The following political parties, listed in alphabetic order, have taken part in recent elections for the Palestinian National Authority in Palestine.
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 PartyFlagFoundedLeaderPolitical positionSeats in Legislative Council Hamas1987Khalil al-HayyaRight-wing Fatah1965Mahmoud AbbasCentre to PFLP1967Ahmad Sa'adatFar-left 2005Salam FayyadLiberalism PNI2002Mustafa BarghoutiLeft-wing DFLP1968Nayef HawatmehFar-left PPP 1982Bassam as-SalhiLeft-wing Independentcolspan="5"
Unrepresented parties PartyFlagFoundedFounderPolitical position 2005Marwan BarghoutiCentre-left ALF1969Rakad Salem As-Sa'iqa1966Farhan Abu HayjaFar-left PLF1959Wasel Abu Yousef PLF (ANAW)1983Abu Nidal Ashqar PLF (AFGW)1983Abd ul-Fattah Ghanim PAF1993Jameel ShihadehLeft-wing FIDA1990Saleh Ra'fatLeft-wing PCP1991Mahmoud Sa'adehFar-left PPSF1967Ahmed MajdalaniLeft-wing PPSF (KAM)1991Khalid ʽAbd al-MajidLeft-wing PFLP-GC1968Ahmed JibrilLeft-wing RDPP2019 RPCP1982Arabi AwwadFar-left Wa'ad2004Eyad al-SarrajLeft-wing PJP2005Usâma Salîm Muhammad Fatah al-Yasir2007Khalid Abu-HilalRight-wing PMM2001Asaad Abu ShariaRight-wing
Alliances PartyFoundedPolitical positionStatus 1993Big tentActive Palestinian National and Islamic Forces2000Big tentDefunct 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-wingDefunct United Beit Jala2005Left-wingDefunct 2005Left-wingDefunct 2005Right-wingDefunct
Defunct parties PartyFoundedPolitical positionFounder 2005Centre-leftto Left-wingMarwan Barghouti 1964Far-left
See also Politics of the Palestinian National Authority
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