Left Front (West Bengal)

Left Front
Left Front
Abbreviation	LF
Chairperson	Biman Bose
Rajya Sabha Leader	Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya
Founder	Jyoti Basu
Founded	January 1977
Ideology	Communism; Marxism–Leninism
Political position	Left-wing to far-left
ECI Status	Recognised
Alliance	Alliances Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (National); Secular Democratic Alliance (West Bengal); ;
Seats in Lok Sabha	0 / 42
Seats in Rajya Sabha	1 / 16
Seats in West Bengal Legislative Assembly	0 / 294
	Politics of India; Political parties; Elections;

The Left Front (Baamfront) is an alliance of left-wing political parties in the Indian state of West Bengal. It was formed in January 1977, the founding parties being the Communist Party of India (Marxist), All India Forward Bloc, the Revolutionary Socialist Party, the Marxist Forward Bloc, the Revolutionary Communist Party of India and the Biplobi Bangla Congress. Other parties joined in later years, most notably the Communist Party of India.

The Left Front ruled the state of West Bengal for seven consecutive terms 1977–2011, five with Jyoti Basu as Chief Minister and two under Buddhadev Bhattacharya.^[3] The CPI(M) is the dominant force in the alliance.^[4]^[5] In the 2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election the Left Front failed to gain a majority of seats and left office. As of 2016 Biman Bose is the Chairman of the West Bengal Left Front Committee.^[6]

^ Chakrabarty, Bidyut (2014). Communism in India: Events, Processes and Ideologies. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-1999-7489-4. LCCN 2014003207.
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- Guha, Ramachandra (2013). The Past and Future of the Indian Left: Penguin Petit. Penguin Random House India Private Limited. ISBN 978-9-3511-8310-5.
- Chakrabarty, Bidyut (2014). Left Radicalism in India. Routledge Studies in South Asian Politics. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-3176-6805-3.
- Maitra, Kiran (2012). Marxism in India. Roli Books. ISBN 978-8-1743-6951-2.
^ People's Democracy. West Bengal: How The Left Front And Its Government Emerged Archived 15 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine
^ Cite error: The named reference MitraEnskat2004 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ N. Jose Chander (1 January 2004). Coalition Politics: The Indian Experience. Concept Publishing Company. pp. 105–111. ISBN 978-81-8069-092-1.
^ Embassy of Cuba in India. AIPSO WEST BENGAL OBSERVES FIDEL’S 90 BIRTHDAY Archived 15 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine

[OUP_Ideology-1] Chakrabarty, Bidyut (2014). Communism in India: Events, Processes and Ideologies. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-1999-7489-4. LCCN 2014003207.

[ramguha-2] 
Guha, Ramachandra (2013). The Past and Future of the Indian Left: Penguin Petit. Penguin Random House India Private Limited. ISBN 978-9-3511-8310-5.

Chakrabarty, Bidyut (2014). Left Radicalism in India. Routledge Studies in South Asian Politics. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-3176-6805-3.

Maitra, Kiran (2012). Marxism in India. Roli Books. ISBN 978-8-1743-6951-2.

[3] Guha, Ramachandra (2013). The Past and Future of the Indian Left: Penguin Petit. Penguin Random House India Private Limited. ISBN 978-9-3511-8310-5.

[4] Chakrabarty, Bidyut (2014). Left Radicalism in India. Routledge Studies in South Asian Politics. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-3176-6805-3.

[5] Maitra, Kiran (2012). Marxism in India. Roli Books. ISBN 978-8-1743-6951-2.

[biman-3] People's Democracy. West Bengal: How The Left Front And Its Government Emerged Archived 15 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine

[MitraEnskat2004-4] Cite error: The named reference MitraEnskat2004 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Chander2004-5] N. Jose Chander (1 January 2004). Coalition Politics: The Indian Experience. Concept Publishing Company. pp. 105–111. ISBN 978-81-8069-092-1.

[6] Embassy of Cuba in India. AIPSO WEST BENGAL OBSERVES FIDEL’S 90 BIRTHDAY Archived 15 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine

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