Indian Federal Democratic Party

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The Indian Federal Democratic Party was a political party in India. In the 2004 Lok Sabha elections IFDP won one seat from Kerala, where P. C. Thomas defeated Jose K. Mani of Kerala Congress (M). That was the first parliamentary electoral victory of a National Democratic Alliance member in the state.

Indian Federal Democratic Party
Leader	P. C. Thomas
Founder	P. C. Thomas
Split from	Kerala Congress (M)
Succeeded by	Kerala Congress
Politics of India Political parties Elections

In 2005, IFDP merged with the Kerala Congress of P. J. Joseph. A breakaway faction of IFDP led by M. P. George split from the party. In 2014, this faction merged with All India Forward Bloc.^[1][2]