Coalition for the Republic
Coalition for the Republic Koalicja dla Rzeczypospolitej ( Center-right | |
|---|---|
| Members |
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| Colors | Red |
| Slogan | Coalition of clean hands. (Polish: Koalicja czystych rąk.) |
The Coalition for the Republic (
Christian-democratic electoral alliance in Poland. It consisted of five parties - the Movement for the Republic (RdR), Solidarność 80, National Christian Movement "Polish Action" (Akcja Polska), Freedom Party (PW), Upper Silesian Christian Democracy (GChD), Party of Polish Democracy (SDP), Polish People's Christian Forum "Fatherland" ("Ojcowizna") and the Patriotic Forum of Fighting Poland[1].[2]
History
The Coalition was initially formed on the 6th of July, 1993, after a failure of two-month long coalition talks between RdR and the
Polish People's Party - Peasants' Agreement (PSL-PL) into the coalition left it as the weakest of the three "center-right" coalitions (other ones being the Catholic Electoral Committee "Fatherland" (KKW or "Ojczyzna") and Centre Agreement – Polish Union (PC-ZP)) running in the 1993 Polish parliamentary election.[3]
KdR ran a campaign under the slogan "coalition of clean hands" (
Balcerowicz plan aswell as supporting lustration
.
The coalition only contested one election, the 1993 parliamentary election, winning 2.70% of valid votes. Despite de-facto being a coalition, it registered as a party, thus only needing 5% of valid votes to cross the electoral threshold, which it failed to pass regardless. Their failure to pass the threshold contributed to the SLD's landslide victory in the election.
Electoral results
Sejm
| Election year | # of votes |
% of vote |
# of overall seats won |
Government |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 371,923 | 2.70 (#14) | 0 / 460
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Extra-parliamentary |
Senate
| Election | # of votes |
% of votes |
# of overall seats won |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 290,361 | 1.06 (#15) | 0 / 460
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References
- ^ "Forum Patriotyczne Polski Walczącej". 1993. Retrieved 2024-04-01.
- ^ Stodolny, Marek (24 June 2015). Ruch Konserwatywno–Ludowy w III RP (in Polish). Poznań: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu.
- ^ Millard, Frances (1994-09-01). "The Polish Parliamentary Election of September, 1993". Retrieved 2024-03-29.
