Polish Christian Democratic Party

Polish Christian Democratic Party Polskie Stronnictwo Chrześcijańskiej Demokracji
Founded	1919
Dissolved	1937
Headquarters	Warsaw, Poland
Ideology	Political Catholicism Christian democracy
Political position	Centre-right
International affiliation	SIPDIC
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Polish Christian Democratic Party (Polish : Polskie Stronnictwo Chrześcijańskiej Demokracji, PSChD, commonly known as Chrześcijańska Demokracja or Chadecja ^[1] ), was a political party of Polish right wing Christian democracy faction existing in the first year of the Second Polish Republic. Its leader and main activist was Wojciech Korfanty.

In 1922, Chadecja became part of the Chrześcijański Związek Jedności Narodowej (Chiena) coalition. Part of the Chjeno-Piast coalition after signing the Lanckorona Pact in 1923.

After the May Coup of 1926, split into three factions. Member of Centrolew coalition in 1929. Member of Front Morges coalition in 1937, and merged with National Workers' Party to form the Labor Party.

Election results

Sejm

Election	Votes	%	Seats	Seat Change
1922	2,551,582	29.12 (#1)	44 / 444	-
	As part of the Christian Union of National Unity coalition, which won 163 seats in total.
1928	770,891	6.7 (#6)	16 / 444	28
	As part of the Polish Catholic Bloc which won 33 seats in total
1930	430,074	3.79 (#6)	14 / 444	2

Senate

Election	Votes	%	Seats	Seat Change
1922	2,173,756	38.70 (#1)	7 / 111	-
	As part of the Christian Union of National Unity coalition, which won 48 seats in total.
1928	426,060	6.66 (#5)	6 / 111	1
	As part of the Polish Catholic Bloc which won 6 seats in total
1930	160,444	2.36 (#7)	2 / 111	4

Literature

• Kuk, Leszek (2004). Kaiser, Wolfram; Wohnout, Helmut (eds.). A Powerful Catholic Church, Unstable State and Authoritarian Political Regime: The Christian Democratic Party in Poland. Routledge. pp. 123–140. ISBN   0-7146-5650-X.{{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

Notes

1. Note that the terms Chrześcijańska Demokracja or Chadecja in Poland can refer to the dominant Polish Christian context