Christian-Peasant Party

Christian-Peasant Party Stronnictwo Ludowo-Chrześcijańskie (Polish)
Leader	Józef Ślisz [pl] (1991-1992) Artur Balazs [pl] (1992-1997)
Founded	Spring 1989 (as PSL "S") 17 May 1992 (as SLCh)
Dissolved	12 January 1997
Split from	Rural Solidarity
Succeeded by	Conservative People's Party (majority) National Party "Fatherland" (minority)
Headquarters	Warsaw, Poland
Ideology	Agrarianism[1] Christian democracy[1] Conservatism[1]
Political position	Centre-right
National affiliation	Catholic Electoral Committee "Fatherland" (1993)
Colours	Green
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Artur Balazs, c. 1993

The Christian-Peasant Party (Stronnictwo Ludowo-Chrześcijańskie (Polish), SLCh) was a center-right agrarian Polish political party functioning in the early-middle 1990s, between 5 April 1991 and 17 May 1992 as the Polish People's Party "Solidarity" (Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe "Solidarność" (Polish), PSL "S").^[1]

History

Initially as Polish People's Party "Solidarity", the party was created in the spring of 1989 as a political branch of Rural Solidarity under Józef Ślisz [pl]. During the party's 2nd Extraordinary Congress on 16 May 1992, the party rebranded as the Christian-Peasant Party. In 1992, Artur Balazs [pl], who was a representative of Rural Solidarity at the Round Table Agreement^[2] came to power in the party.^[3] In the Autumn of 1992, a "rightwing" splinter of SLCh defected to the National Party "Fatherland". On many issues, it closely aligned with the Conservative Party, which it later united with in 1997 to form the Conservative People's Party.^[1]

Ideology

SLCh described itself as a center-right post-Solidarity party pledged to Christian and family values. It supported traditional multi-generational household farming, privatization involving a large amount of farmers, which would take control of the agriculture industry. It advocated for agrarian policies and government intervention in the matters of agriculture.^[1]

Electoral results

Sejm

Election year	# of votes	% of vote	# of overall seats won	Government
1993	878,445	6.37 (#5)	0 / 460	Extra-parliamentary
	As part of the Catholic Electoral Committee "Fatherland" coalition.

References

1. Paszkiewicz, Krystyna (2004). Partie i koalicje polityczne III Rzeczypospolitej. Wrocław: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego. ISBN 83-229-2493-3.
2. "Region Pomorza Zachodniego NSZZ „Solidarność" w latach 1981-1990". Instytut Pamięci Narodowej. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
3. "Biogram Balazs Artur Krzysztof". Encyklopedia Solidarności. Retrieved 3 April 2024.