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, had roots in the

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movement. It advocated

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and individual liberty (however in Catholic understanding), rejected extremism and fanaticism and favoured

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(in the form of

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membership), rapid

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of the enterprises still owned by the Polish state and decentralisation of the government. Until 1991 was a part of the

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led by the Kaczynski brothers. In the 1991 general elections KLD got 7.5% of the votes and 37 seats in the

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(total 460 seats). In 1993 KLD got 4.0% of the votes and was left without seats. It merged on March 20, 1994 with the Democratic Union (Unia Demokratyczna) into the Freedom Union (''Unia Wolności'', UW). Some of the former KLD members decided in January 2001 to move to join the new

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. The KLD group within Civic Platform is now seen as moderate conservative. The liberal faction within Civic Platform is small and insignificant, represented by such politicians as

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Election results

Sejm

Senate

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