The Radical Peasant Party (Polish: Chłopskie Stronnictwo Radykalne, ChSR) was a political party in Poland.

Radical Peasant Party
Chłopskie Stronnictwo Radykalne (ChSR)
LeaderEugeniusz Okoń
FoundersTomasz Dąbal and Eugeniusz Okoń
Founded1919
Dissolved1929
NewspaperJedność Chłopska (Peasant Unity),[1] Chłopska Sprawa (Peasant Affairs)[2]
IdeologyChristian left
Agrarianism
Peasant movement[citation needed]
Political positionFar-left[citation needed]
SloganNienawiść do panów (Hatred of Lords)[3]

History

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The party was established in 1919, with the radical priest Eugeniusz Okoń and Tomasz Dąbal amongst its founders.[4] It received around 1% of the vote in the 1922 elections, winning four seats in the Sejm.[5] However, two MPs left to join the new Peasant Party in 1926.

The 1928 elections saw the CSR's vote share fall to 0.4%, and it lost all its seats in the Sejm.[5] It ceased to exist the following year.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Cimek, Henryk (2010). "The views of Reverend Eugeniusz Okoń as presented at Sejm Ustawodawczy (1919–1922)" (PDF). Polityka i Społeczeństwo. Politics and Society (7). Essays: Muzeum Historii Polski: 18. ISSN 1732-9639. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Program Chłopskie Stronnictwo Radykalne" (Pamphlet). Warsaw: Drukarnia Literacka Warszawa. 1922.
  3. ^ Kmoch, Maria Weronika (21 June 2020). "Poseł Eugeniusz Okoń na Kurpiach w latach dwudziestych XX w." kurpiankawwielkimswiecie.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  4. ^ Jerzy Jan Lerski (1996) Historical Dictionary of Poland, 966-1945, Greenwood Publishing Group, p400
  5. ^ a b Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, pp1509–1512 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  6. ^ Chłopskie Stronnictwo Radykalne WIEM Encyklopedia