TIL that the longest democratically elected communist government in history was the 34 year Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led Left Front rule in the Indian state of West Bengal
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2011/5/18/the-end-of-an-era-in-west-bengal-and-india
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The end of an era in West Bengal and India
The three-decade rule of the communist party in West Bengal has tasted the bitterness of defeat for the first time.Sumantra Bose (Al Jazeera)
