |  | 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
Other Parties  Party  | Leader  | Political position and Ideologies

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| 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

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Main article: List of political parties in the Kurdistan Region

## Other parties

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This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (October 2018)

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* 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

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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

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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

## See also

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* Politics of Iraq
* List of political parties by country

## External links

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

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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
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* 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)

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* Babylon Movement (4)
* Athra Alliance (1)
* Assyrian Democratic Movement
* Assyrian Patriotic Party
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* 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]

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