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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.

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

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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 | 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

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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
| 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

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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
* Feyli Kurd’s National Movement – led by Judge Munir Haddad
* 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

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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
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 | Arab socialism
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
Unified Popular Front | Al-Jabha Al-Sha'abiya Al-Mutahida

الجبهة الشعبية المتحدة

| UPF  | \-  | \-
Liberal Party | حزب الاحرار |  | Tawfiq al-Suwaidi | Classical liberalism
Constitutional monarchism
National Democratic Party | Hizb al Wataniyah al Dimuqratiyah

الحزب الوطني الديمقراطي

| NDP  | Kamel al-Chaderji | Social democracy
Democratic socialism
United Popular Front | الجبهة الشعبية المتحدة |  | Taha al-Hashimi | Reformism
Iraqi nationalism
Iraqi Independence Party | حزب الاستقلال العراقي |  | Muhammad Mahdi Kubba | Iraqi nationalism
National Union Front | جبهة الاتحاد الوطني |  |  | Iraqi nationalism
Iraqi Arab Socialist Union | الاتحاد الاشتراكي العربي العراقي |  | Fuad al-Rikabi | Nasserism
Pan-Arabism
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 | 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

| \-  | Mohammed Younis al-Ahmed | 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

## References

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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

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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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Major political parties|

* Sadrists (73) (quit)
* 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)

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* 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)|

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* Independents (1)

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* Hareth Shanshal Sunaid (1) [Mandaean seat]
* Naif Khalaf Seydou (1) [Yazidi seat]
* Council of Free Shabaks (1) [Shabak seat]

Unrepresented in parliament|

* The Iraqis
* Iraqi Communist Party
* Iraqi Islamic Party
* Iraqi National Congress
* Nasserist Socialist Vanguard Party
* National Wisdom Movement

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* Hizb ut-Tahrir
* Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party
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