List of political parties in Rojava

This is a list of political parties in the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria. The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria has a political system based on direct democratic and multi-party aspirations, with different levels of government: Self-governing municipalities and communes, self-governing autonomous regions and provinces, and the autonomous region as a whole.

See also: Syrian Democratic Council
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There have been two elections in the region so far, one for the communes/municipalities and one for regions/provinces in 2017, while the third federation-level election for the Syrian Democratic Council was delayed.

Political parties in Rojava

Parties

The following parties are represented either in the Syrian Democratic Assembly as of September 2016 or in cantonal parliaments:[1]

Party Alliance   Members in Political Position
Abbr. Name Abbr. Name W Leader FC FA Cantons Members (Ideology)
QMH Wheat Wave Movement
Law Citizenship Rights Movement

Teyar El-Qemih

 ? ? ? Haytham Manna 13?? Secularism
Nonsectarianism
SUP Syriac Union Party TEV-DEM Movement for a Democratic Society Ishow Gowriye 13?? Assyrian Interests
Modernization ("Dawronoye")[2]
TWDS Syrian National Democratic Alliance
Syrian National Democratic Coalition		 ? Alaeddine Khaled 14?? Social ecology
Democratic confederalism
Communalism
CDR Honor and Rights Convention ? Meram Dawûd 12?? Secularism
Democratic confederalism
Communalism
YS Yekîtiya Star TEV-DEM Movement for a Democratic Society Rojîn Remo 11?? Feminism
ANC Arab National Coalition ? ? ? Ehmed El-Hebîb 11?? Arab Interests
PDK-S Kurdistan Democratic Party of Syria ENKS Kurdish National Council Saud Malla 11?? Kurdish nationalism
Kurdish autonomy
Liberal democracy
Traditionalism
PYD Democratic Union Party TEV-DEM Movement for a Democratic Society Salih Muslim
Asya Abdullah		 03?? Libertarian socialism
Eco-socialism
Social ecology
Democratic confederalism
Communalism
SDS Syrian Democratic Society TM Syria's Tomorrow Movement
Tayar Alghad Alsoury		 Ziyad El-Asî 01?? Pluralist democracy
DM Democratic Modernity Party ? Ebilqadir El-Miwehed 01?? led by Fîras Qesas
PB-ASD Democratic Socialist Arab Ba'ath Party
Democratic Socialist Party		 KDCK Assembly for Democracy and the Left ? Brahim Makhous 01?? Democratic Socialism
Arab Interests
LPSK Left Party of Syrian Kurds KDCK Assembly for Democracy and the Left ? Mihmedê Mûsê 01?? Centre-left
Kurdish Nationalism
ANC Arab National Coalition ? ? Hikmet Hebîb 01?? Arab Interests
Regionalism
KDPP / PDPKS Kurdish Democratic Progressive Party Abd al-Hamid Darwish 01?? Kurdish nationalism
Federalism
ADP Assyrian Democratic Party   Ninos Isho 01?? Eastern Assyrian interests
PADK Kurdistan Democratic Peace Party TEV-DEM Movement for a Democratic Society Talal Muhammad (Abduselam Mihemed) 01?? Democratic confederalism
Communalism
DT Democratic Transformation Party   Mizgîn Zêdan 01?? ?
PYLK Kurdistan Liberal Union Party TEV-DEM Movement for a Democratic Society Ferhad Têlo 01?? ?
Wifaq Kurdish Democratic Accord Party
Al Wifaq Party		 HNKS Kurdish National Alliance in Syria ? Fewzî Şengalî 01?? Centre-right
Kurdish Nationalism
Îslah Syrian Reform Movement
Al-Îslah Party		 HNKS Kurdish National Alliance in Syria ? Emcet Osman 01?? Reformism
Êzîdî Yazidi House
Mala Êzîdiyan		 ? Faris Eto Şemo 01?? Yazidi Interests
SNC Syriac National Council ? Bassam Said Ishak 01?? Assyrian Interests
PI Patriotic Initiative HNKS Kurdish National Alliance in Syria Cebel El-Ereb 01?? Popularism
Total       9*43*??  

Notes: * including independents

Minor parties

The following groups or parties are not represented at either the cantonal or federal level (but may hold positions in municipal parliaments).

Party Alliance   Political Position
Abbr. Name Abbr. Name W Leader (Ideology)
KOM Communist Party of Kurdistan TEV-DEM Movement for a Democratic Society   Left-wing
Anti-capitalism
KNK National Assembly of Kurdistan TEV-DEM Movement for a Democratic Society   Left-wing
N-PDKS New Kurdistan Democratic Party in Syria TEV-DEM Movement for a Democratic Society   Left-wing
KESK Green Party of Kurdistan KDCK Assembly for Democracy and the Left ? ? Environmentalism
PGD Change Party
Democratic Change Party		 KDCK Assembly for Democracy and the Left ? ? Progressivism
KED Kurdistan Workers Party KDCK Assembly for Democracy and the Left ? ? Trade Unionism
PCKS Kurdish Left Party KDCK Assembly for Democracy and the Left ? ? Left-wing
TNK Booster Movement of Kurdistan KDCK Assembly for Democracy and the Left ? ? Left-wing
PYDKS Kurdish Democratic Union Party HNKS Kurdish National Alliance in Syria ? ? ?
PDKSI Kurdish Democratic Party HNKS Kurdish National Alliance in Syria ? Nesiredîn Îberahîm ?
PYÇŞ Yekiti Kurdistan Party ("The First Party with four branches")
Partiya Yeketî bi çar şaxên wê		 ENKS Kurdish National Council ? ? Kurdish nationalism
Traditionalism
ŞPKS Kurdish Future Movement in Syria ENKS Kurdish National Council Siamend Hajo Kurdish nationalism
Liberalism
PYDK Kurdistan Democratic Union Party ENKS Kurdish National Council Faslah Youssef
(فصلة يوسف, elected March 8-9, 2019)[3]
TAA Syria's Tomorrow Movement TM Syria's Tomorrow Movement Fouad Humeira
Ahmad Jarba		 Pluralist democracy
SRLC Syrian Revolutionary Left Current TWDS Syrian National Democratic Alliance   Left-wing
MLKP Rojava Marxist–Leninist Communist Party (Rojava)[4] HBDH Peoples' United Revolutionary Movement   Far-left
TKEP/L Communist Labour Party of Turkey/Leninist[5] HBDH Peoples' United Revolutionary Movement   Far-left
TKP/ML Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist–Leninist[6] HBDH Peoples' United Revolutionary Movement   Far-left
ADO Assyrian Democratic Organization Assyrian Interests
DCP Democratic Conservative Party Humaydi Daham al-Hadi Centre-right

Relative importance of the five party alliances
Party Number of elected representatives at the federal, cantonal and communal levels
TEV-DEM
8
HNKS
3
KDCK
2
ENKS
2
TM
1

Historical parties and alliances

Historical parties
Name Ideology Active Continued as
Mustafa Khidr Oso's Kurdish Freedom Party in Syria Kurdish Nationalism 2014 Kurdistan Democratic Party of Syria
Mustafa Juma's Kurdish Freedom Party in Syria Kurdish Nationalism 2014 Kurdistan Democratic Party of Syria
Kurdish Democratic Political Union Kurdish Nationalism 2013 Kurdistan Democratic Party of Syria
Kurdish Union Party in Syria (PYKS) Kurdish Nationalism 2012
Syrian National Resistance (SNR) Syrian nationalism, Anti-Turkism, democracy 2016–17 dissolved

Historical alliances
Name Ideology Active Continued as
Kurdish Supreme Committee Kurdish Nationalism 2013 discontinued

Names in the national languages
Abbr.PartyNorthern Kurdish (Latin script)ArabicSyriacRomanized Arabic
QMH Wheat Wave Movement Tevgera Hiqûq - Hemwelatîbûyîn - Mafan تيار قمح ? Teyar El-Qemih
SUP Syriac Union Party Partiya Yekîtiya Suryanî حزب الإتحاد السرياني في سورية ܓܒܐ ܕܚܘܝܕܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ ܒܣܘܪܝܐ
TWDS Syrian National Democratic Alliance Koalisyona Niştîmanî Demokratî Sûrî التحالف الوطني الديمقراطي السوري ? ?
CDR Honor and Rights Convention Kombûna Rûmet û Mafnasiyê تجمع عهد الكرامة والحقوق ? ?
YS Yekîtiya Star Yekîtiya Star ? ?
ANC Arab National Coalition Desteya Niştîmanî ya Erebî ? ?
PDK-S Kurdistan Democratic Party of Syria Partiya Demokrat a Kurdistanê li Sûriyê حزب الديمقراطي کوردستان في سوريا
PYD Democratic Union Party Partiya Yekîtiya Demokrat حزب الاتحاد الديمقراطي ?
SDS Syrian Democratic Society Kombûna Demokratîk a Sûriyeyê
PB-ASD Democratic Socialist Arab Ba'ath Party Partiya Baas Demokratîk Sosyalîsa El-Erebî حزب البعث الديمقراطي العربي الاشتراكي ?
DM Syrian Democratic Society Partiya Modern û Demokratîk
ADO Assyrian Democratic Organisation المنظمة الآثورية الديمقراطية ܡܛܟܣܬܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܬܐ ܕܝܡܩܪܛܝܬܐ
ADP Assyrian Democratic Party Partiya Asûrî ya Demokratîk
TAA Syria's Tomorrow Movement تيار الغد السوري Tayar Alghad Alsoury
PDPKS Progressive Democratic Party Partiya Demokrata Pêşverû ya Kurd li Sûriyê ? ?
PYDKS Kurdish Democratic Union Party Partiya Yekîtiya Demokrat a Kurd li Sûriye ? ?
PYKS Kurdish Union Party in Syria Partiya Yekîtî ya Kurd li Sûriyê ? ?
PÇKS Left Party of Syrian Kurds Partiya Çepa Kurdî li Surîyê ? ?
PÇDKS Kurdish Left Party Partiya Çepa Demokrata Kurdî li Suriyê ? ?
ŞPKS Kurdish Future Movement in Syria Şepêla Pêşeroja Kurdî li Suriyê ? ?
PAK Kurdish Freedom Party Partiya Azadî Kurdî li Sûriya ? ?
PADK Kurdistan Democratic Peace Party Partîya Aştîya Demokrat ya Kurdistanê حزب السلام الديمقراطي الكردستاني

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See also

Notes

    Bibliography
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