List of political parties in the State of Palestine
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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
[edit]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.[citation needed]
Legislative Council members
[edit]Party | Abbr. | Flag | Founded | Leader | Political position | Legislative Council | ||
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Hamas حماس |
1987 | Khaled Mashal | Right-wing to far-right (majority) |
74 / 132
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Fatah فتح |
1965 | Mahmoud Abbas | Centre-left to left-wing |
45 / 132
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PFLP | 1967 | Ahmad Sa'adat | Far-left | 3 / 132
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2005 | Salam Fayyad | Centre-left | 2 / 132
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PNI | 2002 | Mustafa Barghouti | Centre-left to left-wing |
2 / 132
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DFLP | 1968 | Nayef Hawatmeh | Far-left | 1 / 132
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PPP | File:Palestinian People's Party Flag.svg | 1982 | Bassam as-Salhi | Far-left | 1 / 132
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Independent | — | 4 / 132
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Unrepresented parties
[edit]Party | Abbr. | Flag | Founded | Political position | Founder | ||
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2005 | Centre-left | Marwan Barghouti | ||||
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ALF | 1969 | Left-wing[a] | Rakad Salem | |||
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As-Sa'iqa الصاعقة |
1966 | Far-left[b] | Farhan Abu Hayja | |||
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PLF | 1959 | Wasel Abu Yousef | ||||
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PLF (ANAW) | 1983 | Abu Nidal Ashqar | ||||
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PLF (AFGW) | 1983 | Abd ul-Fattah Ghanim | ||||
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PAF | 1993 | Left-wing | Jameel Shihadeh | |||
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FIDA | 1990 | Left-wing | Saleh Ra'fat | |||
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PCP | 1991 | Far-left | Mahmoud Sa'adeh | |||
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PPSF | 1967 | Left-wing | Ahmed Majdalani | |||
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PPSF (KAM) | 1991 | Left-wing | Khalid ʽAbd al-Majid | |||
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PFLP-GC | 1968 | Left-wing[c] | Ahmed Jibril | |||
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RDPP | 2019 | |||||
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RPCP | 1982 | Far-left | Arabi Awwad | |||
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Fatah al-Yasir | 2007 | Right-wing | Khalid Abu-Hilal |
Alliances
[edit]Defunct parties
[edit]Party | Founded | Political position | Founder | ||
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2005 | Centre-left to Left-wing |
Marwan Barghouti | ||
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1935 | Right-wing | Abd al-Latif Salah | ||
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1932 | Right-wing | Yaqub al-Ghusayn | ||
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1969 | Left-wing | |||
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1977 | Centre-left to left-wing |
Naji Alush | ||
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1982 | Far-left | |||
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1964 | Far-left |
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1978 | Far-left | |||
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1968 | Big tent | Hassan Sabarini (Abohelmi) | ||
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1983 | Far-left | |||
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1969 | Far-left | |||
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1972 | Far-left | |||
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1922 | Far-left | |||
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1943 | Far-left | |||
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1923 | Far-left | |||
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1922 | Far-left | |||
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1930s | Far-left | |||
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1919 | Far-left |