Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee

The Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) is the state unit of the Indian National Congress (INC) in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India.

The APCC has its headquarters at Andhra Ratna bhawan Vijayawada &Indira Bhawan, near Nampally in Hyderabad, the capital city of Andhra Pradesh. The APCC is responsible for Congress party units of all the 13 districts in Andhra Pradesh.

After the bifurcation, the current chief is Raghu Veera Reddy, ex-Minister for Revenue in the state Government of Andhra Pradesh. He was appointed on 11 March 2014. With the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, the Congress formed separate committees for the two regions.

Assembly Election History

Total number of seats in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly is 294 . After state division total seats come down to 175.

Year General Election Seats Won Vote Share
1962 3rd Assembly 177 47.25%
1967 4th Assembly 165 45.42%
1972 5th Assembly 219 52.29%
1978 6th Assembly 175$ 39.25%
1983 7th Assembly 60 33.58%
1985 8th Assembly 50 37.25%
1989 9th Assembly 181 47.09%
1994 10th Assembly 26 33.85%
1999 11th Assembly 91 41.61%
2004 12th Assembly 185 38.56%
2009 13th Assembly.[1] 156 36.56%
2014 14th Assembly.[2] 0 2.56%

$ Indira Gandhi led INC (I) won 175 seats while INC won 30 seats with 17.01%.

Lok Sabha Election History

Total number of Lok Sabha seats in Andhra Pradesh is 42 and after division seats come down to 25 out of which Congress has none. Although the state has been one of its bastions for a long time, Congress has swiftly performed a political suicide by trampling upon the 'balance' during bifurcation of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. Today, Congress is more of a namesake party failing to win even a single State assembly seat or Lok Sabha seat. Most of its prior leaders left the party leaving it with a couple of loyal remnants who have since faced bitter defeats. With a present vote share of 2.56% and almost no real hope of increasing it despite strong incumbency, Congress is not expected to do any better in the near future.

YearGeneral ElectionNo. of seats won
1962 3rd Lok Sabha34
1967 4th Lok Sabha35
1971 5th Lok Sabha28
1977 6th Lok Sabha41
19807th Lok Sabha41
1984 8th Lok Sabha6
1989 9th Lok Sabha39
199110th Lok Sabha25
1996 11th Lok Sabha22
1998 12th Lok Sabha22
1999 13th Lok Sabha5
200414th Lok Sabha29
200915th Lok Sabha33
201416th Lok Sabha0

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved 2014-11-17.
  2. ↑ Correspondent, Special. "Seemandhra Congress leaders to review poll debacle". Retrieved 20 February 2017.


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