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Ruud, Arild Engelsen (1 January 1994). "Land and Power: The Marxist Conquest of Rural Bengal". Modern Asian Studies. 28 (2): 357–380. doi:10.1017/s0026749x00012440. JSTOR 312891. S2CID 146540200.

Notably, the Forward Bloc faction led by Ruiker and Cavesheer was the last group in the West Bengal left to raise the slogan of a united Bengal. Ahead of the 1952 general election, the Ruiker-led Forward Bloc called for "a Bengali Union of Socialist Republics ... a people's state unifying all shades of difference and autonomy in a federal government." Franda, Marcus F. (1970). "Communism and Regional Politics in East Pakistan". Asian Survey. 10 (7): 588–606. doi:10.2307/2642957. JSTOR 2642957.

Park, Richard Leonard (1 January 1952). "India's General Elections". Far Eastern Survey. 21 (1): 1–8. doi:10.2307/3024683. JSTOR 3024683.

Schoenfeld, Benjamin N. (1 January 1965). "The Birth of India's Samyukta Socialist Party". Pacific Affairs. 38 (3/4): 245–268. doi:10.2307/2754030. JSTOR 2754030.

Damodaran, Vinita (1 January 1992). "Azad Dastas and Dacoit Gangs: The Congress and Underground Activity in Bihar, 1942–44". Modern Asian Studies. 26 (3): 417–450. doi:10.1017/s0026749x00009859. JSTOR 312548. S2CID 143939024.

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Velayudham Nayar was the Forward Bloc candidate. His candidature was supported by the Swatantra Party, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and the Indian Union Muslim League. Nayar was defeated by the Congress candidate R.K. Dorai (brother of the Raja of Ramnad). Nayar got 131 281 votes, against 138 358 for Dorai. 2 independent candidates were also in the fray. ECI Archived 28 August 2005 at the Wayback Machine

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Thevar got 208 431 votes (58.16%), defeating the Congress(O) candidate S. Balakrishnan. ECI Statistical Report 1971 Archived 16 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine.

Dhote got 125 552 (37.09%). He was challenged by four other candidates, including A.B. Bardhan of the CPI who got around 10%. ECI Statistical Report 1971 Archived 16 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine.

As mentioned the party won the Nagpur seat. Moreover it came second in the Ramtek (14.32%) and Yeotmal (44.69%, also with Dhote as the candidate) constituencies. ECI Statistical Report 1971 Archived 16 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine.

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After the elections, P.K. Mookiah Thevar decided to retain his Lok Sabha seat. Thus a by-election was held for the Usilampatti assembly seat. The Forward Bloc nominated its Tamil Nadu state secretary K. Kandaswamy who was challenged by S. Andi Thevar. Kandaswamy won with 36351 votes against 16362 for Thevar. By-election results Archived 11 April 2006 at the Wayback Machine, ECI.

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Mihir Kumar Ray won the Mekhliganj seat, Apurba Lal Majumdar in Bagdaha and Saral Deb in Barasat. ECI Archived 16 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine.

Man Mohan Paul of the AIFB stood in the Lumding constituency. He got 2403 votes (6.37%), trailing behind both CPI(M) and CPI candidates. The election was won by the Congress Party. Assam 1972 Archived 16 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine, ECI.

In total the AIFB candidates in Bihar got 20 525 votes. Ghanshyam Mahto came second with 7560 votes (21.68%) in the Ichagarh constituency. Satya Narayan Yadav came fourth in Sarath with 6535 votes (17.44%), and Ramayan Singh came fourth in Bikram with 4662 votes (7.96%). ECI Archived 16 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine.

R.K. Haldulkar came third in the Chhindwara constituency with 2656 votes (8.99%). His party colleague Basantrao Shivajee got 875 votes (1.87%) in Pandhurna. ECI Archived 16 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine.

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Amrendranath Roy Pradhan won in Cooch Behar with 226 521 votes (64.69%), Chitta Basu won in Barasat with 203 694 votes (56.15%) and Chittaranjan Matara won in Purulia with 200 985 votes (68.33%). 1977 Archived 31 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine ECI.

K.K. Toofan of the Forward Bloc contested the Mahendragarh seat in Haryana. Toofan got 2444 votes (0.53%). Statistical Report 1977 Archived 31 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine, ECI.

Basu, Pradip Kumar; The Communist Movement in Tripura, Calcutta: Progressive Publishers, 1996. pp. 156–57, ECI Archived 16 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine

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Administrator, Rajat Kumar Das, Web. "Forward Bloc".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

"Party constitution". India: All India Forward Bloc. 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2017.

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"Central Social Media Team – AIFB". Archived from the original on 18 February 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2017.

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Ruud, Arild Engelsen (1 January 1994). "Land and Power: The Marxist Conquest of Rural Bengal". Modern Asian Studies. 28 (2): 357–380. doi:10.1017/s0026749x00012440. JSTOR 312891. S2CID 146540200.

Park, Richard Leonard (1 January 1952). "India's General Elections". Far Eastern Survey. 21 (1): 1–8. doi:10.2307/3024683. JSTOR 3024683.

Schoenfeld, Benjamin N. (1 January 1965). "The Birth of India's Samyukta Socialist Party". Pacific Affairs. 38 (3/4): 245–268. doi:10.2307/2754030. JSTOR 2754030.

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Ruud, Arild Engelsen (1 January 1994). "Land and Power: The Marxist Conquest of Rural Bengal". Modern Asian Studies. 28 (2): 357–380. doi:10.1017/s0026749x00012440. JSTOR 312891. S2CID 146540200.

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"ECI" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2007. Retrieved 19 July 2006.

Thevar got 208 431 votes (58.16%), defeating the Congress(O) candidate S. Balakrishnan. ECI Statistical Report 1971 Archived 16 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine.

Dhote got 125 552 (37.09%). He was challenged by four other candidates, including A.B. Bardhan of the CPI who got around 10%. ECI Statistical Report 1971 Archived 16 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine.

The Hindu 16 March 2004^[usurped].

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ECI Archived 16 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine.

Mihir Kumar Ray won the Mekhliganj seat, Apurba Lal Majumdar in Bagdaha and Saral Deb in Barasat. ECI Archived 16 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine.

"ECI" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2007. Retrieved 19 July 2006.

ECI Archived 16 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine

K.K. Toofan of the Forward Bloc contested the Mahendragarh seat in Haryana. Toofan got 2444 votes (0.53%). Statistical Report 1977 Archived 31 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine, ECI.

Basu, Pradip Kumar; The Communist Movement in Tripura, Calcutta: Progressive Publishers, 1996. pp. 156–57, ECI Archived 16 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine

L. Santhanam had argued that the party should take part in the election as an ally of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK). After his departure from the party, the AIADMK allotted one seat for him to contest in the election. Hindu 6 February 2006.

"ECI". Archived from the original on 30 September 2007.

"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 11 May 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

"ECI" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2007. Retrieved 18 July 2006.

The Hindu, 9 May 2006.

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"Central Social Media Team – AIFB". Archived from the original on 18 February 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2017.

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