Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee

Bihar Congress
President Madan Mohan Jha[1]
Headquarters Sadaquat Ashram, Patna - 800010
Student wing National Students Union of India
Youth wing Bihar Pradesh Youth Congress
Women's wing Bihar Mahila Congress
Ideology
Alliance United Progressive Alliance
Seats in Lok Sabha
2 / 545
[2](currently 531 members + 1 Speaker)
Seats in Rajya Sabha
1 / 16
Seats in 
27 / 243
(Bihar Legislative Assembly)
Election symbol

The Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee (also known as Bihar PCC or B.P.C.C) is the political unit of the Indian National Congress for the state of Bihar. Its head office is situated in Patna at the Sadaqat Ashram.

The current working president is Qaukab Kadri.

Organisation

The BPCC comprises several committees, including a screening committee for potential election candidates[3] and, since July 2011, a committee co-ordinate interactions between the state organisation and that at national level.[4] There is also a monitoring committee , established around December 2010 to monitor the various Central Government schemes in Bihar.[5]The former MLC Vijay Shankar Mishra is the Chairman of the recently reshuffled committee.[6]

In addition, the BPCC has constituent organisations, including:[7]

List of Chief Ministers of Bihar from the Congress Party

Name Took Office Left Office
Sri Krishna Sinha 2 April 1946 31 January 1961
Deep Narayan Singh 1 February 1961 18 February 1961
Binodanand Jha 18 February 1961 2 October 1963
Krishana Vallabh Sahay 2 October 1963 5 March 1967
Satish Prasad Singh 28 January 1968 1 February 1968
B. P. Mandal 1 February 1968 2 March 1968
Bhola Paswan Shashtri (1st Term) 22 March 1968 29 June 1968
Harihar Singh 26 February 1969 22 June 1969
Bhola Paswan Shashtri (2nd Term) 22 June 1969 4 July 1969
Daroga Prasad Rai 16 February. 1970 22 December 1970
Bhola Paswan Shashtri (3rd Term) 2 June 1971 9 January 1972
Kedar Pandey 19 March 1972 2 July 1973
Abdul Gafoor 2 July 1973 11 April 1975
Dr.Jagannath Mishra (1st Term) 11 April 1975 30 April 1977
Dr.Jagannath Mishra (2nd Term) 8 June 1980 14 August 1983
Chandrashekhar Singh 14 August 1983 12 March 1985
Bindeshwari Dubey 12 March 1985 13 February 1988
Bhagwat Jha Azad 14 February 1988 10 March 1989
Satyendra Narayan Sinha 11 March 1989 6 December 1989
Dr.Jagannath Mishra (3rd Term) 6 December 1989 10 March 1990

List of Deputy Chief Ministers of Bihar from the Congress Party

# Name Took Office Left Office
1 Dr. Anugrah Narayan Sinha 2 April 1946 5 July 1957

List of Union Ministers from BPCC

Performance in State elections

YearGeneral ElectionVotes PolledSeats Won
19511st Assembly3,951,145239
19511st Lok Sabha4,573,05845
19572nd Assembly4,455,425210
19572nd Lok Sabha4,450,20841
19623rd Assembly4,075,844185
19623rd Lok Sabha4,365,14839
19674th Assembly4,479,460128
19674th Lok Sabha4,749,81334
19695th Assembly4,570,413118
19715th Lok Sabha5,967,51239
19726th Assembly5,688,002167
19777th Assembly4,101,52257
19776th Lok Sabha4,781,1420
19808th Assembly7,690,225169
19807th Lok Sabha7,377,58330
19848th Lok Sabha12,970,43248
19859th Assembly9,558,562196
19899th Lok Sabha8,659,8324
199010th Assembly7,946,63571
199110th Lok Sabha7,007,3041
199511th Assembly5,622,95229
199611th Lok Sabha4,446,0532
199812th Lok Sabha2,717,2045
199913th Lok Sabha3,142,6034
200012th Assembly4,096,46723
200414th Lok Sabha1,315,9353
200513th Assembly1,223,83510
200514th Assembly1,435,4499
200915th Lok Sabha2,550,7852

References

  1. ↑ https://indianexpress.com/article/india/madan-mohan-jha-appointed-as-new-bihar-congress-president-5362503/
  2. ↑ "Members: Lok Sabha". loksabha.nic.in. Lok Sabha Secretariat. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  3. ↑ http://www.thestatesman.com/mobi/news/bihar/bihar-polls-rahul-s-close-aide-to-shortlist-candidates/87222.html
  4. ↑ "Cong appoints team to revamp Bihar unit ". The Telegraph. Calcutta, India. 3 July 2011.
  5. ↑ "Congress panel to monitor central schemes". The Times Of India. 9 June 2011.
  6. ↑ "Congress makes moves to face 2014 LS polls". The Times Of India. 10 January 2011.
  7. ↑ "BIHAR PRADESH CONGRESS COMMITTEE FRONTAL ORGANIZATIONS". Indian National Congress. Archived from the original on 2009-09-21. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
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