Assam Pradesh Congress Committee | |
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President | Bhupen Kumar Borah |
Chairperson | Debabrata Saikia |
Headquarters | Rajiv Bhawan, GS Road, Guwahati, Assam |
Student wing | National Students' Union of India |
Youth wing | Indian Youth Congress |
Women's wing | All India Mahila Congress |
Ideology | |
ECI Status | National Party |
Alliance | Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance United Opposition Forum |
Seats in Lok Sabha | 3 / 14 |
Seats in Rajya Sabha | 0 / 7 |
Seats in Assam Legislative Assembly | 23 / 126 |
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Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (or Assam PCC) was formed in June 1921. Its headquarters is at Rajiv Bhavan in GS Road Guwahati.
Kuladhar Chaliha was the first elected president and Chabilal Upadhyaya [1] was the first selected president of the committee when it was founded. [2] [3]
Bhupen Kumar Borah is appointed as the new president on 24 July 2021 replacing Ripun Bora. [4] [5]
S.no | Name | Designation |
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1. | Jitendra Singh | AICC Incharge |
2. | Bhupen Kumar Borah | President Assam Pradesh Congress Committee |
3. | Jakir Hussain Sikdar | Working President Assam Pradesh Congress Committee |
4. | Zubair Anam | President Assam Pradesh Youth Congress |
5. | Mira Borthakur Goswami | President Assam Pradesh Mahila Congress |
6. | Prem Lal Ganju | General Secretary Assam Pradesh Congress |
7. | Krishna Baruah | President Assam NSUI |
S.no | President | Portrait | Term | |
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1. | Bijoy Chandra Bhagavati | ![]() | 1967 | 1971 |
2. | Dharanidhar Das | 1981 | 1982 | |
3. | Harendra Nath Talukdar | 1982 | 1983 | |
4. | D. Basumatari | 1983 | 1986 | |
5. | Tarun Gogoi | | 1986 | 1990 |
6. | Hiteswar Saikia | ![]() | 1990 | 1992 |
7. | Nakul Das | 1993 | 1996 | |
(6). | Hiteswar Saikia | ![]() | 1996 | 1996 |
(5). | Tarun Gogoi | | 1996 | 2002 |
8. | Paban Singh Ghatowar | ![]() | 2002 | 2004 |
9. | Bhubeneshwar kalita | 2004 | 2014 | |
10. | Anjan Dutta | ![]() | 13 December 2014 | 16 June 2016 |
11. | Ripun Bora | 24 August 2016 | 24 July 2021 | |
12. | Bhupen Kumar Borah | 24 July 2021 | Incumbent | |
Year | Legislature | Party leader | Portrait of Leader | Seats Contested | Seats won | Change in seats | Votes | Percentage of votes | Vote swing | Outcome |
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1952 | 1st Assembly | Bishnu Ram Medhi | ![]() | 92 | 76 / 105 | ![]() | 10,64,850 | 43.48 | ![]() | Government |
1957 | 2nd Assembly | 101 | 71 / 108 | ![]() | 13,21,367 | 52.35 | ![]() | Government | ||
1962 | 3rd Assembly | Bimala Prasad Chaliha | 103 | 79 / 105 | ![]() | 11,79,305 | 48.25 | ![]() | Government | |
1967 | 4th Assembly | 120 | 73 / 126 | ![]() | 13,54,748 | 43.60 | ![]() | Government | ||
1972 | 5th Assembly | Sarat Chandra Sinha | ![]() | 114 | 95 / 126 | ![]() | 19,76,209 | 53.20 | ![]() | Government |
1978 | 6th Assembly | 126 | 26 / 126 | ![]() | 12,20,189 | 23.62 | ![]() | Opposition | ||
1983 | 7th Assembly | Hiteswar Saikia | ![]() | 109 | 91 / 109 | ![]() | 11,94,657 | 52.53 | ![]() | Government |
1985 | 8th Assembly | 125 | 26 / 126 | ![]() | 17,24,003 | 23.23 | ![]() | Opposition | ||
1991 | 9th Assembly | ![]() | 125 | 66 / 126 | ![]() | 24,55,302 | 29.35 | ![]() | Government | |
1996 | 10th Assembly | Bhumidhar Barman | 122 | 34 / 122 | ![]() | 27,78,627 | 30.56 | ![]() | Opposition | |
2001 | 11th Assembly | Tarun Gogoi | ![]() | 126 | 71 / 126 | ![]() | 42,30,676 | 39.75 | ![]() | Government |
2006 | 12th Assembly | 120 | 53 / 126 | ![]() | 41,02,479 | 31.08 | ![]() | Government | ||
2011 | 13th Assembly | ![]() | 126 | 78 / 126 | ![]() | 54,43,781 | 39.39 | ![]() | Government | |
2016 | 14th Assembly | 122 | 26 / 126 | ![]() | 52,38,655 | 30.96 | ![]() | Opposition | ||
2021 | 15th Assembly | Debabrata Saikia | ![]() | 95 | 29 / 126 | ![]() | 57,03,341 | 29.67 | ![]() | Opposition |
S.no | Name | Portrait | Term | ||
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1. | Gopinath Bordoloi | ![]() | 26 January 1950 | 6 August 1950 | 192 days |
2. | Bishnuram Medhi | ![]() | 9 August 1950 | 27 December 1957 | 7 years, 140 days |
3. | Bimala Prasad Chaliha | 27 December 1957 | 6 November 1970 | 12 years, 314 days | |
4. | Mahendra Mohan Choudhry | 6 November 1970 | 30 January 1972 | 1 year, 85 days | |
5. | Sarat Chandra Sinha | ![]() | 31 January 1972 | 12 March 1978 | 6 years, 40 days |
6. | Anwara Taimur | 6 December 1980 | 30 June 1981 | 206 days | |
7. | Kesab Chandra Gogoi | 13 January 1982 | 19 March 1982 | 65 days | |
8. | Hiteswar Saikia | ![]() | 27 February 1983 | 23 December 1985 | 7 years, 231 days |
30 June 1991 | 22 April 1996 | ||||
9. | Bhumidhar Barman | ![]() | 22 April 1996 | 14 May 1996 | 22 days |
10. | Tarun Gogoi | | 18 May 2001 | 24 May 2016 | 15 years, 6 days |
S.No. | Name | Designation | Incharge |
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01 | Madhab Rajbanshi | State Chairman | RGPRS, Assam |
02 | Meer Akhtar Hussain | Zonal Coordinator [6] | RGPRS, Assam |
03 | Pabitra Bora | Zonal Coordinator | RGPRS, Assam |
04 | Habibuallah | Zonal Coordinator | RGPRS, Assam |
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