This is a list of political parties in the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria. The

Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES), also known as Rojava, is a de facto autonomous region in northeastern Syria. It consists of self-governing sub-regions in the areas of Afrin, Jazira, Euphrates, Raqqa, Tabqa, M ...

has a political system based on

direct democratic Direct democracy or pure democracy is a form of democracy in which the electorate decides on policy initiatives without elected representatives as proxies. This differs from the majority of currently established democracies, which are represe ...

and

multi-party In political science, a multi-party system is a political system in which multiple political parties across the political spectrum run for national elections, and all have the capacity to gain control of government offices, separately or in c ...

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: 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).

Political parties in Rojava

Parties

Minor parties

Relative importance of the five party alliances

Historical parties and alliances

Historical parties

Historical alliances

Names in the national languages

See also

Notes

Bibliography

References

External links