The 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

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

, formed ahead of the 1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election. The front comprised the Socialist Unity Centre of India

Socialist Unity Centre of India

The Socialist Unity Centre of India , previously called the Socialist Unity Centre of India, is a communist party in India. The party was founded by Shibdas Ghosh in 1948.-Ideology:...

, the Bolshevik Party of India

Bolshevik Party of India

The Bolshevik Party of India was a communist political party in the India. Although the party is now defunct and doesn't contest election anymore, it is logged with the Election Commission of India as having contested the very first parliamentary elections in 1951 in India....

, the Democratic Vanguard

Workers Party of India

Workers Party of India is a political party in the Indian state of West Bengal. WPI has its origin in the Democratic Vanguard in India. DV was formed in 1943 when a group led by Jiban Lal Chattopadhyay broke away from the Radical Democratic Party of Manabendra Nath Roy. DV were dissatified with the...

 and the Republican Party.

The front gained 2.45% of the votes in the state (SUCI 0.85%, BPI 0.6%, DV 0.5% and RP 0.6%). Two out of three SUCI candidates were elected.