Indian Union Muslim League

Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) (Malayalam: ഇന്ത്യൻ യൂണിയൻ മുസ്ലിം ലീഗ്) (Commonly referred as the League) though a National Party, considerng it's election out come, it is recognised by the Election Commission of India as a State Party in the state of Kerala, India. The chief support base of the party falls in Kerala. Note that since the party was initially formed in federal form, every State has got a State Committee and had separate registration and affiliated to the Central Committee of IUML. Though the name 'Indian Union Muslim League' is registered at the Electoral Commission, in Kerala the party was contesting elections as the 'Muslim League Kerala State Committee'(MLKSC). As on date both IUML the central committee and MLKSC, the State committee of Kerala have merged and now there is no federal set up in IUML and the party has been centralised throughout India as one party and one central committee, i.e. IUML.

Though League is a powerful pro-Muslim community oriented party, it sticks to its secular credentials. It has decided to remain their allegiance to Indian Union after Independence, when the original Muslim League went to Pakistan. The IUML is the only Pro-Muslim party, which declared its allegiance and loyalty to India in post-independent India. The party has strongholds mostly in Kerala State districts like Kozhikode, Malappuram and Kasargod. They form the second largest party within UDF.

A particular faction of Muslims in Kerala is sometimes regarded as the supporters of Indian Union Muslim League. The supreme leader of the faction, Panakkad Sayed Hyderali Shihab Thangal, is the president of Kerala state unit of Indian Union Muslim League. This unofficial support is cause of the repeating election victories of Indian Union Muslim League candidates from Muslim dense districts.