Polish People's Party "Left"

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The Polish People's Party "Left" (Polish: Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe "Lewica", PSL Lewica) was a political party in Poland.

History

The party was established by Jan Stapiński on 5 April 1914 as a breakaway from the Polish People's Party. In the January 1919 elections to elect the first Sejm of the Second Polish Republic it received 3.5% of the vote, winning 12 seats.^[1] However, the 1922 elections saw it reduced to two seats in the Sejm and fail to win a seat in the Senate.

On 11 May 1924 it merged with a breakaway faction of the Polish People's Party "Piast" to form the Agrarian Union. The new party merged with the Polish People's Party "Wyzwolenie" and People's Unity to form Stronnictwo Chłopskie in 1926.

References

^ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1509 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7

Political parties and political associations in Poland

Represented in
the Sejm

United Right (191)
- Law and Justice (165)
- Sovereign Poland (18)
- Renew RP (5)
- Polish Affairs (1)
- Independent (2)*
Civic Coalition (157)
- Civic Platform (127)
- Modern (6)
- Polish Initiative (4)
- The Greens (3)
- AGROunion (1)
- Yes! For Poland (1)
- Independents (15)**
The Left (26)
- New Left (19)
- Left Together (7)
Poland 2050 (33)
Polish Coalition (32)
- Polish People's Party (28)
- Centre for Poland (3)
- Independent (1)***
Confederation (18)
- National Movement (6)
- New Hope (8)
- Confederation of the Polish Crown (3)
Kukiz'15 (3)

Represented in
the Senate

United Right (34)
- Law and Justice (29)
- Sovereign Poland (1)
- Independents (4)
Civic Coalition (41)
- Civic Platform (36)
- Yes! For Poland (1)
- Independents (4)
Third Way (Poland) (12)
- Poland 2050 (5)
- Polish People's Party (4)
- Centre for Poland (1)
- Union of European Democrats (1)
- Independent (1)
The Left (9)
- New Left (5)
- Left Together (2)
- Polish Socialist Party (1)
- Labour Union (1)
Independents (4)

Represented in the
European Parliament

United Right (27)
- Law and Justice (25)
- United Poland (2)
Civic Coalition (15)
- Civic Platform (14)
- The Greens (1)
The Left (4)
- New Left (4)
Polish People's Party (3)

Other existing parties
and
political movements

Defunct parties

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Patriotic Party Hetmans' Party Familia Party

Pre-war and
inter-war eras

Communist era	Communist Party of Poland (Mijal) Confederation of Independent Poland Front of National Unity Patriotic Movement for National Rebirth Polish Workers' Party Polish United Workers' Party United People's Party

Modern era

italic font – electoral alliances and/or popular fronts
*: Zbigniew Ajchler
**: Piotr Adamowicz et al.,
***: Marek Biernacki
****: not currently registered as a party

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