Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee

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Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee
President Jitu Patwari
Chairman
HeadquartersIndira Bhawan, Link Road No.1, Shivaji Nagar, Bhopal-462016, Madhya Pradesh
Youth wing Madhya Pradesh Youth Congress
Women's wing Madhya Pradesh Mahila Congress
Labour wingUnorganised Workers' and Employees Congress [1]
Ideology
Political position Centre
Alliance Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance
Seats in  Lok Sabha
0 / 29
Seats in  Rajya Sabha
3 / 11
Seats in  Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
63 / 230
Website
http://mpcongress.org/

Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee(MPCC) is the Pradesh Congress Committee (state wing) of the Indian National Congress (INC) serving in the state of Madhya Pradesh. [2] 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 incumbent president of the MPCC is Jitu Patwari. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Contents

Structure and composition

Sl no.InchargeNameDesignation
1Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee Jitu Patwari President
2Madhya Pradesh Congress CommitteeBhanu Pratap Singh TomarVice President
3Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee Vacant Working President
4Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee Bala Bachchan Working President
5Madhya Pradesh Congress CommitteeSurender ChoudharyWorking President
6Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee Ashok Singh [8] Treasurer
7Media Department Mukesh Nayak Chairman
8NSUI Madhya PradeshAashutosh ChoukseyPresident
9SevadalRajneesh SinghPresident
10Madhya Pradesh Mahila CongressVibha PatelPresident
11Madhya Pradesh Youth CongressMitendra Darshan SinghPresident

Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

YearParty leaderSeats wonChange
in seats
Outcome
1952 Ravishankar Shukla
194 / 232
NewGovernment
1957 Kailash Nath Katju
232 / 288
Increase2.svg 38Government
1962 Dwarka Prasad Mishra
142 / 288
Decrease2.svg 90Government
1967
167 / 296
Increase2.svg 25Opposition later Government
1972 Prakash Chandra Sethi
220 / 296
Increase2.svg 53Government
1977 Shyama Charan Shukla
84 / 320
Decrease2.svg 136Opposition
1980 Arjun Singh
246 / 320
Increase2.svg 162Government
1985
250 / 320
Increase2.svg 4Government
1990 Shyama Charan Shukla
56 / 320
Decrease2.svg194Opposition
1993 Digvijay Singh
174 / 320
Increase2.svg 118Government
1998
172 / 320
Decrease2.svg 2Government
2003
38 / 230
Decrease2.svg 86Opposition
2008 Suresh Pachouri
71 / 230
Increase2.svg 33Opposition
2013 Vivek Tankha
58 / 230
Decrease2.svg 13Opposition
2018 Kamal Nath
114 / 230
Increase2.svg 56Government later Opposition
2023
66 / 230
Decrease2.svg 48Opposition

List of state presidents

S. No.PhotoNameTook officeLeft office
1 Radhakishan Malviya 19982003
2 Subhash Yadav 20032008
3 Suresh Pachauri 2007.jpg Suresh Pachouri 20082011
4 The Union Minister for Tribal Affairs, Shri Kantilal Bhuria addressing at the inauguration of the National Festival of Tribal Dances, 'PRAKRITI', in New Delhi on March 16, 2011.jpg Kantilal Bhuria 20112014
5 Shri Arun Yadav assumes charge as the Minister of State for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, in New Delhi on June 21, 2009.jpg Arun Yadav 20142018
6 KamalNath.jpg Kamal Nath 20182023
7 Jitu Patwari 2023 Incumbent

List of chief ministers

Ravishankar Shukla Ravishankar Shukla.jpg
Ravishankar Shukla
Arjun Singh Arjun Singh.jpg
Arjun Singh
Digvijaya Singh Digvijaya Singh.jpg
Digvijaya Singh
Kamal Nath Kamal Nath 2012.jpg
Kamal Nath
S. No.NameTerm of officeParty [lower-alpha 1] Days in office
1 Ravishankar Shukla
MLA for Saraipali
1 November 195631 December 1956 Indian National Congress 61 days
2 Bhagwantrao Mandloi
MLA for Khandwa
1 January 195730 January 195730 days
3 Kailash Nath Katju
MLA for Jaora
31 January 195714 March 195743 days
14 March 195711 March 19621824 days
4 Bhagwantrao Mandloi
MLA for Khandwa
12 March 196229 September 1963567 days
5 Dwarka Prasad Mishra
MLA for katangi
30 September 19638 March 19671256 days
9 March 196729 July 1967113 days
6 Nareshchandra Singh
MLA for Pussore
13 March 196925 March 1969 Indian National Congress 13 days
7 Shyama Charan Shukla
MLA for Rajim
26 March 196928 January 19721039 days
8 Prakash Chandra Sethi
MLA for Ujjain Uttar
29 January 197222 March 197254 days
23 March 197222 December 19751370 days
9 Shyama Charan Shukla [2]
MLA for Rajim
23 December 197529 April 1977494 days
10 Arjun Singh
MLA for Churhat
8 June 198010 March 1985 Indian National Congress 1737 days
11 March 198512 March 19852 days
11 Motilal Vora
MLA for Durg
13 March 198513 February 19881068 days
12 Arjun Singh [2]
MLA for Churhat
14 February 198824 January 1989346 days
13 Motilal Vora [2]
MLA for Durg
25 January 19898 December 1989318 days
14 Shyama Charan Shukla [3]9 December 19894 March 199086 days
15 Digvijaya Singh
MLA for Raghogarh
7 December 19931 December 1998 Indian National Congress 1821 days
1 December 19988 December 20031834 days
16 Kamal Nath
MLA for Chhindwara
17 December 201823 March 2020 Indian National Congress 463 days

Electoral performance

YearGeneral electionVotes polledSeats won
19511st Assembly3,434,058194
19511st Lok Sabha3,713,53727
19572nd Assembly3,691,999232
19572nd Lok Sabha3,967,19935
19623rd Assembly2,527,257142
19623rd Lok Sabha2,651,88224
19674th Assembly3,700,686167
19674th Lok Sabha3,774,36424
19715th Lok Sabha4,027,65821
19725th Assembly5,219,823220
19776th Assembly4,200,71784
19776th Lok Sabha3,835,8071
19807th Assembly5,741,077246
19807th Lok Sabha5,949,85935
19848th Lok Sabha8,898,83540
19858th Assembly6,937,747250
19899th Lok Sabha7,420,9358
19909th Assembly6,634,51856
199110th Lok Sabha7,425,64427
199310th Assembly9,628,464174
199611th Lok Sabha7,111,7538
199811th Assembly10,778,985172
199812th Lok Sabha10,611,31710
199913th Lok Sabha11,135,16111
200312th Assembly8,059,41438
200414th Lok Sabha6,289,0134
200813th Assembly817031871
200915th Lok Sabha12
201314th Assembly58
201416th Lok Sabha2
201815th Assembly15595153114
202316th Assembly66

Factions

Madhya Pradesh Vikas Congress was a faction in the Congress Party from 1996 to 1998. MPVC was founded by former aviation minister Madhavrao Scindia, after he was refused an INC ticket for the 1996 Lok Sabha elections.

Scindia won a seat [9] as an MPVC candidate as a result of hard work & strong campaign led by his workers & followers who had also resigned from INC. [10] In 1998 MPVC merged into Indian National Congress.

See also

Notes

  1. This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he heads may be a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.

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