People's United Left Front
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The People's United Left Front was an electoral alliance in West Bengal
West Bengal
West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...

, India
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, formed in December 1966, ahead of the 1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election. The front comprised the Communist Party of India
Communist Party of India
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, the Bangla Congress
Bangla Congress
The Bangla Congress was a regional political party in the Indian state of West Bengal. It was formed through a split in the Indian National Congress in the 1960s and later co-governed with the Communist Party of India in two United Front governments, the first lasting from March 15, 1967 to...

, the All India Forward Bloc
All India Forward Bloc
The All India Forward Bloc is a leftwing nationalist political party in India. It emerged as a faction within the Indian National Congress in 1939, led by Subhas Chandra Bose. The party re-established as an independent political party after the independence of India...

 and the Bolshevik Party of India
Bolshevik Party of India
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. The front won 63 seats out of 280. After the election PULF merged with the United Left Front
United Left Front (1967)
The United Left Front was an electoral alliance in West Bengal, India, formed in December 1966, ahead of the 1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election...

, forming the United Front
United Front (1967)
The United Front was a political coalition in West Bengal, India, formed shortly after the 1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election. It was conceived on February 25, 1967, through the joining together of the United Left Front and the People's United Left Front, along with other parties...

. The UF formed a state government, dislogding the Indian National Congress
Indian National Congress
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for the first time in the state.

Election result of the ULF

Party Candidates Seats won % of votes
CPI 62 16 6.53%
AIFB 42 13 4.40%
BC 81 34 10.44%
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