The United Left Front was an electoral alliance in West Bengal

West Bengal

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, India

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, formed in December 1966, ahead of the 1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election. The front comprised the Communist Party of India (Marxist)

Communist Party of India (Marxist)

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, the Samyukta Socialist Party

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, the Socialist Unity Centre of India

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, the Marxist Forward Bloc

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, the Revolutionary Communist Party of India

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, the Workers Party of India

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 and the Revolutionary Socialist Party

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. The front won 63 seats out of 280. After the election ULF merged with the People's United Left Front

People's United Left Front

The People's United Left Front was an electoral alliance in West Bengal, India, formed in December 1966, ahead of the 1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election. The front comprised the Communist Party of India, the Bangla Congress, the All India Forward Bloc and the Bolshevik Party of India....

, forming the United Front

United Front (1967)

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. The UF formed a state government, dislogding the Indian National Congress

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for the first time in the state.

Election result of the ULF

Party	Candidates	Seats won	% of votes
CPI(M)	135	43	18.11%
SSP	26	7	2.13%
RSP	16	6	2.14%
SUCI	8	4	0.72%
WPI	2	2	0.32%
MFB	2	1	0.21%
RCPI	2	0	0.31%