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Hyena
Hyenas or Hyaenas are the animals of the family Hyaenidae of suborder feliforms of the Carnivora. It is the fourth smallest biological family in the Carnivora , and one of the smallest in the mammalia...

) was an electoral coalition of Polish Christian Democratic for the Polish legislative election, 1922
Polish legislative election, 1922
The Polish legislative election, 1922 lasted from 2 to 12 November and was the second election in the Second Polish Republic. The elections were won by Polish Right party, National Populist Association , however it did not obtain a majority - it got only 98 out of 444 seats...

.

The coalition was composed of several smaller parties:
  • Związek Ludowo-Narodowy
  • Polskie Stronnictwo Chrześcijańskiej Demokracji
  • Narodowo-Chrześcijańskie Stronnictwo Ludowe
  • Chrześcijańsko-Narodowe Stronnictwo Pracy (chadecy)
  • Chrześcijańsko-Narodowe Stronnictwo Rolnicze


Chjena gained many seats in the 1922 elections (163 parliament seats (out of 444) and 48 Senate seats (out of 111)), but it was not enough for a majority in the parliament (Sejm
Sejm
The Sejm is the lower house of the Polish parliament. The Sejm is made up of 460 deputies, or Poseł in Polish . It is elected by universal ballot and is presided over by a speaker called the Marshal of the Sejm ....

). After Lanckorona Pact
Lanckorona Pact
Lanckorona Pact was an agreement between Polish center and right wing parties on 17 May 1923 in Warsaw.The politicians of those parties agreed to pursue stricter polonization policies and to...

 it had become a part of the Chjeno-Piast
Chjeno-Piast
Chjeno-Piast was an unofficial name of a coalition of Polish political parties formed in 1923. It included the Polish Peasant Party "Piast" and an older coalition 1922 Christian Association of National Unity . The merger was passed during a meeting in the manor of senator L...

 government.

After the May Coup
May Coup
The May Coup d'État was a coup d'état successfully carried out in Poland by Marshal Józef Piłsudski between 12 and 14 May 1926. The coup overthrew the government of President Stanisław Wojciechowski and Prime Minister Wincenty Witos...

 of Józef Piłsudski in 1926, the Chjena coalition was not formed again (see Centrolew
Centrolew
The Centrolew was a coalition of several Polish political parties after the 1928 Sejm elections...

).
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