Coalition for the Republic Koalicja dla Rzeczypospolitej (Polish) | |
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| Founded | 6 July 1993 |
| Dissolved | 20 September 1993 |
| Ideology | Christian democracy Anti-communism Anti-austerity Factions: Agrarianism |
| Political position | Center-right |
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| Colors | Red |
| Slogan | Coalition of clean hands. (Polish:Koalicja czystych rąk.) |
TheCoalition for the Republic (Polish:Koalicja dla Rzeczypospolitej,KdR) was aChristian-democraticelectoral alliance inPoland. It consisted of several parties - theMovement for the Republic (RdR), Solidarność 80, National Christian Movement "Polish Action" (Akcja Polska), Freedom Party (PW), Upper Silesian Christian Democracy (GChD),Party of Polish Democracy (SDP),Polish Popular-Christian Forum "Patrimony" ("Ojcowizna") and the Patriotic Forum of Fighting Poland.[1][2]
The Coalition was initially formed on 6 July 1993, after a failure of two-month long coalition talks between RdR and theCentre Agreement (PC), the original party of RdR chairmanJan Olszewski. A failed attempt at bringing thePolish People's Party - Peasants' Agreement (PSL-PL) into the coalition left it as the weakest of the three "center-right" coalitions (other ones being theCatholic Electoral Committee "Fatherland" (KKW or "Ojczyzna") andCentre Agreement – Polish Union (PC-ZP)) running in the1993 Polish parliamentary election.[3]
KdR ran a campaign under the slogan "coalition of clean hands" (Polish:„Koalicja czystych rąk"). The campaign was notably similar to PC-ZP, both attacking the "neocommunist"Alliance of the Democratic Left (SLD) and "pseudoliberal"Democratic Union (UD) andLiberal Democratic Congress (KLD), theBalcerowicz plan as well as supportinglustration.
The coalition only contested one election, the 1993 parliamentary election, winning 2.70% of valid votes. Despite de-facto being a coalition, it registered as a party, thus only needing 5% of valid votes to cross the electoral threshold, which it failed to pass regardless. Their failure to pass the threshold contributed to the SLD's landslide victory in the election.
| Election year | # of votes | % of vote | # of overall seats won | Government |
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| 1993 | 371,923 | 2.70 (#14) | 0 / 460 | Extra-parliamentary |
| Election | # of votes | % of votes | # of overall seats won |
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| 1993 | 290,361 | 1.06 (#15) | 0 / 100 |
