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The following
political parties A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...
, listed in alphabetic order, have taken part in recent elections for the
Palestinian National Authority The Palestinian National Authority (PA or PNA; ar, السلطة الوطنية الفلسطينية '), commonly known as the Palestinian Authority and officially the State of Palestine,
in the
Palestinian territories The Palestinian territories are the two regions of the former British Mandate for Palestine that have been militarily occupied by Israel since the Six-Day War of 1967, namely: the West Bank (including East Jerusalem) and the Gaza Strip. The ...
:


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 The president of the State of Palestine is the head of state of Palestine. Yasser Arafat became the first titular president of the State of Palestine in 1989, one year after proclamation of independence. The title was originally titular, in par ...
is the highest-ranking political position, the equivalent to
head of state A head of state (or chief of state) is the public persona who officially embodies a state Foakes, pp. 110–11 " he head of statebeing an embodiment of the State itself or representatitve of its international persona." in its unity and ...
, in the
Palestinian National Authority The Palestinian National Authority (PA or PNA; ar, السلطة الوطنية الفلسطينية '), commonly known as the Palestinian Authority and officially the State of Palestine,
(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
Palestine National Council The Palestinian National Council (PNC) ( ar, المجلس الوطني الفلسطيني, "'Almajlis Alwataniu Alfilastiniu"') is the legislative body of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and elects the PLO Executive Committee, which ...
, 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 Proportional representation (PR) refers to a type of electoral system under which subgroups of an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. The concept applies mainly to geographical (e.g. states, regions) and political divis ...
and half by traditional constituencies.


Legislative Council members


Unrepresented parties

} , PLF (ANAW) , , align="center" , 1983 , , Abu Nidal Ashqar , , - ! style="background-color: , ,
Palestinian Liberation Front (Abd ul-Fattah Ghanim wing) The Palestinian Liberation Front ( ar, جبهة التحرير الفلسطينية), sometimes referred to as the Palestinian Liberation Front (Abd ul-Fattah Ghanim wing) ( ar, جبهة التحرير الفلسطينية (جناح عبد الفت ...

ar, جبهة التحرير الفلسطينية (جناح عبد الفتاح غانم)) , PLF (AFGW) , , align="center" , 1984 , , Abd ul-Fattah Ghanim , , - ! style="background-color: , , Palestinian Arab Front

''Al-Jabhet Al-'Arabiya Al-Falestiniyeh'' , PAF , , align="center" , 1993 ,
Left-wing Left-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy. Left-wing politics typically involve a concern for those in soci ...
, Jameel Shihadeh , , - ! style="background-color: #228B22 , , Palestinian Democratic Union

''Al-Ittihad al-Dimuqrati al-Filastini'' , FIDA , , align="center" , 1990 ,
Left-wing Left-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy. Left-wing politics typically involve a concern for those in soci ...
, Saleh Ra'fat , , - ! style="background-color: #B00F15 , , Palestinian Communist Party

''al-Hizb al-Shuyueiu al-Filastiniu'' , PCP , , align="center" , 1924 ,
Far-left Far-left politics, also known as the radical left or the extreme left, are politics further to the left on the left–right political spectrum than the standard political left. The term does not have a single definition. Some scholars conside ...
, Mahmoud Sa'adeh , , - ! style="background-color: #7A5A1A , ,
Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine ( ar, حركة الجهاد الإسلامي في فلسطين, ''Harakat al-Jihād al-Islāmi fi Filastīn''), known in the West simply as Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), is a Palestinian Islamist pa ...

ar, حركة الجهاد الإسلامي في فلسطين
''Harakat al-Jihād al-Islāmi fi Filastīn'' , PIJ , , align="center" , 1981 ,
Far-right Far-right politics, also referred to as the extreme right or right-wing extremism, are political beliefs and actions further to the right of the left–right political spectrum than the standard political right, particularly in terms of being ...
,
Ziyad al-Nakhalah Ziyad al-Nakhalah ( ar, زياد نخالة; April 6, 1953) is a Palestinian Islamic militant, leader of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) since 28 September 2018, which has been designated a terrorist organisation by the United States, the Euro ...

Abd Al Aziz Awda Abd Al Aziz Awda, also known as Abd al-Aziz Uda or Sheik Odeh (born 20 December 1950), is one of the founders of the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine, also known as Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). Awda was listed as a " Specially Designated ...
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Palestinian Popular Struggle Front The Palestinian Popular Struggle Front (PPSF, occasionally abbr. PSF), (Arabic: جبهة النضال الشعبي الفلسطيني, ''Jabhet Al-Nedal Al-Sha'abi Al-Falestini''), is a Palestinian political party. Samir Ghawshah was elected sec ...

ar, جبهة النضال الشعبي الفلسطيني
''Jabhet Al-Nedal Al-Sha'abi Al-Falestini'' , PPSF , , align="center" , 1967 ,
Left-wing Left-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy. Left-wing politics typically involve a concern for those in soci ...
,
Ahmed Majdalani Ahmed Majdalani ( ar, أحمد مجدلاني) (born 1956) is a Palestinian politician, university professor and researcher. A former Palestinian government minister, he currently serves as Secretary-General of the Palestinian Popular Struggle Fro ...
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Palestinian Popular Struggle Front (1991) The Palestinian Popular Struggle Front, Khalid ‘Abd al-Majid faction is a Palestinian political faction formed and led by Khalid ‘Abd al-Majid. The group emerged in 1991 as a split from the Palestinian Popular Struggle Front, whose name it ...

ar, جبهة النضال الشعبي الفلسطيني , PPSF (KAM) , , align="center" , 1991 ,
Left-wing Left-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy. Left-wing politics typically involve a concern for those in soci ...
,
Khalid ‘Abd al-Majid Khalid (variants include Khaled and Kalid; Arabic: خالد) is a popular Arabic male given name meaning "eternal, everlasting, immortal", and it also appears as a surname.
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Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command ( ar, الجبهة الشعبية لتحرير فلسطين – القيادة العامة) or PFLP-GC is a Palestinian nationalist militant organisation based in Syria. ...

ar, الجبهة الشعبية لتحرير فلسطين – القيادة العامة , PFLP-GC , , align="center" , 1968 , , , , - ! style="background-color: #8CC843 , , Reform and Development Party
ar, حزب الإصلاح والتنمية , RDPP , , align="center" , 2019 , , , , - ! style="background-color: #F22D3E , ,
Revolutionary Palestinian Communist Party The Revolutionary Palestinian Communist Party ( ar, الحزب الشيوعي الفلسطيني-الثوري) is a small State of Palestine, Palestinian political party, founded in October 1982.Ṣāyigh, Yazīd Yūsuf. Armed Struggle and the Sear ...

ar, الحزب الشيوعي الفلسطيني-الثوري , RPCP , , align="center" , 1982 ,
Far-left Far-left politics, also known as the radical left or the extreme left, are politics further to the left on the left–right political spectrum than the standard political left. The term does not have a single definition. Some scholars conside ...
, , , - ! style="background-color: , , Palestinian Freedom Movement
ar, حركة الأحرار الفلسطينية , Fatah al-Yasir , , align="center" , 2007 , , Khalid Abu-Hilal ,


Alliances

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Big tent A big tent party, or catch-all party, is a term used in reference to a political party's policy of permitting or encouraging a broad spectrum of views among its members. This is in contrast to other kinds of parties, which defend a determined i ...
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Palestinian National and Islamic Forces The Palestinian National and Islamic Forces is a coalition formed shortly after the outbreak of the second Intifada with the authorization of Yasser Arafat and led by Marwan Barghouti. The coalition coordinates the agenda of its members and helps p ...
, align="center" , 2000 ,
Big tent A big tent party, or catch-all party, is a term used in reference to a political party's policy of permitting or encouraging a broad spectrum of views among its members. This is in contrast to other kinds of parties, which defend a determined i ...
, Active , - ! style="background-color: #232323 , , Ahd Bloc
ar, كتلة العهد , align="center" , 2005 ,
Left-wing Left-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy. Left-wing politics typically involve a concern for those in soci ...
, Defunct , - ! style="background-color: #A6241F , , The Alternative
ar, البديل
''al-Badeel'' , align="center" , 2006 ,
Left-wing Left-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy. Left-wing politics typically involve a concern for those in soci ...
, Defunct , - ! style="background-color: #AD120B , ,
Bethlehem Brotherhood and Development Bethlehem Brotherhood and Development ( ar, بيت لحم تآخي وتطوير) was a candidature bloc that contested the May 2005 municipal elections in Bethlehem, the West Bank. Politically independent, the list included members of the Popular Fr ...

ar, بيت لحم تآخي وتطوير , align="center" , 2005 ,
Left-wing Left-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy. Left-wing politics typically involve a concern for those in soci ...
, Defunct , - ! style="background-color: Red , , Democratic Alliance
ar, التحالف الديمقراطي , align="center" , 1980s ,
Left-wing Left-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy. Left-wing politics typically involve a concern for those in soci ...
, Defunct , - ! style="background-color: #A91E3D , ,
Democratic Alliance List The Democratic Alliance List ( ar, قائمة التحالف الديمقراطي), also referred to as the Democratic Alliance Forces () or just the Democratic Alliance (), was a coalition launched before the Palestinian local government electio ...

ar, قائمة التحالف الديمقراطي , align="center" , 2016 ,
Left-wing Left-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy. Left-wing politics typically involve a concern for those in soci ...
, Defunct , - ! style="background-color: Lightgreen , ,
Freedom and Social Justice Freedom and Social Justice was a coalition that contested the 2006 Palestinian legislative elections. It was constituted by Palestinian Popular Struggle Front, Kafi Movement and the Palestinian Green Party Palestinians ( ar, الفلسطين ...
, align="center" , 2006 ,
Left-wing Left-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy. Left-wing politics typically involve a concern for those in soci ...
, Defunct , - ! style="background-color: #0C2B85 , , Hope and Labour Bloc
ar, كتلة الأمل والعمل , align="center" , 2005 ,
Center-left Centre-left politics lean to the left on the left–right political spectrum but are closer to the centre than other left-wing politics. Those on the centre-left believe in working within the established systems to improve social justice. The ce ...
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Palestinian National Alliance The Palestinian National Alliance ( ar, التحالف الوطني الفلسطيني) was an alliance of Palestinian movements, founded in 1983. The Alliance consisted of the PFLP-GC, as-Saiqa, Palestinian Popular Struggle Front, Fatah al-Intif ...

ar, التحالف الوطني الفلسطيني , align="center" , 1983 ,
Left-wing Left-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy. Left-wing politics typically involve a concern for those in soci ...
, Defunct , - ! style="background-color: Red , , Palestinian National Salvation Front
ar, جبهة الانقاذ الوطني الفلسطيني , align="center" , 1985 ,
Left-wing Left-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy. Left-wing politics typically involve a concern for those in soci ...
, Defunct , - ! style="background-color: #3B541F , , Reform Bloc
ar, كتلة الاصلاح
''Kutla Al-Islah'' , align="center" , 2005 ,
Right-wing Right-wing politics describes the range of Ideology#Political ideologies, political ideologies that view certain social orders and Social stratification, hierarchies as inevitable, natural, normal, or desirable, typically supporting this pos ...
, Defunct , - ! style="background-color: Red , ,
Rejectionist Front The Rejectionist Front (Arabic: جبهة الرفض) or Front of the Palestinian Forces Rejecting Solutions of Surrender (جبهة القوى الفلسطينية الرافضة للحلول الإستسلامية) was a political coalition formed ...

ar, جبهة الرفض , align="center" , 1974 ,
Left-wing Left-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy. Left-wing politics typically involve a concern for those in soci ...
, Defunct , - ! style="background-color: Red , , Sons of the Land (Beit Jala) , align="center" , 2005 ,
Left-wing Left-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy. Left-wing politics typically involve a concern for those in soci ...
, Defunct , - ! style="background-color: Red , , Unified National Leadership of the Uprising
''al-Qiyada al Muwhhada'' , align="center" , 1989 ,
Left-wing Left-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy. Left-wing politics typically involve a concern for those in soci ...
, Active , - ! style="background-color: Red , , United Beit Jala , align="center" , 2005 ,
Left-wing Left-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy. Left-wing politics typically involve a concern for those in soci ...
, Defunct , - ! style="background-color: #071941 , , United Bethlehem Bloc
ar, كتلة بيت لحم الموحدة
''Kutla Beit Laham Al-Muwahida'' , align="center" , 2005 ,
Left-wing Left-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy. Left-wing politics typically involve a concern for those in soci ...
, Defunct , - ! style="background-color: #C60711 , , Wafaa Bloc
ar, كتلة الوفاء , align="center" , 2005 ,
Right-wing Right-wing politics describes the range of Ideology#Political ideologies, political ideologies that view certain social orders and Social stratification, hierarchies as inevitable, natural, normal, or desirable, typically supporting this pos ...
, Defunct


Defunct parties

} , , align="center" , 1932 , , Yaqub al-Ghusayn , , - ! style="background-color: Green , , Arab Palestine Organization
ar, منظمة فلسطين العربية , , align="center" , 1969 , , , , - ! style="background-color: Green , ,
Arab People's Movement The Arab People's Movement ( ar, الحركة الشعبية العربية) was a small Palestinian political faction, led by Naji Alush (Arab nationalist intellectual in the Fatah Fatah ( ar, فتح '), formerly the Palestinian National Lib ...

ar, الحركة الشعبية العربية , , align="center" , 1977 , , Naji Alush , , - ! style="background-color: Red , , League of Palestinian Communists
ar, عصبة الشيوعيين الفلسطينيين , , align="center" , 1982 ,
Far-left Far-left politics, also known as the radical left or the extreme left, are politics further to the left on the left–right political spectrum than the standard political left. The term does not have a single definition. Some scholars conside ...
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Palestine Popular Liberation Organization Palestine Popular Liberation Organization (in Arabic: المنظمة الشعبية لتحرير فلسطين) was a Palestinian political organization. It was formed in 1964, on the eve of the first session of the Palestinian National Council whic ...

ar, المنظمة الشعبية لتحرير فلسطين , , align="center" , 1964 ,
Far-left Far-left politics, also known as the radical left or the extreme left, are politics further to the left on the left–right political spectrum than the standard political left. The term does not have a single definition. Some scholars conside ...
, Muhammad Fayyad
Ibrahim Khraysha , , - ! style="background-color: Red , ,
Palestinian Communist Workers Party The Palestinian Communist Workers Party ( ar, حزب العمال الشيوعي الفلسطيني) was a Palestinian Palestinians ( ar, الفلسطينيون, ; he, פָלַסְטִינִים, ) or Palestinian people ( ar, الشعب ا ...

ar, حزب العمال الشيوعي الفلسطيني , , align="center" , 1978 ,
Far-left Far-left politics, also known as the radical left or the extreme left, are politics further to the left on the left–right political spectrum than the standard political left. The term does not have a single definition. Some scholars conside ...
, , , - ! style="background-color: Green , ,
Palestinian National Liberation Front Palestinian National Liberation Front (in Arabic: جبهة التحرير الوطني الفلسطيني) was a Palestinian nationalism, Palestinian political and military organization, based amongst Palestinian refugees in Syria. The group existed ...

ar, جبهة التحرير الوطني الفلسطيني , , align="center" , 1968 , , Hassan Sabarini (Abohelmi) , , - ! style="background-color: Red , ,
Palestinian Popular Committees The Palestinian Popular Committees ( ar, اللجان الشعبية الفلسطينية) was a Palestinian movement, founded in 1983. The movement emerged mainly amongst youths in the Yarmouk refugee camp in Damascus, Syria, after a split away ...

ar, اللجان الشعبية الفلسطينية , , align="center" , 1983 ,
Far-left Far-left politics, also known as the radical left or the extreme left, are politics further to the left on the left–right political spectrum than the standard political left. The term does not have a single definition. Some scholars conside ...
, , , - ! style="background-color: Red , ,
Palestinian Revolutionary Left League The Palestinian Revolutionary Left League ( ar, عصبة اليسار الثوري الفلسطيني) was a Palestinian movement. It emerged from a split in the Popular Organization for the Liberation of Palestine in 1969. The organization was pri ...

ar, عصبة اليسار الثوري الفلسطيني , , align="center" , 1969 ,
Far-left Far-left politics, also known as the radical left or the extreme left, are politics further to the left on the left–right political spectrum than the standard political left. The term does not have a single definition. Some scholars conside ...
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Popular Revolutionary Front for the Liberation of Palestine The Popular Revolutionary Front for the Liberation of Palestine (Arabic: الجبهة الشعبية الثورية لتحرير فلسطين ''Al-Jabhat ash-Sha'biyah at-Thawriyah li-Tahrir Filastin'') (PRFLP) was a Palestinian militant group and ...

ar, الجبهة الشعبية الثورية لتحرير فلسطين
''Al-Jabhat ash-Sha'biyah at-Thawriyah li-Tahrir Filastin'' , , align="center" , 1972 ,
Far-left Far-left politics, also known as the radical left or the extreme left, are politics further to the left on the left–right political spectrum than the standard political left. The term does not have a single definition. Some scholars conside ...
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Communist Party of Palestine The Communist Party of Palestine ( yi, קאָמוניסט פארטיי פון פּאַלעסטינע) was a communist party in Palestine 1922-1923. It was formed through a split in the Po‘alei Tziyon which led to the formation of the Jewish C ...

yi, קאָמוניסט פארטיי פון פּאַלעסטינע , , align="center" , 1922 ,
Far-left Far-left politics, also known as the radical left or the extreme left, are politics further to the left on the left–right political spectrum than the standard political left. The term does not have a single definition. Some scholars conside ...
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National Liberation League in Palestine The National Liberation League in Palestine ( ar, عصبة التحرر الوطني في فلسطين, ''ʿuṣbat at-taḥrīr al-waṭaniyy fi filasṭīn'') was a political party in Mandatory Palestine, Palestine, founded in early 1944 by Arab ...

ar, عصبة التحرر الوطني في فلسطين
''ʿUṣbat at-Taḥrīr al-Waṭaniyy fi Filasṭīn'' , , align="center" , 1943 ,
Far-left Far-left politics, also known as the radical left or the extreme left, are politics further to the left on the left–right political spectrum than the standard political left. The term does not have a single definition. Some scholars conside ...
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Palestine Communist Party The Palestine Communist Party ( yi, פאלעסטינישע קומוניסטישע פארטיי, ''Palestinische Komunistische Partei'', abbreviated PKP; ar, الحزب الشيوعي الفلسطيني) was a political party in British Mandate ...

yi, פאלעסטינישע קומוניסטישע פארטיי
''Palestinische Komunistische Partei''
ar, الحزب الشيوعي الفلسطيني , , align="center" , 1923 ,
Far-left Far-left politics, also known as the radical left or the extreme left, are politics further to the left on the left–right political spectrum than the standard political left. The term does not have a single definition. Some scholars conside ...
, , , - ! style="background-color: Red , ,
Palestinian Communist Party (1922) The Palestinian Communist Party ( yi, פּאלעסטיניטשע קאמוניסט פארטיי) was a communist party in Mandate Palestine that came about from a split in 1922 of the Jewish Communist Party. The other factions from the split form ...

yi, פּאלעסטיניטשע קאמוניסט פארטיי , , align="center" , 1922 ,
Far-left Far-left politics, also known as the radical left or the extreme left, are politics further to the left on the left–right political spectrum than the standard political left. The term does not have a single definition. Some scholars conside ...
, , , - ! style="background-color: Red , ,
Revolutionary Communist League (Mandatory Palestine) The Revolutionary Communist League (RCL) or was a Trotskyist party in Mandatory Palestine in the late 1930s and 1940s. It was built out of three components: exiled German Jewish members of Heinrich Brandler’s KPO (Communist Party Opposition ...

he, הליגה הקומוניסטית המהפכנית
''Brit Kommunistim Mahapchanin'' , , align="center" , 1930s ,
Far-left Far-left politics, also known as the radical left or the extreme left, are politics further to the left on the left–right political spectrum than the standard political left. The term does not have a single definition. Some scholars conside ...
, , , - ! style="background-color: Red , ,
Socialist Workers Party (Mandatory Palestine) Socialist Workers Party ( he, מפלגת הפועלים הסוציאליסטית, Hebrew abbreviation , 'Mops', English abbreviation 'MPS') was a political party in the British Mandate of Palestine from 1919–1922. Its followers were known a ...

he, מפלגת הפועלים הסוציאליסטית , , align="center" , 1919 ,
Far-left Far-left politics, also known as the radical left or the extreme left, are politics further to the left on the left–right political spectrum than the standard political left. The term does not have a single definition. Some scholars conside ...
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See also

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Politics of the Palestinian National Authority The politics of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) take place within the framework of a semi-presidential multi-party republic, with a legislative council, an executive president, and a prime minister leading the cabinet. Political dev ...
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List of political parties by country This is a list of ruling political parties by country, in the form of a table with a link to an overview of political parties in each country and showing which party system is dominant in each country. A political party is a political organizat ...


References

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* Palestine
Political parties A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...