Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee

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Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee
President Rajesh Kumar [1]
Chairman Shakeel Ahmad Khan
Headquarters Sadaqat Ashram, Patna-800010, Bihar
Youth wing Bihar Youth Congress
Women's wing Bihar Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee
Ideology
ECI StatusA State Unit of Indian National Congress
Alliance MGB
Seats in  Lok Sabha
4 / 40
Seats in  Rajya Sabha
1 / 16
Seats in  Bihar Legislative Assembly
19 / 243
Seats in  Bihar Legislative Council
4 / 75
Election symbol
Hand INC.svg

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 coordinating interaction between the state organisation and that at the 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]

Other BPCC constituent organisations include: [7]

List of Presidents

S.noPresidentPortraitTerm
1. Maulana Mazharul Haque Mazharul Haque.jpg 19211930
2. Rajendra Prasad Rajendra Prasad (Indian President), signed image for Walter Nash (NZ Prime Minister), 1958 (16017609534).jpg 19311935
3. Shri Krishna Sinha Shri Krishna Singh 2016 stamp of India.jpg 19351936
(2).Rajendra Prasad Rajendra Prasad (Indian President), signed image for Walter Nash (NZ Prime Minister), 1958 (16017609534).jpg 19361946
4. Abdul Bari 19461947
5. Mahamaya Prasad Sinha 19471948
6. Pandit Prajapati Mishra 19481950
7.Laxmi Narayan Sudhanshu19501952
(6). Pandit Prajapati Mishra 19521953
8.Nand Kumar Singh (In-Charge)19531954
(3). Shri 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 19891990
22. Lahtan Choudhary 19901992
(21). Jagannath Mishra 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. 202218 March 2025
35. Rajesh Kumar Rajesh Kumar Bihar Congress.jpg 18 March 2025Incumbent

List of chief ministers of Bihar from the Congress Party

No.NameTook officeLeft officeTenure
1. Sri Krishna Sinha 2 April 194631 January 196114 years, 304 days
2. Deep Narayan Singh 1 February 196118 February 196117 days
3. Binodanand Jha [8] 18 February 19612 October 19632 years, 226 days
4. Krishana Vallabh Sahay 2 October 19635 March 19673 years, 154 days
5. Satish Prasad Singh 28 January 19681 February 19684 days
6. B. P. Mandal [9] 1 February 19682 March 196830 days
7. Bhola Paswan Shashtri 22 March 196829 June 1968332 days
22 June 19694 July 1969
2 June 19719 January 1972
8. Harihar Singh [10] 26 February 196922 June 1969116 days
9. Daroga Prasad Rai [11] 16 February 197022 December 1970309 days
10. Kedar Pandey 19 March 19722 July 19731 year, 105 days
11. Abdul Gafoor 2 July 197311 April 19751 year, 283 days
12. Jagannath Mishra 11 April 197530 April 19775 years, 180 days
8 June 198014 August 1983
6 December 198910 March 1990
13. Chandrashekhar Singh 14 August 198312 March 19851 year, 210 days
14. Bindeshwari Dubey 12 March 198513 February 19882 years, 338 days
15. Bhagwat Jha Azad [12] 14 February 198810 March 19891 year, 24 days
16. Satyendra Narayan Sinha 11 March 19896 December 1989270 days

List of deputy chief ministers of Bihar from the Congress Party

No.NameTook officeLeft officeTenure
1. Anugrah Narayan Sinha 2 April 19465 July 195711 years, 94 days
2. Ram Jaipal Singh Yadav 3 June 19719 January 1972220 days

List of union ministers from BPCC

NameMinistryTerm
Lalit Narayan Mishra Minister of Railways 19731975
Jagjivan Ram Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation 19671970
Minister of Defence 19701974
Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation 19741977
Ram Dulari Sinha MOS in Information and Broadcasting 19801980
MOS in Labour 19801982
MOS in Steel and Mines 19821983
MOS in Commerce and Industry 19831984
MOS in Home 19841985
Abdul Ghafoor Minister of Works and Housing 19841985
Minister of Urban Development 19851986
Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers 19941996

Electoral Performance

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 Sinha84
10 / 243
Decrease2.svg 1314,35,4495.00%Decrease2.svg 6.06%Opposition
2005 14th Assembly Sadanand Singh 51
9 / 243
Decrease2.svg 112,28,8356.09%Increase2.svg 1.09%Opposition
2010 15th Bihar Assembly Mehboob Ali Kaiser 243
4 / 243
Decrease2.svg 524,31,4778.37%Increase2.svg 3.37%Opposition
2015 16th Bihar Assembly Ashok Choudhary 41
27 / 243
Increase2.svg2325,39,6386.66%Decrease2.svg 1.71%Opposition
2020 17th Bihar Assembly Madan Mohan Jha 70
19 / 243
Decrease2.svg 839,95,3199.48%Increase2.svg 2.82%Opposition

Lok Sabha elections

YearGeneral electionVotes polledSeats wonChange
1951 1st Lok Sabha 4,573,05845New
1957 2nd Lok Sabha 4,450,20841Decrease2.svg4
1962 3rd Lok Sabha 4,365,14839Decrease2.svg2
1967 4th Lok Sabha 4,749,81334Decrease2.svg5
1971 5th Lok Sabha 5,967,51239Increase2.svg5
1977 6th Lok Sabha 4,781,1420Decrease2.svg39
1980 7th Lok Sabha 7,377,58330Increase2.svg30
1984 8th Lok Sabha 12,970,43248Increase2.svg18
1989 9th Lok Sabha 8,659,8324Decrease2.svg44
1991 10th Lok Sabha 7,007,3041Decrease2.svg3
1996 11th Lok Sabha 4,446,0532Increase2.svg1
1998 12th Lok Sabha 2,717,2045Increase2.svg3
1999 13th Lok Sabha 3,142,6034Decrease2.svg1
2004 14th Lok Sabha 1,315,9353Decrease2.svg1
2009 15th Lok Sabha 2,550,7852Decrease2.svg1
2014 16th Lok Sabha 30,21,0652–
2019 17th Lok Sabha 31,40,7971Decrease2.svg1
2024 18th Lok Sabha 3,983,8824Increase2.svg3

District Congress Committee

Sr. NO.DivisionDistrictPresident
1. Patna Patna TownSashi Ranjan
Patna Rural 1Sumeet Kr Sunny
Patna Rural 2Gurujeet Singh
NalandaNaresh Akela
BhojpurAshok Ram
RohtasAmrender Pandey
BuxarManoj Kr Pandey
KaimurRadhe Shyam Kushwaha
2. Magadh GayaSantosh Kr Kushwaha
NawadaSatish Kumar
AurangabadRakesh Kr Singh
JahanabadIstiyak Azam
ArwalDhananjay Sharma
3. Tirhut West ChamparanParmod Singh Patel
East ChamparanEr Sashi Bhushan Rai
MuzaffarpurArvind Mukul
SitamarhiRaktu Prasad
SheoharNoori Begum
VaishaliMahesh Pd Rai
4. Saran SaranBachu Prasad Biru
SiwanSushil Kumar Yadav
GopalganjOm Prakash Garg
5. Darbhanga DarbhangaDyanand Paswan
MadhubaniSubodh Mandal
SamastipurAbu Tameem
6. Kosi SaharsaMukesh Jha
MadhepuraSuryanarayan Ram
SupaulSuryanarayan Mehta
7. Purnea PurneaBijender Yadav
KatiharSunil Yadav
ArariaSaad Ahmed
KishanganjImam Ali
8. Bhagalpur BhagalpurPravej Jamal
BankaKanchana Singh
9. Munger MungerAshok Paswan
JamuiAnil Kr Singh
KhagariaAvinash Kumar Avinash
LakhisaraiAmresh Kr Anees
BegusaraiAbhay Kr Sarjant
SheikhpuraPrabhat Kr Chandrawanshi

References

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  2. ↑ "Bihar Congress President Says Rahul Gandhi a 'Janeudhari Sanatani Hindu'". News18. 30 November 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  3. ↑ "Rahul's close aide to shortlist candidates". The Statesman. Archived from the original on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  4. ↑ "Cong appoints team to revamp Bihar unit ". The Telegraph. Calcutta, India. 3 July 2011. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  5. ↑ "Congress panel to monitor central schemes". The Times of India . 9 June 2011. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012.
  6. ↑ "Congress makes moves to face 2014 LS polls". The Times of India . 10 January 2011. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012.
  7. ↑ "BIHAR PRADESH CONGRESS COMMITTEE FRONTAL ORGANIZATIONS". Indian National Congress. Archived from the original on 21 September 2009. Retrieved 11 September 2009.
  8. ↑ "बिहार का वो मुख्यमंत्री जो कहता था, 'मुझे मारने के लिए मछली भेजी गई है'". The Lallantop (in Hindi). Retrieved 6 November 2020.
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  10. ↑ "हरिहर सिंह: महात्मा गांधी का 'सरदार,' जो कभी मंत्री नहीं बना, सीधा मुख्यमंत्री बना". The Lallantop (in Hindi). Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  11. ↑ "दरोगा प्रसाद राय: बस कंडक्टर के चक्कर में कुर्सी गंवाने वाला मुख्यमंत्री". The Lallantop (in Hindi). Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  12. ↑ "भागवत झा आजाद: बिहार के 18वें मुख्यमंत्री जिनकी कुर्सी एक अपहरण कांड में चली गई". The Lallantop (in Hindi). Retrieved 6 November 2020.
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