List of political parties in the Kurdistan Region explained

This article lists political parties in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq represented in the Kurdistan Region Parliament, their ideologies, votes in the latest election, number of MPs, leaders and if they are part of the government or in opposition. A second part shows parties not represented in the parliament.

PartyAbbreviationIdeologyVotes%Seats[1] StatusLeader
bgcolor=Kurdistan Democratic Party
پارتی دیموکراتی کوردستان
Partiya Demokrat a Kurdistanê
KDPKurdish nationalism
Conservatism
688,07044.1%GovernmentNechirvan Barzani
bgcolor=Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
یەکێتیی نیشتمانیی کوردستان
Yekêtiyî Nîştimaniyî Kurdistan
PUKKurdish nationalism
Social democracy
319,219 20.5%GovernmentKosrat Rasul Ali
bgcolor=Gorran Movement
بزووتنەوەی گۆڕان
Bizûtineweyî Gorran
GorranKurdish nationalism
Social liberalism
186,903 12%GovernmentOmar Said Ali
bgcolor=New Generation Movement
جوڵانه‌وه‌ی نه‌وه‌ی نوێ
Culaneweyî Neweyî Niwê
NGLiberalism127,115 8.2%OppositionShaswar Abdulwahid
bgcolor=Kurdistan Justice Group
کۆمه‌لی دادگەری کوردستان
Komelî Dadgerî Kurdistan
KomelîKurdish Islamism
Social conservatism
109,494 7%OppositionAli Bapir
bgcolor=Kurdistan Islamic Union
یەکگرتووی ئیسلامیی کوردستان
Yekgirtûyî Îslamiyî Kurdistan
YekgirtûIslamism
Social conservatism
79,912 5.1%OppositionSalahaddin Bahaaddin
Kurdistan Social Democratic Party
حزبی سۆسیال دیموکراتی کوردستان
Hizbî Sosyal Dîmukratî Kurdistan
KSDPKurdish nationalism
Social democracy
15,581 1%GovernmentMohammed Haji Mahmoud
Communist Party of Kurdistan – Iraq
حزبی شیوعی كوردستان - عیراق
Hizbî Şiyuî Kurdistan – Îraq
KCPKurdish nationalism
Communism
8,063 0.5%OppositionKawa Mehmûd
Minority parties that entered over the quota seats
Turkmen Development Party
Türkmen Kalkınma Partisi
TKPTurkmen nationalism3,318OppositionMuhammet Saadeddin Shukr
Turkmen Reform Party
Türkmen Reform Partisi
TRPTurkmen nationalism3,125SupportMina Nabi Abdullah
Chaldean Syriac Assyrian Popular Council
ܡܘܬܒܐ ܥܡܡܝܐ ܟܠܕܝܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܐ
Motḇā ʿammāyā kaldāyā suryāyā āṯurāyā
MotwaAssyrian nationalism2,963SupportJameel Zaito
Bet-Nahrain Democratic Party
ܓܒܐ ܕܝܡܘܩܪܛܝܐ ܕܒܝܬ ܢܗܪܝܢ
Gaba Demoqrataya d-Bet-Nahrain
BNDPAssyrian nationalism~2,696OppositionRomeo Hakkari
Chaldean National Congress
Motwa Omthanaya d’Kaldaye
CNCChaldean interests~2,696OppositionJinan Jabar Boya
bgcolor=Assyrian Democratic Movement
ܙܘܥܐ ܕܝܡܘܩܪܛܝܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܐ
Zawʻá Demoqraṭáyá ʼÁṯuráyá
ZowaaAssyrian nationalism2,626OppositionYacob Yaco
bgcolor=Iraqi Turkmen Front
Irak Türkmen Cephesi
ITFTurkmen nationalism1,545GovernmentHasan Turan
Nation List
Millet Listesi
MilletTurkmen nationalism885OppositionAzad Ekrem Muhammet

Parties without representation in the Kurdistan Region Parliament

PartyAbbreviationIdeologyLeader
Parties founded after the last regional election 2018
Kurdistan Islamic Relations Movement
بزووتنەوەی پەیوەندیی ئیسلامیی کوردستان
Bizûtineweyî Peywendîyî Îslamîyî Kurdistan
PeywendîIslamismKamîlî Hacî Elî
National Stance Movement
ڕەوتی هەڵوێستی نیشتیمانی
Rewtî Helwêstî Nîştimanî
HelwêstKurdish nationalism
Anti-corruption
Welfare politics
Ali Hama Saleh
People's Front
بەرەی گەل
Bereyî Gel
Bereyî GelKurdish nationalism
Social democracy
Lahur Sheikh Jangi
Parties founded after 2010
Kurdistan Green Party
پارتی سەوزی کوردستان
Partî Sewzî Kurdistan
SewzekanGreen politics
Animal rights
Milko Baziyanî
Kurdistan Liberal Democratic Party
پارتی لیبرال دیموکراتی کوردستان
Partî Lîbral Dîmukratî Kurdistan
PLDKLiberalismLeadership council
Kurdistan Society's Freedom Movement
تەڤگەری ئازادیی کۆمەڵگەی کوردستان
Tevgerî Azadiyî Komelgeyî Kurdistan
Tevgerî AzadiyîDemocratic confederalism
Libertarian socialism
Feminism
Tara Husên
Selam Ebdulla
National Coalition
ھاوپەیمانی نیشتیمانی
Hawpeymanî Nîştimanî
HawpeymanîKurdish nationalism
Social Democracy
Aram Qadir
Older parties
Democratic National Union of Kurdistan
یەکێتی نەتەوەیی دیموکراتی کوردستان
Yekêtî Netewêyî Dîmukratî Kurdistan
YNDKKurdish nationalismXafûr Mexmûrî
Kurdistan Conservative Party
پارتی پارێزگارانی کوردستان
Partî Parêzgaranî Kurdistan
ParêzgaranKurdish nationalism
Conservatism
Necat Sûrçî
Kurdistan Democratic Liberation Movement
بزووتنەوەی ڕزگاری دیموکراتی کوردستان
Bizûtineweyî Rizgarî Dîmukratî Kurdistan
BRDKKurdish nationalismEbdulla Nazenînî
bgcolor=Kurdistan Islamic Movement
بزووتنەوەی ئیسلامی کوردستان
Bizûtineweyî Îslamî Kurdistan
KIMIslamismErfan Ali Abdulaziz
Kurdistan Laborers' Party
پارتی ڕەنجدەرانی کوردستان
Partî Rencderanî Kurdistan
PRKKurdish nationalism
Social democracy
Bapir Kamela
bgcolor=Kurdistan Toilers' Party
حزبی زەحمەتکێشانی کوردستان
Hizbî Zehmetkêşanî Kurdistan
ZehmetkêşanKurdish nationalism
Social democracy
Belên Ebdulla
Movement of the Democratic People of Kurdistan
بزووتنەوەی دیموکراتی گەلی کوردستان
Bizûtineweyî Dîmukratî Gelî Kurdistan
MDPKKurdish nationalism
Communism
Mam Xidir
Progressive Kurdistan Democratic Party
حزبی پێشکەوتنخوازی دیموکراتی کوردستان
Hizbî Pêşkewtinxiwazî Dîmukratî Kurdistan
PKDPProgressivism
Kurdish nationalism
Amoza Azad
Worker-Communist Party of Kurdistan
حزبی کۆمۆنیستی کرێکاریی کوردستان
Hizbî Komunîstî Krêkariyî Kurdistan
WPCommunism
Anti-authoritarianism
Feminism
Osman Hacî Merûf

Defunct parties

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Independent High Elections and Referendum Commission . www.khec.krd . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160111002832/http://khec.krd/hawalakan_en.aspx?Babet=NewsFPS&title=Reports . 2016-01-11.