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The '''United Democratic People's Front''' was an electoral alliance in [[West Bengal]], [[India]], formed ahead of the 1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election. The front was composed of the [[Jana Sangh]], the [[Hindu Mahasabha]], the [[Revolutionary Communist Party of India (Tagore)]] and a section of independent [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] dissidents.<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. 216.</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Economic Weekly: A Journal of Current Economic and Political Affairs|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LdNJAQAAIAAJ|volume=14|date=January 1962|page=367}}</ref><br />
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In total UDPF fielded 100 candidates; Jana Sangh fielding 32, Hindu Mahasabha 37, RCPI (Tagore) 2 and 27 independents.<ref name="Committee">{{cite book|author=Communist Party of India (Marxist). West Bengal State Committee|title=Election results of West Bengal: statistics & analysis, 1952-1991|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CNeNAAAAMAAJ|publisher=The Committee|page=301}}</ref> No UDPF candidates were able to win any seat.<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. 217.</ref><br />
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This was the only experiment of electoral cooperation between Jana Sangh and a left-wing party in [[West Bengal]].<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. 218.</ref><br />
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