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The '''Progressive Muslim League''' was a [[political party]] in [[West Bengal]], [[India]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Thought|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UW4YAQAAIAAJ|volume=22|year=1970|publisher=Siddhartha Publications|page=62}}</ref><ref name="Singh1993">{{cite book|author=S. Nihal Singh|title=The rocky road of Indian democracy: Nehru to Narasimha Rao|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7tO1AAAAIAAJ|date=1 March 1993|publisher=Sterling Publishers|isbn=978-81-207-1526-4|page=49}}</ref> The party emerged ahead of the [[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]].<ref name="Roychoudhury1977">{{cite book|author=Profulla Roychoudhury|title=West Bengal--a Decade, 1965-1975|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ujluAAAAMAAJ|year=1977|publisher=Boipatra|page=130}}</ref> The party won three seats in the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]; Nasiruddin Khan in [[Naoda (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Naoda]], Ahammad Aktabuddin in [[Hariharpara (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Hariharpara]] and Harun-or-Rashid in [[Deganga (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Deganga]].<ref name=vidhansabha1969>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |publisher= Election Commission |accessdate = 3 December 2016}}</ref> The party had contested 40 out of 280 seats in the election, obtaining 208,574 votes (1.56% of the state-wide vote).<ref name=vidhansabha1969/> The party supported the [[United Front (1967)|United Front]] government in the state, without joining it.<ref name="Roychoudhury1985">{{cite book|author=Profulla Roychoudhury|title=Left Experiment in West Bengal|url=https://archive.org/details/leftexperimentin0000royc|url-access=registration|year=1985|publisher=Patriot Publishers|page=[https://archive.org/details/leftexperimentin0000royc/page/92 92]}}</ref><br />
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In the [[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]], the PML fielded two candidates, none of whom was elected.<ref name=vidhansabha1971>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |publisher= Election Commission | accessdate = 6 February 2015}}</ref> The party obtained 13,821 votes (0.11%).<ref name=vidhansabha1971/><br />
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