It is a member of the European People's Party and the European People's Party group in the European Parliament. The party's name traces its tradition to an agrarian party in Austro-Hungarian-controlled Galician Poland, which sent MPs to the parliament in Vienna. ==History== ===Before 1945=== The party was formed in 1895 in the Polish town of Rzeszow under the name Stronnictwo Ludowe (People's Party).
The party changed its name in 1903 to what it's known as now.
It is a member of the European People's Party and the European People's Party group in the European Parliament. The party's name traces its tradition to an agrarian party in Austro-Hungarian-controlled Galician Poland, which sent MPs to the parliament in Vienna. ==History== ===Before 1945=== The party was formed in 1895 in the Polish town of Rzeszow under the name Stronnictwo Ludowe (People's Party).
The 1947 parliamentary election was heavily rigged, with the communist-controlled bloc claiming to have won 80 percent of the vote.
In 1989 most merged into one party and took part in forming the first postwar noncommunist government in Poland with the Solidarity grouping, and in 1990 changed its name to PSL. It remained on the left of Polish politics in the 1990s, entering into coalitions with the postcommunist Democratic Left Alliance.
In 1989 most merged into one party and took part in forming the first postwar noncommunist government in Poland with the Solidarity grouping, and in 1990 changed its name to PSL. It remained on the left of Polish politics in the 1990s, entering into coalitions with the postcommunist Democratic Left Alliance.
In the 2001 parliamentary elections, PSL received 9% of votes and formed a coalition with the Democratic Left Alliance, an alliance which later broke down.
Since then, PSL has moved towards more centrist and conservative policies. ===After 2004=== The party ran in the 2004 European Parliament election as part of the European People's Party (EPP) and received 6% of the vote, giving it 4 of 54 Polish seats in the European Parliament.
In the 2005 general election, the party received 7% of votes, giving it 25 seats in the Sejm and 2 in the Senate.
In the 2007 parliamentary elections, the party placed fourth, with 8.93% of the vote and 31 out of 460 seats, and entered into a governing coalition with the victor, the centre-right conservative Civic Platform. In European parliament elections PSL received 7.01% of votes in 2009. In the 2011 national parliamentary election, Polish People's Party received 8.36% votes which gave them 28 seats in the Sejm and 2 mandates in the Senate.
In the 2007 parliamentary elections, the party placed fourth, with 8.93% of the vote and 31 out of 460 seats, and entered into a governing coalition with the victor, the centre-right conservative Civic Platform. In European parliament elections PSL received 7.01% of votes in 2009. In the 2011 national parliamentary election, Polish People's Party received 8.36% votes which gave them 28 seats in the Sejm and 2 mandates in the Senate.
The main concurrent in rural areas is national conservative Law and Justice (PiS). In the 2010s the party started to lose support between rural voters (especially in southeast of Poland).
In the 2007 parliamentary elections, the party placed fourth, with 8.93% of the vote and 31 out of 460 seats, and entered into a governing coalition with the victor, the centre-right conservative Civic Platform. In European parliament elections PSL received 7.01% of votes in 2009. In the 2011 national parliamentary election, Polish People's Party received 8.36% votes which gave them 28 seats in the Sejm and 2 mandates in the Senate.
At the 2015 parliamentary election, the PSL dropped to 5.13 percent of the vote, just barely over the 5 percent threshold.
With 16 seats, it was the smallest of the five factions in the Sejm. Since then PSL has lost even more support to PiS during the 2018 Polish local elections when they lost 87 seats and dropped to 12.07% unlike the 23.9% they got at the last local elections.
After this, the party became junior partner in coalitions with Civic Coalition and SLD. In 2019 European election, PSL won 3 seats as a part of the European Coalition. For parliamentary elections in the same year, PSL decided to create centrist and Christian-democratic coalition with or without Civic Platform named as Polish Coalition.
On social and ethical issues, PSL opposes abortion, same-sex marriage, soft drug decriminalization, euthanasia and death penalty. In 2019, the party adopted (as part of an agreement with Kukiz'15) in the party's platform direct democracy's postulates, including single-member districts and obligatory referendum. ==Election results== ===Support=== The Party's traditional support base consisted of farmers, peasants and rural voters.
In 2019 election PSL gained surprisingly significant support in cities and won mandates (e.
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