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{{Infobox Indian political party
|name = Indian Secular Front
|eci = Not recognized
|abbreviation = ISF
|party_logo = File:ISF flag.svg
|colorcode = {{party color|Indian Secular Front}}
|founder = [[Abbas Siddiqui]]
|chairman = [[Nawsad Siddique]]
|secretary = Srimon Soren
|foundation = 21 January 2021
|alliance = [[Sanjukta Morcha]] (2021)
| state_seats_name = [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
| state_seats = {{Composition bar|1|294|hex=#000180}}
|ideology =
|position =
| symbol =
}}

The '''Indian Secular Front''' (abbreviated as '''ISF''') is a [[Political parties in West Bengal|political party]] formed in [[West Bengal]] by [[Abbas Siddiqui]], an influential cleric of the shrine of [[Furfura Sharif]] in [[Hooghly district]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=News|first=NDTV|date=Jan 21, 2021|title=Want To Be Kingmaker": Muslim Preacher Announces Party For Bengal Polls|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/pirzada-abbas-siddiqui-announces-indian-secular-front-isf-for-bengal-elections-2356170|url-status=live}}</ref>

==History==

This party was formed ahead of the [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal Assembly election of 2021]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Wire.in|first=The|date=28 Feb 2021|title=Bengal: As Left and Congress Ally With Muslim Cleric’s Party, Will BJP Be the Winner?|url=https://thewire.in/politics/west-bengal-left-congress-abbas-siddiqui-isf-bjp-elections|url-status=live}}</ref> and has joined the [[Sanjukta Morcha]],<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=India|first=Outlook|date=February 28, 2021|title=With Brigade Rally, Left-Congress-ISF’s ‘Sanyukta Morcha’ Kicks Of Bengal Poll Campaign|work=Outlook.India|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/photos/photoessay/with-brigade-rally-left-congress-isfs-sanyukta-morcha-kicks-of-bengal-poll-campaign/2628|url-status=live}}</ref> or Mahajot, led by the [[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]] and the [[Indian National Congress]]<ref name=":0" /> against the [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]] and the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=West Bengal: In Left-Congress Brigade Ground Rally, ISF Emerged as the Biggest Mobiliser|url=https://thewire.in/politics/in-left-congress-brigade-ground-rally-isf-emerged-as-the-biggest-mobiliser|access-date=2021-03-02|website=The Wire}}</ref> The party contested the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election in 38 seats and won in 1 seat.<ref>{{Cite web|title=30-seat deal with Left: ISF cleric Abbas Siddiqui|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/west-bengal-assembly-elections-2021-30-seat-deal-with-leftsays-indian-secular-front-cleric-abbas-siddiqui/cid/1807955|access-date=2021-03-02|website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref> The party fought election under the borrowed symbol of Rashtriya Secular Majlis Party, a [[Bihar]]-based political party. After the election, [[Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury]], the head of West Bengal Congress, declared an end to the alliance with Indian Secular Front.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bengal Congress chief Adhir Chowdhury does not want ISF as an ally in future - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/bengal-congress-chief-adhir-chowdhury-does-not-want-isf-as-an-ally-in-future/articleshow/82522108.cms|access-date=2021-05-17|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>

==Electoral performance==
Indian Secular Front had allied with [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] and [[Indian National Congress]] in an alliance named [[Sanjukta Morcha]].

===State Legislative Assembly elections===
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|+[[West Bengal Legislative Assembly|West Bengal Legislative Assembly Elections]]
|-
!style="width:25%;" Style="background-color:#000180; color:white" | Election Year
!Style="background-color:#000180; color:white" | Party leader
!style="width:15%;" Style="background-color:#000180; color:white" | Seats contested
!style="width:15%;" Style="background-color:#000180; color:white" | Seats won
!style="width:15%;" Style="background-color:#000180; color:white" | Change in seats
!style="width:15%;" Style="background-color:#000180; color:white" | Percentage of votes
!style="width:15%;" Style="background-color:#000180; color:white" | Vote swing
!style="width:15%;" Style="background-color:#000180; color:white" | Popular vote
!Style="background-color:#000180; color:white" | Result
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| [[Abbas Siddiqui]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=18 March 2021|title=ISF to fight polls on borrowed symbol|url=http://www.millenniumpost.in/kolkata/isf-to-fight-polls-on-borrowed-symbol-434695|access-date=29 March 2021|website=Millennium Post}}</ref>
|32<ref>{{cite web|date=21 June 2021|title=West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/13605-west-bengal-general-legislative-election-2021/|work=Election Commission of India|access-date=8 January 2022}}</ref>
|1
|{{up}} 1
| 1.35%
|N/A
|813,489
|Minority
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Indian political parties}}

[[Category:Political parties in West Bengal]]
[[Category:Political parties established in 2021]]
[[Category:Islamic political parties in India]]
[[Category:2021 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Politics of West Bengal]]

Indian Secular Front - Revision history

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