The National People's Union (, NZL) was a political party in

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

History

The party was established in July 1919 by former members of the Polish People's Union and the

Popular National Union Związek Ludowo-Narodowy (ZLN; ) was a Polish political party aligned with the National Democracy political movement during the Second Polish Republic, gathering together right-wing politicians with conservative and nationalist opinions. Between ...

. It formed part of the

Polish Centre The Polish Centre (, PC) was a political alliance in Poland. History The PC was an alliance of National People's Union, the Catholic People's Party and Polski Związek Kresowy. It received around 3% of the vote in the 1922 elections, winning s ...

alliance for the

1922 elections The following elections occurred in the year 1922. Africa * 1922 Southern Rhodesian government referendum Asia * 1922 Philippine House of Representatives elections * 1922 Philippine Senate elections * 1922 Philippine legislative election Europe ...

, in which the alliance won six seats.

Dieter Nohlen Dieter Nohlen (born 6 November 1939) is a German academic and political scientist. He currently holds the position of Emeritus Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg. An ex ...

& Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', pp1509–1512 In August 1923 it merged into one of the peasant parties.Michael Gehler, Wolfram Kaiser & Helmut Wohnout (2001) ''Christdemokratie in Europa im 20. Jahrhundert'', Böhlau Verlag Wien, p269

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Defunct political parties in Poland Political parties established in 1919 Political parties disestablished in 1923 1919 establishments in Poland Agrarian parties in Poland Political parties in the Second Polish Republic {{Poland-party-stub