<Ul> <Li> Politics of Poland </Li> <Li> Political parties </Li> <Li> Elections </Li> </Ul> <Li> Politics of Poland </Li> <P> The Communist Party of Poland (Polish: Komunistyczna Partia Polski, KPP) was a communist party in Poland . It was a result of the fusion of Social Democracy of the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania (SDKPiL) and the Polish Socialist Party--Left in the Communist Workers Party of Poland (Komunistyczna Partia Robotnicza Polski, KPRP). </P> <P> The KPRP was founded on 16 December 1918 as the result of the fusion of the Social Democracy of the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania (SDKPiL) and the Polish Socialist Party - Lewica (Left) on the basis of the program of the former group . Elections for the Workers Councils which sprang up in 1918 revealed that the new party had a level of support almost equal to that of the Polish Socialist Party (PPS). However this support was undermined by both national feeling and due to the party being driven underground by reactionary legislation . The KPRP would be illegal for the rest of its life but took part, in the shape of Józef Unszlicht, in the founding of the Communist International in March 1919 . </P>

Describe any three major features of communist party rule in poland