Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee

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Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee
President Ajay Rai [1]
Chairman Aradhana Misra
Headquarters Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Youth wing Uttar Pradesh Youth Congress
Women's wing Uttar Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee
Ideology
Political position Centre-left
Alliance Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance
Seats in  Lok Sabha
6 / 80
Seats in  Rajya Sabha
0 / 31
Seats in  Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
2 / 403
Seats in  Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council
0 / 100
Election symbol
Hand INC.svg

Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee(UPCC) is the Pradesh Congress Committee (state wing) of the Indian National Congress (INC) serving in the state of Uttar 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.

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The committee has a long history of political influence in the state, having played a significant role in the state's politics during the pre-independence era and after. However, it has faced challenges in recent years, including a decline in electoral support and internal conflicts. Congress Working Committee Appointed Priyanka Gandhi as General Secretary of UP (East), later she has taken charge of General Secretary (AICC). CLP Leader of the Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee is Aradhana Misra 3rd Term MLA from Rampur Khas, Pratapgarh. [3] [4]

Structure and Composition

S.No.NameDesignation [5] District Allotted
1 Ajay Rai, Former Minister,M.L.A. 5 Terms (1996-2017) Government Of Uttar Pradesh President, Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee
2 Nasimuddin Siddiqui, Ex Cabinet MinisterProvincial President, Western ZoneSaharanpur, Muzaffarnagar, Shamli, Baghpat, Bulandshahr, Ghaziabad, Meerut, Gautambudh Nagar, Bijnor, Hapur, Amroha, Moradabad, Rampur and Sambhal
3 Ajay Rai, Ex MLAProvincial President, Prayagraj ZoneVaranasi, Ghazipur, Chandauli, Jaunpur, Bhadohi, Mirzapur, Sonbhadra, Kaushambi, Allahabad, Pratapgarh, Amethi and Sultanpur
4 Nakul Dubey, Ex MLAProvincial President, Awadh ZoneLucknow, Unnao, Bahraich, Barabanki, Balrampur, Shravasti, Ghonda, Sitapur, Lakhimpur-Khiri, Hardoi and Rae Barely
5 Virendra Chaudhary, MLAProvincial President, Purvanchal ZoneSiddharth Nagar, Maharajganj, Gorakhpur, Basti, Kushinagar, Azamgarh, Mau, Deoria, Ballia, Sant Kabir Nagar, Faizabad and Ambedkar Nagar
6Yogesh DikshitProvincial President, Brij ZoneMathura, Agra, Firozabad, Etah, Mainpuri, Kasganj, Aligarh, Hathras, Badaun, Bareilly, Shahjahanpur, Pilibhit and Farrukhabad
7Anil YadavProvincial President, Bundelkhand and Kanpur ZoneKanpur, Kanpur Dehat, Kannauj, Auraiya, Jalaun, Mahoba, Jhansi, Lalitpur, Banda, Chitrakoot, Fatehpur, Hamirpur and Etawah
8Dr Jiya Ram VermaMedical Cell President, Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee
9Priyanka GuptaSpokespersonSpokespersons of Indian National Congress [6]

List of presidents

S.No.PresidentPortraitTermTenureRef.
1. Sriprakash Jaiswal 4 December 20003 July 20021 year, 211 days
2.Arun Kumar Singh Munna3 July 200230 May 2003331 days
3. Jagdambika Pal 30 May 20037 November 20041 year, 161 days
4. Salman Khurshid 7 November 200412 September 20072 years, 309 days
5. Rita Bahuguna Joshi 12 September 200729 August 20124 years, 352 days
6. Nirmal Khatri 29 August 201212 July 20163 years, 318 days
7. Raj Babbar 12 July 20167 October 20193 years, 87 days
8. Ajay Kumar Lallu 7 October 201916 March 20222 years, 160 days
9. Brijlal Khabri 1 October 202217 August 2023320 days
10. Ajay Rai 17 August 2023Incumbent1 year, 9 days

Advisory Council to General Secretary

S.No.NameDesign
1. Ajay Rai Member
2. Ajay Kapoor Member
3. Anugrah Narayan Singh Member
4. Mohsina Kidwai Member
5. Nasimuddin Siddiqui Member
6. Nirmal Khatri Member
7. Pradeep Mathur Member
8. Pramod Tiwari Member
9. Praveen Aron Member
10. P. L. Punia Member
12. Rajesh Mishra Member
13. Raashid Alvi Member
14. Salman Khurshid Member
15. Sanjay Kapoor Member
16. Vivek Bansal Member
17. Zafar Ali Naqvi Member
18. Akash Singh Chandel Member

Group on Strategy and Planning

S.No.NameDesign
1. Brijlal Khabri Member
2. Prashant Shukla Member
3. Rajiv Shukla Member
4. Pradeep Jain Aditya Member

MPs and MLAs from Uttar Pradesh

S.No.NameConstituency
Member of Parliament
1 Rahul Gandhi Raebareli
2 Imran Masood Saharanpur
3 Rakesh Rathore Sitapur
4 Tanuj Punia Barabanki
5 Kishori Lal Sharma Amethi
6 Ujjwal Raman Singh Allahabad
Member of Legislative Assembly
1 Aradhana Mishra Rampur Khas
2 Virendra Chaudhary Pharenda

Electoral performance

Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly

ElectionSeats up for electionSeats contestedSeats wonChangeVotes polledVote shareSwingResulting Government
1937 228
133 / 228
Majority Government
1946 228
153 / 228
Increase2.svg 20Supermajority Government
1952 430429
388 / 430
Increase2.svg 2358,032,475
47.93 / 100
Supermajority Government
1957 430430
286 / 430
Decrease2.svg 1029,298,382
42.42 / 100
Decrease2.svg 5.51%Majority Government
1962 430429
249 / 430
Decrease2.svg 376,471,669
36.33 / 100
Decrease2.svg 6.09%Majority Government
1967 425425
199 / 425
Decrease2.svg 506,912,104
32.20 / 100
Decrease2.svg 4.13%Minority Government (till April 1967)
Opposition (till 1968)
1969 425424
211 / 425
Increase2.svg 127,893,152
33.69 / 100
Increase2.svg 1.49%Minority Government (1969-1970; 1971-1973; 1973-1974)
Opposition (1970; 1970-1971)
1974 424403
215 / 424
Increase2.svg 48,868,229
32.29 / 100
Decrease2.svg 1.40%Majority Government
1977 425395
47 / 425
Decrease2.svg 1687,592,107
31.94 / 100
Decrease2.svg 0.35%Opposition
1980 425424
309 / 425
Increase2.svg 2629,720,767
37.65 / 100
Increase2.svg 5.71%Supermajority Government
1985 425425
269 / 425
Decrease2.svg 4011,544,698
39.25 / 100
Increase2.svg 1.60%Majority Government
1989 425410
94 / 425
Decrease2.svg 17510,866,428
27.90 / 100
Decrease2.svg 11.35%Opposition
1991 419413
46 / 419
Decrease2.svg 486,480,753
17.32 / 100
Decrease2.svg 10.58%Opposition
1993 422421
28 / 422
Decrease2.svg 207,533,272
15.08 / 100
Decrease2.svg 2.24%Opposition
1996 424126
33 / 424
Increase2.svg 114,626,663
8.35 / 100
Decrease2.svg 6.73%Opposition
2002 403402
25 / 403
Decrease2.svg 84,810,231
8.96 / 100
Increase2.svg 0.61%Opposition
2007 403393
22 / 403
Decrease2.svg 34,489,234
8.61 / 100
Decrease2.svg 0.35%Opposition
2012 403355
28 / 403
Increase2.svg 68,832,895
11.65 / 100
Increase2.svg 3.04%Opposition
2017 403114
7 / 403
Decrease2.svg 215,416,540
6.25 / 100
Decrease2.svg 5.40%Opposition
2022 403403
2 / 403
Decrease2.svg 52,416,540
3.25 / 100
Decrease2.svg 2.40%Opposition

Indian General Election in Uttar Pradesh

ElectionSeats up for electionSeats contestedSeats wonChangeVotes polledVote shareSwingResulting Government (in Centre)National Leader
1951-1952 8686
81 / 86
9,047,392
52.99 / 100
Supermajority Government Jawaharlal Nehru
1957 8686
70 / 86
Decrease2.svg 1110,599,639
46.29 / 100
Decrease2.svg 6.70%Supermajority Government Jawaharlal Nehru
1962 8686
62 / 86
Decrease2.svg 86,842,472
38.20 / 100
Decrease2.svg 8.09%Supermajority Government Jawaharlal Nehru
1967 8585
47 / 85
Decrease2.svg 157,285,130
33.44 / 100
Decrease2.svg 4.76%Majority Government Indira Gandhi
1971 8578
73 / 85
Increase2.svg 269,981,309
48.58 / 100
Increase2.svg 15.14%Supermajority Government Indira Gandhi
1977 8585
0 / 85
Decrease2.svg 737,170,182
24.99 / 100
Decrease2.svg 23.59%Opposition Indira Gandhi
(defeated)
1980 8585
51 / 85
Increase2.svg 5110,171,194
35.90 / 100
Increase2.svg 10.91%Supermajority Government Indira Gandhi
1984 8585
83 / 85
Increase2.svg 3217,391,831
51.03 / 100
Increase2.svg 15.13%Supermajority Government Rajiv Gandhi
1989 8584
15 / 85
Decrease2.svg 6812,393,934
31.77 / 100
Decrease2.svg 19.26%Opposition (till 1990)
External Support for SJP(R) Govt (till 1991)
Rajiv Gandhi
1991 8580
5 / 85
Decrease2.svg 106,755,015
18.02 / 100
Decrease2.svg 13.75%Minority Government P. V. Narasimha Rao
1996 8585
5 / 85
Steady2.svg3,746,505
8.14 / 100
Decrease2.svg 9.88%Opposition (till Jun 1996)
External Support for UF Govt (till 1998)
P. V. Narasimha Rao
1998 8576
0 / 85
Decrease2.svg 53,361,053
6.02 / 100
Decrease2.svg 2.13%Opposition Sitaram Kesri
(defeated)
1999 8576
10 / 85
Increase2.svg 108,001,685
14.72 / 100
Increase2.svg 8.70%Opposition Sonia Gandhi
2004 8073
9 / 80
Decrease2.svg 16,412,293
12.04 / 100
Decrease2.svg 2.68%Minority Government Sonia Gandhi
2009 8080
21 / 80
Increase2.svg 1210,113,521
18.25 / 100
Increase2.svg 6.21%Minority Government Sonia Gandhi
2014 8080
2 / 80
Decrease2.svg 196,061,267
7.53 / 100
Decrease2.svg 10.72%Opposition Sonia Gandhi
2019 8080
1 / 80
Decrease2.svg 15,457,352
6.36 / 100
Decrease2.svg 1.17%Opposition Rahul Gandhi
2024 8017
6 / 80
Increase2.svg 58,294,318
9.46 / 100
Increase2.svg 3.10%Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge

List of chief ministers

Premier of United Provinces (1937–50)
No.PortraitNameConstituencyTerm of officeAssembly
StartEndTenure
1 Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant.jpg Govind Ballabh Pant NA17 July 19372 November

1939

2 years, 108 days1st

(1937 Elections)

(1) Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant.jpg Govind Ballabh Pant NA1 April 194625 January

1950

3 years, 299 days2nd

(1946 Elections)

Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh
No.PortraitNameConstituencyTerm of officeAssembly
StartEndTenure
1 Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant.jpg Govind Ballabh Pant Bareilly Municipality26 January 195020 May 19524 years, 335 daysProvincial

(1946 Elections)
1st
(1951 election)

20 May 195227 December 1954
2 Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Shri Swarupanand.jpg Sampurnanand Varanasi South 28 December 19549 April 19575 years, 344 days 2nd
(1957 election)
10 April 19576 December 1960
3 No image available.svg Chandra Bhanu Gupta Ranikhet South 7 December 196014 March 19622 years, 298 days 3rd
(1962 election)
14 March 19621 October 1963
4 No image available.svg Sucheta Kripalani Menhdawal 2 October 196313 March 19673 years, 162 days
(3) No image available.svg Chandra Bhanu Gupta Ranikhet 14 March 19672 April 196719 days 4th
(1967 election)
26 February 196917 February 1970356 days
6 No image available.svg Kamalapati Tripathi Chandauli4 April 197112 June 19732 years, 69 days 5th
(1969 election)
7 Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna stamp (cropped).jpg Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Bara8 November 19734 March 19742 years, 21 days 6th
(1974 election)
5 March 197429 November 1975
8 Shri Narayan Dutt Tiwari.jpg N. D. Tiwari Kashipur 21 January 197630 April 19771 year, 99 days
9 Visit of Vishwanath Pratap Sing, Indian Minister for Trade, to the CEC (cropped).jpg Vishwanath Pratap Singh Tindwari 9 June 198018 July 19822 years, 39 days 8th
(1980 election)
10 No image available.svg Sripati Mishra Isauli 19 July 19822 August 19842 years, 14 days
(8) Shri Narayan Dutt Tiwari.jpg N. D. Tiwari Kashipur 3 August 198410 March 19851 year, 52 days 9th
(1985 election)
11 March 198524 September 1985
12 No image available.svg Vir Bahadur Singh Paniyara 24 September 198524 June 19882 years, 274 days
(8) Shri Narayan Dutt Tiwari.jpg N. D. Tiwari Kashipur 25 June 19885 December 19891 year, 163 days

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