The Polish People's Party – Peasants' Agreement ( pl, Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe – Porozumienie Ludowe, PSL-PL) was a Christian agrarian political party in

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History

The party was established in October 1991 by a merger of Rural Solidarity and Polish People's Party – Solidarity, the latter a splinter group from the former.Piotr Wróbel (2014) ''Historical Dictionary of Poland 1945-1996'', Routledge, p248 In the

parliamentary elections A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ...

later that year it received 5.5% of the vote, winning 28 seats in the

Sejm The Sejm (English: , Polish: ), officially known as the Sejm of the Republic of Poland ( Polish: ''Sejm Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej''), is the lower house of the bicameral parliament of Poland. The Sejm has been the highest governing body of ...

and five in the

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Dieter Nohlen Dieter Nohlen (born 6 November 1939) is a German academic and political scientist. He currently holds the position of Emeritus Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg. An exp ...

& Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', pp1511–1513 It joined the coalition governments headed by

Jan Olszewski Jan Ferdynand Olszewski (; 20 August 1930 – 7 February 2019) was a Polish conservative lawyer and politician who served as the Prime Minister of Poland for five months between December 1991 and early June 1992 and later became a leading figure ...

and

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, with party leader Gabriel Janowski serving as Minister of Agriculture. In spring 1993 the party left the government in protest at a lack of support for agriculture. Due to several splits and internal disagreements, the September 1993 elections saw the party's vote share fall to 2.4%. As it had failed to pass the 5% electoral threshold, it lost all its parliamentary representation. Following the elections the party disintegrated, although it was part of

Solidarity Electoral Action Solidarity Electoral Action ( pl, Akcja Wyborcza Solidarność, AWS) was a political coalition in Poland from 1996 to 2001. From 1997 to 2001, its official name was ''Akcja Wyborcza Solidarność Prawicy'' (AWSP) or Electoral Action Solidarity ...

in the 1997 elections.Aleksander Andrzej Szczerbiak (1989) ''The emergence and development of political parties in post-Communist Poland'' University of London At a party congress on 15 January 1999 it was decided to merge into Ruch Społeczny.

Election results

Sejm

Senate

References

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