United Front of Leftists

The United Front of Leftists (UFL) was a political alliance of the leftist and the socialist parties based in the erstwhile Indian state of Travancore-Cochin. It was created in 1952 by the political parties namely Communist Party of India, Revolutionary Socialist Party, and Kerala Socialist Party.[1] Later, Praja Socialist Party, which was one of the strongest parties in the erstwhile Travancore-Cochin, also joined the alliance.[1]

United Front of Leftists
Founded	1952
Headquarters	Thiruvananthapuram
Ideology	Factions Communism Secularism Socialism[1][2]
Political position	Left-wing[1][2][3]
Politics of India Political parties Elections

See also

• Travancore-Cochin
• 1952 Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly election
• 1954 Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly election
• 1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election in Malabar

References

1. Basheer Ahmed (1966). Asian Survey (Communist and Congress prospects in Kerala). University of California. p. 389.
2. Special Election Currespondent (26 January 1954). "Travancore-Cochin prepares for elections" (PDF). The Economic Weekly. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
3. Horst Hartmann (1968). Economic and Political Weekly Vol. 3, No. 1/2. Economic and Political Weekly. p. 163.