Polish People's Party "Piast" (1913–1931)

Polish People's Party "Piast" or Polish Peasant Party "Piast" (Polish: Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe "Piast", PSL Piast) was a political party from the interwar period of the Second Polish Republic (1913–1931). Piast refers to the medieval Piast dynasty, Poland's founding royal house.

Polish People's Party "Piast" Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe "Piast"
Leader	Jakub Bojko (1914-18) Jan Sadlak (1918) Wincenty Witos (1918-31)
Founded	February 1, 1914 (1914-02-01)
Dissolved	March 15, 1931 (1931-03-15)
Merged into	People's Party
Headquarters	Warsaw
Newspaper	Piast
Ideology	Agrarianism Christian democracy
Political position	Before 1923: Centre-left After 1923: Centre-right
Religion	Roman Catholicism
Colours	Green
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Political significance

PSL Piast was an important political party in the Second Polish Republic. It was created in 1913 and after Poland regained independence in 1918, it formed a part of several governments, most notably after the Lanckorona Pact and in the Chjeno-Piast coalition. In 1931 it formed the People's Party. Its major politicians included Wincenty Witos, Jakub Bojko, Jan Dąbski, Maciej Rataj and Władysław Kiernik.

Election Results

Sejm

Election	Votes	%	Seats	Seat Change
1919	232,983	4.2 (#6)	46 / 394	n/a
1922	1,153,397	13.2 (#3)	70 / 444	24
1928	770,891	6.7 (#6)	17 / 444	53
	As part of the Polish Catholic Bloc which won 33 seats in total
1930	1,965,864	17.3 (#2)	15 / 444	2
	As part of the Centrolew which won 79 seats in total

See also

• Polish People's Party

References