Left Democratic Alliance (Bangladesh)

Left Democratic Alliance বাম গণতান্ত্রিক জোট
Abbreviation	LDA
Founded	18 July 2018
Ideology	Communism Marxism-Leninism Factions: Stalinism Maoism Anti-revisionism Shibdas Ghosh Thought
Political position	Far-left
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Left Democratic Alliance (Bengali: বাম গণতান্ত্রিক জোট) is an alliance of six political parties flagging the left-wing political ideology of Bangladesh. Out of these six parties, two parties - CPB and SPB (Basad) are registered by Bangladesh Election Commission. The remaining four parties are not registered.

Formation

On July 18, 2018, the formation of this alliance was announced in a press conference at the temporary office of the alliance at Mukti Bhaban in Paltan of the capital. At the time of its formation, the coalition consisted of eight parties. Subsequently, on 24 May 2022, the membership of the Ganosamhati Andolan and Revolutionary Workers Party was suspended.

Democratic Left Front was formed around 2013. In continuation of that front, this alliance was newly formed in 2018.

Members

The alliance was formed by eight left-wing parties and currently consists of six.

Party		Ideology
	Communist Party of Bangladesh বাংলাদেশের কমিউনিস্ট পার্টি	Marxism–Leninism
	Socialist Party of Bangladesh বাংলাদেশের সমাতান্ত্রিক দল	Marxism–Leninism–Maoism Anti-revisionism
	Democratic Revolutionary Party গণতান্ত্রিক বিপ্লবী দল	Marxism–Leninism
	Revolutionary Communist League of Bangladesh বাংলাদেশের বিপ্লবী কমিউনিস্ট লীগ	Marxism–Leninism
	Socialist Party of Bangladesh (Marxist) বাংলাদেশের সমাজতান্ত্রিক দল (মার্কসবাদী)	Shibdas Ghosh thought Anti-revisionism
	Bangladesh Samajtantrik Party বাংলাদেশের সমাজতান্ত্রিক পার্টি	Marxism–Leninism

Former members

Party		Ideology
	Mass Solidarity Movement গণসংহতি আন্দোলন	Progressivism
	Revolutionary Workers Party of Bangladesh বাংলাদেশের বিপ্লবী ওয়ার্কার্স পার্টি	Marxism–Leninism