Polish People's Party "Piast" (1913–1931)
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Polish People's Party "Piast" Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe "Piast" | |
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| Leader | Jakub Bojko (1914-18) Jan Sadlak (1918) Wincenty Witos (1918-31) |
| Founded | February 1, 1914 |
| Dissolved | March 15, 1931 |
| Merged into | People's Party |
| Headquarters | Warsaw |
| Newspaper | Piast |
| Ideology | Agrarianism Christian democracy |
| Political position | Before 1923: Centre-left After 1923: Centre-right |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
| Colours | Green |
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The Polish People's Party "Piast" or Polish Peasant Party "Piast" (Polish: Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe "Piast", PSL Piast) was a political party from the interwar period of the Second Polish Republic (1913–1931). Piast refers to the medieval Piast dynasty, Poland's founding royal house.
Political significance
[edit]PSL Piast was an important political party in the Second Polish Republic. It was created in 1913 and after Poland regained independence in 1918, it formed a part of several governments, most notably after the Lanckorona Pact and in the Chjeno-Piast coalition.[citation needed] In 1931 it merged with Polish People's Party "Wyzwolenie" to form the People's Party.[1] Its major politicians included Wincenty Witos, Jakub Bojko, Jan Dąbski, Maciej Rataj and Władysław Kiernik.
Election results
[edit]Sejm
[edit]| Election | Votes | % | Seats | Seat Change |
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| 1919 | 232,983 | 4.2 (#6) | 46 / 394
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n/a |
| 1922 | 1,153,397 | 13.2 (#3) | 70 / 444
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 24
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| 1928 | 770,891 | 6.7 (#6) | 17 / 444
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 53
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| As part of the Polish Catholic Bloc which won 33 seats in total | ||||
| 1930 | 1,965,864 | 17.3 (#2) | 15 / 444
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| As part of the Centrolew which won 79 seats in total | ||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Malewska-Szałygin, Anna (21 October 2021). "Countermovements: Rural Social Imaginaries Confronting Neoliberal Economics and Politics in Southern Poland". Europe-Asia Studies. 73 (9): 1650. doi:10.1080/09668136.2021.1957084. Retrieved 10 October 2025.
In 1931 the more conservative Polish People's Party 'Piast' (Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe 'Piast') and the more left-leaning Polish People's Party 'Liberation' (Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe 'Wyzwolenie') merged into the Polish People's Party (Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe— PSL)
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