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United Front of Leftists

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United Front of Leftists
Founded1952; 72 years ago (1952)
HeadquartersThiruvananthapuram
IdeologyFactions:
Communism
Secularism
Socialism[1][2]
Political positionLeft-wing[1][2][3]

The United Front of Leftists (UFL) was a political alliance of the leftist and the socialist parties based in the erstwhile Indian state of Travancore–Cochin. It was created in 1952 by the political parties namely Communist Party of India, Revolutionary Socialist Party, and Kerala Socialist Party.[1] Later, Praja Socialist Party, which was one of the strongest parties in the erstwhile Travancore–Cochin, also joined the alliance.[1]

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  1. ^ a b c d Basheer Ahmed (1966). Asian Survey (Communist and Congress prospects in Kerala). University of California. p. 389.
  2. ^ a b Special Election Currespondent (26 January 1954). "Travancore-Cochin prepares for elections" (PDF). The Economic Weekly. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  3. ^ Horst Hartmann (1968). Economic and Political Weekly Vol. 3, No. 1/2. Economic and Political Weekly. p. 163.