The Agrarian Union (, ZCh) was a political party in

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History

The party was established on 11 May 1924 by a merger of the

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and a breakaway faction of the Polish People's Party "Piast". In January 1926 it merged into Stronnictwo Chłopskie.Związek Chłopski 1924-1926

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The party was reformed in 1928 by

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. In the elections that year, the party received 1.2% of the vote, winning three seats in the Sejm.

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& Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', pp1509–1512 In 1931 it became a faction within the

Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government The Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government (, ; abbreviated ''BBWR'') was a "non-political" organization in the interwar Second Polish Republic, in 1928–35. It was closely affiliated with Józef Piłsudski and his Sanation moveme ...

and ceased to exist as an independent party.

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