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'''Catholic Electoral Action''' ({{lang-pl|Wyborcza Akcja Katolicka}}), abbreviated as '''WAK''', was a [[right-wing]] electoral committee that participated in the [[1991 Polish parliamentary election]]. The committee's members belonged to the [[Christian democratic]] and [[national conservative]] [[Christian National Union]].<ref name=Jasiewicz>{{cite journal|last=Jasiewicz |first=Krzysztof |title=From Solidarity to Fragmentation |journal=Journal of Democracy |date=April 1992 |volume=3 |issue=2 |pages=55–69 |doi=10.1353/jod.1992.0024 |url=http://home.wlu.edu/~JasiewiczK/PDFs/JoD3.2jasiewicz.pdf |accessdate=19 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100818043424/http://home.wlu.edu/~jasiewiczk/PDFs/JoD3.2jasiewicz.pdf |archivedate=18 August 2010 }}</ref> Led by [[Wiesław Chrzanowski]], Catholic Electoral Action won 49 seats in the [[Sejm]] and 9 seats in [[Senate of the Republic of Poland|Senat]] during the 1991 poll. The committee enjoyed quasi support from the [[Roman Catholic Church]] and received relatively strong support in rural areas.<ref name=Jasiewicz/> Following the election's conclusion, the Christian National Union disbanded its ''[[nom de guerre]]'' Catholic Electoral Action, sitting in parliament under the party's actual name.<ref name=Gebethner>{{cite book|last=Gebethner |first=Stanisław |editor-first=Paul G |editor-last=Lewis |title=Party Structure and Organization in East-Central Europe |location=Cheltenham |publisher=Edward Elgar Publishing Company |date=1996 |pages=120–133 |chapter=Parliamentary and Electoral Parties in Poland |isbn=1858982898}}</ref>
'''Catholic Electoral Action''' ({{lang-pl|Wyborcza Akcja Katolicka}}), abbreviated as '''WAK''', was a [[right-wing]] electoral committee that participated in the [[1991 Polish parliamentary election]]. The committee's members belonged to the [[Christian democratic]] and [[national conservative]] [[Christian National Union]].<ref name=Jasiewicz>{{cite journal|last=Jasiewicz |first=Krzysztof |title=From Solidarity to Fragmentation |journal=Journal of Democracy |date=April 1992 |volume=3 |issue=2 |pages=55–69 |doi=10.1353/jod.1992.0024 |s2cid=144365334 |url=http://home.wlu.edu/~JasiewiczK/PDFs/JoD3.2jasiewicz.pdf |accessdate=19 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100818043424/http://home.wlu.edu/~jasiewiczk/PDFs/JoD3.2jasiewicz.pdf |archivedate=18 August 2010 }}</ref> Led by [[Wiesław Chrzanowski]], Catholic Electoral Action won 49 seats in the [[Sejm]] and 9 seats in [[Senate of the Republic of Poland|Senat]] during the 1991 poll. The committee enjoyed quasi support from the [[Roman Catholic Church]] and received relatively strong support in rural areas.<ref name=Jasiewicz/> Following the election's conclusion, the Christian National Union disbanded its ''[[nom de guerre]]'' Catholic Electoral Action, sitting in parliament under the party's actual name.<ref name=Gebethner>{{cite book|last=Gebethner |first=Stanisław |editor-first=Paul G |editor-last=Lewis |title=Party Structure and Organization in East-Central Europe |location=Cheltenham |publisher=Edward Elgar Publishing Company |date=1996 |pages=120–133 |chapter=Parliamentary and Electoral Parties in Poland |isbn=1858982898}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 15:44, 21 October 2022

Catholic Election Action
Wyborcza Akcja Katolicka
Founded1990
Dissolved1991
HeadquartersWarsaw, Poland
IdeologyConservatism
Political Catholicism
Christian democracy
Political positionRight-wing

Catholic Electoral Action (Template:Lang-pl), abbreviated as WAK, was a right-wing electoral committee that participated in the 1991 Polish parliamentary election. The committee's members belonged to the Christian democratic and national conservative Christian National Union.[1] Led by Wiesław Chrzanowski, Catholic Electoral Action won 49 seats in the Sejm and 9 seats in Senat during the 1991 poll. The committee enjoyed quasi support from the Roman Catholic Church and received relatively strong support in rural areas.[1] Following the election's conclusion, the Christian National Union disbanded its nom de guerre Catholic Electoral Action, sitting in parliament under the party's actual name.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Jasiewicz, Krzysztof (April 1992). "From Solidarity to Fragmentation" (PDF). Journal of Democracy. 3 (2): 55–69. doi:10.1353/jod.1992.0024. S2CID 144365334. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 August 2010. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
  2. ^ Gebethner, Stanisław (1996). "Parliamentary and Electoral Parties in Poland". In Lewis, Paul G (ed.). Party Structure and Organization in East-Central Europe. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing Company. pp. 120–133. ISBN 1858982898.
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