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

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.

Legislative Council members

PartyAbbr.FlagFoundedLeaderPolitical positionLegislative
Council
Hamas
حماس		1987Ismail HaniyehRight/Syncretic[lower-alpha 1]
74 / 132
Fatah
فتح		1965Mahmoud AbbasCentre-left
to left-wing
45 / 132
PFLP1967Ahmad Sa'adatFar-left
3 / 132
2005Salam FayyadCentre
2 / 132
PNI2002Mustafa BarghoutiCentre-left
to left-wing
2 / 132
DFLP1968Nayef HawatmehFar-left
1 / 132
PPP1982Bassam as-SalhiLeft-wing to far-left
1 / 132
Independent—
4 / 132

Unrepresented parties

PartyAbbr.FlagFoundedPolitical positionFounder
  • Liberty
  • Arabic: الحرية
  • al-Huriyatu
2005Centre-leftMarwan Barghouti
ALF1969Syncretic[lower-alpha 2]Rakad Salem
As-Sa'iqa
الصاعقة		1966Far-left[lower-alpha 3]Farhan Abu Hayja
PLF1961Left-wingWasel Abu Yousef
PLF (ANAW)1983Left-wingAbu Nidal Ashqar
PLF (AFGW)1984Left-wingAbd ul-Fattah Ghanim
PAF1993Left-wingJameel Shihadeh
FIDA1990Left-wingSaleh Ra'fat
PCP1924Far-leftMahmoud Sa'adeh
PIJ1981Far-right
PPSF1967Left-wingAhmed Majdalani
PPSF (KAM)1991Left-wingKhalid ʽAbd al-Majid
PFLP-GC1968Left-wing[lower-alpha 4]Ahmed Jibril
RDPP2019
RPCP1982Far-leftArabi Awwad
Fatah al-Yasir2007Centre-left
to left-wing		Khalid Abu-Hilal

Alliances

PartyFoundedPolitical positionStatus
1993Big tentActive
Palestinian National and Islamic Forces2000Big tentActive
2005Left-wingDefunct
2006Left-wingDefunct
2005Left-wingDefunct
1980sLeft-wingDefunct
2016Left-wingDefunct
Freedom and Social Justice2006Left-wingDefunct
2005Center-leftDefunct
1983Left-wingDefunct
1985Left-wingDefunct
2005Right-wingDefunct
1974Left-wingDefunct
Sons of the Land (Beit Jala)2005Left-wingDefunct
1989Left-wingActive
United Beit Jala2005Left-wingDefunct
2005Left-wingDefunct
2005Right-wingDefunct

Defunct parties

PartyFoundedPolitical positionFounder
2005Centre-left
to Left-wing		Marwan Barghouti
1935Right-wingAbd al-Latif Salah
1932Right-wingYaqub al-Ghusayn
1969Left-wing
1977Centre-left
to left-wing		Naji Alush
1982Far-left
1964Far-left
  • Muhammad Fayyad
  • Ibrahim Khraysha
1978Far-left
1968Big tentHassan Sabarini (Abohelmi)
1983Far-left
1969Far-left
1972Far-left
1922Far-left
1943Far-left
1923Far-left
1922Far-left
1930sFar-left
1919Far-left

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Largely due to its Islamist religious beliefs and left-leaning economics.
  2. ↑ Due to its affiliation with Saddamism
  3. ↑ Due to its association with the Ba'ath Party (Syrian-dominated faction)
  4. ↑ Still considers itself nominally socialist

References

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