Centre Agreement
Centre Agreement | |
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Leader | Adam Lipiński |
Founder | Jarosław Kaczyński |
Founded | 1990 |
Dissolved | 2002 |
Ideology |
Christian democracy Anti-communism |
Political position | Centre to centre-right |
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Porozumienie Centrum (PC; English: Centre Agreement) was a Polish Christian democratic political party. The party rose in 1990 after breaking with Solidarność. Its chairman was Jarosław Kaczyński. In its programme, the PC opposed socialism and was anti-communist. In 1997 PC joined the Solidarity Electoral Action (AWS) movement, but in 2001 Lech and Jarosław Kaczyński created a new party, called Law and Justice as the successor of the PC.
Leaders (1993):
- Jarosław Kaczyński, Warszawa,
- Jan Parys, Warszawa,
- Tomasz Jackowski, Warszawa II,
- Lech Kaczyński, Nowy Sącz,
- Wojciech Ziembiński, Warszawa,
- Krzysztof Tchórzewski, Siedlce,
- Teresa Liszcz, Lublin,
- Edmund Krasowski, Gdańsk,
- Adam Glapiński, Olsztyn,
- Antoni Tokarczuk, Bydgoszcz,
- Adam Lipiński, Wrocław,
- Ludwik Dorn, Łódź.
Electoral results
Sejm
Election year | # of votes |
% of vote |
# of overall seats won |
+/– | ||
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1991 | 977,344 | 8.7 | 44 / 460 |
44 | ||
As part of the Center Civic Alliance coalition. | ||||||
1993 | 609,973 | 4.4 | 0 / 460 |
44 | ||
1997 | 4,427,373 | 33.8 | 14 / 460 |
14 | ||
As part of the Solidarity Electoral Action coalition, which won 201 seats. | ||||||
Senate
Election year | # of overall seats won |
+/– | ||||
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1991 | 9 / 100 |
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1993 | 1 / 100 |
8 | ||||
1997 | 3 / 100 |
2 | ||||
As part of the Solidarity Electoral Action coalition, which won 51 seats. | ||||||