Secular Democratic Alliance
Secular Democratic Alliance ধর্মনিরপেক্ষ গণতান্ত্রিক জোট | |
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Abbreviation | SDA |
Leader | |
Alliance | Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (National level) |
Seats in Lok Sabha | 2 / 42 |
Seats in Rajya Sabha | 1 / 16 |
Seats in West Bengal Legislative Assembly | 0 / 294 |
Secular Democratic Alliance
Background
Following the heavy defeats in the
Given the political history of West Bengal, the materialisation of an alliance between the Congress & the CPI(M), 2 parties that have been bitter rivals of each other since the 1970s & have a history of unleashing political violence against each other's cadres, took the political circles of the state by surprise. After much dispute and secession of
In 2016, Mahajot
Subsequently, Mahajot succeeded to Sanjukta Morcha[20] in 2021 with the joining of ISF in the alliance. After the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, the head of Congress, declared the end of any alliance with Indian Secular Front (ISF).[21] Later on CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury said the electoral alliances was over after the polls, but the political understanding between Left, Congress and ISF will continue.[22][23] Afterwards, ahead of 2024 Indian general election, ISF decided to contest alone in the Lok Sabha polls due to some differences in seat sharing and marks the end of alliance with Left and Congress.[24] Thereafter, Sanjukta Morcha succeeded to LF-INC Alliance[25] or Secular Democratic Alliance with the withdrawal of Indian Secular Front from the alliance.
Members
Party | Bloc(s) | Flag | Symbol | Leader(s) | |
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Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Left Front | Mohammed Salim | |||
Marxist Forward Bloc | Ashish Chakraborty | ||||
Revolutionary Communist Party of India | Subhas Roy | ||||
All India Forward Bloc | Naren Chatterjee | ||||
Revolutionary Socialist Party | Tapan Hor | ||||
Communist Party of India | Swapan Banerjee | ||||
Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation | Janardan Prasad | ||||
Indian National Congress | Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury | ||||
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | Shibu Soren | ||||
Hamro Party | Ajoy Edwards
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Electoral history
Ahead of the
The Left Front supported Indian National Congress candidate Bayron Biswas for 2023 by-election in Sagardighi Assembly constituency.[29] He defeated TMC candidate Debasish Bandopadhyay by a margin of 22,986 votes. However, Biswas later defected to the TMC.
On 2 March 2023, CPI(M) state secretary
See also
- Communist Party of India (Marxist), West Bengal
- Left Democratic Front
- Left Front (West Bengal)
- West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee
Notes
- ^ contesting in the name and symbol of the Rashtriya Secular Majlis Party
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