Party of Christian Democrats

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The Party of Christian Democrats (Polish: Partia Chrześcijańskich Demokratów, PChD) was a political party in Poland.

History

The PChD was established in Poznań on 16 December 1990 by former activists from the Solidarity trade union.^[1] Its founding congress was held on 13 January 1991, with Krzysztof Pawłowski becoming party chairman and Paweł Łączkowski being appointed secretary general. In the 1991 parliamentary elections it won four seats in the Sejm and three in the Senate.^[2]

The party joined the Catholic Electoral Committee "Homeland" for the 1993 elections, but the alliance failed to win a seat.^[2] It joined the Solidarity Electoral Action (AWS) alliance in 1996. The AWS went on to win the 1997 elections, with PChD taking seven of its 201 seats. .

In July 1999 an agreement was reached with the leaders of the Centre Agreement and the Movement for the Republic to merge to form a new party. The Polish Christian Democrat Agreement was subsequently established on 26 September.

List of MPs

Term	Sejm members	Senate members
1991–1993	Anna Knysok, Wiesław Klisiewicz, Paweł Łączkowski, Janusz Steinhoff	Jarosław Barańczak, Tadeusz Kamiński, Krzysztof Pawłowski
1997–2001	Paweł Łączkowski, Janusz Steinhoff, Franciszek Adamczyk, Andrzej Brzeski, Tadeusz Maćkała, Kazimierz Poznański, Maciej Rudnicki

References

↑ Piotr Wróbel (2014) Historical Dictionary of Poland 1945-1996, Routledge, p49
1 2 Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1511–1513 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7

Political parties in Poland

Represented in the Sejm/Senate	Law and Justice (234/61) Civic Platform (138/33) Kukiz'15 (40/0) Modern (29/0) Polish People's Party (16/1)

Other existing parties	Alliance of Democrats Catholic-National Movement Christian National Union Coalition for the Renewal of the Republic Confederation of Independent Poland Congress of the New Right Democratic Party – demokraci.pl League of Polish Families National Movement Real Politics Union National Radical Camp National Party of Retirees and Pensioners National Revival of Poland Party of Regions Pirate Party of Poland Poland Together Polish Communist Party Razem Right Wing of the Republic Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland Silesian Autonomy Movement Social Democracy of Poland Union of the Left United Left Democratic Left Alliance Greens Labour United Polish Labour Party Polish Socialist Party Your Movement United Poland Women's Party

Other national minorities	German Minority

Defunct parties	Camp of Great Poland Catholic People's Party Centrolew Christian Democracy Christian Union of National Unity Citizens' Movement for Democratic Action Communist Party of Poland (KPP) Communist Party of Poland (Mijal) Confederation of Independent Poland Conservative People's Party Democratic Union Freedom Union Front Morges Labour Party League of the Right of the Republic Left and Democrats Liberal Democratic Congress Movement for Reconstruction of Poland National Democracy National Party National People's Union National Radical Camp National Radical Camp National Radical Camp Falanga National Radical Camp ABC National Workers' Party Social Alliance Solidarity Electoral Action Peasant's Party People's Party Poland Comes First Polish Beer-Lovers' Party Polish Centre Polish Christian Democratic Party Polish People's Party "Piast" Polish People's Party "Wyzwolenie" Popular National Union Polish Socialist Party Polish Socialist Party – Freedom, Equality, Independence Polish Socialist Party – Left Polish Socialist Party of the Prussian Partition Polish Socialist Party – Revolutionary Faction Polish Workers' Party Polish United Workers' Party Reason Party Social Democracy of the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania Solidarity Electoral Action United People's Party

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