# List of political parties in Rojava

This is a list of political parties in the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria. The Democratic 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.
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:
| Party | Party | Party | Alliance | Alliance | Alliance | | | Members in | Members in | Members in | Members in | Political Position |
| Abbr. | Name | Name | Abbr. | Name | Name | W | Leader | FC | FA | Cantons | Members | (Ideology) |
| QMH | | Wheat Wave Movement Law Citizenship Rights Movement Teyar El-Qemih | ? | | ? | ? | Haytham Manna | 1 | 3 | ? | ? | Secularism Nonsectarianism |
| SUP | | Syriac Union Party | TEV-DEM | | Movement for a Democratic Society | | Ishow Gowriye | 1 | 3 | ? | ? | Assyrian Interests Modernization ("Dawronoye") |
| TWDS | | Syrian National Democratic Alliance Syrian National Democratic Coalition | | | ? | | Alaeddine Khaled | 1 | 4 | ? | ? | Social ecology Democratic confederalism Communalism |
| CDR | | Honor and Rights Convention | | | | ? | Meram Dawûd | 1 | 2 | ? | ? | Secularism Democratic confederalism Communalism |
| YS | | Yekîtiya Star | TEV-DEM | | Movement for a Democratic Society | | Rojîn Remo | 1 | 1 | ? | ? | Feminism |
| ANC | | Arab National Coalition | ? | | ? | ? | Ehmed El-Hebîb | 1 | 1 | ? | ? | Arab Interests |
| PDK-S | | Kurdistan Democratic Party of Syria | ENKS | | Kurdish National Council | | Saud Malla | 1 | 1 | ? | ? | Kurdish nationalism Kurdish autonomy Liberal democracy Traditionalism |
| PYD | | Democratic Union Party | TEV-DEM | | Movement for a Democratic Society | | Salih Muslim Asya Abdullah | 0 | 3 | ? | ? | Libertarian socialism Eco-socialism Social ecology Democratic confederalism Communalism |
| SDS | | Syrian Democratic Society | TM | | Syria's Tomorrow Movement Tayar Alghad Alsoury | | Ziyad El-Asî | 0 | 1 | ? | ? | Pluralist democracy |
| DM | | Democratic Modernity Party | | | | ? | Ebilqadir El-Miwehed | 0 | 1 | ? | ? | led by Fîras Qesas |
| PB-ASD | | Democratic Socialist Arab Ba'ath Party Democratic Socialist Party | KDCK | | Assembly for Democracy and the Left | ? | Brahim Makhous | 0 | 1 | ? | ? | Democratic Socialism Arab Interests |
| LPSK | | Left Party of Syrian Kurds | KDCK | | Assembly for Democracy and the Left | ? | Mihmedê Mûsê | 0 | 1 | ? | ? | Centre-left Kurdish Nationalism |
| ANC | | Arab National Coalition | | | ? | ? | Hikmet Hebîb | 0 | 1 | ? | ? | Arab Interests Regionalism |
| KDPP / PDPKS | | Kurdish Democratic Progressive Party | | | | | Abd al-Hamid Darwish | 0 | 1 | ? | ? | Kurdish nationalism Federalism |
| ADP | | Assyrian Democratic Party | | | | | Ninos Isho | 0 | 1 | ? | ? | Eastern Assyrian interests |
| PADK | | Kurdistan Democratic Peace Party | TEV-DEM | | Movement for a Democratic Society | | Talal Muhammad (Abduselam Mihemed) | 0 | 1 | ? | ? | Democratic confederalism Communalism |
| DT | | Democratic Transformation Party | | | | | Mizgîn Zêdan | 0 | 1 | ? | ? | ? |
| PYLK | | Kurdistan Liberal Union Party | TEV-DEM | | Movement for a Democratic Society | | Ferhad Têlo | 0 | 1 | ? | ? | ? |
| Wifaq | | Kurdish Democratic Accord Party Al Wifaq Party | HNKS | | Kurdish National Alliance in Syria | ? | Fewzî Şengalî | 0 | 1 | ? | ? | Centre-right Kurdish Nationalism |
| Îslah | | Syrian Reform Movement Al-Îslah Party | HNKS | | Kurdish National Alliance in Syria | ? | Emcet Osman | 0 | 1 | ? | ? | Reformism |
| Êzîdî | | Yazidi House Mala Êzîdiyan | | | | ? | Faris Eto Şemo | 0 | 1 | ? | ? | Yazidi Interests |
| SNC | | Syriac National Council | | | | ? | Bassam Said Ishak | 0 | 1 | ? | ? | Assyrian Interests |
| PI | | Patriotic Initiative | HNKS | | Kurdish National Alliance in Syria | | Cebel El-Ereb | 0 | 1 | ? | ? | 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 | Party | Party | Alliance | Alliance | Alliance | | | Political Position |
| Abbr. | Name | Name | Abbr. | Name | Name | W | Leader | (Ideology) |
| KOM | | Communist Party of Kurdistan | TEV-DEM | | Movement for a Democratic Society | | | Communism 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 Unity Party | HNKS | | Kurdish National Alliance in Syria | Website [1] Website [2] Website [3] | Şêx Alî (Sheikh Ali) | Kurdish nationalism Liberalism Secularism |
| 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) | |
| 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 | | | Trotskyism Democratic socialism |
| MLKP Rojava | | Marxist–Leninist Communist Party (Rojava) | HBDH | | Peoples' United Revolutionary Movement | | | Hoxhaism Anti-Revisionism |
| TKEP/L | | Communist Labour Party of Turkey/Leninist | HBDH | | Peoples' United Revolutionary Movement | | | Marxism–Leninism–Maoism |
| TKP/ML | | Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist–Leninist | HBDH | | Peoples' United Revolutionary Movement | | | Marxism–Leninism–Maoism |
| ADO | | Assyrian Democratic Organization | | | | | | Assyrian Interests |
| DCP | | Democratic Conservative Party | | | | | Humaydi Daham al-Hadi | Centre-right |

## 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. | Party | Northern Kurdish (Latin script) | Arabic | Syriac | Romanized 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 Unity Party | Partiya Yekîtîya Demokrat a Kurd li Sûriyê | حزب الوحدة الديمقراطي الكردي في سوريا | ? | Hizb alwahdat aldiymuqratiu alkurdiu fi Suria |
| 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 | | |