Left and Democrats (Polish: Lewica i Demokraci, LiD) was a centre-left electoral alliance in Poland which was created on 3 September 2006, before the Warsaw municipal election of 2006. The coalition's aim was to provide an alternative for both the national-conservative Law and Justice party and the liberal-conservative Civic Platform, which have been Poland's two major political parties since 2005. LiD contested their first national election in October, 2007 and won 53 seats to the Polish parliament, the Sejm. The LiD alliance was dissolved in April 2008, following a rift between the member parties.
Read more about Left And Democrats: Origins, Polish Parliamentary Elections, 2007, LiD Parliamentary Parliamentary Group (2007-2008), Dissolution
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