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The '''Frente Popular Party''' (also named '''Janta Agadhi'''<ref>{{cite book|last=Grover|first=Verinder|author2=Ranjana Arora|title=Encyclopaedia of India and her states: Union territories, Andaman & Nicobar ...|date=1996}}</ref>) is a former political party of [[Goa]], [[India]]. It participated in the 1963 Goa general elections without any success.<ref name = Sakshena>{{cite book|last=Sakshena|first=R.N. Sakshena|title=Goa: Into the Mainstream1|date=1974}}</ref><br />
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==Background==<br />
Frente Popular was founded by [[communists]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Asian survey, Volume 4|publisher=University of California, Berkeley. Institute of International Studies|date=1964}}</ref> Its stated ideals were [[secularism]], [[democracy]] and [[socialism]]. It attacked the [[prohibition]] policy promoted by the [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] and criticized the administration of Goa for nepotism and corruption.<br />
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Frente Popular was responsible for organizing mass rallies which were addressed by prominent national communist leaders such as [[S. A. Dange]]. It was headed by [[Bertha Menezes Braganza]], a journalist from [[Bombay]].<ref name = Sakshena/><br />
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===Views on Goa's statehood===<br />
{{Main|Goa Opinion Poll}}<br />
There were persistent demands to merge the Union Territory of Goa into the newly created linguistic state of [[Maharashtra]]. The communists in India were staunch supporters of the [[Samyukta Maharashtra movement]], which demanded an enlarged linguistic state of Maharashtra, which included Goa. However, the Frente Popular campaigned against a merger and supported full statehood for Goa.<ref>{{cite book|title=Socialist affairs, Volume 14|publisher=Socialist International|date=1964}}</ref><br />
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==1963 elections==<br />
There were eight political parties in Goa at the time of the first general elections in 1963; however, only four got recognition from the [[Election Commission of India]], including the Frente Popular. The symbol allocated to the Frente Popular was the [[elephant]].<ref>{{cite book|publisher=Government of Maharashtra (India)|title=The Maharashtra Government Gazette|year=1963}}</ref><br />
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Frente Popular put forth only eight candidates from the 30 available constituencies. It contested mainly in areas with high concentrations of labourers, fielding candidates from the [[trade unions]]. Bertha Menezes Braganza ran in [[Cortalim]].<ref name = Sakshena/> The party did not win any seats, polling just 4,548 votes (1.82% of polled votes).<ref>{{cite book|last=Esteves|first=Sarto|title=Goa and its future|date=1966|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oNQLAAAAIAAJ&q=Frente}}</ref> The [[Roman Catholic Church]]'s campaign for the [[United Goans Party]] has been cited as a major factor contributing to the party's poor showing.<ref>{{cite book|title=Seminar, Issues 65-76|date=1965|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HibjAAAAMAAJ&q=Frente+Popular,+Goa}}</ref><br />
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