List of political parties in Poland

This article lists current political parties in Poland, as well as former parties dating back as far as 1918. Since 1989, Poland has had a multi-party system, with numerous competing political parties. Individual parties normally do not manage to gain power alone, and usually work with other parties to form coalition governments.

The transition from a mono-party Communist regime to liberal democracy and pluralism resulted in new political parties mushrooming in the early 1990s. After the first free parliamentary elections in 1991 seats in the Sejm were divided among more than a dozen different parties (amongst them such curiosities as the Polish Beer-Lovers' Party (Polska Partia Przyjaciół Piwa), led by a popular comedy actor, ). The existence of so many parties in the Sejm was seen by many as being counterproductive to the effectiveness of the parliament and a hindrance towards producing stable governments. Consequently, electoral reform was undertaken and an electoral threshold for the Lower House was instituted prior to the 1993 elections. The set threshold required a minimum vote of 5% for parties (with exemptions for ethnic minority parties) and 8% for electoral coalitions. The threshold was set at the national, rather than divisional, level, and had the effect of preventing many minor parties from winning seats in later elections. The threshold also prevented independent candidates from gaining election to the Sejm. Since 1990, the left side of the political scene has generally been dominated by former Communists turned social democrats. The right has largely comprised (former) Solidarity activists and supporters, but experienced deep divisions from the beginning, and showed less cohesiveness than the left. The right were unable to create a single bloc which could act as a lasting counterweight to the left-wing monolith, but instead, kept merging, splitting and renaming. Even so, the parties of the right did manage to win government again from 1997 to 2001 (having initially governed from 1989 to 1993).

Since the parliamentary elections of 2005, the right-wing parties have dominated the political scene, and appear to be in their strongest position to date. Two important developments in the political landscape have taken place since 2005. Firstly, the SLD (Communist successor) party is no longer the major, or one of the two major parties. Secondly, the main political battleground is no longer between the ex-Solidarity right versus the ex-Communist left. The new competing groupings are those of the Law and Justice party (promoting economic interventionism and social conservatism) and the Civic Platform (representing a more liberal-conservative position). The general public disapproval of politics and politicians as a whole has resulted in almost all major parties excluding the very word "party" from their names, replacing it with words less associated with politics, such as "union", "platform", "league" or "alliance".

Parliamentary parties[]

Party		Leader	Ideology	European affiliation	Representation
Party		Leader	Ideology	European affiliation	Sejm	Senat	EP
United Right
	Law and Justice (PiS) Prawo i Sprawiedliwość	Jarosław Kaczyński	National conservatism Right-wing populism	ECR	198 / 460	44 / 100	24 / 52
	United Poland (SP) Solidarna Polska	Zbigniew Ziobro	National conservatism Political Catholicism	ECR	19 / 460	2 / 100	2 / 52
	Republican Party (R) Partia Republikańska	Adam Bielan	National conservatism Economic liberalism	ECR	9 / 460	1 / 100	1 / 52
	Renewal (ODRP) OdNowa	Marcin Ociepa	Youth politics Conservatism		5 / 460	0 / 100	0 / 52
Civic Coalition
	Civic Platform (PO) Platforma Obywatelska	Donald Tusk	Liberal conservatism Liberalism	EPP	106 / 460	38 / 100	14 / 52
	Modern (.N) Nowoczesna	Adam Szłapka	Liberalism Classical liberalism	ALDE	6 / 460	0 / 100	0 / 52
	Polish Initiative (iPL) Inicjatywa Polska	Barbara Nowacka	Progressivism Social democracy		5 / 460	0 / 100	0 / 52
	The Greens Zieloni	Wojciech Kubalewski Małgorzata Tracz	Green politics	European Greens	3 / 460	0 / 100	1 / 52
The Left
	New Left (NL) Nowa Lewica	Włodzimierz Czarzasty Robert Biedroń	Social democracy	S&D	38 / 460	0 / 100	4 / 52
	Left Together (LR) Lewica Razem	Collective leadership	Democratic socialism Progressivism	DiEM25	6 / 460	0 / 100	0 / 52
Polish Coalition
	Polish People's Party (PSL) Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe	Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz	Agrarianism Christian democracy	EPP	19 / 460	2 / 100	3 / 52
	Union of European Democrats (UED) Unia Europejskich Demokratów	Elżbieta Bińczycka	Liberalism Social liberalism		1 / 460	1 / 100	0 / 52
Confederation
	KORWiN KORWiN	Janusz Korwin-Mikke	Paleoconservatism Right-wing populism		5 / 460	0 / 100	0 / 52
	National Movement (RN) Ruch Narodowy	Robert Winnicki	Ultranationalism Social conservatism		5 / 460	0 / 100	0 / 52
	Confederation of the Polish Crown (Korona) Konfederacja Korony Polskiej	Grzegorz Braun	Polish nationalism Traditionalism		1 / 460	0 / 100	0 / 52
Non-Inscrits
	Poland 2050 Polska 2050	Szymon Hołownia	Christian democracy Green politics		8 / 460	1 / 100	1 / 52
	Agreement Porozumienie	Jarosław Gowin	Liberal conservatism Economic liberalism		6 / 460	1 / 100	0 / 52
	Kukiz'15 (K'15) Kukiz'15	Paweł Kukiz	Right-wing populism Conservatism	EAFD	4 / 460	0 / 100	0 / 52
	Polish Socialist Party (PPS) Polska Partia Socjalistyczna	Wojciech Konieczny	Socialism Democratic socialism		2 / 460	2 / 100	0 / 52
	German Minority (MN) Mniejszość Niemiecka	Ryszard Galla	German minority interests Regionalism		1 / 460	0 / 100	0 / 52

Parties without representation[]

Far-left[]

		Leader	Ideology	Comments
Polish Communist Party Komunistyczna Partia Polski	KPP		Communism Stalinism Anti-revisionism	Founded in 2002 as the successor of the Union of Polish Communists "Proletariat", which was founded in 1990. It is considered to be the historical and ideological heir of the Communist Party of Poland, which operated from 1918 to 1938. Affiliated with INITIATIVE.
Ruch Odrodzenia Gospodarczego im. Edwarda Gierka	ROG		Socialism Anti-capitalism Anti-Atlanticism	Refers to the achievements of Edward Gierek's (Secretary of the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers' Party, 1970–1980) rule. It is against Poland's membership in NATO and postulated the withdrawal of troops from Iraq.
Ruch Sprawiedliwości Społecznej	RSS	Piotr Ikonowicz	Socialism Anti-capitalism Left-wing populism	Founded in 2014 by social activist Piotr Ikonowicz based on his Social Justice Chancellery. Before the presidential elections in 2015, RSS supported candidate of The Greens Anna Grodzka, who did not collect the required number of signatures.

Left-wing[]

		Leader	Ideology	Comments
Akcja Zawiedzionych Emerytów Rencistów	AZER		Pensioners' rights Solidarism	Founded in 2018 by former leader of The Confederation of Polish Employers, Wojciech Kornowski. Its main goal is protecting retired seniors, pensioners and trust-busting.
Lepsza Polska	LP		Green politics Egalitarianism Solidarism	Small green party which never stood in any elections.
Partia Chłopska	PCh	Krzysztof Filipek	Agrarian socialism Left-wing nationalism Left-wing populism	Founded by Krzysztof Filipek and other former members of Self-Defence.
Polska Partia Ochrony Zwierząt	PPOZ		Animal rights Animal welfare Environmentalism	PPOZ aspires to turn away from the anthropocentric view of life. Its main goal is the introduction of more animal rights.
Samoobrona Odrodzenie	SO		Agrarian socialism Left-wing nationalism Left-wing populism	Founded in 2007 from the merger of the Self-Defense Social Movement party and several other marginal groups formed by splitters from the Self-Defense of the Republic of Poland.
Labour Union Unia Pracy	UP	Waldemar Witkowski	Social democracy Anti-clericalism Progressivism	Small social-democratic party which usually aligns itself with the Democratic Left Alliance. It was founded in 1992 by left-wing anti-communist politicians. Affiliated with PES.
Liberty and Equality Wolność i Równość	WiR		Democratic socialism Progressivism Anti-clericalism	Founded in 2005 as a Union of the Left, in 2015 its name was changed to Liberty and Equality. It usually takes part in elections as part of coalitions of larger left-wing parties.

Centre-left[]

		Leader	Ideology	Comments
Polish Left Polska Lewica	PL		Social democracy Social liberalism Third Way	Formed in 2007 when former Prime Minister Leszek Miller and many other members of parliament withdrew from the Democratic Left Alliance, which Miller had headed for many years. His departure also served as a public protest against the policies of party leaders. In 2010 Miller left the party and decided to return to SLD.
Social Democracy of Poland Socjaldemokracja Polska	SDPL		Social democracy Social liberalism Progressivism	Founded in 2004 as a splinter group from Democratic Left Alliance. SDPL contested its first elections in 2004. Party gained 5.3%, which saw 3 members elected to the European Parliament. In 2005 they managed to gain 3.9% of the vote and fell short of the 5% threshold. SDPL put forward its leader Marek Borowski as candidate for the presidential elections. He came 4th winning 10.3% of the vote. SDPL usually takes part in elections as part of coalitions.
Your Movement Twój Ruch	TR	Janusz Palikot	Progressivism Social liberalism Anti-clericalism	Founded by Janusz Palikot, a former Civic Platform MP, in 2010, as Palikot's Movement. It adopted its current name in 2013. In 2011 parliamentary election, party received 10% of the vote and won 40 seats in the Sejm, making it the third party behind Civic Platform and Law and Justice, one of the best debut performances for a party since the end of communism. In 2015 parliamentary election United Left list was led by Your Movement's Barbara Nowacka and received only 7.6% of the vote, below the 8% threshold, leaving TR without parliamentary representation.

Centre[]

		Leader	Ideology	Comments
Ruch Wspólna Polska	WP	Rafał Trzaskowski	Progressivism Conservatism Pro-Europeanism	Shared Poland (Polish: Ruch Wspólna Polska), also known as New Solidarity (Polish: Nowa Solidarność), is a political movement started by Rafał Trzaskowski, Mayor of Warsaw and former leading candidate in the 2020 Polish Presidential Election. It was founded in October 2020.
Direct Democracy Demokracja Bezpośrednia	DB		Direct democracy E-democracy Progressivism	DB's creation was inspired by the 2012 protests against ACTA. In the elections to the European Parliament in 2014, DB set up its own committee, which received 0.23% of the votes. In the 2015 presidential election, DB's candidate was Paweł Tanajno, who took the last place with 0.2% of votes. In the parliamentary elections in 2015, five DB activists (including Tanajno) entered the Sejm from lists of the Kukiz'15. None of them received a mandate.
Jeden-PL	1PL		Eurofederalism Liberalism Direct democracy	Founded as Civic Republic of Poland.
Confederation of Independent Poland Konfederacja Polski Niepodległej	KPN		Sanationism Anti-communism Syncretic politics	Founded in 1979 by Leszek Moczulski and others declaring support for the pre-war traditions of Sanacja and Józef Piłsudski. It was the first independent political party that was publicly proclaimed in the Eastern Bloc. After the fall of communism, Leszek Moczulski got only 2.5% of votes in 1990 presidential election. In 1991 parliamentary election the party got 7.5% of the vote, while in the 1993 parliamentary election it received 5.7%.
Polska Partia Internetowa	PPI		Green liberalism E-democracy Liberalism	Founded in 2019. Party combines ecologic stances with economic liberalism.
Polish Pirate Party Polska Partia Piratów	P3		Pirate politics Liquid democracy Freedom of information	Before European Parliament elections in 2014, P3 concluded an agreement with DB, by virtue of which its activists were included in the lists of the DB committee, which received 0.23% of the votes. In the local elections of the same year, Tomasz Słowiński was nominated by KNP as a candidate in Skierniewice presidential elections, taking the last, 6th place with slightly more than 2% support. Affiliated with PPEU.
Polskie Stronnictwo Demokratyczne	PSD		Christian democracy Liberalism Centrism	Founded in 2013 by Christian democratic wing of Alliance of Democrats. It started transient cooperation with Poland Together.
Przedsiębiorcza Rzeczypospolita Polska	PRP		Economic liberalism Anti-bureaucratism Populism	Main postulates of party include liberalisation of economy, reduction of taxes and introduction of criminal and financial responsibility of officials.
Alliance of Democrats Stronnictwo Demokratyczne	SD	Paweł Piskorski	Liberalism Social liberalism Centrism	Originated in the Democratic Clubs, which were opposed to authoritarian tendencies in Poland between the two World Wars. The first club was founded in Warsaw in 1937. In the People's Republic of Poland SD became a satellite party of the communist Polish United Workers' Party regime. After 1990, most of the members of the SD joined other parties, such as the Freedom Union. Party continued to exist, but had only a small support base, and was not represented in parliament. Affiliated with EDP.

Centre-right[]

		Leader	Ideology	Comments
Christian Democracy of the 3rd Polish Republic Chrześcijańska Demokracja III Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej	ChDRP	Lech Wałęsa	Christian democracy Social conservatism Social market economy	Founded in 1997 by former president Lech Wałęsa. It took the German CDU as a role model. In 2000 Wałęsa ran in the presidential election, receiving 1.01% of votes (he took 7th place out of 12 candidates).
League of Polish Families Liga Polskich Rodzin	LPR	Witold Bałażak	Conservatism Social conservatism Christian democracy	LPR was created just before parliamentary elections in 2001 as a far-right nationalist party. In 2004 European Parliament elections, LPR received 15.2%, which gave it 10 out of 54 seats, making it the second-largest party in Poland in that election. In 2005 elections, LPR received 8% of votes and formed a government coalition with PiS and SRP. In the 2007 parliamentary election, it failed to gain the 5% of votes and lost all its seats. In the following years, LPR has become more moderate, usually supporting candidates of PO and PSL.
Partia Wolności	PW		Conservative liberalism Economic liberalism Republicanism	Founded by moderate splitters from Congress of the New Right and "The Republicans" Association.
Skuteczni		Piotr Liroy-Marzec	Classical liberalism Economic liberalism Direct democracy	Created in 2018 by former rapper and MP Liroy. It cooperated with Confederation in 2019 European Parliament elections, but left the coalition a few weeks later.
Stronnictwo Ludowe "Ojcowizna"	SL"O"		Agrarianism Social conservatism Solidarism	Refers to the Polish People's-Christian Forum "Patrimony" - a party operating in the years 1991–1997. Many activists of trade union "Solidarity of Individual Farmers" belong to "Patrimony". Its founder Roman Bartoszcze was a candidate in 1990 presidential elections.
"Piast" Party Stronnictwo Piast		Zdzisław Podkański	Agrarianism Social conservatism Christian democracy	Formed in 2006 as a result of the break-up in PSL and the departure of the right wing of the party. Its name refers both to the Polish medieval Piast dynasty and to the pre-war conservative party PSL Piast.
Labour Party Stronnictwo Pracy	SP		Solidarism Christian democracy Social market economy	Founded in 1989 on the initiative of the activists of the Christian Democratic Club of Political Thought. In 1990 the name Christian-Democratic Labour Party (ChDSP) was adopted. It referred to the Labour Party operating in the years 1937–1950.

Right-wing[]

		Leader	Ideology	Comments
Alternatywa Społeczna	AS		Right-wing populism National conservatism Christian right	Founded by Piotr Wroński - Colonel of the Intelligence Agency and a former officer of Polish Special Services.
Europa Wolnych Ojczyzn – Partia Polska	EWO-PP		Anti-Lisbon Treaty National liberalism Souverainism	Marginal party was founded in 2008 as an opposition to the Lisbon Treaty.
Godne Życie	GŻ		Direct democracy Right-wing populism Souverainism	Small populist party which never participated in any elections.
Jedność Narodu	JN		National conservatism National liberalism Ordoliberalism	Registered one list in 2019 European Parliament election. It won 0.02% of the vote.
Congress of the New Right Kongres Nowej Prawicy	KNP	Stanisław Żółtek	Libertarian conservatism National liberalism Conservative liberalism	Founded in 2011 by Janusz Korwin-Mikke by the merger of Liberty and Lawfulness with several members of Real Politics Union. The former leader Korwin-Mikke was ousted from the party in 2015, which caused massive decline in its support. Affiliated with the ID Party.
National League Liga Narodowa	LN		National democracy National conservatism Souverainism	Originally registered in 2007 as a National People's Movement (and operated under this name until 2013). It was founded mainly by former activists of League of Polish Families and Self-Defence. As RLN it had agrarian-nationalist character, while as LN it refers only to national democracy.
Liga Obrony Suwerenności	LOS		Souverainism Anti-globalism National conservatism	Favors of full sovereignty of Poland. It opposed Poland's accession to the European Union and is in favour of protecting the Polish economy against unfair competition from foreign capital. It recognized King Bolesław Chrobry as its patron. The 18 April (date of the coronation of Bolesław Chrobry as King of Poland in 1025) is celebrated as a party holiday.
Normalny Kraj	NK		Conservative liberalism Economic liberalism Anti-communism	Marginal party founded by splitters from Congress of the New Right and "The Republicans" Association.
Obrona Narodu Polskiego	ONP		Agrarianism National conservatism National Catholicism	Originally registered in 2005 as a Self-Defence of the Polish Nation (it operated under this name for a year). It was founded by nationalist splitters from Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland.
PolEXIT		Stanisław Żółtek	Polexit Souverainism Populism	Satellite party of KNP, established for the elections to the European Parliament in 2019. It registered lists in 2 constituencies.
Polska Patriotyczna	PP		National Catholicism Solidarism Agrarianism	Founded in 2008 by activists of the Patriotic Self-Defence (acting parallel to this group until 2013).
Polski Ruch Monarchistyczny	PRM		Monarchism Reactionarism Christian right	The founder, leader, and regent of party is Leszek Wierzchowski. PRM confirms old titles of nobility and aristocracy and awards new ones "for merit". It also awards its own orders and decorations. PRM favors a state governed by a hereditary king as a constitutional monarchy. It considers the Constitution of 3 May to be the foundation of its actions.
Polish Agreement Porozumienie Polskie	PP		National conservatism National Catholicism Souverainism	Founded in 1999 by splitters from the Solidarity Electoral Action. In the 2000 presidential election Jan Łopuszański won 0.79% of the vote. Before parliamentary elections in 2001, PP joined LPR, maintaining its independence, and won 3 seats. In 2003 cooperation was terminated and PP lost its importance.
Right Wing of the Republic Prawica Rzeczypospolitej	PR		Political Catholicism Social conservatism Ordoliberalism	Founded by former Marshal of the Sejm Marek Jurek on 20 April 2007 after he had left Law and Justice on 16 April 2007, when the Sejm failed to pass a constitutional amendment protecting prenatal life. It positions itself as a Christian conservative party with a strong focus on family rights and an anti-abortion stance. Affiliated with ECPM.
Przymierze Ludowo-Narodowe	PLN		Agrarianism National conservatism Souverainism	Marginal party with agrarian-nationalist agenda.
National-Catholic Movement Ruch Katolicko-Narodowy	RKN		National Catholicism National conservatism Political Catholicism	Created in 1997 by politician Antoni Macierewicz. He left it in 2012.
Ruch Prawdziwa Europa	RPE	Mirosław Piotrowski	Political Catholicism Christian fundamentalism Social conservatism	Created in 2019 by former PiS MEP Mirosław Piotrowski, who belonged to party's fundamentalist faction.
Stronnictwo Polska Racja Stanu	SPRS		National conservatism National Catholicism Solidarism	In 2000 SPRS candidate Dariusz Grabowski won 0.51% of the vote in presidential election. It was the first and last start of the party in any elections.
Real Politics Union Unia Polityki Realnej	UPR		National liberalism National conservatism Economic liberalism	Created as libertarian conservative party in 1987, became more nationalist after its most prominent politician Janusz Korwin-Mikke left it in 2009. UPR cooperated with RN in the European Parliament election in 2014, local elections in 2014 and the presidential election in 2015. In the parliamentary election in 2015, the whole RN stand for the Sejm from the lists of Kukiz'15. UPR lost its parliamentary seats in 2019.
II Rzeczpospolita Polska^[1]	II RP			Founded by Jan Zbigniew Potocki, who claims that he is the legitimate President of Poland and that the Constitution of 1935 is still in force.
Unia Polskich Ugrupowań Monarchistycznych	UPUM		Monarchism Conservative liberalism Liberal conservatism	Founded in 1997. It gives noble and aristocratic titles.
Zjednoczenie Chrześcijańskich Rodzin	ZChR	Bogusław Rogalski	Social conservatism Christian right Familialism	Founded in 2019 by former LPR MEP Bogusław Rogalski. It cooperates with the Right Wing of the Republic and the Real Europe Movement.

Far-right[]

		Leader	Ideology	Comments
National Revival of Poland Narodowe Odrodzenie Polski	NOP		Ultranationalism Revolutionary nationalism Third position	Founded in 1981 as a discussion club. Often accused of racism and anti-Semitism. It never had a parliamentarian. Affiliated with ENF.
(pl) Federacja dla Rzeczypospolitej	FdR	Marek Jakubiak	Social conservatism Political Catholicism Economic liberalism	Created in 2018 by former entrepreneur and MP Marek Jakubiak. It cooperated with Confederation in 2019 European Parliament elections, but left the coalition a few weeks later.
Piast – Jedność Myśli Europejskich Narodów	Piast-JMEN		Polish nationalism Pan-European nationalism Pacifism	Formed in 2015. It strives for the peaceful cooperation of European nations, but recognizes the differences between them.
Polska Wspólnota Narodowa	PWN		Polish nationalism Anti-clericalism Anti-Atlanticism	A pro-Russian party founded in 1990. Criticizes the US and Israel, has a significant pagan wing.
Ruch 11 Listopada	11/11		Protestant fundamentalism Anti-Catholicism Atlanticism	Founded by members of the Protestant sect Church of the New Covenant. It is known for aversion to the Catholic Church, Russia and China. Movement has a positive attitude towards the United States and Israel.
Stronnictwo Narodowe	SN		Ultranationalism Anti-Semitism Ethnic nationalism	One of the parties founded by Leszek Bubel, former MP and presidential candidate, who calls himself "the supreme anti-Semite of Poland".
Stronnictwo Narodowe im. Dmowskiego Romana	SND		Polish nationalism National democracy National conservatism	Refers to the political thought of Roman Dmowski, one of the fathers of Polish independence.

Parties difficult to define/regional[]

Party		Leader	Ideology	Comments
Aktywni Samorządowcy	AS			Local party from the Świdnica County.
Civic Initiative Inicjatywa Obywatelska	IO			Local party from the Tarnowskie Góry County.
Liga Samorządowa Pierwsza	LSP			Local party from the Pszczyna County.
Organizacja Narodu Polskiego – Liga Polska	ONP-LP			Political party which associates Poles living abroad.
Partia Rozwoju	PR			Party created by businessman and user of Polish Usenet Arnold Buzdygan. It does not carry out any activities.
National Party of Retirees and Pensioners Krajowa Partia Emerytów i Rencistów	KPEiR	Tomasz Mamiński	Pensioners' rights	Founded in 1994. It lost its first parliamentary election in 1997 winning just 2.18% and no seat in Sejm and Senate. In the parliamentary elections in 2015, several activists of KPEiR competed for the Sejm from the lists of the United Left, which did not obtain any seats.
Stronnictwo Patriotyczne Polski i Polonii	SPPiP			Political party which associates Poles living abroad.
Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland Samoobrona Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej	SRP	Lech Kuropatwiński	Agrarianism Polish nationalism Populism Euroscepticism	SRP became prominent in the 2001 parliamentary election, winning 53 seats, after which it gave confidence and supply to the SLD government. It elected 6 MEPs in 2004 and switched its support to PiS after the 2005 election, in which it won 56 seats and entered the government coalition. In 2007, the party leader was dismissed from his position and the party withdrew from the coalition. This precipitated a new election, at which the party collapsed and lost all of its seats.
Silesian Regional Party Śląska Partia Regionalna	ŚPR			Party associating regionalists from Silesian local organizations. The most important of them is the Silesian Autonomy Movement. Affiliated with EFA.
Silesians Together Ślonzoki Razem	ŚR			Silesian regional Party.
Wspólnota				Party founded by former MP Andrzej Anusz, who belonged to parties from all sides of the political spectrum.
Związek Słowiański	ZS			Pan-Slavic party which promotes cooperation between Slavic nations.
Party of Drivers Partia Kierowców	PK	Lech Kędzierski	Drivers' rights Liberalism Anti-bureaucratism	Created in 2019. Member of Confederation.

Historical parties[]

Important defunct parties after 1989[]

		Leader	Ideology	European affiliation	Founded	Dissolved	Comments
Solidarity Citizens' Committee Komitet Obywatelski "Solidarność"	KO "S"	Bronisław Geremek	Big tent Anti-communism Liberal democracy		1989	1991	Initially a semi-legal political organisation of the democratic opposition in Communist Poland. In the partially-free 1989 election KO "S" won all 161 seats available in the Sejm, and 99 out of 100 seats in the senate. On 25 August 1989, the new "Contract Sejm" elected its candidate Tadeusz Mazowiecki as Prime Minister, making him the first ever non-Communist head of government east of the Iron Curtain. Shortly afterwards, the Committee broke up into several smaller parties.
Christian National Union Zjednoczenie Chrześcijańsko-Narodowe	ZChN	Wiesław Chrzanowski	National Catholicism National conservatism Christian democracy		1989	2010	Party formed by Catholic politicians of KO "S". In 1991 election it took 3rd place, winning 8.74% and introducing 49 MPs. ZChN was a member of two government coalitions. In 1993 the party did not cross electoral threshold and in 1997 it became member of AWS. In 2001 most of ZChN activists joined LPR or PiS. Party lost its former significance.
Social Democracy of the Republic of Poland Socjaldemokracja Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej	SdRP	Aleksander Kwaśniewski	Social democracy Third Way Progressivism	SI	1990	1999	Party was formed after the dissolution of communist PZPR. In 1991 it created the left-wing SLD coalition. In the election held this year it won 11.99% of the votes, taking second place. Two years later SLD won election and in 1995 Aleksander Kwaśniewski became president. In 1997 the party lost power. In 1999 SdRP co-founded a unified party SLD and dissolved itself.
Centre Agreement Porozumienie Centrum	PC	Jarosław Kaczyński	Anti-communism Centrism Christian democracy	EDU	1990	2001	Party founded in 1990, demanded a break with previous policy of the government of Tadeusz Mazowiecki, who was accused of leaving the remains of communism too slowly. PC candidate Lech Wałęsa won the presidential election, but later on he got into conflict with the party. In 1991, PC received 8.71% of the votes, introducing 44 MPs, but in 1993 only 4.42% (below the electoral threshold). In 1997 party started from AWS and ROP lists, introducing 15 MPs. In 2001 PC was transformed into the currently ruling PiS.
Citizens' Movement for Democratic Action Ruch Obywatelski Akcja Demokratyczna	ROAD	Władysław Frasyniuk	Liberalism Social liberalism Laicism		1990	1991	Party was founded in response to creation of PC by Jarosław Kaczyński. In 1990 presidential election it supported candidacy of Tadeusz Mazowiecki, who took 3rd place. In 1991, ROAD merged with FPD and established the UD.
Forum Prawicy Democratycznej	FPD	Aleksander Hall	Conservative liberalism Liberal conservatism Christian democracy		1990	1991	Party formed by moderate right-wing politicians of KO "S". In 1991 it merged with ROAD to form UD.
Polish Social Democratic Union Polska Unia Socjaldemokratyczna	PUS		Social democracy Social patriotism Welfare state		1990	1991	Along with SdRP, PUS was one of successor parties of communist PZPR. The party itself was succeeded by currently existing UP.
Liberal Democratic Congress Kongres Liberalno-Demokratyczny	KLD	Donald Tusk	Economic liberalism Neoliberalism Conservative liberalism	EDU	1990	1994	Party originated from Gdańsk Social-Economic Society "Congress of Liberals". In 1991 elections KLD won 7.49% of votes and 37 seats in the Sejm. In 1993 it did not reach electoral threshold and a year later merged with UD to form UW.
Polish Beer-Lovers' Party Polska Partia Przyjaciół Piwa	PPPP		Political satire		1990	1993	Party founded by popular satirists. Originally, its goal was to promote cultural beer-drinking in English-style pubs instead of vodka and thus fight alcoholism. In 1991 election PPPP won 16 seats in the Sejm capturing 2.97% of the vote. Party soon split into Large Beer and Small Beer factions. Eventually PPPP was dissolved in 1993.
Party X Partia X	X	Stanisław Tymiński	Populism Anti-establishment Syncretic politics		1990	1999	Party was established by businessman Stanisław Tymiński who took 2nd place in 1990 presidential election. In 1991 parliamentary elections it received 0.47% of the vote, winning three seats in the Sejm. Despite increasing its vote share in the 1993 election to 2.74%, it failed to win a seat, following introduction of a 5% electoral threshold. Party failed to collect enough signatures for Tymiński to run in the 1995 presidential elections.
Democratic Union Unia Demokratyczna	UD	Tadeusz Mazowiecki	Liberalism Social liberalism Christian democracy		1991	1994	Party was founded by Prime Minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki as a merger of ROAD and FPD. It won election this year with 12.32% of the vote and 62 MPs. A year later conservative faction left party. In 1993 election UD took 3rd place (10.59% of votes and 74 MPs) and a year later merged with KLD to form UW.
Peasants' Agreement Porozumienie Ludowe	PL	Gabriel Janowski	Agrarianism Conservatism Christian democracy		1991	1999	In 1991 parliamentary election party received 5.5% of the vote, winning 28 seats in the Sejm. It joined the coalition governments headed by Jan Olszewski and Hanna Suchocka. Due to several splits and internal disagreements, 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. In 1997 PL joined AWS.
Ruch dla Rzeczypospolitej	RdR	Jan Olszewski	Anti-communism National conservatism Paternalistic conservatism		1992	1999	Party founded by overthrown former Prime Minister Jan Olszewski and a group of radically anti-communist MPs who demanded full lustration. In 1993 elections, RdR obtained 2.7% of the votes and did not cross electoral threshold. Two years later Olszewski took 4th place in presidential election. In 1995, the most important RdR politicians founded ROP, while the rest of party joined AWS.
Nonpartisan Bloc for Support of Reforms Bezpartyjny Blok Wspierania Reform	BBWR	Andrzej Olechowski	Big tent Populism Pro-Wałęsa politics		1993	1997	Party affiliated with President Lech Wałęsa. It was founded to continue the traditions of Józef Piłsudski's pre-war Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government (Bezpartyjny Blok Współpracy z Rządem), which likewise had been known by the same initials, BBWR. In 1997 became part of AWS.
Freedom Union Unia Wolności	UW	Bronisław Geremek	Liberalism Social liberalism Economic liberalism	ALDE	1994	2005	Party was founded out of merger of UD and KLD. In 1997 election UW got 13.37% of the votes and 60 seats. It joined government coalition with AWS. In 2001 some members of UW decided to create new party PO, which got 12.68% of the votes and 65 seats in general elections whilst UW failed to cross the 5% threshold required to gain entry to the lower house of Parliament, receiving only 3.10%. Surprisingly, party managed to cross the required 5% threshold in 2004 European Parliament election, receiving 7.33% of votes and 4 seats. In 2005 UW was transformed into PD.
Movement for Reconstruction of Poland Ruch Odbudowy Polski	ROP	Jan Olszewski	National conservatism Paternalistic conservatism Social conservatism		1995	2012	Party was established after 1995 presidential election, which ended with an unexpectedly good result for Jan Olszewski (4th place, 6.86% of votes). Despite formation of AWS, which integrated almost all centre-right and right-wing parties, ROP, encouraged by the high support in polls, decided to stay outside the federation. Eventually, in 1997 election party received 5.56% of support and introduced only 6 MPs (including Jarosław Kaczyński - Chairman of PC, whose other members ran from AWS lists). In 2001 party participated in election on LPR lists and in following years lost its significance.
Solidarity Electoral Action Akcja Wyborcza Solidarność	AWS	Marian Krzaklewski	Solidarism Christian democracy Social conservatism		1996	2001	Formation of party was connected with integration of post-Solidarity parties into a broad electoral block. AWS won 1997 parliamentary election gaining 33.83% of votes and 201 seats. It formed a coalition with UW, which collapsed in 2000. Chairman Marian Krzaklewski became AWS candidate in 2000 presidential election. His candidacy did not arouse general consensus - some activists were largely in favour of independent Andrzej Olechowski. Krzaklewski won 15.57% of votes, finishing third. In 2001 liberal wing left AWS and joined new party PO, created by a part of former UW politicians. Trade union NSZZ "Solidarity" decided not to participate in political structures anymore. Activists associated with the Kaczyński brothers created another new party - PiS. Christian-national wing joined LPR. As a result of parliamentary election in 2001, AWS failed to cross the 8% threshold required to gain entry to the Sejm as coalition, receiving only 5.60% of votes. Shortly afterwards, federation ceased to exist.
Conservative People's Party Stronnictwo Konserwatywno-Ludowe	SKL	Jan Rokita	Liberal conservatism Christian democracy Agrarianism		1997	2014	Creation of party was result of merger of several small, moderately conservative parties. It was also joined by some former UW MPs. It quickly joined AWS. In 2001 party participated in elections by running from PO lists. The most important politicians (including future President Bronisław Komorowski) joined PO and SKL became marginal. In 2014 party joined Agreement.
Polish Labour Party Polska Partia Pracy	PPP	Bogusław Ziętek	Marxism Trotskyism Anti-capitalism	EACL	2001	2017	Small party of the extreme left. Despite lack of electoral successes, it managed to run in elections many times and gain recognition.
Feminist Initiative Inicjatywa Feministyczna	IF		Feminism Women's rights Social progressivism		2007	2020	Party was registered in 2007 and was known as "Women's Party" (Partia Kobiet) until 2016. On 21 October 2007 National Assembly election, it won 0.28% of the popular vote and no seats in the Sejm or the Senate.
Democratic Party – democrats.pl Partia Demokratyczna – demokraci.pl	PD	Władysław Frasyniuk	Liberalism Social liberalism Progressivism	ALDE	2005	2016	Party was supposed to become an extension of UW by politicians coming from the left, social democratic Prime Minister Marek Belka was one of its founders. Some notable politicians did not join the new party. In 2005 parliamentary election PD did not reach the electoral threshold, obtaining the result of 2.45% of votes. In the following years, party unsuccessfully joined several centre-left electoral coalitions. In 2016 PD was renamed to UED. 4 MPs of PO joined new party.
Poland Comes First Polska Jest Najważniejsza	PJN	Paweł Kowal	Conservative liberalism Liberal conservatism Christian democracy	ACRE	2010	2013	Party was founded by liberal wing of PiS, which did not agree with its economic policy. In 2011 parliamentary election PJN received 2.19% of the votes, which did not allow it to obtain seats in the Sejm. In 2013 party joined Agreement.
Now! Teraz!	Teraz!	Ryszard Petru	Liberalism Economic liberalism Pro-Europeanism	ALDE	2018	2019	Party founded by Ryszard Petru after leaving .Nowoczesna party. Turned out to be ephemeral and quickly dissolved.
Free and Solidary Wolni i Solidarni	WiS	Kornel Morawiecki	Solidarism State interventionism Anti-communism		2016	2020^[2]^[3]	Party formed by Kornel Morawiecki, former Senior Marshal of the Sejm. MPs of the party were elected from the lists of Kukiz'15. Formerly declared support for Prime Minister Beata Szydło and her government, but later moved into opposition to the government of Mateusz Morawiecki. WiS lost all seats in 2019.

Defunct parties of People's Republic of Poland[]

Party				Leader	Ideology	European affiliation	Founded	Dissolved	Comments
		Polish United Workers' Party Polska Zjednoczona Partia Robotnicza	PZPR	Bolesław Bierut (first)	Communism Marxism-Leninism	Cominform	1948	1990	PZPR was established at unification congress of PPR and PPS during meetings in 1948. Unification was possible because PPS activists who opposed it had been forced out of party. PZPR ruled Poland in the years until 1989. During semi-free election this year communists won 65% of seats in the Sejm, though seats won were guaranteed and PZPR was unable to gain a majority, while 99 out of 100 seats in Senate freely contested were won by Solidarity-backed candidates. Jaruzelski won presidential ballot by one vote. In 1990 PZPR was renamed to SdRP.
		United People's Party Zjednoczone Stronnictwo Ludowe	ZSL	Władysław Kowalski (first)	Agrarian socialism Peasant movement		1949	1989	Party was formed from the merger of communist SL with remnants of the independent PSL of Stanisław Mikołajczyk. ZSL became – as intended from its beginning – a satellite party of PZPR, representing it in rural areas. In 1989 after victory of Solidarity in legislative elections together with PZPR's other satellite party, SD, ZSL decided to support opposition. At party congress ZSL merged with anti-communist PSL in exile, forming today's PSL. SD exists until now.

Defunct and historical political parties in the Second Polish Republic, 1918–1939[]

Agudath Israel
Bloc of National Minorities – Blok Mniejszosci Narodowych
Bund (General Jewish Labor Union)
Camp of National Unity – Obóz Zjednoczenia Narodowego, OZN ("Ozon", continuation of BBWR, nationalist)
Centrolew, "Center-Left" – coalition of parties.
Chjeno-Piast – coalition of that included the Polish People's Party "Piast" and Christian Association of National Unity
– Chrześcijańska Demokracja (ChD)
Communist Party of Poland – Komunistyczna Partia Polski, KPP – (communist, illegal)
Folkspartei – Jewish People's Party ('Folkists')
German Socialist Labour Party of Poland – (German: Deutsche Sozialistische Arbeitspartei Polens, abbreviated DSAP, Polish: Niemiecka Socjalistyczna Partia Pracy w Polsce)
Labor Party – Stronnictwo Pracy, SP
National Democracy – Narodowa Demokracja, ND ("Endecja") (nationalist)
- Popular National Union – Związek Ludowo-Narodowy, ZLN
- National Party – Stronnictwo Narodowe, SN
National Radical Camp – Obóz Narodowo-Radykalny, ONR (extreme-right)
- National Radical Camp ABC
- National Radical Camp Falanga – Obóz Narodowo-Radykalny Falanga or Falanga
National Workers' Party – Narodowa Partia Robotnicza, NPR
Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government – Bezpartyjny Blok Współpracy z Rządem, BBWR (organization of Sanacja)
Peasant Party – Stronnictwo Chłopskie, SCh
People's Party – Stronnictwo Ludowe, SL
Polish People's Party PSL – Polish People's Party (agrarians)
- Polish People's Party "Piast"
- Polish People's Party "Wyzwolenie"
Polish Socialist Party – Polska Partia Socjalistyczna, PPS (socialist)
- Polish Socialist Party – Revolutionary Faction – Polska Partia Socjalistyczna – Frakcja Rewolucyjna
- Polish Socialist Party – Left – Polska Partia Socjalistyczna – Lewica
Sanation – Sanacja (meant to "restore health" to the body politic: authoritarian, centrist)
Ukrainian National Democratic Alliance – (UNDO) (Ukrainian: Українське національно-демократичне об'єднання, УНДО, Ukrayin'ske Natsional'no-Demokratichne Obyednannia, Polish: Ukraińskie Zjednoczenie Narodowo-Demokratyczne)
ZCh (Polish Wikipedia article)

Defunct and historical parties Political parties before 1918[]

Polish Social Democratic Party – Polska Partia Socjaldemokratyczna (PPS) (1890-1919)
Polish Socialist Party �� Polska Partia Socjalistyczna (1892-1948)
Social Democracy of the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania – Socjaldemokracja Krolestwa Polskiego i Litwy, SDKPiL (1893-1918)
Polish Socialist Party of the Prussian Partition - Polska Partia Socjalistyczna Zaboru Pruskiego (1893-1919)
Polish Socialist Party – Revolutionary Faction - Polska Partia Socjalistyczna - Frakcja Rewolucyjna (1893-1918)
National-Democratic Party (Poland) – Stronnictwo Narodowo-Demokratyczne (1897-1919)
National Workers' Union - Narodowy Związek Robotników (1905-1920)
Polish Socialist Party – Left - Polska Partia Socjalistyczna - Lewica (1906-1918)
Christian Democratic Party - Stronnictwo Chrześcijańskiej Demokracji (1919-1937)
- Polska Partia Socjalno-Demokratyczna Galicji i Śląska Cieszyńskiego
– Związek Postępowo-Demokratyczny
– Stronnictwo Polityki Realnej
Polish People's Party – Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe
- Narodowe Stronnictwo Robotników
- Związek Stronnictwa Chłopskiego
- Stronnictwo Chrześcijańsko-Ludowe
- Polskie Centrum Ludowe

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