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The United Left Front was an electoral alliance in
West Bengal,
India, formed ahead of the
1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election. A key issue that provoked various left parties to join hands was the prevailing food crisis in the state.
[1] The front comprised the
Communist Party of India, the
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist), the
All India Forward Bloc, the
Marxist Forward Bloc, the
Revolutionary Communist Party of India, the
Bolshevik Party of India and the
Revolutionary Socialist Party.
[2] The front won 74 seats out of 252.
Election result of the ULF
Party
|
Candidates
|
Seats won
|
% of votes
|
CPI
|
145
[3]
|
50
|
25.02%
|
AIFB
|
35
|
13
|
4.61%
|
RSP
|
17
|
9
|
2.6%
|
RCPI
|
|
2
[4]
|
|
[5]
References
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^ Dasgupta, Salien.
Left Unity
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^ M.V.S. Koteswara Rao. Communist Parties and United Front - Experience in Kerala and West Bengal.
Hyderabad: Prajasakti Book House, 2003. p. 220.
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^ The CPI presented 132 candidate, but another 13 candidates (MFB and independents) contested with its election symbol.
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^ Communist Party of India (Marxist). West Bengal State Committee.
Election results of West Bengal: statistics & analysis, 1952-1991. The Committee. p. 416.
ISBN
9788176260282.
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^ M.V.S. Koteswara Rao. Communist Parties and United Front - Experience in Kerala and West Bengal.
Hyderabad: Prajasakti Book House, 2003. p. 221.