Secular Progressive Alliance | |
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| Abbreviation | SPA |
| Chairman | |
| Founder | M. Karunanidhi |
| Founded | April 2006 |
| Preceded by | DMK-led Alliance |
| Ideology | Majority: Socialism (India)[1][2] Factions: Social democracy Democratic socialism Communism[3][4] |
| Political position | Left-wing Factions: Centre-left to far-left |
| Alliance | I.N.D.I.A. (India) |
| Seats in Lok Sabha | 40 / 40 |
| Seats in Rajya Sabha | 12 / 19 |
| Seats in State Legislative Assemblies | 159 / 234
(Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly) 9 / 33 (Puducherry Legislative Assembly) |
| Number of states and union territories in government | 1 / 31 |
| This article is part of a series on the |
| Politics of Tamil Nadu |
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Secular Progressive Alliance formerly known as Democratic Progressive Alliance is an alliance of Indian political parties formed by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK).
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- ^ Chakrabarty, Bidyut (2014). Communism in India: Events, Processes and Ideologies. Oxford University Press. p. 314. ISBN 978-0-199-97489-4.
- ^ "Party constitution". India: All India Forward Bloc. 2017. Archived from the original on 18 May 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2017.