Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee | |
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President | Udai Bhan |
Chairman | Bhupinder Singh Hooda |
Headquarters | Kothi No.140, Sector-9B Chandigarh-160009 |
Youth wing | Haryana Youth Congress |
Women's wing | Haryana Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee |
Ideology | |
Alliance | Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance |
Seats in Lok Sabha | 5 / 10 |
Seats in Rajya Sabha | 1 / 5 |
Seats in Haryana Legislative Assembly | 28 / 90 |
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Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee (or Haryana PCC) is the unit of the Indian National Congress, working in the state of Haryana. 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. Its head office is situated at Chandigarh. [1] Senior leader and four times MLA Mr Udai Bhan is the present chief of the Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee. [2]
S.no | Name | Designation |
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1. | Dipak Babaria | AICC Incharge |
2. | Udai Bhan | President Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee |
3. | Sudha Bhardawaj | President Haryana Pradesh Mahila Congress |
4. | Divyanshu Buddhiraja | President Haryana Pradesh Youth Congress |
5. | Avinash Yadav | President Haryana Pradesh NSUI |
6. | Bhupinder Singh Hooda | CLP Leader Haryana Legislative Assembly |
7. | Aftab Ahmed | Deputy CLP Leader Haryana Legislative Assembly |
S.no | President | Portrait | Term | |
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1. | Bhagwat Dayal Sharma | 4-8-1966 | 16-11-1966 | |
2. | Ram Kishan Gupta | 19-11-1966 | 9-11-1969 | |
3. | Ramchandra Mittal | 2-1-1970 | 10-12-1972 | |
4. | Rao Nihal Singh | 11-12-1972 | 04-07-1977 | |
5. | Ranbir Singh Hooda | 05-07-1977 | 01-01-1978 | |
6. | Sultan Singh | 8-11-1978 | 02-11-1979 | |
7. | Dalbir Singh | 3-11-1979 | 10-06-1980 | |
8. | Sardar Harpal Singh | 17-09-1980 | 10-06-1982 | |
(6). | Sultan Singh | 11-06-1982 | 08-10-1985 | |
9. | Choudhary Birendra Singh | 9-10-1985 | 19-04-1986 | |
(8). | Sardar Harpal Singh | 14-05-1986 | 07-09-1987 | |
10. | Balbir Pal Shah | 08-09-1987 | 06-02-1989 | |
11. | Shamsher Singh Surjewala | 07-02-1989 | 30-09-1990 | |
(9). | Chaudhary Birendra Singh | 01-10-1990 | 10-04-1992 | |
12. | Dharam Pal Singh Malik | 11-04-1992 | 27-02-1997 | |
13. | Bhupinder Singh Hooda | 29-02-1997 | 31-07-2002 | |
14. | Bhajan Lal Bishnoi | 01-08-2002 | 02-07-2006 | |
15. | Phool Chand Mullana | 27-08-2007 | 10-02-2014 | |
16. | Ashok Tanwar | 14-02-2014 | 04-09-2019 | |
17. | Kumari Selja | 04-09-2019 | 27-04-2022 | |
18. | Udai Bhan | 27-04-2022 | Incumbent | |
Year | Party leader | Seats won | Change in seats | Outcome |
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1967 | Bhagwat Dayal Sharma | 48 / 81 | New | Government |
1968 | Bansi Lal | 48 / 81 | Government | |
1972 | 52 / 81 | 4 | Government | |
1977 | 3 / 90 | 49 | Opposition | |
1982 | Bhajan Lal | 36 / 90 | 33 | Government |
1987 | Bansi Lal | 5 / 90 | 31 | Opposition |
1991 | Bhajan Lal | 51 / 90 | 46 | Government |
1996 | 9 / 90 | 42 | Opposition | |
2000 | 21 / 90 | 12 | Opposition | |
2005 | Bhupinder Singh Hooda | 67 / 90 | 46 | Government |
2009 | 40 / 90 | 27 | Government | |
2014 | 15 / 90 | 25 | Opposition | |
2019 | 31 / 90 | 16 | Opposition | |
2024 | TBD |
S.no | Name | Portrait | Term | ||
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1. | B. D. Sharma | 1 November 1966 | 23 March 1967 [3] | 142 days | |
2. | Bansi Lal | 22 May 1968 | 30 November 1975 | 11 years, 282 days | |
5 July 1985 | 19 June 1987 | ||||
11 May 1996 | 23 July 1999. [4] | ||||
3. | Banarsi Das Gupta | 1 December 1975 | 30 April 1977. [5] | 1 year, 150 days | |
4. | Bhajan Lal Bishnoi | 22 January 1980 | 5 July 1985 | 11 years, 298 days | |
23 July 1991 | 9 May 1996 | ||||
5. | Bhupinder Singh Hooda | 5 March 2005 | 19 October 2014 [6] | 9 years, 235 days | |
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