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List of political parties in Poland
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This article provides a list of political parties in Poland, both current and historical, dating back to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. It includes parties that functioned in an independent Polish state, and does not cover party-like associations active during the partitions of Poland.
Political parties in Poland trace their origins to the Great Sejm of the late 18th century. The Patriotic Party (Polish: Stronnictwo Patriotyczne) is generally considered the first political party in the country, although the earlier Familia faction (1731–1795) has also been described as a proto-party. Following the restoration of Polish independence in November 1918, the Second Polish Republic adopted a party-based parliamentary system modeled on Western democracies, while also building on domestic political traditions. Despite the May Coup of 1926 and the subsequent establishment of the Sanation regime, political parties continued to operate, albeit under increasingly centralized and authoritarian control.
During the Second World War, the Provisional Government of the Republic of Poland was formed in 1944 under the State National Council, led by the Polish Workers' Party. This government transitioned into the Provisional Government of National Unity in 1945, and subsequently into the Polish People’s Republic in 1952. In the People’s Republic, multiple parties existed within the Sejm, but these operated under the control of umbrella organizations created by the ruling Party, effectively reducing them to satellite parties.
The collapse of communist rule in 1989 and the transition to liberal democracy in the early 1990s led to the emergence of numerous new political parties. These included both serious contenders and satirical groups, such as the Polish Beer-Lovers’ Party. The early post-communist period was marked by highly fragmented elections. In response, electoral reforms introduced prior to the 1993 parliamentary elections established thresholds of 5% for individual parties and 8% for coalitions at the national level (with exemptions for ethnic minority parties). These thresholds significantly reduced the success of minor parties and prevented independent candidates from entering the Sejm.
In the early years of the Third Republic, the left wing of Polish politics was dominated by former communists who had moderated their positions toward social democracy. In recent decades, however, the Polish left has been represented mainly by parties unconnected to the communist era and linked to the new left across Europe, often reflecting trends seen across the European Union. At the same time, centrist and neoliberal groups such as Civic Platform have positioned themselves as center-left alternatives with success. The right wing, initially composed of parties rooted in the Solidarity movement, has also undergone significant change. While many of its early leaders, including former president Lech Wałęsa, have distanced themselves from current right-wing platforms, modern conservative politics in Poland have increasingly aligned with European and global trends in populism and nationalism. This has resulted in a divide between economically populist but socially conservative groups, such as Law and Justice (Prawo i Sprawiedliwość, PiS), and economically libertarian but equally conservative groups, such as Confederation (Konfederacja). Contemporary debates within the right often center on issues such as the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the presence of Ukrainian immigrants in Poland.
A general public disillusionment with politics and political elites has shaped party branding in recent decades. As a result, most major political organizations avoid the term "party" in their names, preferring alternatives such as "union," "platform," "league," or "alliance," which are considered less directly associated with politics.
Parliamentary parties
{| class="wikitable sortable" |+ ! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Alliance ! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Logo ! rowspan="2" |Name ! rowspan="2" |Abbr. ! rowspan="2" |Ideology ! rowspan="2" |Position ! rowspan="2" |European Affiliation ! colspan="3" |Representation |- !Sejm !Senat !European Parliament |- |[[File:Logo of the Law and Justice.svg|75x75px]] |Law and Justice Prawo i Sprawiedliwość |PiS |National conservatism Paternalistic conservatism Right-wing populism Soft Euroscepticism |Right-wing |ECR | | | |- | |Renewal of the Republic of Poland OdNowa RP |ON RP |Moderate conservatism Pro-Europeanism
| Centre-right |
|---|
| | | |- |[[File:Logo Koalicja Obywatelska 2023 serce.svg|75x75px]] |Civic Coalition Koalicja Obywatelska |KO |Liberal conservatism |Centre-right |EPP | | | |- |[[File:The_Greens_(Poland)logo(2022).svg|75x75px]] |The Greens Zieloni | |Green politics Progressivism Pro-Europeanism |Centre-left |EGP | | | |- |[[File:Yes!_For_Poland_logo.svg|75x75px]] |Yes! For Poland Tak! Dla Polski |T!DPL |Regionalism Localism Decentralization Progressivism Pro-Europeanism
| Centre-left |
|---|
| | | |- | |AGROunion AGROunia |AU |Agrarian socialism Catholic socialism Economic nationalism Decentralisation
| Left-wing |
|---|
| | | |- |[[File:Lewica_01.svg|75x75px]] |New Left Nowa Lewica |NL |Social democracy Social liberalism Progressivism Pro-Europeanism |Centre to centre-left |PES | | | |- |[[File:Logo_PPS.svg|75x75px]] |Polish Socialist Party Polska Partia Socjalistyczna |PPS |Democratic socialism Anti-fascism Progressivism Pro-Europeanism
| Left-wing |
|---|
| | | |- |[[File:Arbeitsunion-Logo.svg|75x75px]] |Labour Union Unia Pracy |UP |Social democracy Anti-clericalism Progressivism Pro-Europeanism
| Centre-left |
|---|
| | | |- |[[File:Polnische_Bauernpartei_(PSL)_Logo.svg|75x75px]] |Polish People's Party Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe |PSL |Conservatism Christian democracy Social conservatism Pro-Europeanism |Centre-right to right-wing |EPP | | | |- | |Centre for Poland Centrum dla Polski |CdP |Conservatism Christian democracy Pro-Europeanism
| Centre-right |
|---|
| | | |- | | Union of European Democrats Unia Europejskich Demokratów |UED |Liberal conservatism Social liberalism European federalism Pro-Europeanism
| Centre to centre-right |
|---|
| | | |- | | New Hope Nowa Nadzieja |NN |Right-wing populism Conservatism Hard Euroscepticism |Far-right |ESN | | | |- |[[File:National_Movement_(Poland)_logo.svg|75x75px]] | National Movement Ruch Narodowy |RN |Ultranationalism National conservatism Neo-fascism Hard Euroscepticism |Far-right |Patriots.eu | | | |- |[[File:KUKIZ15.png|75x75px]] |Kukiz'15 Kukiz'15 |K'15 |Right-wing populism Direct democracy Soft Euroscepticism National conservatism
| Right-wing |
|---|
| | | |- | |Freedom and Prosperity Wolność i Dobrobyt |WiD |Agrarianism Right-wing populism National conservatism Soft Euroscepticism
| Right-wing |
|---|
| | | |- ! colspan="2" rowspan="4" | |[[File:Logo_of_the_Poland_2050_(2023).svg|center|75x75px]] |Poland 2050 Polska 2050 |PL2050 |Christian democracy Social conservatism
|Centre-right |Renew | | | |- |[[File:Razem.png|75x75px]] |Partia Razem Together Party |Razem |Democratic socialism Social democracy Progressivism Pro-Europeanism |Centre-left to left-wing |ELA | | | |- |[[File:Confederation_of_the_Polish_Crown_logo.png|75x75px]] |Confederation of the Polish Crown Konfederacja Korony Polskiej |KKP |Traditionalist Catholicism Ultranationalism Monarchism Hard Euroscepticism |Far-right |Non-Inscrits | | | |- | |New Poland Nowa Polska |NP |Conservative liberalism Centrism
| Centre |
|---|
| | | |}
Political parties with local government representation
| Logo | Name | Abbr. | Leader | Ideology | Position | Extra |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Citizens of Lower Silesia logo.png | 75x75px]] | Citizens of Lower Silesia | ODŚ | Rafał Dutkiewicz | Regionalism | |
| Decentralization | ||||||
| Conservatism | Centre | |||||
| Normal Country | NK | Wiesław Lewicki | Right-wing populism | |||
| Anti-establishment | Right-wing |
Political organizations with representation
| Logo | Name | Abbr. | Leader | Ideology | Position | Extra |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Miasto Jest Nasze.png | 75x75px]] | The City Is Ours | MJN | Eryk Baczyński | Socialism | |
| Anti-capitalism | ||||||
| Anti-neoliberalism | ||||||
| Environmentalism | Left-wing | |||||
| Residents' Wola | WM | Aneta Skubida | Left-wing | Left-wing | ||
| [[File:Nowa Demokracja TAK.svg | 75x75px]] | New Democracy – Yes | ND-T | Piotr Chmielowski | Social democracy | |
| Regionalism | ||||||
| Localism | ||||||
| Decentralization | Centre-left | |||||
| [[File:Nonpartisan Local Government Activists Logo.png | 75x75px]] | Nonpartisan Local Government Activists | BS | Marek Woch | Localism | |
| Regionalism | ||||||
| Federalism | ||||||
| Christian democracy | ||||||
| Pro-Europeanism | Centre-left | |||||
| German Minority Electoral Committee | WDM | Ryszard Galla | German minority interests | |||
| Regionalism | ||||||
| Christian democracy | ||||||
| Social market economy | Centre tocentre-left |
Parties and organizations without representation
| Logo | Name | Abbr. | Leader | Ideology | Position | Extra | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agreement (political party)}}" | [[File:Agreement (political party) logo.svg | 75x75px]] | Agreement | P | Stanisław Derehajło | Liberal conservatism | Centre | |
| Alliance of Democrats (Poland)}}" | Alliance of Democrats | SD | Paweł Piskorski | Social democracy | ||||
| Christian democracy | ||||||||
| Pro-Europeanism | Centre-left | |||||||
| Better Poland}}" | Better Poland | LP | Cezary Stachoń | Green politics | ||||
| Egalitarianism | ||||||||
| Solidarism | ||||||||
| Degrowth | Left-wing | |||||||
| Civic Initiative}}" | Civic Initiative | IO | Adam Morawiec | Silesian localism | ||||
| Communitarianism | ||||||||
| Pro-Europeanism | ||||||||
| Environmentalism | Centre-left | |||||||
| Common Powiat}}" | Common Powiat | WP | Zygmunt Worsa | Silesian localism | ||||
| Silesian regionalism | ||||||||
| Pro-Europeanism | ||||||||
| Economic interventionism | Centre-left | |||||||
| [[File:Młodzież_Wszechpolska_logo.png | 75x75px]] | All-Polish Youth | MW | Marcin Osowski | Polish nationalism | |||
| Ultranationalism | ||||||||
| National Catholicism | ||||||||
| Political Catholicism | ||||||||
| Hard Euroscepticism | Far-right | |||||||
| Union of Christian Families}}" | Union of Christian Families | ZCR | Bogusław Rogalski | Christian democracy | ||||
| Catholic nationalism | Right-wing | |||||||
| Congress of the New Right}}" | Congress of the New Right | KNP | Stanisław Żółtek | Right-wing populism | ||||
| Hard Euroscepticism | ||||||||
| Economic liberalism | Right-wing | |||||||
| Democratic Left Association}}" | [[File:Logo of the Democratic Left Association.png | 75x75px]] | Democratic Left Association | SLD | Jerzy Teichert | Social democracy | ||
| Pro-Europeanism | ||||||||
| Left-wing patriotism | ||||||||
| Old Left | Left-wing | |||||||
| Edward Gierek's Economic Revival Movement}}" | Edward Gierek's Economic Revival Movement | ROG | Paweł Bożyk | Communism | ||||
| Socialism | ||||||||
| Anti-capitalism | ||||||||
| Anti-Atlanticism | Far-Left | |||||||
| Farmers from the Baltic to the Tatras}}" | Farmers from the Baltic to the Tatras | RBT | Henryk Połcik | Peasant movement | Centre-left | |||
| Falanga (organisation)}}" | [[File:Flag of Falanga.svg | 75x75px]] | Falanga | F | Bartosz Bekier | Polish nationalism | ||
| Revolutionary nationalism | ||||||||
| Militarism | ||||||||
| Eurasianism | ||||||||
| Russophilia | ||||||||
| Hard Euroscepticism | ||||||||
| Anti-LGBT | ||||||||
| Anti-Americanism | ||||||||
| Anti-Ukrainian sentiment | ||||||||
| Anti-Zionism | ||||||||
| Antisemitism | Far-right | |||||||
| First Self-Governance League}}" | First Self-Governance League | LSP | Ryszard Ziobro | Decentralisation | ||||
| Silesian localism | ||||||||
| Silesian regionalism | ||||||||
| Environmentalism | Left-wing | |||||||
| Freedom and Equality}}" | [[File:Wolność i Równość.svg | 75x75px]] | Freedom and Equality | WiR | Piotr Musiał | Social democracy | ||
| Democratic socialism | ||||||||
| Anti-clericalism | ||||||||
| Pro-Europeanism | Left-wing | |||||||
| FRONT}}" | [[File:Logo of FRONT.svg | 75x75px]] | Front | FRONT | Krzysztof Tołwiński | Agrarianism | ||
| Russophilia | ||||||||
| Pro-Lukashenko | ||||||||
| Anti-Americanism | Right-wing | |||||||
| Jurassic-Silesian Association European Home}}" | Jurassic-Silesian Association European Home | JŚSDE | Zbigniew Meres | Silesian regionalism | ||||
| Environmentalism | ||||||||
| Pro-Europeanism | Left-wing | |||||||
| Kashubian Association}}" | [[File:Logo Kaszëbskô Jednota.png | 75x75px]] | Kashubian Association | KJ | Karol Rhode | Regionalism | ||
| Kashubian autonomy | ||||||||
| Kashubian minority interests | Centre | |||||||
| Labour Party (Poland)}}" | Labour Party | SP | Zbigniew Wrzesiński | Christian democracy | ||||
| Political Catholicism | Centre-right | |||||||
| League of Polish Families}}" | [[File:LPR logo 1.svg | 75x75px]] | League of Polish Families | LPR | Witold Bałażak | Christian conservatism | ||
| Social conservatism | ||||||||
| Civic nationalism | ||||||||
| Anti-capitalism | ||||||||
| Familialism | ||||||||
| Pro-Europeanism | Centre-right | |||||||
| Liberal Poland – Entrepreneurs' Strike}}" | Liberal Poland – Entrepreneurs' Strike | PL!SP | Paweł Tanajno | Libertarianism | ||||
| Economic liberalism | ||||||||
| Populism | Centre-right | |||||||
| National Party of Retirees and Pensioners}}" | National Party of Retirees and Pensioners | KPEiR | Tomasz Mamiński | Pensioners' interests | ||||
| Democratic socialism | ||||||||
| Social democracy | ||||||||
| Catholic socialism | Left-wing | |||||||
| National Radical Camp}}" | [[File:Logo of the National Radical camp.svg | 75x75px]] | National Radical Camp | ONR | Adrian Kaczmarkiewicz | Polish ultranationalism | ||
| Neo-fascism | ||||||||
| Anti-globalization | ||||||||
| Hard Euroscepticism | ||||||||
| Anti-communism | ||||||||
| Anti-LGBT | ||||||||
| Anti-immigration | ||||||||
| Anti-capitalism | Far-right | |||||||
| National Rebirth of Poland}}" | [[File:NOP Płomień Symbol.svg | 122x122px]] | National Rebirth of Poland | NOP | Adam Gmurczyk | Ultranationalism | ||
| Polish nationalism | ||||||||
| National syndicalism | ||||||||
| Anti-globalism | ||||||||
| Hard Euroscepticism | ||||||||
| Anti-Americanism | ||||||||
| Anti-capitalism | ||||||||
| Anti-Zionism | ||||||||
| Third Positionism | ||||||||
| Corporatism | ||||||||
| Distributism | ||||||||
| Radical environmentalism | ||||||||
| Anti-communism | ||||||||
| Neo-fascism | Far-right | |||||||
| New Wave (Polish political party)}}" | New Wave | NF | Joanna Senyszyn | Centre-left | Centre-left | |||
| Union of War Veterans}}" | Union of War Veterans | ZWW | Mieczysław Janosz | Veterans interests | ||||
| Polish nationalism | ||||||||
| National Democracy | Centre-right | |||||||
| Prosperity and Peace Movement}}" | Prosperity and Peace Movement | RDiP | Maciej Maciak | Welfare nationalism | ||||
| Classical liberalism | ||||||||
| Euroscepticism | Centre-left | |||||||
| Peasants' Party (Poland)}}" | Peasants' Party | PCh | Krzysztof Filipek | Agrarian socialism | ||||
| Left-wing nationalism | ||||||||
| Left-wing populism | ||||||||
| Peasant movement | ||||||||
| Catholic left | Left-wing | |||||||
| PolExit (political party)}}" | [[File:Polexit logo text.png | 75x75px]] | PolExit | PolEXIT | Stanisław Żółtek | Hard Euroscepticism | ||
| Traditionalist conservatism | ||||||||
| Right-libertarianism | Right-wing | |||||||
| Polish Left}}" | [[File:Polska lewica.png | 75x75px]] | Polish Left | PL | Jacek Zdrojewski | Social democracy | ||
| Democratic socialism | Left-wing | |||||||
| Polish Pirate Party}}" | [[File:Pirate Party of Poland logo RGB.svg | 75x75px]] | Polish Pirate Party | Piraci | Janusz Wdzięczak | Pirate politics | ||
| Freedom of information | ||||||||
| Pro-Europeanism | Centre-left | |||||||
| Polish Party of Animal Protection}}" | Polish Party of Animal Protection | PPOZ | Andrzej Olszewski | Animal rights | ||||
| Animal welfare | ||||||||
| Environmentalism | ||||||||
| Vegetarianism | ||||||||
| Green politics | ||||||||
| Social democracy | Left-wing | |||||||
| Polish Popular-Christian Forum "Patrimony"}}" | Polish Popular-Christian Forum "Patrimony" | PFLCh „Ojcowizna” | Paweł Murzyn | Christian democracy | ||||
| Christian nationalism | ||||||||
| Economic patriotism | ||||||||
| Conservatism | ||||||||
| Agrarianism | Right-wing | |||||||
| Real Europe Movement}}" | Real Europe Movement | RPE | Mirosław Piotrowski | National conservatism | ||||
| Political Catholicism | Right-wing | |||||||
| Real Politics Union}}" | [[File:UPR logo 2.svg | 75x75px]] | Real Politics Union | UPR | Bartosz Józwiak | Ordoliberalism | ||
| Federalism | ||||||||
| National conservatism | ||||||||
| Economic liberalism | ||||||||
| Right-wing populism | ||||||||
| Soft Euroscepticism | Right-wing | |||||||
| Repair Poland Movement}}" | Repair Poland Movement | RNP | Romuald Starosielec | National democracy | ||||
| Economic nationalism | ||||||||
| Ordoliberalism | ||||||||
| Social conservatism | ||||||||
| Euroscepticism | Syncretic | |||||||
| Right Wing of the Republic}}" | [[File:Prawica RP2.svg | 75x75px]] | Right Wing of the Republic | PR | Krzysztof Kawęcki | National conservatism | ||
| Social conservatism | ||||||||
| Economic liberalism | ||||||||
| Euroscepticism | ||||||||
| Polish nationalism | Right-wing | |||||||
| Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland}}" | [[File:Samoobrona Rzeczpospolitej Polskiej logo.svg | 75x75px]] | Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland | SRP | Krzysztof Prokopczyk | Agrarian socialism | ||
| Catholic socialism | ||||||||
| Catholic left | ||||||||
| Social conservatism | ||||||||
| Anti-neoliberalism | ||||||||
| Anti-globalization | ||||||||
| Left-wing populism | ||||||||
| Left-wing nationalism | Left-wing | |||||||
| Self-Defence Rebirth}}" | Self-Defence Rebirth | SO | Sławomir Izdebski | Agrarian socialism | ||||
| Catholic socialism | ||||||||
| Catholic left | ||||||||
| Laborism | Left-wing | |||||||
| Silesian Autonomy Movement}}" | [[File:Silesian Autonomy Movement.svg | 75x75px]] | Silesian Autonomy Movement | RAŚ | Jerzy Gorzelik | Economic progressivism | ||
| Silesian autonomism | ||||||||
| Silesian regionalism | ||||||||
| Left-wing populism | Left-wing | |||||||
| Silesian Regional Party}}" | [[File:Silesian Regional Party logo.png | 75x75px]] | Silesian Regional Party | ŚPR | Ilona Kanclerz | Silesian regionalism | ||
| Silesian autonomism | ||||||||
| Localism | ||||||||
| Decentralization | ||||||||
| Linguistic separatism | ||||||||
| Environmentalism | ||||||||
| Economic interventionism | ||||||||
| Social welfare | ||||||||
| Pro-Europeanism | Centre-left | |||||||
| Silesians Together}}" | [[File:Cropped-ŚlonzokiRazem logo-3.png | 75x75px]] | Silesians Together | ŚR | Leon Swaczyna | Localism | ||
| Silesian autonomism | ||||||||
| Silesian regionalism | ||||||||
| Decentralization | ||||||||
| Federalism | ||||||||
| Linguistic separatism | ||||||||
| German minority interests | Centre-left | |||||||
| Social Movement of the Republic of Poland}}" | [[File:Social Movement of the Republic of Poland logo.png | 75x75px]] | Social Movement of the Republic of Poland | RS RP | Sławomir Izdebski | Agrarian socialism | ||
| Left-wing populism | ||||||||
| Trade union movement | Left-wing | |||||||
| Slavic Union (Poland)}}" | Slavic Union | ZS | Zbigniew Adamczyk | Economic nationalism | ||||
| Anti-Americanism | ||||||||
| Social patriotism | ||||||||
| Agrarianism | ||||||||
| Russophilia | Left-wing | |||||||
| United Beyond Boundaries}}" | United Beyond Boundaries | ZPP | Wojciech Kornowski | Pensioners' rights | ||||
| Socialism | ||||||||
| Left-wing nationalism | ||||||||
| Left-wing populism | Left-wing | |||||||
| Volt Europa}}" | [[File:Logo of Volt.svg | center | 75x75px]] | Volt Poland | Volt | European federalism | ||
| Social liberalism | ||||||||
| Pro-Europeanism | Centre | |||||||
| Working People's Movement}}" | Working People's Movement | RLP | Lech Szymańczyk | Democratic socialism | ||||
| Labour movement | ||||||||
| Catholic left | ||||||||
| Left-wing populism | Left-wing | |||||||
| Workers' Democracy (Poland)}}" | Workers' Democracy | PD | Andrzej Żebrowski | Trotskyism | ||||
| Socialism | ||||||||
| Marxism | ||||||||
| Internationalism | Far-Left | |||||||
| Zmiana}}" | Change | Z | Mateusz Piskorski | Socialist patriotism | ||||
| Left-wing populism | ||||||||
| Left-wing nationalism | ||||||||
| Anti-capitalism | ||||||||
| Anti-Atlanticism | ||||||||
| Euroscepticism | Left-wing |
Historical parties
Important defunct parties after 1989
| Party | Leader | Ideology | European | Founded | Dissolved | Comments | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Civic Platform}}" | Civic Platform | ||||||
| Platforma Obywatelska | PO | Donald Tusk | Liberal conservatism | ||||
| Christian democracy | |||||||
| Pro-Europeanism | EPP | ||||||
| Modern}}" | [[File:Nowoczesna logo.svg | 75x75px]] | Modern | ||||
| .Nowoczesna | .N | Ryszard Petru | Liberalism | ||||
| Neoliberalism | |||||||
| Pro-Europeanism | ALDE | ||||||
| Polish Initiative}}" | [[File:Inicjatywa_Polska_Logo.webp | 75x75px]] | Polish Initiative | ||||
| Inicjatywa Polska | iPL | Barbara Nowacka | Social democracy | ||||
| Social liberalism | |||||||
| Progressivism | |||||||
| Pro-Europeanism | EPP | ||||||
| Piast Faction}}" | [[File:Stronnictwo Piast Logo.png | 88x88px]] | Piast Faction | SP | Zdzisław Podkański | Agrarianism | |
| Social conservatism | |||||||
| Christian democracy | |||||||
| Economic progressivism | |||||||
| Solidarity Citizens' Committee | KO "S" | Bronisław Geremek | Big tent | ||||
| Anti-communism | |||||||
| Liberal democracy | |||||||
| Christian National Union | ZChN | Wiesław Chrzanowski | National Catholicism | ||||
| National conservatism | |||||||
| Christian democracy | |||||||
| Social Democracy of the Republic of Poland | SdRP | Aleksander Kwaśniewski | Social democracy | ||||
| Third Way | |||||||
| Progressivism | SI | ||||||
| Party of Regions | PR | Bolesław Borysiuk | Agrarianism | ||||
| Socialism | |||||||
| Regionalism | |||||||
| Polish Communist Party (2002)}}" | [[File:Communist party of Poland (2002).png | 75x75px]] | Polish Communist Party | KPP | Beata Karoń | Communism | |
| Marxism–Leninism | |||||||
| Left-conservatism | |||||||
| Centre Agreement | PC | Jarosław Kaczyński | Anti-communism | ||||
| Centrism | |||||||
| Christian democracy | EDU | ||||||
| Citizens' Movement for Democratic Action | ROAD | Władysław Frasyniuk | Market socialism | ||||
| Social conservatism | |||||||
| Organisation of the Polish Nation – Polish League}}" | Organisation of the Polish Nation – Polish League | ||||||
| Organizacja Narodu Polskiego – Liga Polska | ONP-LP | Stanisław Bujnicki | National Democracy | ||||
| Political Catholicism | |||||||
| Protectionism | |||||||
| Economic nationalism | |||||||
| Polish diaspora interests | |||||||
| Forum of the Democratic Right | FPD | Aleksander Hall | Conservative liberalism | ||||
| Liberal conservatism | |||||||
| Christian democracy | |||||||
| Polish Social Democratic Union | PUS | Tadeusz Fiszbach | Social democracy | ||||
| Social patriotism | |||||||
| Welfare state | |||||||
| Liberal Democratic Congress | KLD | Donald Tusk | Economic liberalism | ||||
| Neoliberalism | |||||||
| Conservative liberalism | EDU | ||||||
| Polish Beer-Lovers' Party | PPPP | Janusz Rewiński | Political satire | ||||
| Party X | X | Stanisław Tymiński | Populism | ||||
| Anti-establishment | |||||||
| Syncretic politics | |||||||
| [[File:Unia_demokratyczna_logo.png | 75x75px]] | Democratic Union | UD | Tadeusz Mazowiecki | Liberalism | ||
| Social liberalism | |||||||
| Christian democracy | |||||||
| Peasants' Agreement | PL | Gabriel Janowski | Agrarianism | ||||
| Conservatism | |||||||
| Christian democracy | |||||||
| Movement for the Republic | RdR | Jan Olszewski | Anti-communism | ||||
| National conservatism | |||||||
| Paternalistic conservatism | |||||||
| Social Alliance | PS | Marek Pol | |||||
| Jarosław Kalinowski | |||||||
| Andrzej Lepper | Anti-austerity | ||||||
| Anti-neoliberalism | |||||||
| Agrarian socialism | |||||||
| Social democracy | |||||||
| Patriotic Self-Defence | SP | Marian Frądczyk | National agrarianism | ||||
| Economic nationalism | |||||||
| Social Catholicism | |||||||
| Self-Defence of the Polish Nation | SNP | Tadeusz Mazanek | National agrarianism | ||||
| National Catholicism | |||||||
| Anti-capitalism | |||||||
| Self-Defence Social Movement | SRS | Sławomir Izdebski | Agrarian socialism | ||||
| Laborism | |||||||
| Left-wing nationalism | |||||||
| [[File:BBWR Black Poland Party.png | 75x75px]] | Nonpartisan Bloc for Support of Reforms | BBWR | Andrzej Olechowski | Christian democracy | ||
| Populism | |||||||
| Pro-Wałęsa politics | |||||||
| Freedom Union | UW | Bronisław Geremek | Liberalism | ||||
| Social liberalism | |||||||
| Economic liberalism | ALDE | ||||||
| Movement for Reconstruction of Poland | ROP | Jan Olszewski | National conservatism | ||||
| Paternalistic conservatism | |||||||
| Social conservatism | |||||||
| Solidarity Electoral Action | AWS | Marian Krzaklewski | Solidarism | ||||
| Christian democracy | |||||||
| Social conservatism | |||||||
| [[File:Wiosna3.svg | 75x75px]] | Spring | Wiosna | Robert Biedroń | Social liberalism | ||
| Social democracy | S&D | ||||||
| [[File:Logo of the Democratic Left Association.png | 75x75px]] | Democratic Left Alliance | SLD | Aleksander Kwaśniewski (founder), | |||
| Leszek Miller (first), | |||||||
| Włodzimierz Czarzasty (last) | Social democracy | S&D | |||||
| Conservative People's Party | SKL | Jan Rokita | Liberal conservatism | ||||
| Christian democracy | |||||||
| Agrarianism | |||||||
| National-Catholic Movement | RKN | Małgorzata Romanowicz | National Catholicism | ||||
| National conservatism | |||||||
| Political Catholicism | |||||||
| [[File:Polska_Partia_Pracy_Logo_Alt.png | 75x75px]] | Polish Labour Party | PPP | Bogusław Ziętek | Marxism | ||
| Trotskyism | |||||||
| Anti-capitalism | EACL | ||||||
| [[File:Inicjatywa_Feministyczna.png | 75x75px]] | Feminist Initiative | IF | Iwona Piątek | |||
| Elżbieta Jachlewska | |||||||
| Katarzyna Kądziela | Feminism | ||||||
| Women's rights | |||||||
| Social progressivism | |||||||
| [[File:Partia_Demokratyczna_-_demokraci_Logo.svg | 86x86px]] | Democratic Party – democrats.pl | PD | Władysław Frasyniuk | Liberalism | ||
| Social liberalism | |||||||
| Progressivism | ALDE | ||||||
| There is One Poland}}" | There is One Poland | PJJ | Traditional Catholicism | ||||
| Hard Euroscepticism | |||||||
| [[File:PJN_logo.svg | 75x75px]] | Poland Comes First | PJN | Paweł Kowal | Conservative liberalism | ||
| Liberal conservatism | |||||||
| Christian democracy | ACRE | ||||||
| [[File:Logo_TwojRuch.png | 75x75px]] | Your Movement | TR | Janusz Palikot | Progressivism | ||
| Social liberalism | |||||||
| Anti-clericalism | |||||||
| [[File:Logo_Teraz!.jpg | 75x75px]] | Now! | Teraz! | Ryszard Petru | Liberalism | ||
| Economic liberalism | |||||||
| Pro-Europeanism | ALDE | ||||||
| [[File:Logo_WiS.png | 75x75px]] | Free and Solidary | WiS | Kornel Morawiecki | Solidarism | ||
| State interventionism | |||||||
| Anti-communism | |||||||
| Party of Drivers | PK | Lech Kędzierski | Drivers' rights | ||||
| Anti-bureaucratism | |||||||
| Social Justice Movement | RSS | Piotr Ikonowicz | Socialism | ||||
| Anti-capitalism | |||||||
| Communism | |||||||
| Direct Democracy (Poland)}}" | [[File:Demokracja_Bezpośrednia_logo.svg | 75x75px]] | Direct Democracy | DB | Marzena Petykiewicz | Direct democracy | |
| E-democracy | |||||||
| Progressivism | |||||||
| Populism | |||||||
| Christian Democracy of the 3rd Polish Republic | ChDRP | Lech Wałęsa | Christian democracy | ||||
| Social conservatism | |||||||
| Social market economy | |||||||
| Confederation of Independent Poland}}" | Confederation of Independent Poland | KPN | Władysław Borowiec | Polish nationalism | |||
| Sanationism | |||||||
| Anti-communism | |||||||
| Syncretic politics | |||||||
| Defence of the Polish Nation | ONP | Tadeusz Mazanek | Agrarianism | ||||
| National conservatism | |||||||
| National Catholicism | |||||||
| National League | LN | Zbigniew Lipiński | National democracy | ||||
| National conservatism | |||||||
| Souverainism | |||||||
| [[File:Wappen_Schlesiens.png | 55x55px]] | Silesian Separatist Movement | ŚRS | Dariusz Jerczyński | Silesian separatism | ||
| Social democracy |
Defunct parties of People's Republic of Poland
| Party | Leader | Ideology | European | Founded | Dissolved | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Logo_of_the_Polish_United_Workers'_Party.svg | 75x75px]] | Polish United Workers' Party | PZPR | Bolesław Bierut (first) | Communism | |
| Marxism-Leninism | Cominform | |||||
| [[File:ZSL_clover.svg | 88x88px]] | United People's Party | ZSL | Władysław Kowalski (first) | Agrarian socialism | |
| Peasant movement |
Defunct and historical political parties in the [[Second Polish Republic]], 1918–1939
| Party | Last Known Leader | Ideology | Founded | Dissolved | Comments | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic People's Party (Poland)}}" | Catholic Peoples Party | SKL | Unknown | Political catholicism | |||
| Christian democracy | |||||||
| Centrolew}}" | Center-left | Wincenty Witos | Centre-left | ||||
| Communist Party of Poland}}" | Communist Party of Poland | KPP | Maksymilian Horwitz | Communism | |||
| Marxism–Leninism | |||||||
| Communist Party of Poland}}" | Communist Party of Western Ukraine | KPZU | Unknown | Communism | |||
| Communist Party of Poland}}" | [[File:Flag of the Communist Party of Western Belarus in the Brest Fortress Museum.jpg | 102x102px]] | Communist Party of Western Belorussia | KPZB | Vera Kharuzhaya | Unification of Western Belorussia with the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic | |
| Communist Party of Poland}}" | Communist Party of Silesian Land | KPZŚ | Unknown | Communism | |||
| Democratic Clubs}}" | Democratic Clubs | KD | Alfred Fiderkiewicz | Anti-fascism | |||
| Front Morges}}" | Front Morges | FM | Władysław Sikorski | Anti-Sanation | |||
| Pro-France | |||||||
| Democratisation | |||||||
| General Jewish Labour Bund in Poland}}" | [[File:Polish Bund logo, 1947.svg | 82x82px]] | General Jewish Labour Bund in Poland | OZŻR | Michal Shuldenfrei | Bundism | |
| Socialism | |||||||
| Jewish Autonomism | |||||||
| Anti-Zionism | |||||||
| Labour Party (Poland, 1925)}}" | Labour Party | PP | Unknown | Social democracy | |||
| Labour Faction (1937)}}" | Labour Faction | SP | Tadeusz Michejda | Political Catholicism | |||
| Christian democracy | |||||||
| Christian Union of National Unity}}" | Christian Union of National Unity | ChZJN | electoral coalition | Christian democracy | |||
| Camp of Great Poland}}" | Camp of Great Poland | OWP | Roman Dmowski | Corporativism | |||
| Authoritarianism | |||||||
| National Catholicism | |||||||
| Polish nationalism | |||||||
| Popular National Union}}" | Popular National Union | ZLN | Stanisław Kozicki | Republicanism | |||
| Polish nationalism | |||||||
| National Democracy | |||||||
| National conservatism | |||||||
| National Party (Poland)}}" | [[File:Stronnictwo Narodowe emblem.svg | 211x211px]] | National Party | SN | Mieczysław Trajdos | Polish nationalism | |
| Conservatism | |||||||
| Christian nationalism | |||||||
| Parliamentarism | |||||||
| Anti-communism | |||||||
| Antisemitism | |||||||
| Catholic social teaching | |||||||
| Distributism | |||||||
| Anti-Masonry | |||||||
| National Radical Camp}}" | [[File:SM SN, ONR emblem.svg | 75x75px]] | National Radical Camp | ONR | Bolesław Piasecki | National Radicalism | |
| National People's Union}}" | National People's Union | NZL | Leopold Skulski | Agrarianism | |||
| Moderate conservatism | |||||||
| National Workers' Party}}" | National Workers' Party | NPR | Unknown | Solidarism | |||
| Corporatism | |||||||
| Peasant Party (Poland)}}" | [[File:Logo of Stronnictwo Chłopskie.svg | 75x75px]] | Peasant Party | SCh | Unknown | Agrarianism | |
| Agrarian socialism | |||||||
| Left-wing populism | |||||||
| Anti-clericalism | |||||||
| People's Party (Poland)}}" | [[File:Stronnictwo Ludowe clover.svg | 75x75px]] | People's Party | SL | Wincenty Witos | Populism | |
| Agrarianism | |||||||
| Polish Centre}}" | Polish Centre | PC | Skulski(?) | Centre | |||
| Polish-Catholic People's Party}}" | Polish-Catholic People's Party | PKPL | Wiktor Kulerski | Agrarianism | |||
| Anti-communism | |||||||
| Polish Catholic Bloc}}" | Polish Catholic Bloc | PBK | Józef Chaciński | Christian democracy | |||
| Agrarianism | |||||||
| Parliamentarism | |||||||
| Republicanism | |||||||
| Polish Christian Democratic Party}}" | Polish Christian Democratic Party | PSChD | Unknown | Political Catholicism | |||
| Christian democracy | |||||||
| Polish People's Party "Piast" (1913–1931)}}" | Polish People's Party "Piast" | PSL Piast | Wincenty Witos | Agrarianism | |||
| Christian democracy | |||||||
| Polish People's Party "Nowe Wyzwolenie"}}" | Polish People's Party "Nowe Wyzwolenie" | PSL NW | Tadeusz Rek | Agrarianism | |||
| Agrarian socialism | |||||||
| Secularism | |||||||
| Polish People's Party "Wyzwolenie"}}" | Polish People's Party "Wyzwolenie" | PSL Wyzwolenie | Maksymilian Malinowski | Agrarianism | |||
| Agrarian socialism | |||||||
| Secularism | |||||||
| Polish Socialist Party}}" | [[File:Logo PPS.svg | 75x75px]] | Polish Socialist Party | PPS | Józef Cyrankiewicz | Socialism | |
| Polish Socialists}}" | [[File:PolSoc.jpg | 82x82px]] | Polish Socialists | PS | Vincent Markowski | Socialism | |
| Polish Resistance | |||||||
| Anti-Fascism | |||||||
| Polish Socialist Party – Freedom, Equality, Independence}}" | [[File:Logo PPS-WRN.svg | 75x75px]] | Polish Socialist Party – Freedom, Equality, Independence | WRN | Tomasz Arciszewski | Socialism | |
| National independence | |||||||
| Polish Socialist Party – Left}}" | [[File:Logo PPS.svg | 75x75px]] | Polish Socialist Party – Left | PPS–L | Unknown | Socialism | |
| Proletarian internationalism | |||||||
| Polish Socialist Party – Revolutionary Faction}}" | [[File:Logo PPS.svg | 75x75px]] | Polish Socialist Party – Revolutionary Faction | PPS–FR | Józef Piłsudski | Polish nationalism | |
| Socialism | |||||||
| Left-wing nationalism | |||||||
| Revolutionary nationalism | |||||||
| Polish Union of Peasant Activists}}" | Polish Union of Peasant Activists | PZL | Jan Bryl | Agrarianism | |||
| Popular Unity (Poland)}}" | Popular Unity | JL | Jan Dąbski | Agrarianism | |||
| Radical Peasant Party}}" | Radical Peasant Party | ChSR | Eugeniusz Okoń | Christian left | |||
| Agrarianism | |||||||
| Peasant movement | |||||||
| Union of Upper Silesians}}" | [[File:Flag of the Union of Upper Silesians (1920-1924).svg | 113x113px]] | Union of Upper Silesians | FG | Unknown | Silesian Separatism | |
| World Agudath Israel}}" | World Agudath Israel | Unknown | Torah Judaism | ||||
| Bloc of National Minorities}}" | Bloc of National Minorities | BMN | Unknown | Minority politics | |||
| Ethnic minority interests | |||||||
| Regionalism | |||||||
| Federalism | |||||||
| Camp of National Unity}}" | [[File:Obóz Zjednoczenia Narodowego chain link logo.svg | 82x82px]] | Camp of National Unity | OZN | Zygmunt Wenda | Polish nationalism | |
| National conservatism | |||||||
| Economic militarism | |||||||
| Economic nationalism | |||||||
| Anti-communism | |||||||
| Antisemitism | |||||||
| Folkspartei}}" | Folkspartei | Zemach Shabad | Jewish Autonomism | ||||
| National personal autonomism | |||||||
| Non-Zionism | |||||||
| Economic liberalism | |||||||
| German Socialist Labour Party of Poland}}" | German Socialist Labour Party of Poland | DSAP | Johann Kowoll | Social democracy | |||
| Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government}}" | Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government | BBWR | Walery Sławek | Palingenesis | |||
| Presidentialism | |||||||
| Civic nationalism | |||||||
| Guided democracy | |||||||
| Anti-politics | |||||||
| Anti-corruption | |||||||
| Ukrainian National Democratic Alliance}}" | [[File:Flag of Ukraine (1917–1921).svg | 113x113px]] | Ukrainian National Democratic Alliance | УНДО | Dmytro Levytsky | Anti-communism | |
| Christian democracy | |||||||
| Ukrainian nationalism | |||||||
| Polish Social Democratic Party of Galicia}}" | [[File:PPSD LOGO.svg | 75x75px]] | Polish Social Democratic Party of Galicia | PPSDG | Unknown | Democratic socialism | |
| Social democracy |
Defunct and historical parties Political parties before 1918
- Polish Social Democratic Party – Polska Partia Socjaldemokratyczna (1890-1919)
- Polish Socialist Party – Polska Partia Socjalistyczna (1892-1948)
- Social Democracy of the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania – Socjaldemokracja Krolestwa Polskiego i Litwy (1893-1918)
- Polish Socialist Party of the Prussian Partition – Polska Partia Socjalistyczna Zaboru Pruskiego (1893-1919)
- Polish Socialist Party – Revolutionary Faction – Polska Partia Socjalistyczna - Frakcja Rewolucyjna (1893-1918)
- National-Democratic Party – Stronnictwo Narodowo-Demokratyczne (1897-1919)
- National Workers' Union – Narodowy Związek Robotników (1905-1920)
- Polish Socialist Party – Left – Polska Partia Socjalistyczna - Lewica (1906-1918)
- Christian Democratic Party – Stronnictwo Chrześcijańskiej Demokracji (1919-1937)
- Polish Socialist-Democratic Party of Galicia and Cieszyn Silesia – Polska Partia Socjalno-Demokratyczna Galicji i Śląska Cieszyńskiego
- Progressive-Democratic Union – Związek Postępowo-Demokratyczny
- Real Politics Party – Stronnictwo Polityki Realnej
- Polish People's Party – Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe
- National Workers' Faction – Narodowe Stronnictwo Robotników
- Peasantry Union – Związek Stronnictwa Chłopskiego
- Popular Christian Party – Stronnictwo Chrześcijańsko-Ludowe
- Polish Popular Centre – Polskie Centrum Ludowe
[[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth|Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth]]
- Patriotic Party
- Hetmans' Party
- Familia party
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