United_Front_(Kerala)
United Front (1970–1979, Kerala)
Political alliance
United Front (Malayalam: Aikya Munnani), known until 1971 as Mini Front (1970–1971) and as Maxi Front (1971–1979) thereafter, was a coalition of political parties in Kerala state, India, which was the ruling combine in the state from 1970 to 1979 (4th and 5th Kerala Legislative Assemblies). The coalition was formed by five political parties immediately before the 1970 Kerala Legislative Assembly election. It saw the inclusion a few other parties in the following years.
- Indian National Congress (INC)
- Communist Party of India (CPI)
- Indian Union Muslim League (IUML)
- Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP)
- Praja Socialist Party (PSP)
- Kerala Congress (later joined)
4th Assembly (1970–1977)
- C. Achutha Menon (1970–1977)
5th Assembly (1977–1979)
- K. Karunakaran (1977)
- A. K. Antony (1977–1978)
- P. K. Vasudevan Nair (1978–1979)
- C. H. Mohammed Koya (1978–1979)
United Front was dissolved in 1979 after the constituent parties left the coalition in order to form new political coalitions, viz. the Left Democratic Front and the United Democratic Front.