Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee

Jammu & Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee
Abbreviation	JKPCC
President	Tariq Hameed Karra
Chairman	Ghulam Ahmad Mir
Headquarters	Shaheedi Chowk, Jammu-180001, Jammu and Kashmir
Youth wing	Jammu kashmir Youth Congress
Women's wing	Jammu kashmir Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee
Ideology	Populism Social liberalism Democratic socialism Social democracy Secularism
ECI Status	An Union Territorial Unit of Indian National Congress
Alliance	Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance
Seats in  Rajya Sabha	0 / 4
Seats in  Lok Sabha	0 / 5
Seats in  Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly	6 / 90
Seats in  District Development Council	26 / 280
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The Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) is a state unit of the Indian National Congress (INC) in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is responsible for organizing and coordinating the party's activities and campaigns within the region, as well as selecting candidates for local, state, and national elections in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. The JKPCC is currently headed by Tariq Hameed Karra.

Structure and composition

S.No.	Name	Designation	Incharge
01	Tariq Hameed Karra [1] [2]	President	Jammu Kashmir Pradesh Congress
02	Raman Bhalla [3]	Working President	Jammu Kashmir Pradesh Congress
03	Tara Chand	Working President	Jammu Kashmir Pradesh Congress
04	M. K. Bhardwaj	Interim-Working President	Jammu Kashmir Pradesh Congress
05	Bhanu Mahajan	Interim-Working President	Jammu Kashmir Pradesh Congress
06	Iftkhar Ahmed [4]	General Sectetary	Jammu Kashmir Pradesh Congress
07	Ravinder Sharma	Chief Spokesperson	Jammu Kashmir Pradesh Congress

List of presidents

S.no	President	Portrait	Term
1.	Mohammad Shafi Qureshi		2000	2002
2.	Ghulam Nabi Azad		2002	2004
3.	Peerzada Mohammad Syed		2004	2008
4.	Saifuddin Soz		2008	2015
5.	Ghulam Ahmad Mir		2015	16 August 2022
6.	Vikar Rasool Wani		16 August 2022	16 August 2024
7.	Tariq Hameed Karra		16 August 2024	Incumbent

Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election

Year	Party leader	Seats won	Change in seats	Outcome
1951	___	0 / 75	New	Didn't Contest
1957	___	0 / 75	__	Didn't Contest
1962	__	0 / 75	__	Didn't Contest
1967	Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq	61 / 75	61	Government
1972	Syed Mir Qasim	58 / 75	3	Government
1977	Bhim Singh	11 / 76	46	Opposition
1983	Iftikhar Hussain Ansari	26 / 75	15	Opposition
1987	Om Parkash	26 / 76	__	Government NC+INC
1996	Mehbooba Mufti	7 / 87	19	Opposition
2002	Ghulam Nabi Azad	20 / 87	13	Government PDP+INC
2008		17 / 87	3	Government NC+INC
2014		12 / 87	5	Opposition
2024	Tariq Hameed Karra	6 / 90	6	Outside support to NC government

Performance in Jammu and Kashmir Lok Sabha Elections

Lok Sabha Elections

Year	Lok Sabha	Party Leader	Seats contested	Seats won	(+/−) in seats	% of votes	Vote swing	Popular vote	Outcome
1967	4th	Indira Gandhi	6	5 / 6 (83%)	5	50.52		4,25,668	Government
1971	5th		6	5 / 6 (83%)		54.06	3.54	6,30,690	Government
1977	6th		3	3 / 6 (50%)	2	16.37	37.69	2,33,144	Opposition
1980	7th		1	1 / 6 (17%)	2	18.68	2.31	2,49,760	Government
1984	8th	Rajiv Gandhi	4	3 / 6 (50%)	2	30.23	11.55	6,61,435	Government
1989	9th		3	2 / 6 (33%)	1	38.95	8.72	4,07,474	Opposition
1991	10th	P. V. Narasimha Rao	Elections Not Held						Government
1996	11th		6	4 / 6 (67%)	2	27.46	11.49	5,69,942	Opposition
1998	12th	Sitaram Kesri	6	1 / 6 (17%)	3	19.24	8.22	4,15,354	Opposition
1999	13th	Sonia Gandhi	5	0 / 6 (0%)	1	17.83	1.41	2,80,065	Opposition
2004	14th		3	2 / 6 (33%)	2	27.83	10.00	6,23,182	Government
2009	15th	Manmohan Singh	3	2 / 6 (33%)		24.67	3.16	6,43,175	Government
2014	16th	Rahul Gandhi	3	0 / 6 (0%)	2	22.85	1.82	8,15,510	Opposition
2019	17th		5	0 / 6 (0%)		28.47	5.62	10,11,527	Opposition
2024	18th	Mallikarjun Kharge	2	0 / 5 (0%)		19.38	9.09	9,90,182	Opposition

List of chief ministers

# [a]	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Tenure			Assembly	Ref
				From	To	Days in office
1		Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq	Tankipora	30 March 1965	21 February 1967	6 years, 257 days	3rd (1962 election)	[5]
			Amira Kadal	21 February 1967	12 December 1971		4th (1967 election)
2		Syed Mir Qasim	Verinag	12 December 1971	17 June 1972	3 years, 75 days		[6]
				17 June 1972	25 February 1975		5th (1972 election)
3		Ghulam Nabi Azad	Bhaderwah	2 November 2005	11 July 2008	2 years, 252 days	10th (2002 election)	[7]

List of deputy chief ministers

Sr. no.	Photo	Name	Took office	Left office	Duration	Ref
1		Mangat Ram Sharma	2 November 2002	2 November 2005	3 years, 0 days	[8] [9]
2		Tara Chand	5 January 2009	24 December 2014	5 years, 353 days	[10]

See also

• Indian National Congress
• Congress Working Committee
• All India Congress Committee
• Pradesh Congress Committee

Notes

1. A parenthetical number indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.

References

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