The Ganatantri Dal (Democratic Front) was a socialist political party in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). It was founded in 1952 by Haji Mohammad Danesh, a veteran communist activist of the Tebhaga movement. It became part of the United Front coalition under the leadership of A. K. Fazlul Huq, which routed the ruling Muslim League in the provincial elections of 1954. It was later merged into the National Awami Party.[1]