List of political parties in Palestine

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

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.Template:Fact

Legislative Council members

Party		Abbr.	Flag	Founded	Leader		Political position	Legislative Council
style="background-color:Template:Party color"|	Template:Ubl	lang}}		1987	Khaled Mashal		Template:NowrapTemplate:Refn	Template:Composition bar
style="background-color:Template:Party color"|	Template:Ubl	lang}}		1965	Mahmoud Abbas		Centre-left	Template:Composition bar
style="background-color:Template:Party color"|	Template:Ubl	PFLP		1967	Ahmad Sa'adat		Far-left	Template:Composition bar
style="background-color:Template:Party color"|	Template:Ubl			2005	Salam Fayyad		Left-wing<ref name="manal">Template:Cite journal</ref> (Liberalism)<ref name="manal"/>	Template:Composition bar
style="background-color:Template:Party color"|	Template:Ubl	PNI		2002	Mustafa Barghouti		Left-wing	Template:Composition bar
style="background-color:Template:Party color"|	Template:Ubl	DFLP		1968	Nayef Hawatmeh		Far-left	Template:Composition bar
style="background-color:Template:Party color"|	Template:Ubl	PPP		1982	Bassam as-Salhi		Far-left	Template:Composition bar
	Independent	colspan="6" Template:N/a	Template:Composition bar

Unrepresented parties

Party		Abbr.	Flag	Founded	Political position	Founder
style="background-color:Template:Party color|	Template:Ubl			2005	Centre-left	Marwan Barghouti
	Template:Ubl	ALF		1969	Right-wingTemplate:Efn	Rakad Salem
style="background-color:Template:Party color|	Template:Ubl	lang}}		1966	Far-leftTemplate:Efn	Farhan Abu Hayja
style="background-color:Template:Party color|	Template:Ubl	PLF		1959		Wasel Abu Yousef
style="background-color:Template:Party color|	Template:Ubl	PLF (ANAW)		1983		Abu Nidal Ashqar
style="background-color:Template:Party color|	Template:Ubl	PLF (AFGW)		1983		Abd ul-Fattah Ghanim
style="background-color:Template:Party color|	Template:Ubl	PAF		1993	Left-wing	Jameel Shihadeh
	Template:Ubl	FIDA		1990	Left-wing	Saleh Ra'fat
	Template:Ubl	PCP		1991	Far-left	Mahmoud Sa'adeh
style="background-color:Template:Party color|	Template:Ubl	PPSF		1967	Left-wing	Ahmed Majdalani
style="background-color:Template:Party color|	Template:Ubl	PPSF (KAM)		1991	Left-wing	Khalid ʽAbd al-Majid
style="background-color:Template:Party color|	Template:Ubl	PFLP-GC		1968	Left-wingTemplate:Efn	Ahmed Jibril
	Template:Ubl	RDPP		2019
	Template:Ubl	RPCP		1982	Far-left	Arabi Awwad
	Template:Ubl	Wa'ad		2004	Left-wing	Eyad El-Sarraj
style="background-color:Template:Party color|	Template:Ubl	PJP		2005		Usâma Salîm Muhammad
style="background-color:Template:Party color|	Template:Ubl	Fatah al-Yasir		2007	Right-wing	Khalid Abu-Hilal
style="background-color:Template:Party color|	Template:Ubl	PMM		2001	Right-wing	Asaad Abu Sharia

Alliances

Party		Founded	Political position	Status
	Template:Ubl	1993	Big tent	Active
	Palestinian National and Islamic Forces	2000	Big tent	Active
	Template:Ubl	2005	Left-wing	Defunct
	Template:Ubl	2006	Left-wing	Defunct
	Template:Ubl	2005	Left-wing	Defunct
	Template:Ubl	1980s	Left-wing	Defunct
	Template:Ubl	2016	Left-wing	Defunct
	Freedom and Social Justice	2006	Left-wing	Defunct
	Template:Ubl	2005	Center-left	Defunct
	Template:Ubl	1983	Left-wing	Defunct
	Template:Ubl	1985	Left-wing	Defunct
	Template:Ubl	2005	Right-wing	Defunct
	Template:Ubl	1974	Left-wing	Defunct
	Sons of the Land (Beit Jala)	2005	Left-wing	Defunct
	Template:Ubl	1989	Left-wing	Active
	United Beit Jala	2005	Left-wing	Defunct
	Template:Ubl	2005	Left-wing	Defunct
	Template:Ubl	2005	Right-wing	Defunct

Defunct parties

Party		Founded	Political position	Founder
	Template:Ubl	2005	Centre-left to Left-wing	Marwan Barghouti
	Template:Ubl	1935	Right-wing	Abd al-Latif Salah
	Template:Ubl	1932	Right-wing	Yaqub al-Ghusayn
	Template:Ubl	1935	Left-wing	Hussein Khalidi
	Template:Ubl	1930	Centre	Fahmi al-Husseini
	Template:Ubl	1935	Right-wing	Jamal al-Husayni
	Template:Ubl	1934	Centre	Raghib al-Nashashibi
	Template:Ubl	1932	Right-wing	Izzat Darwaza
	Template:Ubl	1969	Left-wing
	Template:Ubl	1977	Centre-left to left-wing	Naji Alush
	Template:Ubl	1982	Far-left
	Template:Ubl	1964	Far-left	Template:Ubl
	Template:Ubl	1978	Far-left
	Template:Ubl	1968	Big tent	Hassan Sabarini (Abohelmi)
	Template:Ubl	1983	Far-left
	Template:Ubl	1969	Far-left
	Template:Ubl	1972	Far-left
	Template:Ubl	1922	Far-left
	Template:Ubl	1943	Far-left
	Template:Ubl	1923	Far-left
	Template:Ubl	1922	Far-left
	Template:Ubl	1930s	Far-left
	Template:Ubl	1919	Far-left

See also

• Politics of the Palestinian National Authority