West Bengal Socialist Party

Mural supporting a WBSP candidate ahead of the 2005 Kolkata Municipal Corporation elections

West Bengal Socialist Party, political party in the Indian state of West Bengal. WBSP was formed when the Bengali socialists split in the beginning of the 1980s (the other faction became the Democratic Socialist Party). WBSP is a part of Left Front. The party leader Kiranmoy Nanda is the Fishing Minister in the West Bengal government.

WBSP has sometimes threatened to leave Left Front.

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.

Categories: Indian political parties-West Bengal