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{{Infobox political party
| name             = Polish Socialist Party
| native_name      = Polska Partia Socjalistyczna
| abbreviation     = PPS
| logo             = Logo PPS.svg
| flag             = PPS-flaga.png
| logo_alt         = Logo of the Polish Socialist Party
| colorcode        = {{Political party data|color}}
| president        = [[Wojciech Konieczny]]
| founded          = {{ubl|1892 (original form)|1987 (current form)}}
| headquarters     = al. Niepodległości 161 lok. 2 <br />[[Warsaw]]
| ideology         = [[Democratic socialism]]<ref name=":0" /><br>[[Anti-fascism]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ppspl.eu/2023/11/09/dzien-walki-z-faszyzmem-i-antysemityzmem/|title=Refleksje w Dniu walki z faszyzmem i antysemityzmem|date=9 November 2023 |trans-title=Reflection of the day to do with fighting with fascism and antisemitism|publisher=Polska Partia Socjalistyczna}}</ref><br>[[Poland|Polish]] [[patriotism]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ppspl.eu/o-nas|title=O Nas|trans-title=Polish Socialist Party, About Us|publisher=Polska Partia Socjalistyczna}}</ref><br>[[Progressivism]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ppspl.eu/2022/06/26/pps-w-paradzie-rownosci-tak-dla-praw-lgbt-nie-dla-bankow-i-korporacji/|title=PPS w paradzie rownosci tak dla praw lgbt nie dla bankow i korporacji|date=26 June 2022 |trans-title=PPS at pride parades for LGBT rights, not for banks or corporations|publisher= Polska Partia Socjalistyczna}}</ref><br>[[Pro-Europeanism]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.naszpps.ppspl.eu/index.php/dokumenty-statutowe/8-deklaracja-ideowa-pps|title=Deklaracja ideowa Polskiej Partii Socjalistycznej|trans-title=Ideological declaration of the Polish Socialist Party|publisher=Polska Partia Socjalistyczna|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191014160119/http://www.naszpps.ppspl.eu/index.php/dokumenty-statutowe/8-deklaracja-ideowa-pps|archive-date=2019-10-14}}</ref>
| position         = [[Left-wing politics|Left-wing]]
| national         = [[The Left (Poland)|The Left]]
| colours          = {{Color box|{{Political party data|color}}|border=darkgray}} [[Red (color)|Red]]
| anthem           = [[The Standard of Revolt]]
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| seats1           = {{Political party data|seat composition bar|ms-lower-house}}
| seats2_title     = [[Senate of Poland|Senate]]
| seats2           = {{Political party data|seat composition bar|ms-upper-house}}
| seats3_title     = [[European Parliament]]
| seats3           = {{Political party data|seat composition bar|EP}}
| seats4_title     = [[Voivodeship sejmik|Regional assemblies]]
| seats4           = {{Composition bar|0|552|hex={{party color|Polish Socialist Party}}}}
| seats5_title     = City Presidents
| seats5           = {{Composition bar|0|107|hex={{party color|Polish Socialist Party}}}}
| website          = {{Political party data|website}}
| country          = Poland
}}
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The '''Polish Socialist Party''' ({{langx|pl|Polska Partia Socjalistyczna}}, '''PPS''') is a [[Democratic socialism|democratic socialist]] [[List of political parties in Poland|political party in Poland]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last1=Curthoys |first1=Ann |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9WyIBAAAQBAJ&dq=%22polish+socialist+party%22%22democratic+socialist%22&pg=PT37 |title=What Did You Do in the Cold War Daddy?: Personal Stories from a Troubled Time |last2=Damousi |first2=Joy |date=2014-09-01 |publisher=NewSouth |isbn=978-1-74224-177-7 |language=en}}</ref>

It was one of the most significant parties in Poland from its founding in 1892 until its forced merger with the communist [[Polish Workers' Party]] to form the [[Polish United Workers' Party]] in 1948. [[Józef Piłsudski]], founder of the [[Second Polish Republic]], was a member of and later led the PPS in the early 20th century.

The party was re-established in 1987, near the end of the [[Polish People's Republic]]. However, it remained on the margins of Polish politics until 2019, when it won a seat in the [[Senate of Poland]].

==History==
The Polish Socialist Party (PPS) was founded in Paris in 1892, during the period known as the [[Great Emigration]]. In 1893, a faction called the [[Social Democracy of the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania]] (SDKPiL) split from the PPS. The PPS focused more on nationalism and Polish independence, while the SDKPiL adopted a far-left (Marxist), internationalist stance. In November 1892, key members of the PPS developed a political program that, for its time, was notably progressive. The program called for an independent Republic of Poland founded on democratic principles, direct universal voting rights, equal rights for all citizens regardless of religion or gender, freedom of the press, speech, and assembly, progressive taxation, an eight-hour workday, a minimum wage, equal pay for men and women, a ban on child labor (under age 14), free education, and social support for workers injured on the job.<ref>{{cite book |title= O kształt niepodległej |last=Friszke |first=Andrzej |author-link=Andrzej Friszke |year=1989 |publisher=Biblioteka "Więzi" |location=Warszawa |isbn=83-7006-014-5 |page= 22 }}</ref>

After the [[Revolution in the Kingdom of Poland (1905–07)|Revolution of 1905]] in the [[Russian Empire]], the party membership drastically increased from several hundred active members to a mass movement of about 60,000 members.<ref>{{cite book |title= O kształt niepodległej |last=Friszke |first=Andrzej |author-link=Andrzej Friszke |year=1989 |publisher=Biblioteka "Więzi" |location=Warszawa |isbn=83-7006-014-5 |page= 45 }}</ref> Another split in the party occurred in 1906, with the [[Polish Socialist Party – Revolutionary Faction|Revolutionary Faction]] following [[Józef Piłsudski]], who supported the nationalist and independence ideals, and the [[Polish Socialist Party – Left|Left faction]] which allied itself with the SDKPiL. However, the Revolutionary Faction became dominant and renamed itself back again to the PPS, while the Left was eclipsed, and in 1918 merged with SDKPiL forming the [[Communist Party of Poland]]. In 1917-18 the party participated in the [[Central Council of Ukraine]] and the [[General Secretariat of Ukraine|Government of Ukraine]].

During the [[Second Polish Republic]], the PPS at first supported [[Józef Piłsudski]] (himself a former Socialist), including his [[May Coup (Poland)|May Coup]], but later moved into the opposition to his authoritarian [[Sanacja]] regime by joining the democratic '[[centrolew]]' (center-left) opposition movement. Many PPS leaders and members were put on [[Brest trials|trial]] by Piłsudski's regime and jailed in the infamous [[Bereza Kartuska prison]].

The party was a member of the [[Labour and Socialist International]] between 1923 and 1940.<ref name="kow">{{cite book|last=Kowalski|first=Werner|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=83QdPwAACAAJ|title=Geschichte der sozialistischen arbeiter-internationale: 1923 - 19|trans-title=History of the Socialist Workers' International: 1923 - 19th Century|location=Berlin|publisher=Dt. Verl. d. Wissenschaften|year=1985|page=316}}</ref>

The party supported the [[Polish resistance movement in World War II|Polish resistance]] during {{awrap|[[World War II]]}} as the underground [[Polish Socialist Party – Freedom, Equality, Independence]] (''Polska Partia Socjalistyczna – Wolność, Równość, Niepodległość''). In 1948 it suffered a fatal split, as the [[Communism|Communists]] applied the [[salami tactics]] to dismember any opposition. One faction, which included [[Edward Osóbka-Morawski]] wanted to join forces with the [[Polish Peasant Party]] and form a united front against the Communists. Another faction, led by [[Józef Cyrankiewicz]], argued that the [[Socialism|Socialists]] should support the Communists in carrying through a socialist program while opposing the imposition of one-party rule. Pre-war political hostilities continued to influence events, and [[Stanisław Mikołajczyk]], leader of the Peasant Party, would not agree to form a united front with the Socialists.{{citation needed|date=June 2025}} The Communists played on these divisions by dismissing Osóbka-Morawski and making Cyrankiewicz the Prime Minister.

In 1948, Cyrankiewicz's faction of [[Socialism|Socialists]] merged with the Communist [[Polish Workers' Party]] (PPR) to form the [[Polish United Workers' Party]] (''Polska Zjednoczona Partia Robotnicza''; PZPR), the ruling party in the [[Polish People's Republic]]; remnants of the other faction survived on emigration in the [[Polish government-in-exile]] and because of that Polish Socialist Party was still active on emigration. Cyrankiewicz's faction isn't really treated as proper PPS.

==Refoundation and present==

A new party sharing the same name, aiming to continue the legacy of the original PPS, was founded in 1987 by left-wing opposition figures like [[Jan Józef Lipski]]. However, the modern PPS has remained a marginal force in the political landscape of the [[Third Republic of Poland]], holding representation in the [[Sejm]] only from 1993 to 2001, due to the lingering stigma of communism associated with Soviet occupation. In the [[2019 Polish parliamentary election]], the PPS experienced a resurgence with its leader [[Wojciech Konieczny]] being elected to the [[Senate of Poland]] as part of [[The Left (Poland)|The Left]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wnp.pl/parlamentarny/osoba/wojciech-konieczny,4402.html|title=Wojciech Konieczny|publisher=wnp.pl|access-date=2023-04-16}}</ref> Subsequently, other members of both the Sejm and Senate joined the PPS, which now has two deputies and two senators.

Its main propaganda outlet was the [[Robotnik (1894–1939)|''Robotnik'']] ('The Worker') newspaper. The current party published the ''Nowy Robotnik'' ("The New Worker"), a continuation of the original publication, from 2003 to 2006.

On 16 November 2020, the party founded its first foreign branch in the [[United Kingdom]], in the city of [[Coventry]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Polska Partia Socjalistyczna|url=https://www.facebook.com/PolskaPartiaSocjalistyczna/posts/3620976337993239 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/128706627220245/3620976337993239 |archive-date=2022-02-26 |url-access=limited|access-date=16 November 2020|website=www.facebook.com|language=en}}{{cbignore}}</ref> home to a [[Poles in the United Kingdom|British Polish]] population founded by [[Polish Armed Forces in the West|Polish Army Exiles]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=BBC - Coventry and Warwickshire Features - History of Poles in Coventry|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/coventry/features/local-history/history-of-poles-in-coventry.shtml|access-date=16 November 2020|website=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>

On the 25 June 2022, factions of the party formed an alliance with [[Social Democracy of Poland]], [[Freedom and Equality]], [[Labour Union (Poland)|Labour Union]] and [[Polish Left]] to compete in the [[next Polish parliamentary election]]. The alliance also included the [[Feminist Initiative (Poland)|Feminist Initiative]], the [[Democratic Left Association]] (SLD), and the Working People's Movement.<ref name="dziennik">{{cite web | url=https://wiadomosci.dziennik.pl/polityka/artykuly/8478709,lewica-porozumie-wybory-pps-unia-pracy-socjaldemokracja-polska-wolnosc-i-rownosc.html | title=Cztery partie lewicowe podpisały porozumie. Chcą iść razem do wyborów | date=25 June 2022 }}</ref> In February 2023, after an internal conflict,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Konflikt w PPS. Zakaz używania nazwy przez parlamentarzystów |url=https://www.rmf24.pl/polityka/news-konflikt-w-pps-zakaz-uzywania-nazwy-przez-parlamentarzystow,nId,6579030 |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=www.rmf24.pl |language=pl}}</ref> PPS, together with the [[Labour Union (Poland)|Labour Union]], re-joined [[The Left (Poland)|The Left]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lewicy |first=Rzecznik Nowej |date=2023-02-27 |title=Lewica łączy siły na wybory. Porozumienie Nowej Lewicy, partii Razem, Polskiej Partii Socjalistycznej i Unii Pracy podpisane! |url=https://lewica.org.pl/aktualnosci/8960-lewica-laczy-sily-na-wybory-porozumienie-nowej-lewicy-partii-razem-polskiej-partii-socjalistycznej-i-unii-pracy-podpisane |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=Nowa Lewica |language=pl-PL}}</ref>

== Ideology ==
Historically, the party advocated for a blend of [[socialism]] and [[Polish nationalism|nationalism]],<ref>{{Cite book|last=Luxemburg|first=Rosa|author-link=Rosa Luxemburg|title=The complete works of Rosa Luxemburg|date=2019|others=Peter Hudis, Paul Le Blanc, David Fernbach, Joseph G. Fracchia, George Shriver, Nicholas Gray|isbn=978-1-84467-974-4|location=London|oclc=857863128}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Marzec|first1=Wiktor|last2=Turunen|first2=Risto|date=2018-06-01|title=Socialisms in the Tsarist Borderlands|url=http://berghahnjournals.com/view/journals/contributions/13/1/choc130103.xml|journal=Contributions to the History of Concepts|volume=13|issue=1|pages=22–50|doi=10.3167/choc.2018.130103|s2cid=149702151|issn=1807-9326|url-access=subscription}}</ref> and was generally considered to be a left-wing party on the political spectrum.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Suławka|first=Adam Radosław|date=2015-12-31|title=Prasa Komitetu Centralnego Komunistycznej Partii Zachodniej Białorusi (KC KPZB) wydawana w języku Rosyjskim|url=http://www.apcz.pl/czasopisma/index.php/SDR/article/view/SDR.2015.2.03|journal=Studia z Dziejów Rosji i Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej|volume=50|issue=2|pages=55|doi=10.12775/SDR.2015.2.03|s2cid=131755073 |issn=2353-6403|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Kowalski|first=Stanisław|title=Dzieje Kępna : od początku istnienia do 2015 r.|date=2018|publisher=Gmina Kępno|others=Kępno. Urząd Miasta i Gminy|isbn=978-83-66149-00-7|edition=Wydanie pierwsze|location=Kępno|oclc=1088955807}}</ref> The party opposed [[Bolshevism]] and aligned more with the [[Mensheviks]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Dubnow|first=Simon|title=History of the Jews in Russia and Poland, from the Earliest Times Until the Present Day, Vol. 3|year=1916|publisher=Forgotten Books |isbn=9781440042393}}</ref> In recent years, the party has identified as a [[Democratic socialism|democratic socialist]] movement, with its parliamentary leader [[Wojciech Konieczny]] describing it as a leftist party with a strong emphasis on democracy.<ref>{{Cite web|title="Chcemy być demokratyczni". Konieczny o kulisach powstania koła parlamentarnego PPS |url=https://www.polskieradio.pl/7/473/Artykul/2868922,Chcemy-byc-demokratyczni-Konieczny-o-kulisach-powstania-kola-parlamentarnego-PPS|access-date=2022-02-09|website=Polskie Radio|language=pl}}</ref> As a modern party, it distanced itself from anti-clericalism, declaring that it does not wish to wage "war against God", accepting the concordat between Poland and Vatican, along with the position of the Catholic Church in Polish society.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://rosalux.eu/wp-content/uploads/kontext-import/documents/d/0/cadb4f.pdf |title=From Revolution to Coalition – Radical Left Parties in Europe |issn=2194-864X |first=Holger |last=Politt |chapter=Left-Wing Parties in Poland |publisher=Rosa-Luxemburg-Foundation |year=2022 |page=182}}</ref>

== Election results ==
===Presidential===
{| class=wikitable
|-
!colspan="6" align="center"|[[Second Polish Republic]]
|-
! rowspan=2|Election
! rowspan=2|Candidate
! colspan=2|1st round
! colspan=2|2nd round
|-
! Votes
! %
! Votes
! %
|-
![[1922 Polish presidential elections|1922]]
|[[Ignacy Daszyński]]
|49 
|9.1 <small>(#5)</small>
|1
|0.2 <small>(#5)</small>
|-
![[1926 Polish presidential elections|1926]]
|''Supported '''[[Józef Piłsudski]]'''''{{notetag|1=Declined to take the office.|group=Note}}
|292
|60.2 <small>('''#1''')</small>
| colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey;"|
|-
![[1926 Polish presidential elections|1926]]
|[[Zygmunt Marek]]
|56
|11.6 <small>(#3)</small>
|1
|0.2 <small>(#3)</small>
|}

{| class=wikitable
|-
!colspan="6" align="center"|[[History of Poland (1989–present)|Third Polish Republic]]
|-
! rowspan=2|Election
! rowspan=2|Candidate
! colspan=2|1st round
! colspan=2|2nd round
|-
! Votes
! %
! Votes
! %
|-
! [[1995 Polish presidential election|1995]]
| ''Supported Tadeusz Zieliński''
| 631,432
| 3.5 <small>(#6)</small>
| colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey;"|
|-
! [[2000 Polish presidential election|2000]]
| [[Piotr Ikonowicz]]
| 38,672
| 0.2 <small>(#10)</small>
| colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey;"|
|-
! [[2005 Polish presidential election|2005]]
| ''Supported [[Daniel Podrzycki]]''{{notetag|1=Podrzycki died a day prior the election in a car accident.|group=Note}}
| colspan="4" style="background:lightgrey;"|
|-
! [[2020 Polish presidential election|2020]]
| ''Supported [[Robert Biedroń]]''
| 432,129
| 2.2 <small>(#6)</small>
| colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey;"|
|-
! [[2025 Polish presidential election|2025]]
| ''Supported [[Magdalena Biejat]]''
| 829,361
| 4.23 <small>(#7)</small>
| colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey;"|
|-
|}

=== Sejm ===
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Election
! Votes
! %
! Seats
! +/–
! Government
|-
!rowspan=4 |[[1919 Polish legislative election|1919]]
|rowspan=4 |515,062
|rowspan=4 |9.2 {{small|(#4)}}
|rowspan=4 |{{Composition bar|35|394|{{party color|Polish Socialist Party}}}}
|rowspan=4 |New
|{{yes2|Coalition {{small|(1919)}}}}
|-
|{{no2|Opposition {{small|(1919-1920)}}}}
|-
|{{yes2|Coalition {{small|(1920-1921)}}}}
|-
|{{no2|Opposition {{small|(1921-1922)}}}}
|-
!rowspan=4 |[[1922 Polish legislative election|1922]]
|rowspan=4 |906,537
|rowspan=4 |10.3 {{small|(#5)}}
|rowspan=4 |{{Composition bar|41|444|{{party color|Polish Socialist Party}}}}
|rowspan=4 |{{increase}} 6
|{{no2|Opposition {{small|(1922-1925)}}}}
|-
|{{yes2|Coalition {{small|(1925-1926)}}}}
|-
|{{no2|Opposition {{small|(1926)}}}}
|-
|{{yes2|Coalition {{small|(1926-1928)}}}}
|-
![[1928 Polish legislative election|1928]]
|1,482,097
|13.0 {{small|(#2)}}
|{{Composition bar|64|444|{{party color|Polish Socialist Party}}}}
|{{increase}} 23
|{{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! rowspan="2"| [[1930 Polish legislative election|1930]]
|1,965,864
|17.3 {{small|(#2)}}
|{{Composition bar|23|444|{{party color|Polish Socialist Party}}}}
|{{decrease}} 41
|{{no2|Opposition}}
|-
| colspan=5|<small>As part of the [[Centrolew]] coalition, that won 79 seats in total.</small>
|-
![[1935 Polish legislative election|1935]]
|colspan=2 style="text-align:center;" | ''Boycotted''
|{{Composition bar|0|206|{{party color|Polish Socialist Party}}}}
|{{decrease}} 23
|{{no|Extra-parliamentary}}
|-
![[1938 Polish legislative election|1938]]
|colspan=2 style="text-align:center;" | ''Boycotted''
|{{Composition bar|0|208|{{party color|Polish Socialist Party}}}}
|{{steady}} 0
|{{no|Extra-parliamentary}}
|-
! rowspan="2" |[[1947 Polish legislative election|1947]]
|9,003,682
|26.13 (#1)
|{{Composition bar|116|444|{{party color|Polish Socialist Party}}}}
|{{increase}} 116
|{{yes2|Coalition}}
|-
| colspan="5" |<small>As part of the [[Democratic Bloc (Poland)|Democratic Bloc]] coalition, that won 394 seats in total.{{notetag|1=Only communist faction.|group=Note}} </small>
|-
! rowspan="2"| [[1991 Polish parliamentary election|1991]]
|230,975
|2.1 {{small|(#13)}}
|{{Composition bar|0|460|{{party color|Polish Socialist Party}}}}
|{{decrease}} 116
|{{no|Extra-parliamentary}}
|-
| colspan=5|<small>As part of the [[Labour Solidarity]] coalition, that won 4 seats in total.</small>
|-
! rowspan="2"| [[1993 Polish parliamentary election|1993]]
|2,815,169
|20.4 {{small|(#1)}}
|{{Composition bar|4|460|{{party color|Polish Socialist Party}}}}
|{{increase}} 4
|{{yes2|Coalition}}
|-
| colspan=5|<small>As part of the [[Democratic Left Alliance (Poland)|Democratic Left Alliance]] coalition, that won 171 seats in total.</small>
|-
! rowspan="2"| [[1997 Polish parliamentary election|1997]]
|3,551,224
|27.1 {{small|(#2)}}
|{{Composition bar|3|460|{{party color|Polish Socialist Party}}}}
|{{decrease}} 1
|{{no2|Opposition}}
|-
| colspan=5|<small>As part of the [[Democratic Left Alliance (Poland)|Democratic Left Alliance]] coalition, that won 164 seats in total.</small>
|-
![[2001 Polish parliamentary election|2001]]
|13,459
|0.1 {{small|(#11)}}
|{{Composition bar|0|460|{{party color|Polish Socialist Party}}}}
|{{decrease}} 3
|{{no|Extra-parliamentary}}
|-
! rowspan="2"| [[2005 Polish parliamentary election|2005]]
|91,266
|0.8 {{small|(#11)}}
|{{Composition bar|0|460|{{party color|Polish Socialist Party}}}}
|{{steady}} 0
|{{no|Extra-parliamentary}}
|-
| colspan=5|<small>As part of the [[Polish Labour Party]] committee, that won no seats.</small>
|-
! rowspan="2"| [[2007 Polish parliamentary election|2007]]
|160,476
|1.0 {{small|(#7)}}
|{{Composition bar|0|460|{{party color|Polish Socialist Party}}}}
|{{steady}} 0
|{{no|Extra-parliamentary}}
|-
| colspan=5|<small>As part of the [[Polish Labour Party]] committee, that won no seats.</small>
|-
! rowspan="2"| [[2015 Polish parliamentary election|2015]]
|1,147,102
|7.6 {{small|(#5)}}
|{{Composition bar|0|460|{{party color|Polish Socialist Party}}}}
|{{steady}} 0
|{{no|Extra-parliamentary}}
|-
| colspan=5|<small>As part of the [[United Left (Poland)|United Left]] coalition, that won no seats.</small>
|-
! rowspan="2"| [[2019 Polish parliamentary election|2019]]
|2,319,946
|12.6 {{small|(#3)}}
|{{Composition bar|0|460|{{party color|Polish Socialist Party}}}}
|{{steady}} 0
|{{no|Extra-parliamentary}}
|-
| colspan=5|<small>As part of [[The Left (Poland)|The Left]] coalition, that won 49 seats in total.</small>
|-
! rowspan="2"| [[2023 Polish parliamentary election|2023]]
|1,859,018	
|8.6 {{small|(#4)}}
|{{Composition bar|0|460|{{party color|Polish Socialist Party}}}}
|{{steady}} 0
|{{no|Extra-parliamentary}}
|-
| colspan=5|<small>As part of [[The Left (Poland)|The Left]] coalition, that won 26 seats in total.</small>
|}

=== Senate ===
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Election
! Votes
! %
! Seats
! +/–
|-
![[1922 Polish legislative election|1922]]
|468,147
|8.4 {{small|(#5)}}
|{{Composition bar|7|111|{{party color|Polish Socialist Party}}}}
|n/a
|-
![[1928 Polish legislative election|1928]]
|715,556
|11.2 {{small|(#3)}}
|{{Composition bar|10|111|{{party color|Polish Socialist Party}}}}
|{{increase}} 3
|-
! [[1930 Polish legislative election|1930]]
| colspan=4|<small>As part of [[Centrolew]] coalition, that won 13 seats in total.</small>
|-
![[1935 Polish legislative election|1935]]
|colspan=4 style="text-align:center;" | Boycotted
|-
![[1938 Polish legislative election|1938]]
|colspan=4 style="text-align:center;" | Boycotted
|-
! rowspan="2"| [[1993 Polish parliamentary election|1993]]
|4,993,061
|35.7 {{small|(#1)}}
|{{Composition bar|1|100|{{party color|Polish Socialist Party}}}}
|{{increase}} 1
|-
| colspan=4|<small>As part of the [[Democratic Left Alliance (Poland)|Democratic Left Alliance]] coalition, that won 37 seats in total.</small>
|-
! rowspan="2"| [[1997 Polish parliamentary election|1997]]
|6,091,721
|45.7 {{small|(#2)}}
|{{Composition bar|3|100|{{party color|Polish Socialist Party}}}}
|{{increase}} 2
|-
| colspan=4|<small>As part of the [[Democratic Left Alliance (Poland)|Democratic Left Alliance]] coalition, that won 28 seats in total.</small>
|-
![[2001 Polish parliamentary election|2001]]
|131,987
|0.5 {{small|(#11)}}
|{{Composition bar|0|100|{{party color|Polish Socialist Party}}}}
|{{decrease}} 3
|-
!rowspan="2"| [[2019 Polish parliamentary election|2019]]
|415,745
|2.3 {{small|(#4)}}
|{{Composition bar|1|100|{{party color|Polish Socialist Party}}}}
|{{increase}} 1
|-
| colspan=4|<small>As part of [[The Left (Poland)|The Left]] coalition, that won 2 seats in total.</small>
|}

===European Parliament===
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center;"
! Election
! Votes
! %
! Seats
! +/–
! EP Group
|-
! rowspan="2"|[[2004 European Parliament election in Poland|2004]]
| 48,667
| 0.80 (#12)
| {{Composition bar|0|54|{{party color|Polish Socialist Party}}}}
| New
| –
|-
| colspan="5" | <small>As part of the [[National Party of Retirees and Pensioners|KPEiR]]-PLD coalition, that won no seats.</small>
|-
![[2009 European Parliament election in Poland|2009]]
| 1,331
| 0.02 (#12)
| {{Composition bar|0|50|{{party color|Polish Socialist Party}}}}
| {{steady}} 0
| –
|-
! [[2014 European Parliament election in Poland|2014]]
| colspan="2" | ''Did not contest''
| {{Composition bar|0|50|{{party color|Polish Socialist Party}}}}
| {{steady}} 0
| –
|-
! [[2019 European Parliament election in Poland|2019]]
| colspan="2" | ''Did not contest''
| {{Composition bar|0|50|{{party color|Polish Socialist Party}}}}
| {{steady}} 0
| –
|-
! rowspan="2" | [[2024 European Parliament election in Poland|2024]]
| 741,071
| 6.30 (#5)
| {{Composition bar|0|50|{{party color|Polish Socialist Party}}}}
| {{steady}} 0
| –
|-
| colspan="5" |{{small|As part of [[The Left (Poland)|The Left]] coalition, that won 3 seats in total.}}
|}

==Notable people who were members or were associated with PPS==
===Presidents and heads of state===
*[[Józef Piłsudski]] (former member at time in office)
*[[Stanisław Wojciechowski]] (former member)
*[[Ignacy Mościcki]] (former member)

====Presidents in exile====
*[[Stanisław Ostrowski]]
*[[Franciszek Trąbalski]]

===Prime ministers===
*[[Ignacy Daszyński]]
*[[Jędrzej Moraczewski]]
*[[Janusz Jędrzejewicz]] (former member)
*[[Walery Sławek]] (former member)
*[[Edward Osóbka-Morawski]] (later became a [[Polish United Worker's Party|communist]])
*[[Józef Cyrankiewicz]] (later became a communist)

====Prime ministers in exile====
*[[Tomasz Arciszewski]]
*[[Tadeusz Tomaszewski (Prime Minister)|Tadeusz Tomaszewski]]
*[[Antoni Pająk]]
*[[Alfred Urbański]]

===Other figures===
*[[Jan Józef Lipski]]
*[[Bolesław Limanowski]]
*[[Adam Ciołkosz]]
*{{Interlanguage link multi|Lidia Ciołkosz|pl}}
*[[Jerzy Czeszejko-Sochacki]] (later became a communist)
*[[Norbert Barlicki]]
*[[Józef Biniszkiewicz]]
*[[Piotr Ikonowicz]]
*[[Wojciech Konieczny]]
*[[Jan Kwapiński]]
*[[Herman Lieberman]]
*[[Stanisław Mendelson]]
*[[Stanisław Dubois]]
*{{Interlanguage link multi|Jan Mulak|pl}}
*[[Mieczysław Niedziałkowski]]
*{{Interlanguage link multi|Antoni Pajdak|pl}}
*{{Interlanguage link multi|Feliks Perl|pl}}
*[[Zofia Praussowa]]
*[[Kazimierz Pużak]]
*[[Kazimierz Sosnkowski]]
*{{Interlanguage link multi|Czesław Świrski|pl}}
*[[Leon Wasilewski]]
*[[Aleksandra Zagórska]]
*[[Iza Zielińska]]

==See also==
*[[List of Polish Socialist Party politicians]]
*[[Central Rada]]
*[[List of anti-capitalist and communist parties with national parliamentary representation]]

== Notes ==
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==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140309172400/http://polskapartiasocjalistyczna.pl/ Official website] (archived 9 March 2014) {{in lang|pl}}
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