Polish People's Party – Peasants' Agreement Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe – Porozumienie Ludowe | |
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| Leader | Gabriel Janowski |
| Founded | 8 March 1992 |
| Dissolved | 15 January 1999 |
| Merger of | Rural Solidarity Polish People's Party "PSL Mikołajczykowskie" and "PSL Wilanów" factions |
| Merged into | Social Movement |
| Ideology | Agrarianism Christian democracy |
| Colours | Green |
ThePolish People's Party – Peasants' Agreement (Polish:Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe – Porozumienie Ludowe,PSL-PL), commonly known simply asPeasants' Agreement (PL), was anagrarian andChristian-democraticpolitical party inPoland.[1]
The party originated from the People's Agreement, an electoral list consisting mainly ofRural Solidarity (RS) and two dissident groups of thePolish People's Party (PSL), the so-called "Polish People's Party (Mikołajczyk)" and the "Polish People's Party (Wilanów)".
The People's Agreement participated in the1991 parliamentary election, obtaining 5.5% of the vote, 28 seats in theSejm and five in theSenate.[2] Subsequently, PSL-W'sHenryk Bąk was electedDeputy Marshal of the Sejm and the group was part of thegovernment led byJan Olszewski, with RS'Gabriel Janowski as Minister of Agriculture.[3]
The PL was formally established in March 1992, under the leadership of Janowski, who retained his job as Minister of Agriculture also in thegovernment led byHanna Suchocka, which included also PL'sZygmunt Hortmanowicz as Minister of the Environment andJerzy Kamiński as a minister without portfolio.[3] The dismissal of Janowski from the government in April 1993 led to the formal departure of the PL from the coalition, however during the no-confidence vote, only individual members of this party spoke against the government.
Due to several splits and internal disagreements, the1993 parliamentary election 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. Following the election, the party disintegrated,[3] although it was part ofSolidarity Electoral Action in the1997 parliamentary election[4] and won three seats in the Sejm (including one for Janowski) and one in the Senate. In January 1999, during a congress, the party decided to merge into theSocial Movement.
| Election | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Government |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 613,626 | 5.47 (#8) | 28 / 460 | – | PC–ZChN–PSL-PL–SLCh(1991–1992) |
| UD–ZChN–PChD–KLD–PSL-PL–SLCh–PPPP(1992–1993) | |||||
| 1993 | 327,085 | 2.37 (#15) | 0 / 460 |  28 | Extra-parliamentary |
| 1997 | 4,427,373 | 33.83 (#1) | 3 / 460 |  3 | AWS-UW(1997–2000) |
| AWS minority(2000–2001) | |||||
| As part of theSolidarity Electoral Action coalition, which won 201 seats in total. | |||||
| Election | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Government |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 719,778 | 3.14 (#9) | 5 / 100 | – | PC–ZChN–PSL-PL–SLCh(1991–1992) |
| UD–ZChN–PChD–KLD–PSL-PL–SLCh–PPPP(1992–1993) | |||||
| 1993 | 46,492 | 0.17 (#13) | 0 / 100 | 5 | Extra-parliamentary |
| 1997 | 6,550,176 | 25.25 (#1) | 1 / 100 | 1 | AWS-UW(1997–2000) |
| AWS minority(2000–2001) | |||||
| As part of theSolidarity Electoral Action coalition, which won 201 seats in total. | |||||
