Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee

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Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee
President Karan Mahara
Parliamentary Chairperson Yashpal Arya
(Leader of the Opposition)
Founded2000
Headquarters21 Rajpur Road, Dehradun-248001, Uttarakhand
Youth wing Uttarakhand Youth Congress
Women's wing Uttarakhand Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee
Ideology
Political position Centre
Alliance Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance
Seats in  Lok Sabha
0 / 5
Seats in  Rajya Sabha
0 / 3
Seats in  Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
20 / 70
Election symbol
Hand INC.svg
Website
uttarakhandpradeshcongress.com

Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee or Uttarakhand PCC is the state wing of the Indian National Congress (INC) in Uttarakhand. [1] 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 current president of the Uttarakhand PCC is Karan Mahara. The committee has a significant presence in the state's politics and has been in power in the state several times since its formation in 2000.

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Structure and composition

S.No.NameDesignation
1. Kumari Selja AICC Incharge
Uttarakhand
2. Karan Mahara President
Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee
3.Jyoti RautelaPresident
Uttarakhand Pradesh Mahila Congress
4.Sumittar BhullarPresident
Uttarakhand Pradesh Youth Congress
5.Vikas NegiPresident
Uttarakhand Pradesh NSUI

List of presidents

S.No.PresidentPortraitTermRef.
1 HarishRawat.jpg Harish Rawat 9 November 2000 October 2007
2 Yashpal Arya LOP Uttarakhand Assembly.jpg Yashpal Arya October 2007 12 June 2014 [2]
3 Kishore Upadhyaya 13 June 2014 3 May 2017 [3]
4 Pritam Singh Ex LOP Uttarakhand Assembly.jpg Pritam Singh 4 May 2017 22 July 2021 [4]
5 Ganesh Godiyal 22 July 2021 10 April 2022 [5]
6 Karan Mahara 10 April 2022 Incumbent [6]

List of chief ministers

S.No.PortraitChief MinistersConstituencyTerm in OfficeAssembly
(Election)
MinistryRef(s)
StartEndTenure
1 Shri Narayan Dutt Tiwari.jpg Narayan Datt Tiwari Ramnagar 2 March 20027 March 20075 years, 5 days 1st Assembly
(2002)
Tiwari [7]
2 Vijay Bahuguna.jpg Vijay Bahuguna Sitarganj 13 March 201231 January 20141 year, 324 days 3rd Assembly
(2012)
Bahuguna [8]
3 HarishRawat.jpg Harish Rawat Dharchula 1 February 201427 March 20162 years, 55 days Rawat
21 April 201622 April 20161 day
11 May 201618 March 2017311 days
(total 3 years and 2 days)

List of AICC Incharges

S.noInchargePortraitTerm
1. Ch. Birender Singh The Union Minister for Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Drinking Water and Sanitation (7).jpg
2. Ambika Soni Ambika Soni.jpg
3. Anugrah Narayan Singh 2 April 201811 September 20202 years, 162 days
4. Devender Yadav Devender Yadav INC.jpg 11 September 202024 December 20233 years, 104 days
5. Kumari Selja Kumari Selja.jpg 24 December 2023Incumbent351 days

Electoral performance

Legislative Assembly elections

YearLegislatureParty leaderVotes polledSeats wonChange in seatsOutcome
2002 1st Vidhan Sabha Harish Rawat 769,991
36 / 70
New.png 36Government
2007 2nd Vidhan Sabha 1,116,511
21 / 70
Decrease2.svg 15Opposition
2012 3rd Vidhan Sabha Yashpal Arya 1,436,042
32 / 70
Increase2.svg 11Government with PDF
2017 4th Vidhan Sabha Kishore Upadhyaya 1,665,664
11 / 70
Decrease2.svg 21Opposition
2022 5th Vidhan Sabha Ganesh Godiyal 2,038,509
19 / 70
Increase2.svg 8

Lok Sabha elections

YearLegislatureParty leaderVotes polledSeats wonChange in seatsOutcome
2004 14th Lok Sabha Harish Rawat 1,024,062
1 / 5
New.png 1Government with UPA
2009 15th Lok Sabha Yashpal Arya 1,354,468
5 / 5
Increase2.svg 4
2014 16th Lok Sabha 1,494,440
0 / 5
Decrease2.svg 5Opposition
2019 17th Lok Sabha Pritam Singh 1,520,767
0 / 5
Steady2.svg
2024 18th Lok Sabha Karan Mahara 1,564,258
0 / 5
Steady2.svg

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