Catholic Election Action

Catholic Election Action
Founded 1990
Dissolved 1991
Headquarters Warsaw, Poland
Ideology Conservatism
Political Catholicism
Christian democracy
Political position Right-wing
Politics of Poland
Political parties
Elections

Catholic Electoral Action (Polish: Wyborcza Akcja Katolicka), abbreviated as WAK, was a right-wing electoral committee that participated in the 1991 Polish parliamentary election.The committee's members belonged to the Christian democratic and national conservative Christian National Union.[1] Led by Wiesław Chrzanowski, Catholic Electoral Action won 49 seats in the Sejm and 9 seats in Senat during the 1991 poll. The committee enjoyed quasi support from the Roman Catholic Church and received relatively strong support in rural areas.[1] Following the election's conclusion, the Christian National Union disbanded its nom de guerre Catholic Electoral Action, sitting in parliament under the party's actual name.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Jasiewicz, Krzysztof (April 1992). "From Solidarity to Fragmentation" (PDF). Journal of Democracy 3 (2): 55–69. doi:10.1353/jod.1992.0024. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
  2. Gebethner, Stanisław (1996). "Parliamentary and Electoral Parties in Poland". In Lewis, Paul G. Party Structure and Organization in East-Central Europe. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing Company. pp. 120–133. ISBN 1858982898.
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