Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee

Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee
Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee
Abbreviation	K. P. C. C.
President	Sunny Joseph
Headquarters	Indira Bhavan, Thiruvananthapuram
Newspaper	Veekshanam
Student wing	Kerala Students Union (N S U I)
Youth wing	Youth Congress (Kerala)
Women's wing	Mahila Congress (Kerala)
Labour wing	Indian National Trade Union Congress (I N T U C)
Membership	3.379 million (June 2017)
Ideology	Civic nationalism Social Democracy Secularism Liberalism(Indian)
Political position	Centre
ECI Status	A State Unit of Indian National Congress
Alliance	Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (pan-India); United Democratic Front (Kerala);
Seats in Lok Sabha	14 / 20
Seats in Rajya Sabha	1 / 9
Seats in Kerala Legislative Assembly	22 / 140
Election symbol
Party flag
Website
	kpcc.org.in
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Last updated September 12, 2025

Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee is the Kerala state unit of the Indian National Congress. 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. The INC currently leads the UDF alliance, the Opposition in the Kerala Legislative Assembly.^[4]

Structure and composition

S.no	Name	Designation
1.	Deepa Dasmunshi	AICC General Secretary Incharge
2.	Sunny Joseph	President KPCC
3.	V. D. Satheesan ^[6]	CLP Leader KLA
4.	Shafi Parambil	Working President KPCC
5.	A. P. Anil Kumar	Working President KPCC
6.	P. C. Vishnunadh	Working President KPCC
7.	Jebi Mather ^[7]	President AIMC Kerala
8.	Vacant	President IYC Kerala
9.	Aloshious Xavier	President KSU
10.	R. Chandrashekaran	President INTUC

Timeline

1921 – Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee convened at Ottapalam in northern Kerala.^[5]
1924/25 – Vaikom Satyagraha led by Congress leaders T. K. Madhavan, K. Kelappan and K. P. Kesava Menon.^[8]
1930 – Salt Satyagraha, a part of the Civil Disobedience Movement, organised by K. Kelappan in northern Kerala.^[9]
1931/32 – Guruvayur Satyagraha, commenced under K. Kelappan.^[10]
1933 – Joint Political Congress established in Travancore.^[11]
1938 – Chunangat Kunjikavamma elected as President and E. M. S. Namboodiripad, the future Communist leader, as Secretary.^[12]
1938 – formation of Travancore State Congress.^[11] Agitation against Diwan C. P. Ramaswami Iyer for 'Responsible Government'.^[11]^[13]
1939/40 – Split in Congress. Communist Party of India walked away with the entire Kerala unit.^[14]
1947 – Following the Punnapra-Vayalar Revolt, the Travancore State Congress enters the agitation against the Diwan.^[11]^[15]
1957 – Congress loses first assembly election in Kerala
1958 – formation of the Kerala Students Union (KSU).^[16]
1960 – Congress-led alliance in power after the 'Liberation Struggle' against Communist ministry.
1964 – Major split in Congress.^[17]
1971 – Congress joins the Achuta Menon Government.^[18]
1979/80 – Congress leader K. Karunakaran forms the UDF alliance.

Gandhi's visits to Kerala

1920 (during the Non-Cooperation/Khilafat Agitation)^[19]
1925 (during Vaikom Satyagraha)^[19]
1927 (campaign against the untouchability)^[19]
1934 (fundraising)^[19]
1937 (after the 1936 Temple Entry Proclamation)^[19]

Kerala Legislative Assembly election

Source: Thomas J. Nossiter - Communism in Kerala: A Study in Political Adaptation (1982)

Year	Party leader	Seats won	Change in seats	Outcome
Travancore-Cochin
1952	A. J. John	44 / 108	new	Government
1954	A. J. John	45 / 117	1	Opposition
Kerala
1957	P. T. Chacko	43 / 126	new	Opposition
1960	R. Sankar	63 / 126	20	Government
1965	R. Sankar	36 / 133	27	Opposition
1967	K. Karunakaran	9 / 133	27	Opposition
1970		30 / 133	21	Government UF
1977		38 / 140	8	Government UF
1980		17 / 140	21	Opposition UDF
1982		20 / 140	3	Government UDF
1987		33 / 140	13	Opposition UDF
1991		55 / 140	22	Government UDF
1996	A. K. Antony	37 / 140	18	Opposition UDF
2001	A. K. Antony	63 / 140	26	Government UDF
2006	Oommen Chandy	24 / 140	39	Opposition UDF
2011		38 / 140	14	Government UDF
2016		22 / 140	16	Opposition UDF
2021	Ramesh Chennithala	21 / 140	1	Opposition UDF

Source: Government of Kerala Archived 11 November 2021 at the Wayback Machine Government of India

List of Chief Ministers

Source: Thomas J. Nossiter - Communism in Kerala: A Study in Political Adaptation (1982)

S.no	Name	Term
1.	R. Sankar	26 September 1962	10 September 1964	1 year, 350 days
2.	K. Karunakaran	25 March 1977	27 April 1977	8 years, 324 days
		28 December 1981	17 March 1982
		24 May 1982	26 March 1987
		24 June 1991	22 March 1995
3.	A. K. Antony	27 April 1977	29 October 1978	5 years, 350 days
		22 March 1995	20 May 1996
		17 May 2001	31 August 2004
4.	Oommen Chandy	31 August 2004	18 May 2006	6 years, 267 days
4.	Oommen Chandy	18 May 2011	25 May 2016	6 years, 267 days

List of Leaders of Opposition

S.no	Name	Term
1.	P. T. Chacko	1957	1959
2.	K. Karunakaran	1967	1969
		1978	1979
		1980	1981
		1987	1991
3.	A. K. Antony	1996	2001
4.	Oommen Chandy	2006	2011
5.	Ramesh Chennithala	2016	2021
6.	V. D. Satheesan	2021	present

List of Kerala P. C. C. Presidents

S.no	President	Term
1.	K. Madhavan Nair	1920	1921
2.	K. P. Kesava Menon	1921	1925
3.	P. രാമുണ്ണി മേനോൻ	1925	1930
4.	T. അസ്സൻ കോയ മൊല്ല	1930	1931
5.	പൊന്മടത്ത് മൊയ്‌തീൻ കോയ	1931	1934
6.	Chunangat Kunjikavamma	1934	1934
7.	M.P. Narayana Menon	1934	1935
8.	A. V. Kuttimalu Amma	1935	1936
9.	Kongattil Raman Menon	1935	1937
10.	Muhammed Abdurahman Sahib	1938	1940
11.	K. T Kunhiraman Nambiar	1940	1942
12.	P. K Moideen Kutty Sahib	1946	1948
13.	K. Kelappan	1946	1949
14.	Kumbalathu Sanku Pillai	1950	1952
15.	A. P Udayabhanu	1954	1956
16.	Kozhipurath Madhava Menon	1944	1946
16.	Kozhipurath Madhava Menon	1956	1958
17.	K. A. Damodara Menon	1958	1959
18.	R. Sankar	1958	1960
19.	C.K. Govidhavan Nair	1963	1964
20.	K.C. Abraham	1965	1966
21.	T. O. Bava	1967	1969
22.	K.K. Viswanathan	1970	1972
23.	A.K. Antony	1972	1977
24.	S. Varadarajan Nair	1977	1978
25.	K. M. Chandy	1978	1982
26.	C. V. Padmarajan	1983	1987
27.	A.K. Antony	1987	1992
28.	Vayalar Ravi	1992	1998
29.	Thennala Balakrishna Pillai	1998	2001
30.	K. Muraleedharan	2001	2004
31.	P. P. Thankachan	2004	2004
32.	Thennala Balakrishna Pillai	2004	2005
33.	Ramesh Chennithala	2005	2014
34.	V.M. Sudheeran	2014	2017
35.	M.M. Hassan	2017	2018
36.	Mullappally Ramachandran	2018	2021
37.	K. Sudhakaran ^[20]	2021	2025
38.	Sunny Joseph	2025	Present

List of elected members

Kerala legislative assembly

No.	Constituency	Member	Party
Kannur district
1	Irikkur	Sajeev Joseph	INC
2	Peravoor	Sunny Joseph	INC
Wayanad district
3	Sulthan Bathery	I. C. Balakrishnan	INC
4	Kalpetta	T Siddique	INC
Malappuram district
5	Nilambur	Aryadan Shoukath ( elected in 2025 by-election)	INC
6	Wandoor	A. P. Anil Kumar	INC
Palakkad district
7	Palakkad	Rahul Mamkootathil (2024 by-election) -Suspended from party-	INC
Thrissur district
8	Chalakudy	T. J. Saneesh Kumar Joseph	INC
Ernakulam district
9	Perumbavoor	Eldhose Kunnappilly	INC
10	Angamaly	Roji M. John	INC
11	Aluva	Anwar Sadath	INC
12	Paravur	V. D. Satheesan	INC
13	Thrippunithura	K. Babu	INC
14	Ernakulam	T. J. Vinod	INC
15	Thrikkakara	Uma Thomas	INC
16	Muvattupuzha	Mathew Kuzhalnadan	INC
Kottayam district
17	Kottayam	Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan	INC
18	Puthuppally	Chandy Oommen (Elected in by-election in 2023)	INC
Alappuzha district
19	Haripad	Ramesh Chennithala	INC
Kollam district
20	Karunagappally	C. R. Mahesh	INC
21	Kundara	P. C. Vishnunadh	INC
Thiruvananthapuram district
22	Kovalam	M. Vincent	INC

Lok Sabha

Parliamentary Constituency	Member (M. P.)
Kasaragod	Rajmohan Unnithan
Kannur	K. Sudhakaran
Vatakara	Shafi Parambil
Wayanad	Priyanka Gandhi (elected in 2024 by-election)
Kozhikode	M. K. Raghavan
Palakkad	V. K. Sreekandan
Chalakudy	Benny Behanan
Ernakulam	Hibi Eden
Idukki	Dean Kuriakose
Mavelikkara	Kodikunnil Suresh
Pathanamthitta	Anto Antony Punnathaniyil
Alappuzha	K. C. Venugopal
Attingal	Adoor Prakash
Thiruvananthapuram	Dr Shashi Tharoor

Rajya Sabha

No.	State	Member (M. P.)
1	Kerala	Jebi Mather

References

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[1] "Cong membership: 33.79 lakh members for Congress in Kerala | Thiruvananthapuram News - Times of India". The Times of India. 16 June 2017.

[lc-2] 1 2 "UDF had a chance in Kerala. Then Congress played a dangerous communal game". 24 March 2021.

[sd-3] Heller, Patrick (18 April 2020). "A virus, social democracy, and dividends for Kerala". The Hindu. Retrieved 2 February 2021.

[4] "MM Hassan takes charge as the UDF convener". The New Indian Express . Retrieved 14 September 2023.

[:0-5] 1 2 "K P C C Marks a Milestone Tomorrow". The Hindu. 21 April 2017.

[6] Rajiv G. (22 May 2021). "VD Satheesan: Kerala opposition leader: Congress appoints V D Satheesan as leader of opposition in Kerala assembly | Thiruvananthapuram News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 October 2022.

[7] "Kerala: Jebi Mather appointed as Mahila Congress state president". English.Mathrubhumi. 6 December 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2022.

[8] Sarkar, Sumit (1989). Modern India: 1885 - 1947. Palgrave MacMillan. p. 229.

[9] Sarkar, Sumit (1989). Modern India: 1885 - 1947. Palgrave MacMillan. p. 300.

[10] Sarkar, Sumit (1989). Modern India: 1885 - 1947. Palgrave MacMillan. pp. 317–318.

[:1-11] 1 2 3 4 Jeffrey, Robin (1977). Congress and the Raj. Heineman London. pp. 435–465.

[12] Sarkar, Sumit (1989). Modern India: 1885 - 1947. Palgrave MacMillan. pp. 369–370.

[13] Sarkar, Sumit (1989). Modern India: 1885 - 1947. Palgrave MacMillan. pp. 369–370.

[14] Sarkar, Sumit (1989). Modern India: 1885 - 1947. Palgrave MacMillan. p. 370.

[15] Sarkar, Sumit (1989). Modern India: 1885 - 1947. Palgrave MacMillan. pp. 441–42.

[16] Jeffrey, Robin (1992). Politics, Women and Well-Being: How Kerala Became a Model. Palgrave MacMillan. p. 156.

[17] Jeffrey, Robin (1992). Politics, Women and Well-Being: How Kerala Became a Model. Palgrave MacMillan. p. 174.

[18] Jeffrey, Robin (1992). Politics, Women and Well-Being: How Kerala Became a Model. Palgrave MacMillan. p. 207.

[:2-19] 1 2 3 4 5 Menon, Maya (30 June 2018). "The Five visits Gandhiji Made to Kerala". Malayala Manorama.

[20] "No question of replacing KPCC chief, says V.D. Satheeshan". The Hindu. 24 June 2023. Retrieved 14 September 2023.

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