Radical Peasant Party Explained

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Radical Peasant Party
Native Name:Chłopskie Stronnictwo Radykalne (ChSR)
Leader:Eugeniusz Okoń
Foundation:1919
Dissolved:1929
Founders:Tomasz Dąbal and Eugeniusz Okoń
Ideology:Christian left
Agrarianism
Peasant movement
Position:Far-left
Newspaper:Jedność Chłopska (Peasant Unity),[1] Chłopska Sprawa (Peasant Affairs)[2]
Slogan:Nienawiść do panów (Hatred of Lords)[3]
Country:Poland

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

History

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]

Notes and References

  1. Cimek . Henryk . The views of Reverend Eugeniusz Okoń as presented at Sejm Ustawodawczy (1919–1922) . Polityka i Społeczeństwo . 2010 . 7 . 18 . 17 March 2024 . Politics and Society . Muzeum Historii Polski . Essays . 1732-9639.
  2. Pamphlet. 1922 . Program Chłopskie Stronnictwo Radykalne . Warsaw . Drukarnia Literacka Warszawa .
  3. Web site: Kmoch . Maria Weronika . Poseł Eugeniusz Okoń na Kurpiach w latach dwudziestych XX w. . kurpiankawwielkimswiecie.pl . 17 March 2024 . Polish . 21 June 2020.
  4. Jerzy Jan Lerski (1996) Historical Dictionary of Poland, 966-1945, Greenwood Publishing Group, p400
  5. [Dieter Nohlen]
  6. http://portalwiedzy.onet.pl/69417,,,,chlopskie_stronnictwo_radykalne,haslo.html Chłopskie Stronnictwo Radykalne