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The '''People's United Socialist Front''' was an electoral alliance in [[West Bengal]], [[India]], formed ahead of the [[1952 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]. The front was composed of the [[Socialist Party (India)|Socialist Party]], the [[Forward Bloc (Ruikar)]] and the [[Revolutionary Communist Party of India (Tagore)]].<ref>M.V.S. Koteswara Rao. ''Communist Parties and United Front - Experience in Kerala and West Bengal''. [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]]: Prajasakti Book House, 2003. p. 213.</ref>

The front had candidates in 105 out of 238 constituencies (63 SP candidates, 32 FB(R) and 10 RCPI). The front gained 4.84% of the votes, but only two of its candidates (both from Ruikar's Forward Bloc) were able to win seats.<ref>M.V.S. Koteswara Rao. ''Communist Parties and United Front - Experience in Kerala and West Bengal''. [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]]: Prajasakti Book House, 2003. p. 214.</ref>
==Results==
The election was won by the [[Indian National Congress]], who got a majority of its own in the assembly. The communists became the largest opposition party.

{|class="wikitable sortable"
| '''Party'''
| '''No. of candidates'''
| '''No. of elected'''
| '''No. of votes'''
| '''%'''
|-
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| 236
| 150
| 2889994
| 38.82%
|-
| [[Communist Party of India]]
| 86
| 28
| 800951
| 10.76%
|-
| [[Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party]]
| 129
| 15
| 667446
| 8.97%
|-
| [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]
| 85
| 9
| 415458
| 5.58%
|-
| [[All India Forward Bloc|Forward Bloc (Marxist Group)]]
| 48
| 11
| 393591
| 5.29%
|-
| [[Socialist Party of India|Socialist Party]]
| 63
| 0
| 215382
| 2.89%
|-
| [[Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha]]
| 33
| 4
| 176762
| 2.37%
|-
| [[Forward Bloc (Ruikar)]]
| 32
| 2
| 107905
| 1.45%
|-
| [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]]
| 16
| 0
| 63173
| 0.85%
|-
| [[Revolutionary Communist Party of India]]
| 10
| 0
| 32859
| 0.44%
|-
| [[Bolshevik Party of India]]
| 8
| 0
| 20117
| 0.27%
|-
| [[Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad]]
| 14
| 0
| 7100
| 0.10%
|-
| Independents
| 614
| 19
| 1653165
| 22.21%
|-
| '''Total:'''
| 1374
| 238
| 7443903
|
|}
<ref>[http://www.eci.gov.in/SR_KeyHighLights/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_WestBengal.pdf List Of Political Parties] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930062737/http://www.eci.gov.in/SR_KeyHighLights/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_WestBengal.pdf |date=2007-09-30 }}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Defunct political parties in West Bengal]]
[[Category:1952 establishments in West Bengal]]
[[Category:Political parties established in 1952]]

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