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West Bengal Socialist Party | |
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| Leader | Kiranmoy Nanda, Manindra Chandra Paul |
| Split from | Janata Party |
| Succeeded by | Samajwadi Party |
| Headquarters | 42 Ananda Palit Road, Kolkata – 700014 |
| Ideology | Socialism |
| Alliance | Left Front (1977–2011) |
| Election symbol | |
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West Bengal Socialist Party (WBSP) was apolitical party in the Indian state ofWest Bengal. WBSP was formed when the Bengali socialists in the thenJanata Party split in the beginning of the 1980s (the other faction became theDemocratic Socialist Party). WBSP was a part ofLeft Front. The party leader,Kiranmoy Nanda, was the Fisheries Minister in theWest Bengal government.
The party upheld the ideals ofJayaprakash Narayan,Ram Manohar Lohia and Narendra Dev.
In 1990s, the party merged with theSamajwadi Party ofMulayam Singh Yadav. Kiranmoy Nanda became one of the national secretaries of SP. But due to the differences between SP and the Communists in April 1999 over supporting Congress in forming a government after the defeat of theVajpayee government in the trust vote, WBSP was resurrected once again.
In the state assembly elections 2001 WBSP launched four candidates, supported by Left Front. All four got elected. In total the party received 246,407 votes. In the 2005 municipal polls in Kolkata, WBSP contested 2 seats (ward no. 55 and 63) as a part of LF. It lost in both seats.
In the 2006 West Bengal state assembly election, WBSP retained its four seats. Senior leaders of the party included Moni Pal and Jonmejay Ojha. The party has influence in parts of EastMidnapore,Malda,Nadia andMurshidabad.
In the 2008Panchayat Elections, it has secured azilla parishad seat in Malda and 2 municipality seats in theKrishnagar municipality.
In April 2010, WBSP merged with the Samajwadi Party of Mulayam Singh Yadav. Kiranmoy Nanda again became a general secretary of SP.[1]
