Template:Did you know nominations/Left Front (West Bengal)


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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 23:02, 8 January 2017 (UTC)

====Left Front (West Bengal), West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1977, West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1982, West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1987, West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1991, West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1996====


 * ... that the Left Front (meeting pictured) governed the Indian state of West Bengal for 34 years, winning the elections of 1977, 1982, 1987, 1991, 1996, 2001 and 2006? Source: "would become the most durable political regime in the annals of India's democracy: that it would win another six state elections (1982, 1987, 1991, 1996, 2001, and 2006) and govern West Bengal for an uninterrupted 34 years until 2011." (Transforming India)
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Created by Soman (talk). Self-nominated at 03:12, 21 November 2016 (UTC).


 * Symbol confirmed.svg These six articles are all new enough and long enough. The different parts of the hook are cited inline. The image is appropriately licensed, the articles are neutral and I detected no copyright issues. The actual source quoted by Soman above is not used in any of the articles, but it confirms the general thrust of the hook. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 20:55, 13 December 2016 (UTC)