National Revolutionary Socialist Party (NRSP) was a

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. NRSP emerged through a split in the Revolutionary Socialist Party. NRSP contested the 1977 state legislative election as an ally of

Communist Party of India (Marxist) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)/CPIM/CPM) is a Marxist–Leninist communist political party in India. It is the largest communist party of India in terms of membership and electoral seats and one of the na ...

(CPI(M)). The party had one candidate, R.M. Parameswaran in Eravipuram. Parameswaran got 22 666 votes, but lost to the RSP incumbent R.S. Unni. Ahead of the 1982 election, alliances had switched. RSP had joined the

Left Democratic Front The Left Democratic Front (LDF) is an alliance of left-wing political parties in the state of Kerala, India. It is the current ruling political alliance of Kerala, since 2016. It is one of the two major political alliances in Kerala, the ...

whereas NRSP had joined the United Democratic Front. NRSP ran one candidate in the election, R.M. Parameswaran who now contested in Vamamapuram, getting 34 349 votes. He was defeated by a CPI(M) candidate.

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