The Progressive Muslim League was a

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...

West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fourt ...

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. The party emerged ahead of the

1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election Elections were held in Indian state of West Bengal in February 1969 to elect 280 members to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. United Front formed the government with Ajoy Mukherjee as the Chief Minister. United Front won a landslide 214 seats ...

. The party won three seats in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly; Nasiruddin Khan in

Naoda Naoda (also spelled Nawda & Nowda) is a town, not identified in 2011 census, with a police station, in the Naoda CD block in the Berhampore subdivision of Murshidabad district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Naoda is ...

, Ahammad Aktabuddin in

Hariharpara Hariharpara is a village, with a police station, in the Hariharpara CD block in the Berhampore subdivision of Murshidabad district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Hariharpara is located at . Area overview The area sho ...

and Harun-or-Rashid in

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. All in all the party had contested 40 out of 280 seats in the election, obtaining 208,574 votes (1.56% of the state-wide vote). The party supported the

United Front A united front is an alliance of groups against their common enemies, figuratively evoking unification of previously separate geographic fronts and/or unification of previously separate armies into a front. The name often refers to a political a ...

government in the state, without joining it. PML fielded two candidates in the

1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election Legislative Assembly elections were held in the Indian state of West Bengal in 1971. The assembly election was held alongside the 1971 Indian general election. Parties and coalitions Ahead of the 1971 election the map of party coalitions was r ...

, out of whom none was elected. The party obtained 13,821 votes (0.11%).

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