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{{Short description|Political alliance in India}}
{{Infobox political party
| name = Sanyukta Morcha
| colorcode = #EC2320
| foundation = 2016
| ideology = {{Nowrap|[[Big tent]] '''Factions:''' [[Communism]]<ref name="Leninism">{{cite book |last1=Chakrabarty |first1=Bidyut |date= 2014|title=Communism in India: Events, Processes and Ideologies |publisher= [[Oxford University Press]]|page= 314 |isbn=978-0-199-97489-4 }}</ref> [[Marxism-Leninism]]<ref name="auto2">{{cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/a/communistparty.in/cpi/brief-history-of-cpi|title=Brief History of CPI - CPI|access-date=1 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151209001241/https://sites.google.com/a/communistparty.in/cpi/brief-history-of-cpi#|archive-date=9 December 2015|url-status = live}}</ref><ref name="Chakrabarty2014">{{cite book|author=Bidyut Chakrabarty|title=Communism in India: Events, Processes and Ideologies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oEtRBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA61|year=2014|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-997489-4|page=61}}</ref> [[Secularism]]<ref name="J.Soper">{{cite book |last1=Soper |first1=J. Christopher |last2=Fetzer |first2=Joel S. |date=2018 |title=Religion and Nationalism in Global Perspective |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y7BoDwAAQBAJ |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |pages=200–210 |isbn=978-1-107-18943-0 }}</ref> [[Left-wing nationalism]] [[Socialism]] [[Anti-Imperialism]] [[Marxism]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://forwardbloc.org/ideology-of-netaji/|title=Party constitution|publisher=All India Forward Bloc|access-date=22 April 2017|location=India|year=2017}}</ref>}}
| country2 = India
| state = West Bengal
| country = India
| seats1_title = Members in [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
| seats1 = {{Composition bar|1|294|hex=#EC2320}}
| seats2_title = Members in [[Lok Sabha]]
| seats2 = {{Composition bar|2|42|hex=#EC2320}} {{small|(from [[2019 Indian general election in West Bengal|West Bengal]])}}
| seats3_title = Members in [[Rajya Sabha]]
| seats3 = {{Composition bar|3|16|hex=#EC2320}} {{small|(from [[West Bengal]])}}
}}
'''Sanjukta Morcha''' alternatively '''Sanyukta Morcha''' ({{translation|United Front}}),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/photos/photoessay/with-brigade-rally-left-congress-isfs-sanyukta-morcha-kicks-of-bengal-poll-campaign/2628|title=With Brigade Rally, Left-Congress-ISF’s ‘Sanyukta Morcha’ Kicks Of Bengal Poll Campaign|website=Outlook India|date=2021-02-28|accessdate=2021-03-01}}</ref> is a political alliance formed ahead of the [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]] as an alternative to the [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]] and the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]. It was also formerly known as '''Secular Democratic Alliance'''<ref>{{cite news |url =https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/uniting-secular-democratic-forces/article8409125.ece|title =Uniting ‘secular, democratic’ forces|publisher =The Hindu|location =Kolkata|date =30 March 2016|website =frontline.thehindu.com|author =SUHRID SANKAR CHATTOPADHYAY|access-date =27 August 2020}}</ref> or '''Mahajot''' and was broad agreement that some political parties proposed before the [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]] for fighting [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]] government in [[West Bengal]], [[India]]. It was led by [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<ref>{{cite news |url =https://m.huffingtonpost.in/2016/01/01/west-bengal-elections-2016_n_8902064.html|title =West Bengal Assembly Elections 2016: CPI(M), Left Divided Over Alliance With Congress|publisher =Pradipta Tapadar|date =January 1, 2016|author =Pradipta Tapadar}}</ref> and [[Indian National Congress]]<ref>{{cite news |url =https://m.economictimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/sonia-gandhi-gives-nod-to-left-congress-alliance-in-bengal/articleshow/70820153.cms|title =Sonia Gandhi gives nod to Left-Congress alliance in Bengal|date =August 24, 2019}}</ref> and [[Indian Secular Front]] with other smaller parties of [[Left Front (West Bengal)]] during the 2021 elections. After the election, [[Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury]], the head of Congress, declared the end of any alliance with [[Indian Secular Front]]<ref>{{cite news |url =https://www.deccanherald.com/national/left-congress-alliance-mess-719266.html|title =Left-Congress alliance in a mess|date =February 19, 2019|author =Soumya Das }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url =https://m.timesofindia.com/elections-2016/west-bengal-elections-2016/news/CPI-M-and-Congress-alliance-to-continue-in-Bengal/amp_articleshow/52404084.cms|title =CPI-M and Congress alliance to continue in Bengal|date =May 22, 2016|author =Sam Solomon, Jyoti Prasad Chatterjee}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url =https://www.indiatoday.in/assembly-elections-2016/west-bengal-election/story/west-bengal-results-mamata-banerjee-set-to-sweep-left-congress-experiment-fails-324368-2016-05-19|title =West Bengal results: It's Mamata all the way, Left-Congress experiment fails|date =May 19, 2016|author =Romita Datta}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url =https://indianexpress.com/article/elections-2016/india/india-news-india/west-bengal-left-congress-alliance-weak-in-arithmetic-and-chemistry-2813058/|title =West Bengal: Left-Congress alliance weak in arithmetic and chemistry}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|others=PTI|date=2021-05-10|title=Bengal Congress chief Adhir Chowdhury does not want ISF as an ally in future|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/bengal-congress-chief-adhir-chowdhury-does-not-want-isf-as-an-ally-in-future/article34527571.ece|access-date=2021-05-15|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> Later on CPI(M) general secretary [[Sitaram Yechuri]] said the morcha was over after the polls.<ref>{{Cite web|date=14 August 2021|title=Samyukta Morcha over, says Yechury; age bar lowered|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/bengal/samyukta-morcha-over-yechury-age-bar-lowered-1502994350.html|work=The Statesman|access-date=2 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=17 September 2021|title=CPM: ভোট শেষ, সংযুক্ত মোর্চাও শেষ, স্পষ্ট করলেন Yechury, একতরফা সিদ্ধান্ত: Adhir|url=https://zeenews.india.com/bengali/kolkata/sitaram-yechury-says-sanjukta-morcha-is-over_404693.html|work=Zee 24 Ghanta|language=bn|access-date=2 October 2021}}</ref>

==Formation==
Following the heavy defeats in the 2011 Assembly equations and the 2014 Indian national election, the party welcomed ideas of the alliance even with parties not conforming to the communist manifesto. The first signs came when in the [[Siliguri]] municipal election, [[CPI(M)]] made some local understanding with [[Indian National Congress|INC]] resulting in CPI(M) leader [[Ashok Bhattacharya]] being appointed as the [[mayor]]. This success got popularity as Siliguri Model.

After the success of the model, in the long run, some Congress and CPI(M) leader advocated for a Left-Congress alliance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://infoelections.com/infoelection/index.php/kolkata/6939-left-congress-alliance-in-west-bengal-elections-2016.html|title=Left-Congress alliance in West Bengal Elections 2016, hinted Left leaders|work=infoelections}}</ref> This gradually materialized into "Alliance" between INC and Left Front in all the seats except in [[Murshidabad]] district.

After much dispute and secession of [[SUCI(C)]] and [[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist)|CPI(ML)]] from Left Front, both Congress and Lefts formed a basis of what they called "seat sharing", strongly objecting to the use of the word-"alliance".

Left Front consisting of [[CPI(M)]], [[CPI]], [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]] and [[All India Forward Bloc]] along with [[Indian National Congress|INC]] (Congress) (who were on an Electoral agreement with the Left Front) released their respective candidate list in several rounds after consultations and bargaining.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://infoelections.com/infoelection/index.php/kolkata/6338-wset-bengal-cpm-candidate-list.html|title=West Bengal Assembly Election Left Front Candidate List 2016|work=Infoelection}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://infoelections.com/infoelection/index.php/kolkata/6336-west-bengal-congress-candidate-list.html|title=West Bengal Assembly Election Congress Candidate List 2016|work=Infoelection}}</ref>

They opened an official Facebook page prior to the high voltage 2021 assembly elections of WB named [https://www.facebook.com/vote4sanjuktamorcha/ Sanjukta Morcha West Bengal]

==Election history==
===[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016 Legislative assembly election]]===
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In the election the Sanyukta Morcha (Mahajot) failed to dethrone Mamata Banerjee. Congress contested in 92 seats and won 44 seats the left front contested in 192 seats and won only 33 seats.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

===[[2019 Indian general election|2019 Lok Sabha election]]===
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For the 2019 Lok Sabha elections they decided to go for the elections separately.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

===2021 Legislative assembly election===
Ahead of the [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]], [[Indian Secular Front]] joined the alliance with Left Front and [[Indian National Congress]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|title=Left-Cong-ISF Sanyukta Morcha kick-starts Bengal poll campaign|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/left-cong-isf-sanyukta-morcha-kick-starts-bengal-poll-campaign-218833|url-status=live|access-date=2021-03-02|website=Tribuneindia News Service|language=en}}</ref> The alliance was announced in a rally of [[Left Front (West Bengal)]] in the [[Brigade Parade Ground]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-01|title=Bengal Elections: Million Plus People at Brigade Rally Heralds Left-Led Sanjukta Morcha|url=https://www.newsclick.in/Bengal-Elections-Million-Plus-People-Brigade-Rally-Heralds-Left-Led-Sanjukta-Morcha|access-date=2021-03-02|website=NewsClick|language=en}}</ref> The Left Parties will contest in 165 seats, Congress in 92 and ISF in 37 seats.

Despite a spirited campaign, the Left Front and the Indian National Congress drew a blank in the election with a considerable decrease in their respective vote shares and the Indian Secular Front(contesting in the name and symbol of the [[Rashtriya Secular Majlis Party]]) wrested the Bhangar Assembly constituency from the All India Trinamool Congress.

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