Summary:
This is for the first time that 6 parties owing their allegiance to the Left ideology are contesting the UP assembly elections together. Communist Party of India leads the tally with as many as 58 candidates, followed by CPI-M, which is fielding 18 candidates. "The only viable alternate to the BJP is the Left Front, which has always been opposing its anti-people policies. CPI (ML) has declared 17 candidates.All India Forward Bloc and SUCI(C) on 7 and 5 assembly seats respectively. "He further stated that after Emergency, CPI and CPIM contested elections together in UP..