The following is a list of political parties in Iraq.
Iraq is a multi-party parliamentary state. Political parties are commonly grouped by ideology and ethnic affiliation, as well as 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.
Parliamentary alliances and parties +PartyLeaderPoliticalpositionIdeologyMPsReconstruction and Development CoalitionMohammed Shia' al-SudaniCentreState of Law CoalitionNouri al-MalikiSyncreticAl-Sadiqoun BlocAdnan Fayhan Moussa CheriProgress PartyMohamed Al-HalbousiBig tentKurdistan Democratic PartyMasoud BarzaniBig tentBadr OrganizationHadi Al-AmiriRight-wingPatriotic Union of KurdistanBafel TalabaniCentre-leftto left-wingAlliance of Nation State ForcesAmmar al-HakimCentreShia IslamAzem AllianceKhamis al-KhanjarCentreNational Sovereignty AllianceKhamis al-KhanjarAl-Asas CoalitionMuhsin Al-MandalawiRights MovementHassan MuanesNational Determination AllianceThabit al-AbbasiGood News, IraqHumam HamoudiIshraqat KanoonJaafar AzizCentreShibl al-ZaidiTasmim AllianceSarah al-SalihiKurdistan Islamic UnionSalahaddin BahaaddinRight-wingNational Stance MovementAli Hama SalehBig tentNew Generation MovementShaswar AbdulwahidCentreLiberalismAl-Anbar Is Our Identity AllianceMohamed Al-HalbousiNineveh for Its PeopleSheikh Abdullah Ajil Al-YawarWasit Ajmal AllianceShibl al-ZaidiNational Party of the MassesAhmed Abdullah al-JubouriQimam CoalitionMohamed Al-HalbousiTafawq AllianceFaisal Al-IssawiSumerian MovementUnified Iraqi Turkmen FrontSeman AghaAl-Faw Zakho CoalitionAmer Abdul-JabbarSaladin Unified AllianceNineveh's People UnionArab ProjectKhamis al-KhanjarDiyala First CoalitionNouri al-MalikiArab Alliance of KirkukRakan al-JubouriSaladin Partnership AllianceNational IdentityRayan al-KildaniKurdistan Justice GroupAli BapirRight-wingYazidi Cause AllianceMurad IsmaelYazidi interestsThabitunBurhan Al-MaamouriIdraak MovementAkram SharbaState Support BlocMurtadha Al-Saadi Former and non-parliamentary alliances and parties +PartyLeaderPoliticalpositionIdeologyFatah AllianceHadi al-AmiriRight-wingKurdistani CoalitionAbdul Rahman MustafaBig tentExtension MovementAlaa al-RikabiCentreBabylon MovementRayan al-KildaniVictory AllianceHaider al-AbadiCentreAlliance Towards ReformsHassan al-AquliBig tentNational CoalitionAyad AllawiCentreSecularismNational Wisdom MovementAmmar al-HakimBig tentUniters for Reform CoalitionOsama al-Nujaifi
+Alliance Towards Reforms "Saairun"PartyLeaderPolitical position & ideologiesSadrist MovementMuqtada al-SadrShia IslamismReligious ConservatismIraqi nationalismPopulismAnti-imperialismIraqi Communist PartyRaid FahmiCommunismClassical MarxismReformismSecularismNonsectarianismYouth Movement for Change PartyParty of Progress and ReformIraqi Republican GroupState of Justice Party
+Victory AlliancePartyLeaderPolitical position & ideologiesAtaa MovementFalih AlfayyadhIslamic DemocracyPopular Movement in IraqMohammed Taha al-HamdounSunni Arab InterestsIraqi nationalismFederalismIraqi National CongressAhmed ChalabiCentrismNonsectarianism
+Fatah AlliancePartyLeaderPolitical position & ideologiesBadr OrganizationHadi Al-AmiriShia IslamismAl-Sadiqoun BlocAdnan Fihan Moussa CheriShia Political ThoughtReligious SectarianismIslamic Virtue PartyAmmar Tu'ma Abd AbbasKhomeinismIslamismAnti-ZionismNational Reform TrendIbrahim al-JaafariIslamismIslamic Supreme Council of Iraqal-Madschlis al-aʿlā l-islāmī l-ʿIrāqīHumam HamoudiDecentralizationShia IslamismSistanism
+State of Law CoalitionPartyLeaderPolitical position & ideologiesIslamic Dawa PartyḤizb al Daʿwa al-IslāmiyyaNouri al-MalikiIslamic democracyIslamic Dawa Party – Iraq OrganisationḤizb al Daʿwa al-Islāmiyya – Tanzim al-IraqHashim Al-MosawyShia IslamismIslamic Union of Iraqi TurkomanAbbas al-BayatiIraqi Turkmen Interests
+Kurdistani CoalitionPartyLeaderPolitical position and IdeologiesKurdistan Democratic PartyMasoud BarzaniKurdish nationalismSelf-determinationPatriotic Union of KurdistanBafel TalabaniKurdish nationalismSocial democracySecularismKurdish Islamic GroupAli BapirSalafismKurdistan Islamic UnionSalaheddine BahaaeddinIslamic DemocracyKurdish nationalismGorran MovementOmar Said AliSecularismKurdish nationalismSocial liberalismLiberal SocialismFederalismRegionalismNational CoalitionAram QadirKurdish nationalismSocial DemocracyCommunist Party of Kurdistan – IraqKawa MahmudCommunismKurdistan Islamic MovementEhsan Ali Abdul AzizKurdish nationalismIslamismKurdistan Toilers' PartyBalen AbdullahSocialismLeft-wing nationalismKurdistan Socialist Democratic PartyMohammed Haji MahmoudKurdish nationalismSocial DemocracyKurdistan Society's Freedom Movement (Tevgera Azadi)Tara HusênSelam EbdullaDemocratic confederalismYazidi Democratic PartyHaydar SheshoYazidi RightsNational Stance MovementAli Hama SalehKurdish nationalismAnti-corruptionPeople's FrontLahur TalabaniKurdish nationalismSocial democracy
+Other PartiesPartyLeaderPolitical position and IdeologiesChaldean Syriac Assyrian Popular CouncilShamsuddin Georgis ZayaAssyrian nationalismAutonomismRegionalismdeterminationIraqi Turkmen FrontArshad al-SalihiRegionalismTurkmen InterestsCivil Democratic AllianceAli Khathem AzizSecularismNonsectarianismAnti-corruptionThird wayAssyrian Democratic MovementYonadam KannaAssyrian interests FederalismSons of MesopotamiaGaleta ShabaAssyrian nationalismSelf-determinationPopulismYazidi Movement for Reform and ProgressAmin Farhan JejoYazidi InterestsRegionalism
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 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 +Defunct parties and alliancesName(English)Name(Arabic)AcronymLeaderPolitical position & ideologiesWahdat an-NidalWahdat an-Nidal وحدة النضال - -CommunismShurshŞoreş - -CommunismRayat ash-ShaghilahRayat Ash-Shagillah راية الشغّيلة -Jamal al-HaidariCommunismOrganization of Iraqi Revolutionary CommunistsTanzim Al-shiyo'iyyin Al-Thawriyyin Al-'Araqiyyin تنظيم الشيوعيين الثوريين العراقيينIRCTahsin Ali Ash-ShaikhliCommunismLeninist Group in the Iraqi Communist MovementAl-Fariq Al-Lenini Fi Al-Haraka Al-Shiyo'iya Al-'Araqia الفريق اللينيني في الحركة الشيوعية العراقية -Khalid Abdullah as-Salam Khalil al-JazairiCommunismLeague of Iraqi CommunistsAl-Rabita Al-shiyo'iyyin Al-'Araqiyyin رابطة الشيوعيين العراقيين -Daud as-SayeghCommunismIraqi Communist Vanguard Organisation - - -CommunismIraqi Communist Party of Daud as-Sayegh - -Daud as-SayeghCommunismIraqi Communist Party (Central Command)Widhat al-Qa'idah -Adil Abdul-MahdiCommunismIla al-Amam (Iraq)Ila al-Amam إلى الأمامThunun Ayub Yaqub CohenCommunismArab Unity PartyHizb Al-Wahda Al-Arabiya حزب الوحدة العربيةAUPSobhi Abdul HamidArab socialismArab Struggle PartyHizb Al-Kifah Al-Arabi حزب الكفاح العربيASP -NasserismArabic Toilers' MovementHarakt Al-Kadeheen Al-Arab حركة الكادحين العربATMUnknown; severalMarxist-LeninistReconciliation and Liberation BlocKutla al-Musalaha wa't-TahrirRLBMisha'an al-JuburiSecularismArab nationalismIraqi nationalismConstitutional Union Party حزب الاتحاد الدستوريNuri al-SaidAnti-communismArab nationalismParty of National Brotherhood حزب الاخاء الوطنيNaji Al-SuwaidiYasin al-HashimiRashid Ali al-GaylaniPan-ArabismArab nationalismSocialist Nation Party حزب الامة الاشتراكيSalih JabrSocial democracyArab nationalismAhali group الأهاليJa'far Abu al-TimmanPopulismIraqi nationalismUnified Popular FrontAl-Jabha Al-Sha'abiya Al-Mutahida الجبهة الشعبية المتحدةUPF - -Liberal Party حزب الاحرارTawfiq al-SuwaidiClassical liberalismConstitutional monarchismNational Democratic PartyHizb al Wataniyah al Dimuqratiyah الحزب الوطني الديمقراطيNDPKamel al-ChaderjiSocial democracyDemocratic socialismUnited Popular Front الجبهة الشعبية المتحدةTaha al-HashimiReformismIraqi nationalismIraqi Independence Party حزب الاستقلال العراقيMuhammad Mahdi KubbaIraqi nationalismNational Union Front جبهة الاتحاد الوطنيIraqi nationalismIraqi Arab Socialist Union الاتحاد الاشتراكي العربي العراقيFuad al-RikabiNasserismPan-Arabism +Outlawed partiesName(English)Name(Arabic)AcronymLeaderPolitical position & ideologiesHizb ut-TahrirHizb at-Tahrir حزب التحريرHTAta Abu RashtaCaliphalismArab Socialist Ba'ath Party in IraqHizb al-Ba‘th al-'Arabi al-Ishtiraki fi al-'Iraq حزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي في العراق -Mohammed Younis al-AhmedSaddamismAl-AwdaAl-Awda العودة -Mohammed Younis al-AhmedBa'athism
See also Politics of Iraq List of political parties by country
References
External links List of political parties participating in December 2005 election Report on Iraq's New Political Map by the United States Institute of Peace