Christian Union of National Unity (, ChZJN, commonly known as ''Chjena'' - the word pronounced as ''hiena'', being the Polish name for

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) was an

electoral coalition An electoral alliance (also known as a bipartisan electoral agreement, electoral pact, electoral agreement, electoral coalition or electoral bloc) is an association of political party, political parties or individuals that exists solely to stand ...

Popular National Union Związek Ludowo-Narodowy (ZLN; ) was a Polish political party aligned with the National Democracy political movement during the Second Polish Republic, gathering together right-wing politicians with conservative and nationalist opinions. Between ...

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and other right wing parties for the

1922 Polish legislative election Parliamentary elections were held in Poland on 5 November 1922, with Senate elections held a week later on 12 November.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1491 The elections were governed by the Ma ...

. The coalition was composed of several smaller parties: * Związek Ludowo-Narodowy * Narodowo-Chrześcijańskie Stronnictwo Ludowe * Chrześcijańsko-Narodowe Stronnictwo Pracy ( PSChD) * Chrześcijańsko-Narodowe Stronnictwo Rolnicze ''Chjena'' gained many seats in the 1922 elections (163 parliament seats (out of 444) and 48 Senate seats (out of 111)), but it was not enough for a majority in the parliament (

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). After Lanckorona Pact it had become a part of the

Chjeno-Piast Chjeno-Piast was an unofficial (yet common) name of a coalition of Polish political parties formed in 1923. It included the Polish People's Party "Piast" and an older coalition 1922 Christian Association of National Unity (''Chrześcijański Zwi ...

government. After the May Coup of

Józef Piłsudski Józef Klemens Piłsudski (; 5 December 1867 – 12 May 1935) was a Polish statesman who served as the Chief of State (Poland), Chief of State (1918–1922) and first Marshal of Poland (from 1920). In the aftermath of World War I, he beca ...

in 1926, the ''Chjena'' coalition was not formed again (see

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