The following political parties, listed in alphabetic order, have taken part in recent elections for the Palestinian National Authority in the occupied Palestinian territories:
- Al-Mustaqbal or The Future
- Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (al-jabhah al-dīmūqrātiyyah li-tahrīr filastīn) (socialist)
- Fatah or Palestinian Liberation Movement (harakat al-tahrīr al-filastīnī) (centre-left)
- Hamas or Islamic Resistance Movement (harakat al-muqāwamah al-islāmiyyah) (Islamist)
- National Coaltion for Justice and Democracy (Wa'ad)
- Palestine Democratic Union (al-ittihād al-dīmūqrātī al-filastīnī, FiDA) (centre-left)
- Palestine Forum launched 16 November 2007 by businessman Munib al-Masri,
- Palestine Liberation Front
- Palestinian Arab Front
- Palestinian Justice
- Palestinian National Initiative (al-mubādara al-wataniya al-filastīniyya) (left-wing)
- Palestinian People's Party (hizb al-sha`b al-filastīnī) (left-wing)
- Palestinian Popular Struggle Front (left-wing)
- Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (al-jabhah al-sha`biyyah li-tahrīr filastīn) (communist)
- Third Way (centrist)
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