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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]]. The front won 63 seats out of 280. After the election PULF merged with the [[United Left Front (1967)|United Left Front]], forming the [[United Front (1967)|United Front]]. The UF formed a state government, dislodging the [[Indian National Congress]] for the first time in the state.<ref name="rao">M.V.S. Koteswara Rao. ''Communist Parties and United Front - Experience in Kerala and West Bengal''. [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]]: Prajasakti Book House, 2003. p. 227-229.</ref>

==Election result of the PULF==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Party
!Candidates
!Seats won
!% of votes
|-
|BC
|81
|34
|10.44%
|-
|CPI
|62
|16
|6.53%
|-
|AIFB
|42
|13
|4.40%
|}
<ref name="rao"/>

==References==
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[[Category:Defunct political parties in West Bengal]]
[[Category:Defunct political party alliances in India]]
[[Category:1966 establishments in West Bengal]]
[[Category:Political parties established in 1966]]
[[Category:1967 disestablishments in India]]
[[Category:Political parties disestablished in 1967]]

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