Social Democracy of Poland
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Social Democracy of Poland
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| Leader | Marek Borowski |
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| Founded | 26 March 2004 |
| Headquarters | ul. Mokotowska 29 A, 00-560 Warsaw |
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| Ideology | Social democracy |
| International affiliation | none, Party of European Socialists¹ |
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| Website www.sdpl.org.pl |
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The Social Democracy of Poland (Socjaldemokracja Polska, SDPL) is a left wing, social democratic political party in Poland founded in April 2004 as a splinter group from the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) (it should not be confused with a former party Social Democracy of the Republic of Poland - SdRP (1990-1999)).
SDPL contested its first elections in June 2004, these being for Polish representation to the European parliament. The party gained 5.3%, which saw 3 members elected to parliament. In May 2005 the party reached an agreement with Labour Union (UP) and Greens 2004 to jointly contest the forthcoming Polish parliamentary elections, under the SDPL banner. SDPL managed to gain 3.9% of the vote, but fell short of the 5% threshold required to win parliamentary representation. SDPL put forward its party leader Marek Borowski, as candidate for the Polish presidential elections held in the following month of October. Borowski came fourth in the first round, winning 10.3% of the vote.
On September 3rd, 2006, SDPL joined the newly formed Left and Democrats (LiD) coalition, made up of four centre and centre left parties: SDPL, SLD, UP and Democratic Party – demokraci.pl. This alliance was created with a view to jointly contest the upcoming local government elections. The LiD alliance was maintained for the Polish parliamentary elections of October 2007, and LiD achieved 13.2% of the vote. This translated into 53 lower house seats, 10 of which were won by SDPL. SDPL remains a member of the LiD alliance.
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¹Although SDPL's European MEP's form part of the PES grouping, SDPL is not a member party of the PES.
