Catholic Electoral Committee "Fatherland"

The Catholic Electoral Committee "Fatherland" (Polish: Katolicki Komitet Wyborczy "Ojczyzna", KKW or Ojczyzna) was a conservative and Christian democratic electoral alliance in Poland. It consisted of five parties - the Christian National Union (ZChN), Conservative Party (PK), Christian-Peasant Party (SLCh), Party of Christian Democrats (PChD) and the Federation of Polish Entrepreneurship (FPP).

Catholic Electoral Committee "Fatherland"
Katolicki Komitet Wyborczy "Ojczyzna" (Polish)
Founded13 July 1993
Dissolved20 September 1993
IdeologyChristian democracy
Conservatism
Anti-communism
Agrarianism
Factions:
Political Catholicism
Economic nationalism
Political positionCentre-right
Members
Colors
  •   Blue
  •   Red

The coalition was based on the Catholic Electoral Action that participated in the 1991 Polish parliamentary election. In contrast to the 1991 coalition, the Catholic Electoral Committee "Fatherland" downplayed national-Catholicism in favor of more moderate image, and tried to attract centre-right voters. It failed to gain support of the Catholic clergy and tried to develop support bases in parish councils instead. It ultimately failed to cross the 8% electoral threshold for coalitions and gained no seats. It greatly contributed to the fragmentation of centre-right parties in the 1993 election.

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