West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee

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West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee
পশ্চিমবঙ্গ প্রদেশ কংগ্রেস কমিটি
PresidentVacant
Chairman TBA
Founded19 June 1966(58 years ago) (1966-06-19)
Headquarters Sealdah, Entally, Calcutta, West Bengal, 700014
Newspaper Andolon.in
Student wing West Bengal State Chhatra Parishad
Ideology
Alliance Secular Democratic Alliance
Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (National level)
Seats in  Lok Sabha
1 / 42
Seats in  Rajya Sabha
0 / 16
Seats in  West Bengal Legislative Assembly
0 / 294
Seats in  Gorkhaland Territorial Administration
0 / 62
Election symbol
Hand INC.svg
Website
wbpcc.org

The West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee (WBPCC), formerly known as the Bengal Provincial Congress Committee in Colonial India, is the unit of the Indian National Congress for the state of West Bengal. It is responsible for the organization and management of the party's activities and campaigns in the state, as well as selecting candidates for local, state, and national elections. The most recent president of the West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee was Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, who held that position from 2020 to 2024 and previously from 2014 to 2018.

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Structure & composition

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1. Ghulam Ahmad Mir AICC Incharge
2.Meer Akhtar HussainRGPRS Incharge
3.VacantPresident
West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee
4.Azahar MollickPresident
West Bengal Pradesh Youth Congress
5.Subrata DuttaPresident
West Bengal Pradesh Mahila Congress
6.Priyanka ChoudharyPresident
West Bengal State Chhatra Parishad NSUI
7.Rahul PandeyPresident
West Bengal Pradesh Congress Seva Dal

List of Presidents

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1 Ananda Gopal Mukherjee 19811985
2 Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi Priyaranjan Dasmunsi addressing at the inauguration of a workshop on Gender Equality in Indian Media being organized by the Ministry of women and child Development on the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day.jpg 19851989
3 Siddhartha Shankar Ray 19891992
4 Somendra Nath Mitra 19921998
5 A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury Indian Minister Ghani Khan.jpg 20 July 199822 August 2000
6 Pranab Mukherjee Pranab Mukherjee Portrait (cropped).jpg 22 August 200017 February 2008
(2) Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi Priyaranjan Dasmunsi addressing at the inauguration of a workshop on Gender Equality in Indian Media being organized by the Ministry of women and child Development on the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day.jpg 17 February 200823 October 2008
7 Manas Bhunia Manas Ranjan Bhunia - Kolkata 2023-03-29 4868.jpg 23 October 200817 January 2011
8 Pradip Bhattacharya Pradip Bhattacharya - Kolkata 2011-05-09 2842.JPG 17 January 201110 February 2014
9 Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury The Minister of State for Railways, Shri Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury addressing at the presentation of the National Awards for Outstanding Service in Railways, in Mumbai on April 16, 2013 (cropped).png 11 February 201422 September 2018
(4) Somendra Nath Mitra 22 September 201830 July 2020
(9) Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury The Minister of State for Railways, Shri Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury addressing at the presentation of the National Awards for Outstanding Service in Railways, in Mumbai on April 16, 2013 (cropped).png 9 September 202021 June 2024
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List of Chief Ministers of West Bengal from Indian National Congress

There were five Chief Ministers of West Bengal from the Congress party:

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1. Prafulla Chandra Ghosh Prafullachandra Ghosh at Writers' Building in 1947.jpg 15 August 194722 January 1948250 days
21 November 196719 February 1968
2. Bidhan Chandra Roy Photograph of Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy, 2nd Chief Minister of West Bengal.jpg 23 January 19481 July 196214 years, 159 days
3. Prafulla Chandra Sen PrafullaChandraSen.png 9 July 196228 February 19674 years, 234 days
4. Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee Ajoy Mukherjee.jpg 2 April 197128 June 197187 days
5. Siddhartha Shankar Ray 20 March 197230 April 19775 years, 41 days

Political history

The Congress Party was popular in West Bengal from the beginning till the late 1970s. The party was voted out of power in 1977 due to the Emergency. After that, they played the role of the opposition during the Left Front regime. The party suffered a big blow when Mamata Banerjee left the Congress and founded the breakaway party of Trinamool Congress (TMC) in 1998. This led to exodus of the party members to the TMC and demise of the Congress Party in West Bengal. The party further declined due to the rise of the Bharatiya Janata Party in West Bengal in the mid 2010s, relegating the party to a mere fourth-party status in the state. In the Legislative Assembly election in 2021, the party drew blank for the first time and failed to win a single seat in the assembly.

West Bengal Legislative Assembly election

YearParty leaderSeats ContestedSeats wonChange
in seats
Outcome
1982 Ananda Gopal Mukherjee 250
49 / 294
Steady2.svgOpposition
1987 Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi 294
40 / 294
Decrease2.svg 9Opposition
1991 Siddhartha Shankar Ray 284
43 / 294
Increase2.svg 3Opposition
1996 Somendra Nath Mitra 288
82 / 294
Increase2.svg 39Opposition
2001 Pranab Mukherjee 60
26 / 294
Decrease2.svg 56Opposition
2006 Pranab Mukherjee 262
21 / 294
Decrease2.svg 5Opposition
2011 Pradip Bhattacharya 66
42 / 294
Increase2.svg21Government
2016 Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury 92
44 / 294
Increase2.svg 2Opposition
2021 Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury 92
0 / 294
Decrease2.svg 44Opposition

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