List of political parties in Poland

This article provides a list of political parties in Poland, both current and historical, dating back to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. It includes parties that functioned in an independent Polish state, and does not cover party-like associations active during the partitions of Poland.

Political parties in Poland trace their origins to the Great Sejm of the late 18th century. The Patriotic Party (Polish: Stronnictwo Patriotyczne) is generally considered the first political party in the country, although the earlier Familia faction (1731–1795) has also been described as a proto-party. Following the restoration of Polish independence in November 1918, the Second Polish Republic adopted a party-based parliamentary system modeled on Western democracies, while also building on domestic political traditions. Despite the May Coup of 1926 and the subsequent establishment of the Sanation regime, political parties continued to operate, albeit under increasingly centralized and authoritarian control.

During the Second World War, the Provisional Government of the Republic of Poland was formed in 1944 under the State National Council, led by the Polish Workers' Party. This government transitioned into the Provisional Government of National Unity in 1945, and subsequently into the Polish People's Republic in 1952. In the People's Republic, multiple parties existed within the Sejm, but these operated under the control of umbrella organizations created by the ruling Party, effectively reducing them to satellite parties.

The collapse of communist rule in 1989 and the transition to liberal democracy in the early 1990s led to the emergence of numerous new political parties. These included both serious contenders and satirical groups, such as the Polish Beer-Lovers’ Party. The early post-communist period was marked by highly fragmented elections. In response, electoral reforms introduced prior to the 1993 parliamentary elections established thresholds of 5% for individual parties and 8% for coalitions at the national level (with exemptions for ethnic minority parties). These thresholds significantly reduced the success of minor parties and prevented independent candidates from entering the Sejm.

In the early years of the Third Republic, the left wing of Polish politics was dominated by former communists who had moderated their positions toward social democracy. In recent decades, however, the Polish left has been represented mainly by parties unconnected to the communist era and linked to the New Left across Europe, often reflecting trends seen across the European Union. At the same time, centrist and neoliberal groups such as Civic Platform have positioned themselves as center-left alternatives with success. The right wing, initially composed of parties rooted in the Solidarity Movement, has also undergone significant change. While many of its early leaders, including former president Lech Wałęsa, have distanced themselves from current right-wing platforms, modern conservative politics in Poland have increasingly aligned with European and global trends in populism and nationalism. This has resulted in a divide between economically populist but socially conservative groups, such as Law and Justice (Prawo i Sprawiedliwość, PiS), and economically libertarian but equally conservative groups, such as Confederation (Konfederacja). Contemporary debates within the right often center on issues such as the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the presence of Ukrainian immigrants in Poland.

A general public disillusionment with politics and political elites has shaped party branding in recent decades. As a result, most major political organizations avoid the term "party" in their names, preferring alternatives such as "union," "platform," "league," or "alliance," which are considered less directly associated with politics.

Parliamentary parties

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! colspan="2" rowspan="2" class=unsortable |Alliance

! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Logo

! rowspan="2" |Name

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! rowspan="2" |Ideology

! rowspan="2" |Position

! rowspan="2" |European affiliation

! colspan="3" |Representation

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!Senat

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| rowspan="2" |ZP

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|Law and Justice

|PiS

|ECR

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|Renewal of the Republic of Poland

|ON RP

|Centre-right

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| rowspan="4" |KO

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|Civic Coalition Koalicja Obywatelska

|KO

|Liberal conservatism

|Centre-right

|EPP

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|The Greens

|Centre-left

|EGP

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|Yes! For Poland

|T!DPL

|Centre-left

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|AGROunion

|AU

|Left-wing

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| rowspan="3" |Lewica

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|New Left

|NL

|Centre-left

|PES

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|Polish Socialist Party

|PPS

|Left-wing

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|Labour Union

|UP

|Centre-left

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| rowspan="3" |KP

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|Polish People's Party

|PSL

|Centre-right to right-wing

|EPP

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|Centre for Poland

|CdP

|Centre-right

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| Union of European Democrats

|UED

|Centre to centre-right

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| rowspan="2" |KWiN

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| New Hope

|NN

|Far-right

|ESN

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| National Movement

|RN

|Far-right

|Patriots.eu

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| rowspan="2" |DB

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|Kukiz'15

|K'15

|Right-wing

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|Freedom and Prosperity

|WiD

|Centre-right

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|Poland 2050

|PL2050

|Centre-right

|Renew

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|Centre

|Centrum

|Liberalism

|Centre

|Renew

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|Together Party

|Razem

|ELA

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|Confederation of the Polish Crown

|KKP

|Far-right

|Non-Inscrits

|50px

|New Poland

|NOWA

|Centre

Political parties with local government representation

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! colspan="2" |Logo

!Name

!Leader

!Ideology

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| rowspan="2" |Citizens of Lower Silesia

| rowspan="2" |ODŚ

| rowspan="2" |Rafał Dutkiewicz

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| rowspan="2" |Centre

| colspan="2" |Regional Assemblies

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| rowspan="2" |Normal Country

| rowspan="2" |NK

| rowspan="2" |Wiesław Lewicki

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| rowspan="2" |Right-wing

| colspan="2" |Gmina Councils

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Political organizations with representation

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! colspan="2" |Logo

!Name

!Leader

!Ideology

!Position

! colspan="2" |Extra

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| rowspan="2" |The City Is Ours

| rowspan="2" |MJN

| rowspan="2" |Eryk Baczyński

| rowspan="2" |Socialism Anti-capitalism Anti-neoliberalism Environmentalism

| rowspan="2" |Left-wing

|Warsaw City Council

|Warsaw district councils

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| rowspan="2" |Residents' Wola

| rowspan="2" |WM

| rowspan="2" |Aneta Skubida

| rowspan="2" |Left-wing

| colspan="2" |Warsaw district councils

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| rowspan="2" |New Democracy – Yes

| rowspan="2" |ND-T

| rowspan="2" |Piotr Chmielowski

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| rowspan="2" |Centre-left

| colspan="2" |City presidents

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| rowspan="2" |Nonpartisan Local Government Activists

| rowspan="2" |BS

| rowspan="2" |Marek Woch

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| rowspan="2" |Centre-left

| colspan="2" |Regional Assemblies

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| rowspan="2" |German Minority Electoral Committee

| rowspan="2" |WDM

| rowspan="2" |Ryszard Galla

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| rowspan="2" |Centre to centre-left

|Opole Voivodeship Sejmik

|Powiat Councils in Opole

Parties and organizations without representation

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!Leader

!Ideology

!Position

! colspan="2" |Extra

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|Agreement

|Stanisław Derehajło

|Liberal conservatism

|Centre

| colspan="2" |It was founded in November 2017. According to its program, it defines as a pro-European Union party, and as a "modern conservative" party, with strong emphasis on economic liberalism and reducing bureaucracy, and claims to be moderately conservative on social and cultural issues. It believes that local government should be encouraged and supported by the central government.

|Alliance of Democrats

|SD

|Paweł Piskorski

|Centre-left

| colspan="2" |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.

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|Better Poland

|LP

|Cezary Stachoń

|Left-wing

| colspan="2" |Small green party related to the degrowth movement which took part in the 2010 Warsaw mayoral election.

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|Civic Initiative

|IO

|Adam Morawiec

|Centre-left

| colspan="2" |Local party from the Tarnowskie Góry County that cooperates with the Civic Platform. The party promotes local interests and advocates for the recognition of Silesian as an official regional language.

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|Common Powiat

|WP

|Zygmunt Worsa

|Centre-left

| colspan="2" |Local party from the Świdnica County, mistakenly called Active Local Politicians (). The party is allied with the Civic Platform and the Democratic Left Alliance. Common Powiat is pro-European and actively promotes extensive development and investment projects.

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|All-Polish Youth

|MW

|Marcin Osowski

|Far-right

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|Union of Christian Families

|ZCR

|Bogusław Rogalski

|Right-wing

| colspan="2" |Founded in 2019 by former LPR MEP Bogusław Rogalski. It cooperates with Right Wing of the Republic and the Real Europe Movement.

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|Congress of the New Right

|KNP

|Stanisław Żółtek

|Right-wing

| colspan="2" |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.

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|Democratic Left Association

|SLD

|Jerzy Teichert

|Left-wing

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|Edward Gierek's Economic Revival Movement

|ROG

|Paweł Bożyk

|Far-Left

| colspan="2" |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.

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|Farmers from the Baltic to the Tatras

|RBT

|Henryk Połcik

|Peasant movement

|Centre-left

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|Falanga

|Bartosz Bekier

|Far-right

| colspan="2" |Falanga separated from the ONR in 2009 due to ideological differences, particularly regarding geopolitics. While both movements adhere to fascist principles, their international orientations diverge. The ONR maintains a pro-Western stance, viewing Poland as part of Western civilization. In foreign policy, it presents itself as non-aligned but generally supports Ukraine in the Russo-Ukrainian War, with particular sympathy for the Azov Brigade.Falanga, by contrast, espouses a pro-Eastern outlook, regarding Poland as belonging to a broader Eurasian civilization. It is firmly pro-Russian and advocates for a multipolar world order. The movement had established contacts with the government of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, representatives of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, as well as Hezbollah.

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|First Self-Governance League

|LSP

|Ryszard Ziobro

|Left-wing

| colspan="2" |Local party from the Pszczyna County allied with the Polish Socialist Party. The party wants to decentralise Polish administration and greatly empower local governments, and summarised its program by stating: "Silesia – regional and aware of its national and cultural identity. Poland – regional, not centralised".

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|Freedom and Equality

|WiR

|Piotr Musiał

|Left-wing

| colspan="2" |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.

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|Front

|FRONT

|Krzysztof Tołwiński

|Right-wing

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|Jurassic-Silesian Association European Home

|JŚSDE

|Zbigniew Meres

|Left-wing

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|Kashubian Association

|KJ

|Karol Rhode

|Centre

| colspan="2" |A regionalist party representing the interests of the Kashubian minority. The party demands Kashubian autonomy as a way to preserve Kashubian culture and language. The party is a member of EFA.

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|Labour Party

|SP

|Zbigniew Wrzesiński

|Centre-right

| colspan="2" |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.

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|League of Polish Families

|LPR

|Witold Bałażak

|Centre-right

| colspan="2" |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.

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|Liberal Poland – Entrepreneurs' Strike

|PL!SP

|Paweł Tanajno

|Centre-right

| colspan="2" |It was founded on 23 May 2021. It claims to be "a civil formation in which there is not a single politician", advocates for libertarian and economically liberal policies but distinguishes itself from Confederation on women's and migrants' rights.

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|National Party of Retirees and Pensioners

|KPEiR

|Tomasz Mamiński

|Left-wing

| colspan="2" |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.

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|National Radical Camp

|ONR

|Adrian Kaczmarkiewicz

|Far-right

| colspan="2" |The National Radical Camp (ONR) was founded in 1993, presenting itself as the successor to the interwar movement of the same name. This claim, however, has not prevented the emergence of other organizations, such as Falanga and the National Rebirth of Poland (NOP), which also assert continuity with the original ONR of the interwar period. Despite these competing claims, the ONR has remained the largest fascist organization in Poland.

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|National Rebirth of Poland

|NOP

|Adam Gmurczyk

|Far-right

| colspan="2" |The NOP is known for trying to get media attention with its shock value campaigns. During the 2007 parliamentary election, the NOP distributed election campaign posters with the slogan "Fascism? We are worse." Another, openly homophobic shock value campaign conducted by the NOP was called Zakaz Pedalowania (the phrase is a pun meaning both "Cycling Forbidden" and "Faggotry Forbidden"). On 17 May 2006 in Toruń, the NOP organized a counter-demonstration against a public LGBT rights supporters' meeting. NOP members chanted slogans, including "gas the queers" (pedały do gazu) and "there will be a baton for a queer face" (znajdzie się kij na pedalski ryj).

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|New Wave

|NF

|Joanna Senyszyn

|Centre-left

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|Union of War Veterans

|ZWW

|Mieczysław Janosz

|Centre-right

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|Prosperity and Peace Movement

|RDiP

|Maciej Maciak

|Centre-left

| colspan="2" |The leader of the Prosperity and Peace Movement, Maciej Maciak, participated in the 2025 presidential elections. During the campaign, he was repeatedly marginalized, being excluded from the debates hosted by Polsat News and TV Republika. Although he was invited to appear on Kanał Zero, the interview ended abruptly when the host, Krzysztof Stanowski, walked out after only two minutes, leaving Maciak without an opportunity to debate. These unusual and chaotic appearances contributed to Maciak becoming the subject of widespread internet jokes and memes, particularly on TikTok and X.

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|Peasants' Party

|PCh

|Krzysztof Filipek

|Left-wing

| colspan="2" |Founded by Krzysztof Filipek and other former members of Self-Defence.

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|PolExit

|PolEXIT

|Stanisław Żółtek

|Right-wing

| colspan="2" |Satellite party of KNP, established for the elections to the European Parliament in 2019. It registered lists in 2 constituencies.

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|Polish Left

|PL

|Jacek Zdrojewski

|Left-wing

| colspan="2" |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.

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|Polish Pirate Party

|Piraci

|Janusz Wdzięczak

|Centre-left

| colspan="2" |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.

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|Polish Party of Animal Protection

|PPOZ

|Andrzej Olszewski

|Left-wing

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|Polish Popular-Christian Forum "Patrimony"

|PFLCh „Ojcowizna”

|Paweł Murzyn

|Right-wing

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|Real Europe Movement

|RPE

|Mirosław Piotrowski

|Right-wing

| colspan="2" |Created in 2019 by former PiS MEP Mirosław Piotrowski, who belonged to party's fundamentalist faction.

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|Real Politics Union

|UPR

|Bartosz Józwiak

|Right-wing

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|Repair Poland Movement

|RNP

|Romuald Starosielec

|Syncretic

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|Right Wing of the Republic

|PR

|Krzysztof Kawęcki

|Right-wing

| colspan="2" |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.

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|Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland

|SRP

|Krzysztof Prokopczyk

|Left-wing

| colspan="2" |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.

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|Self-Defence Rebirth

|SO

|Sławomir Izdebski

|Left-wing

| colspan="2" |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.

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|Silesian Autonomy Movement

|RAŚ

|Jerzy Gorzelik

|Left-wing

| colspan="2" |Silesian autonomist party that seeks to restore the interwar Silesian autonomy. The party is a member of the European Free Alliance and formed an electoral alliance with the Civic Platform.

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|Silesian Regional Party Ślōnskŏ Partyjŏ Regiōnalnŏ

|ŚPR

|Ilona Kanclerz

|Centre-left

| colspan="2" |Party associating regionalists from Silesian local organizations. The most important of them is the Silesian Autonomy Movement. Affiliated with EFA.

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|Silesians Together

|ŚR

|Leon Swaczyna

|Centre-left

| colspan="2" |A Silesian regional party founded in 2017, based on the concept of working together with the German minority in Silesia. The party believes that the Silesian nation and culture are completely separate from the Polish nation, and many of the party's members hold separatist views.

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|Social Movement of the Republic of Poland

|RS RP

|Sławomir Izdebski

|Left-wing

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|Slavic Union

|ZS

|Zbigniew Adamczyk

|Left-wing

| colspan="2" |Minor party founded in 2006 that wants to reorient Polish foreign policy – it advocates for leaving the EU and pursuing closer relations with Russia and Belarus instead.

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|United Beyond Boundaries

|ZPP

|Wojciech Kornowski

|Left-wing

| colspan="2" |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. Known as Action of Disappointed Retirees and Pensioners until 2022 (Polish: Akcja Zawiedzionych Emerytów Rencistów, AZER).

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|Volt Poland

|Volt

|Centre

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|Working People's Movement

|RLP

|Lech Szymańczyk

|Left-wing

| colspan="2" |

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|Workers' Democracy

|PD

|Andrzej Żebrowski

|Far-Left

| colspan="2" |

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|Change

|Mateusz Piskorski

|Left-wing

| colspan="2" |Refused registration by court.

|Polish Communist Party

|KPP

|Beata Karoń

|Far-Left

|Ban on party ineffective owing to the constitutional crisis in Poland.

Historical parties

Important defunct parties after 1989

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!Leader

!Ideology

!European affiliation

!Founded

!Dissolved

!Comments

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|Civic Platform

|PO

|Donald Tusk

|EPP

|2001

|2025

|A liberal-conservative party that emerged as the dominating party in Poland along with Law and Justice in 2005. In October 2025, it merged with two of its minor partners, the Polish Initiative and Modern, to create a new party named Civic Coalition.

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|Modern

|.N

|Ryszard Petru

|ALDE

|2015

|2025

|A neoliberal party created in 2015 by economist Ryszard Petru. In the 2015 Polish parliamentary election, the party won 7.6% of the popular vote and 28 seats. It later joined the Civic Coalition, and in October 2025, it merged with Civic Platform and Polish Initiative into a new party of the same name – the Civic Coalition.

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|Polish Initiative

|iPL

|Barbara Nowacka

| EPP

|2019

|2025

|A minor political party created by Barbara Nowacka, former member of Your Movement and leader of the United Left. In 2025, it merged with Modern and Civic Platform into Civic Coalition.

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|Piast Faction

|SP

|Zdzisław Podkański

|2006

|2024

|Formed 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.

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|Solidarity Citizens' Committee

|Bronisław Geremek

|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.

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|ZChN

|Wiesław Chrzanowski

|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.

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|Social Democracy of the Republic of Poland

|SdRP

|Aleksander Kwaśniewski

|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.

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|Party of Regions

|PR

|Bolesław Borysiuk

|2007

|2017

|Party that seceded from Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland following its electoral down in the 2007 elections. The party strongly supported regionalism, intending to revive local and regional traditions and patriotism. The party envisioned a decentralised Poland full of "regional, small homelands". PR cooperated with left-wing parties such as the Democratic Left Alliance and the Polish Socialist Party. The party won 38 councillor seats in the 2010 Polish local elections, but never entered the national Sejm. The party was deregistered in early 2017.

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|Centre Agreement

|PC

|Jarosław Kaczyński

|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.

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|Citizens' Movement for Democratic Action

|ROAD

|Władysław Frasyniuk

|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.

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|Organisation of the Polish Nation – Polish League

|ONP-LP

|Stanisław Bujnicki

|2000

|2025

|Party that represented the interests of the Polish diaspora. It claimed to be a successor of the liberal democratic Polish émigré organisation (1887–1893), founded in Switzerland by Zygmunt Miłkowski following the failure of the January uprising.

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|Forum of the Democratic Right

|FPD

|Aleksander Hall

|1990

|1991

|Party formed by moderate right-wing politicians of KO "S". In 1991 it merged with ROAD to form UD.

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|Polish Social Democratic Union

|PUS

|Tadeusz Fiszbach

|1990

|1991

|Along with SdRP, PUS was one of successor parties of communist PZPR. The party itself was succeeded by currently existing UP.

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|Liberal Democratic Congress

|KLD

|Donald Tusk

|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.

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|Polish Beer-Lovers' Party

|PPPP

|Janusz Rewiński

|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.

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|Party X

|Stanisław Tymiński

|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.

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|Democratic Union

|UD

|Tadeusz Mazowiecki

|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.

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|Peasants' Agreement

|PL

|Gabriel Janowski

|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.

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|Movement for the Republic

|RdR

|Jan Olszewski

|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.

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|Social Alliance

|PS

|Marek Pol|Jarosław Kalinowski|Andrzej Lepper

|1998

|2001

|Political coalition composed of agrarian and left-wing parties – Polish People's Party, Labour Union, National Party of Retirees and Pensioners, Samoobrona RP and Alliance of Democrats created for the 1998 Polish local elections. It presented itself as 'independent left' that aspired to break the anti-communist and post-communist dichotomy in Polish politics, while also protesting neoliberal and capitalist reforms carried out through Balcerowicz Plan. While short-lived, the coalition successfully emerged as the "third power" in the 1998 election and is credited with breaking the SLD-AWD two-party duopoly.

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|Patriotic Self-Defence

|SP

|Marian Frądczyk

|2006

|2013

|Political party that broke away from Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland in 2006. The party represented marginalized right-wing and nationalist wings of the party that were alienated as Self-Defence reaffirmed its far-left political position. The party tried to claim a part of Self-Defence electorate in 2007 election, but it was only registered in a single district and won 0.02% of the national vote. It disbanded in 2013.

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|Self-Defence of the Polish Nation

|SNP

|Tadeusz Mazanek

|2003

|2023

|Right-wing nationalist party that was founded as a dissident faction of Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland in 2003, before registering as a separate party in 2005. The party marked the beginning of further splinters within Samoobrona that were to follow. It was struck off the ballot in 2006 for being too similar to the original Samoobrona party, and renamed itself to "Defence of the Polish Nation" in response. It continued to participate in Polish elections as a perennial candidate until 2018. It became inactive in 2019 and dissolved in 2023.

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|Self-Defence Social Movement

|SRS

|Sławomir Izdebski

|2006

|2007

|Agrarian and trade-unionist wing of Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland that split from the party in 2006 and became an independent movement. Social Movement actively organized rural trade unions and was known for its social justice actions such as blocking evictions. It tried to challenge Self-Defence in 2006 local elections, but it was not allowed on the count of its name, logo and abbreviation being too similar to Self-Defence. It disbanded to join Self-Defence Rebirth in 2007.

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|Nonpartisan Bloc for Support of Reforms

|BBWR

|Andrzej Olechowski

|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.

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|Freedom Union

|UW

|Bronisław Geremek

|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.

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|Movement for the Reconstruction of Poland

|ROP

|Jan Olszewski

|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.

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|Solidarity Electoral Action

|AWS

|Marian Krzaklewski

|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.

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|Spring

|Wiosna

|Robert Biedroń

|S&D

|2019

|2021

|Registered a political party in 2018, proclaimed in 2019. Formed by Robert Biedroń, former Słupsk mayor. Won 3 seats in European Parliament election in 2019. Formed The Left electoral alliance at the 2019 election. Merged into New Left party in 2021. Remains a faction within the NL.

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|Democratic Left Alliance

|SLD

|Aleksander Kwaśniewski , Leszek Miller , Włodzimierz Czarzasty

|Social democracy

|S&D

|1999

|2021

|Founded as an electoral alliance around SdRP at the 1991 election by Aleksander Kwaśniewski. Formed a coalition government together with PSL after 1993 election. Registered a political party in 1999 under leadership of Leszek Miller. After 2001 election formed SLD-UP coalition government. Under leadership of Włodzimierz Czarzasty formed The Left electoral alliance together with Spring and Left Together at the 2019 election. In 2021 absorbed the Spring party and later rebranded as New Left. Remains a faction within the NL.

|Conservative People's Party

|SKL

|Jan Rokita

|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.

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|National-Catholic Movement

|RKN

|Małgorzata Romanowicz

|1997

|2023

|Created in 1997 by politician Antoni Macierewicz. He left it in 2012.

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|Polish Labour Party

|PPP

|Bogusław Ziętek

|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.

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|Feminist Initiative

|IF

|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.

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|Democratic Party – democrats.pl

|PD

|Władysław Frasyniuk

|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.

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|There is One Poland

|PJJ

|2021

|2024

|Right-wing party born out of the anti-COVID-19 restriction movement, founded in 2021 and registered in 2023. It was deregistered in 2024.

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|Poland Comes First

|PJN

|Paweł Kowal

|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.

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|Your Movement

|TR

|Janusz Palikot

|2011

|2023

|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.

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|Now!

|Teraz!

|Ryszard Petru

|ALDE

|2018

|2019

|Party founded by Ryszard Petru after leaving .Nowoczesna party. Turned out to be ephemeral and quickly dissolved.

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|Free and Solidary

|WiS

|Kornel Morawiecki

|2016

|2020

|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.

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|Party of Drivers

|PK

|Lech Kędzierski

|Drivers' rights Anti-bureaucratism

|2019

|2022

|Created in 2019 and dissolved in 2022. Member of Confederation.

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|Social Justice Movement

|RSS

|Piotr Ikonowicz

|2014

|2023

|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.

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|Direct Democracy

|DB

|Marzena Petykiewicz

|2012

|2022

|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. Dissolved in 2022.

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|Christian Democracy of the 3rd Polish Republic

|ChDRP

|Lech Wałęsa

|1997

|2023

|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). After being de-registered in 2004, the party resumed its activity in 2015 but never gained sufficient traction and it was de-registered again in 2023.

|Confederation of Independent Poland

|KPN

|Władysław Borowiec

|1979

|2018

|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%. It was de-registered on 12 January 2018.

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|Defence of the Polish Nation

|ONP

|Tadeusz Mazanek

|2003

|2023

|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. The party did not participate in any elections after 2019 and stopped submitting financial reports to Polish courts aftwerwards. The party was then formally deregistered and dissolved in February 2023.

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|National League

|LN

|Zbigniew Lipiński

|2007

|2021

|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. The party was deregistered in 2023 for failing to submit financial statements for 2021.

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|Silesian Separatist Movement

|ŚRS

|Dariusz Jerczyński

|Silesian separatism Social democracy

|2007

|2010

|A minor party founded in 2007 whose main goal is "national and territorial separation of Silesia and the sanctioning of Silesian nationality". The party claims to continue the legacy of Silesian autonomist Józef Kożdoń, who in 1910 wrote: "We do not know Polish patriotism, we do not know the Polish homeland. Silesia does not long for mother Poland".

|Centre

|1922

|Unknown

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|Polish-Catholic People's Party

|PKPL

|Wiktor Kulerski

|1912

|1918

|After the war, PKPL in Poland united with Polish People's Party "Piast". However, its remnants continued operating in regions with a Polish minority within the Weimar Republic.

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|Polish Catholic Bloc

|PBK

|Józef Chaciński

|1928

|The Bloc was founded in 1928 to contest that year's parliamentary election by the Polish People's Party "Piast" and Polish Christian Democratic Party. It organized election gatherings before election day, like a Housekeepers' gathering on 26 February. In the 1928 election, it received 34 Sejm and 6 Senat seats.

|Polish Christian Democratic Party

|PSChD

|Unknown

|1919

|1937

|After the May Coup of 1926, split into three factions. Member of Centrolew coalition in 1929. Member of Front Morges coalition in 1937, and merged with National Workers' Party to form the Labor Party.

|Polish People's Party "Piast"

|PSL Piast

|Wincenty Witos

|1914

|1931

|it formed a part of several governments, most notably after the Lanckorona Pact and in the Chjeno-Piast coalition. In 1931 it formed the People's Party. Its major politicians included Wincenty Witos, Jakub Bojko, Jan Dąbski, Maciej Rataj and Władysław Kiernik.

|Polish People's Party "Nowe Wyzwolenie"

|PSL NW

|1946

|1947

|The parliamentary candidates from the Stronnictwo Ludowe "Nowe Wyzwolenie" included Bronisław Drzewiecki, Bronisław Kloc, Władysław Kosydarski, Witold Oleszczak, Michał Rękas, Władysław Ryncarz, and Jan Witoszka. Following the elections, the party merged with the People's Party (Stronnictwo Ludowe) in Lublin. The two leaders were Tadeusz Rek and Bronisław Drzewiecki.

|Polish People's Party "Wyzwolenie"

|PSL Wyzwolenie

|Maksymilian Malinowski

|1915

|1931

|It was formed in 1915 by several peasant parties in Kingdom of Poland. In comparison to Polish People's Party "Piast", it was a left-wing party, and an ally of Polish Socialist Party (Polska Partia Socjalistyczna). PSL Wyzwolenie supported the May Coup in 1926, but soon afterwards distanced itself from Sanation and joined the opposition. In 1931, it merged with several other parties forming the People's Party (Stronnictwo Ludowe).

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|Polish Socialist Party

|PPS

|Józef Cyrankiewicz

|Socialism

|1892

|1948

|In 1948, Cyrankiewicz's faction of Socialists merged with the Communist Polish Workers' Party (PPR) to form the Polish United Workers' Party (Polska Zjednoczona Partia Robotnicza; PZPR), the ruling party in the Polish People's Republic; remnants of the other faction survived on emigration in the Polish government-in-exile and because of that Polish Socialist Party was still active on emigration.

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|Polish Socialists

|PS

|Vincent Markowski

|1941

|1943

|By 1943 PPS-WRN had changed tactics and its leadership initiated attempts to unify with PS, resulting in the break-away of the latter's military wing to align with the PPS-WRN and Home Army. In April of that year the party was transformed into the Robotnicza Partia Polskich Socjalistów, with Piotr Gajewski as its new leader.

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|Polish Socialist Party – Freedom, Equality, Independence

|WRN

|Tomasz Arciszewski

|1939

|1947

|At the end of World War II, the name PPS was contested by PPS-WRN and the pro-communist Workers Polish Socialist Party (Robotnicza Partia Polskich Socjalistów). Eventually in 1947, most top PPS-WRN activists were arrested by Polish secret police, Urząd Bezpieczeństwa; the remains ceased political activity, emigrated or joined the communist party.

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|Polish Socialist Party – Left

|PPS–L

|Unknown

|1906, 1926

|1918, 1931

|The faction's primary objective was to transform Poland into a Marxist state through proletarian revolution, with the likely aim of integrating into a Soviet-aligned international communist bloc (a position widely opposed by the Revolutionary Faction and viewed by many as a betrayal of Polish independence).

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|Polish Socialist Party – Revolutionary Faction

|PPS–FR

|Józef Piłsudski

|1906, 1926 (as Old Revolutionary Faction)

|1918

|With the failure of revolution in the Kingdom of Poland (1905-1907) PPS–Left lost popularity, and PPS–FR regained dominance. In 1909 PPS–FR renamed itself back to Polska Partia Socjalistyczna (Polish Socialist Party); the increasingly marginal PPS–L merged with Social Democracy of the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania, led by Róża Luksemburg in 1918 to form the Communist Party of Poland.

|Polish Union of Peasant Activists

|PZL

|Jan Bryl

|Agrarianism

|1923

|1924

|Functioned until 1924, when it united with the Polish People's Party "Left", forming the Agrarian Union. It published Sprawa Chłopska newspapers.

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|Popular Unity

|JL

|Jan Dąbski

|Agrarianism

|1923, 1926

|The party was formed on 26 May 1923, by splitting from Polish People's Party "Piast", and on 25 November 1923, it was incorporated into the Polish People's Party "Wyzwolenie". It split from it in January 1926, and in March 1926, it united with the Agrarian Union, forming the Peasant Party. The Popular Unity had published its newspapers, titled Gazeta Ludowa (Popular Newspaper).

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|Radical Peasant Party

|ChSR

|Eugeniusz Okoń

|1919

|1929

|The 1928 elections saw the ChSR's vote share fall to 0.4%, and it lost all its seats in the Sejm. It ceased to exist the following year.

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|Union of Upper Silesians

|FG

|Unknown

|Silesian separatism

|1918

|1925

|After the Union of Upper Silesians, the idea of Upper Silesian independence remained; in 1925 the chief of police in Gliwice told Alfons Proske, president of the province of Upper Silesia, "The idea of a free state is still alive in German Upper Silesia". In areas bordering Poland, former members of the Union of Upper Silesians returned to political parties, primarily the Catholic People's Party (German: Katholische Volkspartei), which said that it represented Germans and "German-disposed Silesians" in the Autonomous Silesian Voivodeship with the slogan "Upper Silesia for Upper Silesians". The Union of Upper Silesian Defence was founded in 1925 by former Polish activists, with Jan Kustos its chairman.

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|World Agudath Israel

|Unknown

|Torah Judaism

|1912

|Unclear

|Agudath Israel gained a significant following, particularly among Hasidic Jews. It had representatives running in the Polish elections after the First World War, and they won seats in that country's parliament (Sejm). Among the elected representatives were Alexander Zusia Friedman, Rabbi Meir Shapiro, Rabbi Yosef Nechemya Kornitzer of Kraków, and Rabbi Aharon Lewin of Reysha.

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|Bloc of National Minorities

|BMN

|Unknown

|1922

|1930

|In the 1930 elections (which were considered not free), it fared poorly (3% and the ninth largest party). In the political shakedown following the 1930 elections, the Bloc was dissolved.

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|Camp of National Unity

|OZN

|Zygmunt Wenda

|1937

|1941

|During World War II and the German occupation of Poland, OZNs underground military arm, created in 1942, was known as Obóz Polski Walczącej (the Camp of Fighting Poland).

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|Folkspartei

|Zemach Shabad

|1905

|1939

|The party split in 1927 between the Warsaw branch, led by Pryłucki, and the Vilnius (then a part of Poland) branch, led by Dr. Zemach Shabad, less hostile to Zionism than the Warsaw branch but more Yiddish-centered. After the split the party seems to have declined, with an attempt to revitalize it in Warsaw in 1935. At the 1936 Jewish community elections in Warsaw, the Folkspartei only got 1 seat out of 50, while the Bund got 15.

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|German Socialist Labour Party of Poland

|DSAP

|Johann Kowoll

|Social democracy

|1925

|1940?

|On August 26, 1939, the DSAP signed the joint statement of socialist parties in Poland, calling for the people to fight against Hitlerism (other signatories included the Bund).

|Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government

|BBWR

|Walery Sławek

|1927

|1935

|After the death of Józef Piłsudski (May 12, 1935), the weakened BBWR continued to exist until October 30, when Walery Sławek dissolved it. The tradition of the movement was continued by the Camp of National Unity, formed in February 1937.

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|Ukrainian National Democratic Alliance

|УНДО

|Dmytro Levytsky

|1925

|1939

|When Germany invaded Poland, UNDO declared its loyalty to the Polish state. After the Soviets annexed Eastern Poland, UNDO's former leader, Dr. Dmytro Levitsky, who had once been chief of the Ukrainian delegation in the pre-war Polish parliament, as well as many of his colleagues, were arrested, deported to Moscow, and never heard from again. UNDO along with all other legal Ukrainian political parties was forced by the Soviet authorities to disband. As a result, the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN), which already had an underground structure dating to its time of conflict with the Polish authorities, was left as the sole functioning, independent, political organization in western Ukraine.

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|Polish Social Democratic Party of Galicia

|PPSDG

|Unknown

|1890

|1919

|It was also known as Polish Social Democratic Party of Galicia and Cieszyn Silesia (Polska Partia Socjalno-Demokratyczna Galicji i Śląska Cieszyńskiego). From 1904 it closely worked with Polish Socialist Party, into which it was merged in 1919.

Defunct and historical parties Political parties before 1918

Polish Social Democratic Party – Polska Partia Socjaldemokratyczna (1890–1919)
Polish Socialist Party – Polska Partia Socjalistyczna (1892–1948)
Social Democracy of the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania – Socjaldemokracja Krolestwa Polskiego i Litwy (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 – 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)
Polish Socialist-Democratic Party of Galicia and Cieszyn Silesia – Polska Partia Socjalno-Demokratyczna Galicji i Śląska Cieszyńskiego
Progressive-Democratic Union – Związek Postępowo-Demokratyczny
Real Politics Party – Stronnictwo Polityki Realnej
Polish People's Party – Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe
National Workers' Faction – Narodowe Stronnictwo Robotników
Peasantry Union – Związek Stronnictwa Chłopskiego
Popular Christian Party – Stronnictwo Chrześcijańsko-Ludowe
Polish Popular Centre – Polskie Centrum Ludowe

Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth

Patriotic Party
Hetmans' Party
Familia party

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