Social Democracy of the Republic of Poland

Not to be confused with Social Democracy of Poland.

Social Democracy of the Republic of Poland (Polish: Socjaldemokracja Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej, SdRP) was a social-democratic political party in Poland created in 1990, shortly after the Revolutions of 1989. The party was the main party of the successor parties to the Polish United Workers Party (PZPR).

Social Democracy of the Republic of Poland Socjaldemokracja Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej
Leader	Aleksander Kwaśniewski
Founded	28 January 1990[1]
Dissolved	15 April 1999
Preceded by	Polish United Workers' Party (de facto)
Merged into	Democratic Left Alliance
Headquarters	Warsaw
Ideology	Social democracy Post-communism
Political position	Centre-left
National affiliation	Democratic Left Alliance (1990–1999)
International affiliation	Socialist International (1996–1999)
Colours	Red
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Among the creators and leading figures of SdRP were the former Polish president Aleksander Kwaśniewski, former speaker of the Sejm Józef Oleksy and former Prime Minister Leszek Miller. The SdRP's name was a paraphrase of the late 19th century Social Democracy of the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania (SdKPiL), a party which was the direct predecessor of the Communist Party of Poland.^[2]

On 15 April 1999, the SdRP was folded into the Democratic Left Alliance.^[3]

Election results

Sejm

Election year	Leader	# of votes	% of vote	# of overall seats won	+/–
1991	Aleksander Kwaśniewski	1,344,820	12.0 (#2)	45 / 460
	As part of the Democratic Left Alliance coalition, which won 60 seats in total.
1993	Aleksander Kwaśniewski	2,815,169	20.4 (#1)	76 / 460	31
	As part of the Democratic Left Alliance coalition, which won 171 seats in total.
1997	Leszek Miller	3,551,224	27.1 (#2)	97 / 460	15
	As part of the Democratic Left Alliance coalition, which won 164 seats in total.