Left Front (Bharat)
The Left Front is a political alliance of left-wing to far-left political parties in India. It is led by the Communist Party of India (Marxist). It has started working with the newly formed big tent opposition alliance in 2023 Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance led by the Indian National Congress in order to deflect the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party led National Democratic Alliance in the 2024 Indian general election and to form secular, progressive, socialist and liberal government at the centre. Most of its members are part of this alliance.
Left Front | |
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| Abbreviation | LF |
| Ideology | Communism[1] Marxism–Leninism[2] |
| Political position | Left-wing to far-left |
| Seats in Lok Sabha | 6 / 543 |
| Seats in Rajya Sabha | 7 / 543 |
| Seats in State Legislative Assemblies | 116 / 4,036 |
| Seats in State Legislative Councils | 3 / 543 |
| Number of states and union territories in government | 3 / 31 |
MembersEdit
Active MembersEdit
| Party | Political Position | Leader | Logo/Flag | Lok Sabha | Rajya Sabha | Base | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Left-wing | File:S Yechury Agartala.jpg Sitaram Yechury |
|
3 / 543
|
5 / 245
|
National Party | |
| CPI | Communist Party of India | Left-wing |  Doraisamy Raja
|
 |
2 / 543
|
2 / 245
|
Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Manipur | |
| RSP | Revolutionary Socialist Party | Far-left | Manoj Bhattacharya |  |
1 / 543
|
– | Kerala | |
| CPI(ML)L | Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation | Far-left | File:Dipankar Bhattacharya in 2021.jpg |  |
– | – | Bihar | |
| AIFB | All India Forward Bloc | Left-wing | G. Devarajan | West Bengal | ||||
| PWPI | Peasants and Workers Party of India | Left-wing | Maharashtra | |||||
| Left Front | Left-wing to far-left | 6 / 543
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7 / 245
|
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Electoral historyEdit
General ElectionEdit
| Lok Sabha | Lok Sabha constituencies |
Won | Net Change in seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | 489 | 22 | - |
| Second | 494 | 33 |  11
|
| Third | 494 | 33 |  00
|
| Fourth | 520 | 46 | 13
|
| Fifth | 518 | 53 | 07
|
| Sixth | 542 | 40 |  13
|
| Seventh | 529 ( 542* ) | 54 | 14
|
| Eighth | 541 | 36 | 18
|
| Ninth | 529 | 54 | 18
|
| Tenth | 534 | 57 | 03
|
| Eleventh | 543 | 52 | 05
|
| Twelfth | 543 | 49 | 03
|
| Thirteenth | 543 | 40 | 09
|
| Fourteenth | 543 | 59 | 19
|
| Fifteenth | 543 | 24 | 35
|
| Sixteenth | 543 | 12 | 12
|
| Seventeenth | 543 | 6 | 6
|
*It only include CPI(M), CPI, RSP, AIFB
*12 seats in Assam and 1 in Meghalaya did not vote.[3]
List of chief ministersEdit
- Key
- * – Incumbent chief minister
| State | Name | Portrait | Term(s) | Tenure(s)[lower-alpha 1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kerala | E. M. S. Namboodiripad | 
|
3[lower-alpha 2] | 5 April 1957-31 July 1959 (2 years, 117 days)6 March 1967-1 November 1969 (2 years, 240 days) |
| C. Achutha Menon | 2 | |||
| P. K. Vasudevan Nair | 1 | |||
| E. K. Nayanar | 
|
3 | 25 January 1980–20 October 1981 (1 year, 268 days ) 26 March 1987 – 17 June 1991 (4 years, 83 days) 20 May 1996 – 13 May 2001 (4 years, 358 days) | |
| V. S. Achuthanandan | 
|
1 | 18 May 2006 – 14 May 2011 (4 years, 361 days) | |
| Pinarayi Vijayan* | 
|
2 | 25 May 2016 – Incumbent
(9 years, 5 days) | |
| Tripura | Nripen Chakraborty | 
|
2 | 5 January 1978 – 5 February 1988 (10 years, 31 days) |
| Dasarath Deb | 
|
1 | 10 April 1993 – 11 March 1998 (4 years, 335 days) | |
| Manik Sarkar | 
|
4 | 11 March 1998 – 9 March 2018 (19 years, 363 days) | |
| West Bengal | Jyoti Basu | 
|
5 | 21 June 1977 – 5 November 2000 (23 years, 137 days) |
| Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee | 
|
3 | 6 November 2000 – 13 May 2011 (10 years, 188 days) |
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ Chakrabarty, Bidyut (2014). Communism in India: Events, Processes and Ideologies. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-1999-7489-4. LCCN 2014003207.
- ↑
- Guha, Ramachandra (2013). The Past and Future of the Indian Left: Penguin Petit. Penguin Random House India Private Limited. ISBN 978-9-3511-8310-5.
- Chakrabarty, Bidyut (2014). Left Radicalism in India. Routledge Studies in South Asian Politics. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-3176-6805-3.
- Maitra, Kiran (2012). Marxism in India. Roli Books. ISBN 978-8-1743-6951-2.
- ↑ "Seventh Lok Sabha elections (1980)". Indian Express. Indian Express. March 14, 2014. Retrieved October 18, 2014.
- ↑ "Chief Ministers". Kerala Legislature. Archived from the original on 8 August 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
- ↑ "Premiers and Chief Ministers of West Bengal". West Bengal Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on 12 March 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2018. Note: The website link may not work as it has few glitches; only the archive link works. Also, the source has few errors regarding the tenure of Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee; the correct dates are provided in the "Origin and Growth" section of the given website.
- ↑ "Tripura Legislative Assembly". Legislative Bodies in India. Archived from the original on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
- ↑ "Biplab Kumar Deb takes oath as Tripura CM". Business Line. Archived from the original on 9 August 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
- ↑ Krishnakumar, R. (4 April 1998). "Farewell to EMS". Frontline. Thiruvananthapuram. Archived from the original on 6 August 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2019.