| Indian Secular Front | |
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| Abbreviation | ISF |
| President | |
| Founder | Abbas Siddiqui |
| General Secretary | |
| Working President | |
The Indian Secular Front (abbreviated as ISF) is a political party formed in West Bengal by Abbas Siddiqui, an influential cleric of the shrine of Furfura Sharif in Hooghly district.[1]
History
This party was formed ahead of the West Bengal Assembly election of 2021[2] and has joined the Sanjukta Morcha,[3] or Mahajot, led by the Left Front and the Indian National Congress[3] against the Trinamool Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party.[4] The party contested the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election in 38 seats and won in 1 seat.[5] 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.[6]
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
| Election Year | Party leader | Seats contested | Seats won | Change in seats | Percentage of votes | Vote swing | Popular vote | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Abbas Siddiqui[7] | 32[8] | 1 | Template:Up 1 | 1.35% | N/A | 813,489 | Minority |
References
- ↑ Want To Be Kingmaker": Muslim Preacher Announces Party For Bengal Polls, News, NDTV(Jan 21, 2021).
- ↑ Bengal: As Left and Congress Ally With Muslim Cleric’s Party, Will BJP Be the Winner?, Wire.in, The(28 Feb 2021).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 With Brigade Rally, Left-Congress-ISF’s ‘Sanyukta Morcha’ Kicks Of Bengal Poll Campaign. Outlook.India(February 28, 2021).
- ↑ West Bengal: In Left-Congress Brigade Ground Rally, ISF Emerged as the Biggest Mobiliser. The Wire. Retrieved 2021-03-02.
- ↑ 30-seat deal with Left: ISF cleric Abbas Siddiqui. www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 2021-03-02.
- ↑ Bengal Congress chief Adhir Chowdhury does not want ISF as an ally in future - Times of India. The Times of India. Retrieved 2021-05-17.
- ↑ ISF to fight polls on borrowed symbol. Millennium Post(18 March 2021). Retrieved 29 March 2021.
- ↑ West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021(21 June 2021). Retrieved 8 January 2022.