Polish Christian Democratic Party ( pl, Polskie Stronnictwo Chrześcijańskiej Demokracji, PSChD, commonly known as ''Chrześcijańska Demokracja'' or ''Chadecja''Note that the terms ''Chrześcijańska Demokracja'' or ''Chadecja'' in Poland can refer to the dominant Polish Christian context), was a

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific ideological or p ...

of Polish

right wing Right-wing politics describes the range of Ideology#Political ideologies, political ideologies that view certain social orders and Social stratification, hierarchies as inevitable, natural, normal, or desirable, typically supporting this pos ...

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 Chjeno-Piast was an unofficial (yet common) name of a coalition of Polish political parties formed in 1923. It included the Polish People's Party "Piast" and an older coalition 1922 Christian Association of National Unity (''Chrześcijański Zwi ...

coalition after signing the

Lanckorona Pact Lanckorona Pact ( pl, Pakt lanckoroński) was an agreement between Polish center (Polish People's Party "Piast" (1913–31), Polish People's Party "Piast") and right wing parties (primarily Związek Ludowo-Narodowy and Polskie Stronnictwo Chrześcij ...

in 1923. After the May Coup of 1926, split into three factions. Member of

Centrolew The ''Centrolew'' (, ''Center-Left'') was a coalition of several Polish political parties ( Polish People's Party "Wyzwolenie", German Socialist Labour Party of Poland, Polish People's Party "Piast", National Workers' Party, Polish Socialist Part ...

coalition in 1929. Member of Front Morges coalition in 1937, and merged with National Workers' Party to form the Labor Party.

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Senate

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Catholic political parties Defunct political parties in Poland Political parties established in 1919 Political parties disestablished in 1928 Conservative parties in Poland Defunct Christian political parties 1919 establishments in Poland {{poland-party-stub