   the social democracy of poland (, sdpl) is a social-democratic political party in poland. ==foundation== the party was founded in april 2004 as a splinter group from the post-communist democratic left alliance (sld). the sdpl should not be confused with a former party social democracy of the republic of poland (sdrp) which existed between 1990â99 and was a direct predecessor of the sld. ==first elections== sdpl contested its first elections in june 2004, these being for polish representation to the european parliament. the party gained 5.3%, which saw three members elected to parliament. in may 2005 the party reached an agreement with labour union (up) and greens 2004 to jointly contest the forthcoming polish parliamentary elections, under the sdpl banner. sdpl managed to gain 3.9% of the vote, but fell short of the 5% threshold required to win parliamentary representation. sdpl put forward its party leader marek borowski, as candidate for the polish presidential elections held in the following month of october. borowski came fourth in the first round, winning 10.3% of the vote. ==coalition within lid== on 3 september 2006, sdpl joined the ne
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