United Left (Poland)

This article is about the 2015 electoral coalition. For the party led by Adrian Zandberg, see Left Together.
United Left
Zjednoczona Lewica
LeaderBarbara Nowacka
FoundedJuly 2015
DissolvedFebruary 2016[1]
Preceded byLeft and Democrats
Succeeded byThe Left
IdeologySocial democracy[2]
Political positionCentre-left[3]
Website
zjednoczona-lewica.pl

The United Left (Polish: Zjednoczona Lewica, ZL) was a political and electoral alliance of political parties in Poland.

The alliance was formed in July 2015 by the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD), Your Movement (TR), Polish Socialist Party (PPS), Labour Union (UP), and The Greens (PZ) to jointly contest the forthcoming parliamentary election.[4][5][6] The formation of the alliance was in response to the poor performance the Polish centre-left in the 2015 presidential election, and was backed by the All-Poland Alliance of Trade Unions (OPZZ).[7] On 14 September 2015 the Polish Labour Party (PPP) joined the alliance.[8] On 4 October 2015, it was announced that Barbara Nowacka, co-leader of TR, would be the alliance's leader and prime ministerial candidate.[9][10]

In the 2015 parliamentary election on 25 October 2015, the ZL received 7.6% of the vote,[11] below the 8% electoral threshold for electoral alliances (individual parties only need 5%),[12] leaving the alliance without any parliamentary representation. ZL was dissolved in February 2016.[1] The alliance was succeeded for the 2019 parliamentary election by The Left.

  1. ^ a b Chamala, Waldemar. "Formalny koniec Zjednoczonej Lewicy". Lewica.pl. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  2. ^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2015). "Poland". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 19 June 2017.
  3. ^ Nardelli, Alberto (22 October 2015). "Polish elections 2015: a guide to the parties, polls and electoral system". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Polish left to unite for general election". Polskie Radio dla Zagranicy.
  5. ^ "United Left to unveil programme in mid-August". Polskie Radio dla Zagranicy.
  6. ^ "PKW | Wybory do Sejmu RP i Senatu RP".
  7. ^ "Does the Polish left have a future?". openDemocracy.
  8. ^ "najnowsze wiadomości z Polski i świata, polityka, wydarzenia dnia i najważniejsze informacje, zawsze aktualne wiadomości". Wydarzenia w INTERIA.PL (in Polish). 2023-05-18. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
  9. ^ "Poland's United Left puts forward candidate for PM". Polskie Radio dla Zagranicy.
  10. ^ "United Left presents its new leader and PM candidate | WBJ".
  11. ^ "Wybory do Sejmu i Senatu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej 2015". Archived from the original on 2015-10-27.
  12. ^ Nardelli, Alberto (2015-10-22). "Polish elections 2015: a guide to the parties, polls and electoral system". The Guardian.