Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee

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Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee
President Akhilesh Prasad Singh [1]
Chairperson Shakeel Ahmad Khan
Headquarters Sadaqat Ashram, Patna-800010, Bihar
Youth wing Bihar Youth Congress
Women's wing Bihar Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee
Ideology
Alliance MGB
Seats in  Lok Sabha
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Seats in  Rajya Sabha
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Seats in  Bihar Legislative Assembly
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Seats in  Bihar Legislative Council
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The Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee or (BPCC) is the political unit of the Indian National Congress for the state of Bihar. It is responsible for organizing and coordinating the party's activities and campaigns within the state, as well as selecting candidates for local, state, and national elections for all districts of Bihar. Its head office is situated in Patna at the Sadaqat Ashram.

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The current working presidents are Shyam Sunder Singh Dheeraj, Ashok Kumar, Sameer Kumar Singh, and Qaukab Kadri. [2]

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 Presidents

S.noPresidentPortraitTerm
1. Maulana Mazharul Haque Mazharul Haque.jpg 19211930
2. Dr. Rajendra Prasad Rajendra Prasad (Indian President), signed image for Walter Nash (NZ Prime Minister), 1958 (16017609534).jpg 19311935
3. Dr. Krishna Sinha Shri Krishna Singh 2016 stamp of India.jpg 19351936
(2). Dr. Rajendra Prasad Rajendra Prasad (Indian President), signed image for Walter Nash (NZ Prime Minister), 1958 (16017609534).jpg 19361946
4. Prof. Abdul Bari 19461947
5. Mahamaya Prasad Sinha 19471948
6. Pandit Prajapati Mishra 19481950
7.Dr. Laxmi Narayan Sudhanshu19501952
(6). Pandit Prajapati Mishra 19521953
8.Nand Kumar Singh (In-Charge)19531954
(3). Krishna Sinha Shri Krishna Singh 2016 stamp of India.jpg 19541955
(8).Nand Kumar Singh19551959
9. Abdul Qaiyum Ansari Abdul Qaiyum Ansari 2005 stamp of India.jpg 19591962
10.Rajendra Mishra19621968
11. Anant Prasad Sharma 19681971
12.Viddyakar Kavi19711973
13. Sitaram Kesri 19731977
14.Mungeri Lal (In-Charge)19771977
15. Kedar Pandey Kedar Pandey.jpg 19771980
16. Rafique Alam 19801983
17.Ram Sharan Prasad Singh19831984
18. Bindeshwari Dubey B.dubey(3).jpg 19841985
19. Dumar Lal Baitha Dumar Lal Baitha.jpg 19851988
20. Tariq Anwar Tariq Anwar assuming office as Minister of State for Agriculture in 2012 (cropped).jpg 19881989
21. Jagannath Mishra Jagannath Mishra (24 June 1937 - 19 August 2019).jpg 19891990
22. Lahtan Choudhary 19901992
(21). Jagannath Mishra Jagannath Mishra (24 June 1937 - 19 August 2019).jpg 19921992
23. Md Hidayatullah Khan 19931994
24.Sarfaraj Ahmad19941997
(24).Sarfaraj Ahmad19971998
25. Sadanand Singh Sadanand Singh.jpg 19982000
26.Chandan Bagchi20002000
27. Shakeel Ahmad Shri Shaqeel Ahmed in his office after taking over the charge as the Minister of State for Communications & Information Technology in New Delhi on May 24, 2004.jpg 20002003
28.Ramjatan Sinha20032005
(25). Sadanand Singh Sadanand Singh.jpg 20052008
29.Anil Kumar Sharma20082010
30. Mehboob Ali Kaiser Mehboobkaisar01.jpg 20102013
31. Ashok Chaudhary Ashok Chaudhary.jpg 1 April 201327 Sep. 2017
32.Kaukab Quadri (In-Charge)27 Sep. 201717 Sep. 2018
33. Madan Mohan Jha 17 Sep. 20185 Dec. 2022
34. Akhilesh Prasad Singh The Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Agriculture, Dr. Akhilesh Prasad Singh addressing at the National Productivity Awards Ceremony for the Agriculture Sector, in New Delhi on May 24, 2007.jpg 5 Dec. 2022 Incumbent

Bihar Legislative Assembly election

YearLegislatureLeaderSeats ContestedSeats wonChange in seatsVotesPercentage of votesVote swingOutcome
1952 1st Assembly Shri Krishna Sinha 322
239 / 330
New39,51,14541.38%NewGovernment
1957 2nd Assembly312
210 / 318
Decrease2.svg 2944,55,42542.09%Increase2.svg 0.71%Government
1962 3rd Assembly Binodanand Jha 318
185 / 318
Decrease2.svg 2540,75,84441.35%Decrease2.svg 0.74%Government
1967 4th Assembly K. B. Sahay 318
128 / 318
Decrease2.svg 5744,79,46033.09%Decrease2.svg 8.26%Opposition
1969 5th Assembly Harihar Singh 318
118 / 318
Decrease2.svg 1045,70,41330.46%Decrease2.svg 2.63%Government
1972 6th Assembly Kedar Pandey 259
167 / 318
Increase2.svg 4956,88,00233.12%Increase2.svg 2.66%Government
1977 7th Assembly Jagannath Mishra 286
57 / 324
Decrease2.svg11041,01,52223.58%Decrease2.svg 9.54%Opposition
1980 8th Assembly311
169 / 324
Increase2.svg 11276,90,22534.2%Increase2.svg 10.62%Government
1985 9th Assembly Bindeshwari Dubey 323
196 / 324
Increase2.svg 2795,58,56239.3%Increase2.svg 5.1%Government
1990 10th Assembly Jagannath Mishra 323
71 / 324
Decrease2.svg 12579,46,63524.78%Decrease2.svg 14.52%Opposition
1995 11th Assembly320
29 / 324
Decrease2.svg 4256,22,95216.27%Decrease2.svg 8.51%Opposition
2000 12th Assembly Shakeel Ahmad 324
23 / 324
Decrease2.svg 640,96,46711.06%Decrease2.svg 5.21%Opposition
2005 13th AssemblyRamjatan Sinha51
10 / 243
Decrease2.svg 1314,35,4495.00%Decrease2.svg 6.06%Opposition
2005 14th Assembly Sadanand Singh 84
9 / 243
Decrease2.svg 112,28,8356.09%Increase2.svg 1.09%Opposition
2010 15th Assembly Mehboob Ali Kaiser 243
4 / 243
Decrease2.svg 524,31,4778.37%Increase2.svg 3.37%Opposition
2015 16th Assembly Ashok Choudhary 41
27 / 243
Increase2.svg2325,39,6386.66%Decrease2.svg 1.71%Opposition
2020 17th Assembly Madan Mohan Jha 70
19 / 243
Decrease2.svg 839,95,3199.48%Increase2.svg 2.82%Opposition

List of chief ministers of Bihar from the Congress Party

NameTook officeLeft office
Sri Krishna Sinha 2 April 194631 January 1961
Deep Narayan Singh 1 February 196118 February 1961
Binodanand Jha [8] 18 February 19612 October 1963
Krishana Vallabh Sahay 2 October 19635 March 1967
Satish Prasad Singh 28 January 19681 February 1968
B. P. Mandal [9] 1 February 19682 March 1968
Bhola Paswan Shashtri (1st Term)22 March 196829 June 1968
Harihar Singh [10] 26 February 196922 June 1969
Bhola Paswan Shashtri (2nd Term)22 June 19694 July 1969
Daroga Prasad Rai [11] 16 February. 197022 December 1970
Bhola Paswan Shashtri (3rd Term)2 June 19719 January 1972
Kedar Pandey 19 March 19722 July 1973
Abdul Gafoor 2 July 197311 April 1975
Dr.Jagannath Mishra (1st Term)11 April 197530 April 1977
Dr.Jagannath Mishra (2nd Term)8 June 198014 August 1983
Chandrashekhar Singh 14 August 198312 March 1985
Bindeshwari Dubey 12 March 198513 February 1988
Bhagwat Jha Azad [12] 14 February 198810 March 1989
Satyendra Narayan Sinha 11 March 19896 December 1989
Dr.Jagannath Mishra [13] (3rd Term)6 December 198910 March 1990

List of deputy chief ministers of Bihar from the Congress Party

#NameTook officeLeft office
1Dr. Anugrah Narayan Sinha 2 April 19465 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
201416th Lok Sabha826,3882
201516th Assembly25,39,63827
201917th Lok Sabha826,3881
202017th Assembly3,995,31919

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