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Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee

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.

Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee
PresidentAjay Rai[1]
ChairpersonAradhana Misra
HeadquartersLucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Youth wingUttar Pradesh Youth Congress
Women's wingUttar Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee
Ideology
AllianceIndian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance
Seats in Lok Sabha
1 / 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

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 edit

S.No. Name Designation[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 Minister Provincial President, Western Zone Saharanpur, Muzaffarnagar, Shamli, Baghpat, Bulandshahr, Ghaziabad, Meerut, Gautambudh Nagar, Bijnor, Hapur, Amroha, Moradabad, Rampur and Sambhal
3 Ajay Rai, Ex MLA Provincial President, Prayagraj Zone Varanasi, Ghazipur, Chandauli, Jaunpur, Bhadohi, Mirzapur, Sonbhadra, Kaushambi, Allahabad, Pratapgarh, Amethi and Sultanpur
4 Nakul Dubey, Ex MLA Provincial President, Awadh Zone Lucknow, Unnao, Bahraich, Barabanki, Balrampur, Shravasti, Ghonda, Sitapur, Lakhimpur-Khiri, Hardoi and Rae Barely
5 Virendra Chaudhary, MLA Provincial President, Purvanchal Zone Siddharth Nagar, Maharajganj, Gorakhpur, Basti, Kushinagar, Azamgarh, Mau, Deoria, Ballia, Sant Kabir Nagar, Faizabad and Ambedkar Nagar
6 Yogesh Dikshit Provincial President, Brij Zone Mathura, Agra, Firozabad, Etah, Mainpuri, Kasganj, Aligarh, Hathras, Badaun, Bareilly, Shahjahanpur, Pilibhit and Farrukhabad
7 Anil Yadav Provincial President, Bundelkhand and Kanpur Zone Kanpur, Kanpur Dehat, Kannauj, Auraiya, Jalaun, Mahoba, Jhansi, Lalitpur, Banda, Chitrakoot, Fatehpur, Hamirpur and Etawah
8 Dr Jiya Ram Verma Medical Cell President, Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee

Advisory Council to General Secretary edit

S.No. Name Design
01 Ajay Rai Member
02 Ajay Kapoor Member
03 Anugrah Narayan Singh Member
04 Mohsina Kidwai Member
05 Nasimuddin Siddiqui Member
06 Nirmal Khatri Member
07 Pradeep Mathur Member
08 Pramod Tiwari Member
09 Praveen Aron Member
10 P. L. Punia Member
12 Ranjeet Singh Judeo Member
13 Rajesh Mishra Member
14 Raashid Alvi Member
15 Salman Khurshid Member
16 Sanjay Kapoor Member
17 Vivek Bansal Member
18 Zafar Ali Naqvi Member
19 Akash Singh Chandel Member

Group on Strategy and Planning edit

S.No. Name Design
01 Vacant Member
02 Prashant Shukla Member
03 Rajiv Shukla Member
04 Vacant Member
05 Pradeep Jain Aditya Member
06 Vacant Member
07 Brij Lal Khabri Member

MPs and MLAs from Uttar Pradesh edit

Electoral performance edit

Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly edit

Election Seats up for election Seats contested Seats won Change Votes polled Vote share Swing Resulting Government
1937 228
133 / 228
Majority Government
1946 228
153 / 228
  20 Supermajority Government
1952 430 429
388 / 430
  235 8,032,475
47.93 / 100
Supermajority Government
1957 430 430
286 / 430
  102 9,298,382
42.42 / 100
  5.51% Majority Government
1962 430 429
249 / 430
  37 6,471,669
36.33 / 100
  6.09% Majority Government
1967 425 425
199 / 425
  50 6,912,104
32.20 / 100
  4.13% Minority Government (till April 1967)
Opposition (till 1968)
1969 425 424
211 / 425
  12 7,893,152
33.69 / 100
  1.49% Minority Government (1969-1970; 1971-1973; 1973-1974)
Opposition (1970; 1970-1971)
1974 424 403
215 / 424
  4 8,868,229
32.29 / 100
  1.40% Majority Government
1977 425 395
47 / 425
  168 7,592,107
31.94 / 100
  0.35% Opposition
1980 425 424
309 / 425
  262 9,720,767
37.65 / 100
  5.71% Supermajority Government
1985 425 425
269 / 425
  40 11,544,698
39.25 / 100
  1.60% Majority Government
1989 425 410
94 / 425
  175 10,866,428
27.90 / 100
  11.35% Opposition
1991 419 413
46 / 419
  48 6,480,753
17.32 / 100
  10.58% Opposition
1993 422 421
28 / 422
  20 7,533,272
15.08 / 100
  2.24% Opposition
1996 424 126
33 / 424
  11 4,626,663
8.35 / 100
  6.73% Opposition
2002 403 402
25 / 403
  8 4,810,231
8.96 / 100
  0.61% Opposition
2007 403 393
22 / 403
  3 4,489,234
8.61 / 100
  0.35% Opposition
2012 403 355
28 / 403
  6 8,832,895
11.65 / 100
  3.04% Opposition
2017 403 114
7 / 403
  21 5,416,540
6.25 / 100
  5.40% Opposition
2022 403 403
2 / 403
  5 2,416,540
3.25 / 100
  2.40% Opposition

Indian General Election in Uttar Pradesh edit

Election Seats up for election Seats contested Seats won Change Votes polled Vote share Swing Resulting Government (in Centre) National Leader
1951-1952 86 86
81 / 86
9,047,392
52.99 / 100
Supermajority Government Jawaharlal Nehru
1957 86 86
70 / 86
  11 10,599,639
46.29 / 100
  6.70% Supermajority Government Jawaharlal Nehru
1962 86 86
62 / 86
  8 6,842,472
38.20 / 100
  8.09% Supermajority Government Jawaharlal Nehru
1967 85 85
47 / 85
  15 7,285,130
33.44 / 100
  4.76% Majority Government Indira Gandhi
1971 85 78
73 / 85
  26 9,981,309
48.58 / 100
  15.14% Supermajority Government Indira Gandhi
1977 85 85
0 / 85
  73 7,170,182
24.99 / 100
  23.59% Opposition Indira Gandhi
(defeated)
1980 85 85
51 / 85
  51 10,171,194
35.90 / 100
  10.91% Supermajority Government Indira Gandhi
1984 85 85
83 / 85
  32 17,391,831
51.03 / 100
  15.13% Supermajority Government Rajiv Gandhi
1989 85 84
15 / 85
  68 12,393,934
31.77 / 100
  19.26% Opposition (till 1990)
External Support for SJP(R) Govt (till 1991)
Rajiv Gandhi
1991 85 80
5 / 85
  10 6,755,015
18.02 / 100
  13.75% Minority Government P. V. Narasimha Rao
1996 85 85
5 / 85
  3,746,505
8.14 / 100
  9.88% Opposition (till Jun 1996)
External Support for UF Govt (till 1998)
P. V. Narasimha Rao
1998 85 76
0 / 85
  5 3,361,053
6.02 / 100
  2.13% Opposition Sitaram Kesri
(defeated)
1999 85 76
10 / 85
  10 8,001,685
14.72 / 100
  8.70% Opposition Sonia Gandhi
2004 80 73
9 / 80
  1 6,412,293
12.04 / 100
  2.68% Minority Government Sonia Gandhi
2009 80 80
21 / 80
  12 10,113,521
18.25 / 100
  6.21% Minority Government Sonia Gandhi
2014 80 80
2 / 80
  19 6,061,267
7.53 / 100
  10.72% Opposition Sonia Gandhi
2019 80 80
1 / 80
  1 5,457,352
6.36 / 100
  1.17% Opposition Rahul Gandhi

List of chief ministers edit

Premier of United Provinces (1937–50)
No. Portrait Name Constituency Term of office Assembly
Start End Tenure
1   Govind Ballabh Pant NA 17 July 1937 2 November

1939

2 years, 108 days 1st

(1937 Elections)

(1)   Govind Ballabh Pant NA 1 April 1946 25 January

1950

3 years, 299 days 2nd

(1946 Elections)

Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh
No. Portrait Name Constituency Term of office Assembly
Start End Tenure
1   Govind Ballabh Pant Bareilly Municipality 26 January 1950 20 May 1952 4 years, 335 days Provincial

(1946 Elections)
1st
(1951 election)

20 May 1952 27 December 1954
2   Sampurnanand Varanasi South 28 December 1954 9 April 1957 5 years, 344 days 2nd
(1957 election)
10 April 1957 6 December 1960
3   Chandra Bhanu Gupta Ranikhet South 7 December 1960 14 March 1962 2 years, 298 days 3rd
(1962 election)
14 March 1962 1 October 1963
4   Sucheta Kripalani Menhdawal 2 October 1963 13 March 1967 3 years, 162 days
(3)   Chandra Bhanu Gupta Ranikhet 14 March 1967 2 April 1967 19 days 4th
(1967 election)
26 February 1969 17 February 1970 356 days
6   Kamalapati Tripathi Chandauli 4 April 1971 12 June 1973 2 years, 69 days 5th
(1969 election)
7   Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Bara 8 November 1973 4 March 1974 2 years, 21 days 6th
(1974 election)
5 March 1974 29 November 1975
8   N. D. Tiwari Kashipur 21 January 1976 30 April 1977 1 year, 99 days
9   Vishwanath Pratap Singh Tindwari 9 June 1980 18 July 1982 2 years, 39 days 8th
(1980 election)
10   Sripati Mishra Isauli 19 July 1982 2 August 1984 2 years, 14 days
(8)   N. D. Tiwari Kashipur 3 August 1984 10 March 1985 1 year, 52 days 9th
(1985 election)
11 March 1985 24 September 1985
12   Vir Bahadur Singh Paniyara 24 September 1985 24 June 1988 2 years, 274 days
(8)   N. D. Tiwari Kashipur 25 June 1988 5 December 1989 1 year, 163 days

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Congress appoints Ajay Rai, who fought against PM Modi from Varanasi, as UP party president". indiatvnews.com. 17 August 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  2. ^ Congress in States 18 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine All India Congress Committee website.
  3. ^ Shukla, Nelanshu (22 May 2018). "Raj Babbar to remain UP Congress chief till Lok Sabha polls". India Today. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Raj Babbar has not resigned as party's UP chief: Congress". Zee News. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  5. ^ "In revival bid, Congress unveils a new-look UP unit, with old faces from BSP". October 2022.

External links edit

  • Indian National Congress, Official website


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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 Uttar Pradesh Congress CommitteePresidentAjay Rai 1 ChairpersonAradhana MisraHeadquartersLucknow Uttar PradeshYouth wingUttar Pradesh Youth CongressWomen s wingUttar Pradesh Mahila Congress CommitteeIdeologyPopulismSocial liberalismDemocratic socialismSecularismAllianceIndian National Developmental Inclusive AllianceSeats in Lok Sabha1 80Seats in Rajya Sabha0 31Seats in Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly2 403Seats in Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council0 100Election symbolPolitics of IndiaPolitical partiesElections 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 Contents 1 Structure and Composition 2 Advisory Council to General Secretary 3 Group on Strategy and Planning 4 MPs and MLAs from Uttar Pradesh 5 Electoral performance 5 1 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly 5 2 Indian General Election in Uttar Pradesh 6 List of chief ministers 7 See also 8 References 9 External linksStructure and Composition editS No Name Designation 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 Minister Provincial President Western Zone Saharanpur Muzaffarnagar Shamli Baghpat Bulandshahr Ghaziabad Meerut Gautambudh Nagar Bijnor Hapur Amroha Moradabad Rampur and Sambhal 3 Ajay Rai Ex MLA Provincial President Prayagraj Zone Varanasi Ghazipur Chandauli Jaunpur Bhadohi Mirzapur Sonbhadra Kaushambi Allahabad Pratapgarh Amethi and Sultanpur 4 Nakul Dubey Ex MLA Provincial President Awadh Zone Lucknow Unnao Bahraich Barabanki Balrampur Shravasti Ghonda Sitapur Lakhimpur Khiri Hardoi and Rae Barely 5 Virendra Chaudhary MLA Provincial President Purvanchal Zone Siddharth Nagar Maharajganj Gorakhpur Basti Kushinagar Azamgarh Mau Deoria Ballia Sant Kabir Nagar Faizabad and Ambedkar Nagar 6 Yogesh Dikshit Provincial President Brij Zone Mathura Agra Firozabad Etah Mainpuri Kasganj Aligarh Hathras Badaun Bareilly Shahjahanpur Pilibhit and Farrukhabad 7 Anil Yadav Provincial President Bundelkhand and Kanpur Zone Kanpur Kanpur Dehat Kannauj Auraiya Jalaun Mahoba Jhansi Lalitpur Banda Chitrakoot Fatehpur Hamirpur and Etawah 8 Dr Jiya Ram Verma Medical Cell President Uttar Pradesh Congress CommitteeAdvisory Council to General Secretary editS No Name Design 01 Ajay Rai Member 02 Ajay Kapoor Member 03 Anugrah Narayan Singh Member 04 Mohsina Kidwai Member 05 Nasimuddin Siddiqui Member 06 Nirmal Khatri Member 07 Pradeep Mathur Member 08 Pramod Tiwari Member 09 Praveen Aron Member 10 P L Punia Member 12 Ranjeet Singh Judeo Member 13 Rajesh Mishra Member 14 Raashid Alvi Member 15 Salman Khurshid Member 16 Sanjay Kapoor Member 17 Vivek Bansal Member 18 Zafar Ali Naqvi Member 19 Akash Singh Chandel MemberGroup on Strategy and Planning editS No Name Design 01 Vacant Member 02 Prashant Shukla Member 03 Rajiv Shukla Member 04 Vacant Member 05 Pradeep Jain Aditya Member 06 Vacant Member 07 Brij Lal Khabri MemberMPs and MLAs from Uttar Pradesh editS No Name Constituency Member of Parliament 1 Sonia Gandhi Raebareli Member of Legislative Assembly 1 Aradhana Mishra Rampur Khas 2 Virendra Chaudhary PharendaElectoral performance editUttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly edit Election Seats up for election Seats contested Seats won Change Votes polled Vote share Swing Resulting Government 1937 228 133 228 Majority Government 1946 228 153 228 nbsp 20 Supermajority Government 1952 430 429 388 430 nbsp 235 8 032 475 47 93 100 Supermajority Government 1957 430 430 286 430 nbsp 102 9 298 382 42 42 100 nbsp 5 51 Majority Government 1962 430 429 249 430 nbsp 37 6 471 669 36 33 100 nbsp 6 09 Majority Government 1967 425 425 199 425 nbsp 50 6 912 104 32 20 100 nbsp 4 13 Minority Government till April 1967 Opposition till 1968 1969 425 424 211 425 nbsp 12 7 893 152 33 69 100 nbsp 1 49 Minority Government 1969 1970 1971 1973 1973 1974 Opposition 1970 1970 1971 1974 424 403 215 424 nbsp 4 8 868 229 32 29 100 nbsp 1 40 Majority Government 1977 425 395 47 425 nbsp 168 7 592 107 31 94 100 nbsp 0 35 Opposition 1980 425 424 309 425 nbsp 262 9 720 767 37 65 100 nbsp 5 71 Supermajority Government 1985 425 425 269 425 nbsp 40 11 544 698 39 25 100 nbsp 1 60 Majority Government 1989 425 410 94 425 nbsp 175 10 866 428 27 90 100 nbsp 11 35 Opposition 1991 419 413 46 419 nbsp 48 6 480 753 17 32 100 nbsp 10 58 Opposition 1993 422 421 28 422 nbsp 20 7 533 272 15 08 100 nbsp 2 24 Opposition 1996 424 126 33 424 nbsp 11 4 626 663 8 35 100 nbsp 6 73 Opposition 2002 403 402 25 403 nbsp 8 4 810 231 8 96 100 nbsp 0 61 Opposition 2007 403 393 22 403 nbsp 3 4 489 234 8 61 100 nbsp 0 35 Opposition 2012 403 355 28 403 nbsp 6 8 832 895 11 65 100 nbsp 3 04 Opposition 2017 403 114 7 403 nbsp 21 5 416 540 6 25 100 nbsp 5 40 Opposition 2022 403 403 2 403 nbsp 5 2 416 540 3 25 100 nbsp 2 40 Opposition Indian General Election in Uttar Pradesh edit Election Seats up for election Seats contested Seats won Change Votes polled Vote share Swing Resulting Government in Centre National Leader 1951 1952 86 86 81 86 9 047 392 52 99 100 Supermajority Government Jawaharlal Nehru 1957 86 86 70 86 nbsp 11 10 599 639 46 29 100 nbsp 6 70 Supermajority Government Jawaharlal Nehru 1962 86 86 62 86 nbsp 8 6 842 472 38 20 100 nbsp 8 09 Supermajority Government Jawaharlal Nehru 1967 85 85 47 85 nbsp 15 7 285 130 33 44 100 nbsp 4 76 Majority Government Indira Gandhi 1971 85 78 73 85 nbsp 26 9 981 309 48 58 100 nbsp 15 14 Supermajority Government Indira Gandhi 1977 85 85 0 85 nbsp 73 7 170 182 24 99 100 nbsp 23 59 Opposition Indira Gandhi defeated 1980 85 85 51 85 nbsp 51 10 171 194 35 90 100 nbsp 10 91 Supermajority Government Indira Gandhi 1984 85 85 83 85 nbsp 32 17 391 831 51 03 100 nbsp 15 13 Supermajority Government Rajiv Gandhi 1989 85 84 15 85 nbsp 68 12 393 934 31 77 100 nbsp 19 26 Opposition till 1990 External Support for SJP R Govt till 1991 Rajiv Gandhi 1991 85 80 5 85 nbsp 10 6 755 015 18 02 100 nbsp 13 75 Minority Government P V Narasimha Rao 1996 85 85 5 85 nbsp 3 746 505 8 14 100 nbsp 9 88 Opposition till Jun 1996 External Support for UF Govt till 1998 P V Narasimha Rao 1998 85 76 0 85 nbsp 5 3 361 053 6 02 100 nbsp 2 13 Opposition Sitaram Kesri defeated 1999 85 76 10 85 nbsp 10 8 001 685 14 72 100 nbsp 8 70 Opposition Sonia Gandhi 2004 80 73 9 80 nbsp 1 6 412 293 12 04 100 nbsp 2 68 Minority Government Sonia Gandhi 2009 80 80 21 80 nbsp 12 10 113 521 18 25 100 nbsp 6 21 Minority Government Sonia Gandhi 2014 80 80 2 80 nbsp 19 6 061 267 7 53 100 nbsp 10 72 Opposition Sonia Gandhi 2019 80 80 1 80 nbsp 1 5 457 352 6 36 100 nbsp 1 17 Opposition Rahul GandhiList of chief ministers editPremier of United Provinces 1937 50 No Portrait Name Constituency Term of office Assembly Start End Tenure 1 nbsp Govind Ballabh Pant NA 17 July 1937 2 November 1939 2 years 108 days 1st 1937 Elections 1 nbsp Govind Ballabh Pant NA 1 April 1946 25 January 1950 3 years 299 days 2nd 1946 Elections Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh No Portrait Name Constituency Term of office Assembly Start End Tenure 1 nbsp Govind Ballabh Pant Bareilly Municipality 26 January 1950 20 May 1952 4 years 335 days Provincial 1946 Elections 1st 1951 election 20 May 1952 27 December 1954 2 nbsp Sampurnanand Varanasi South 28 December 1954 9 April 1957 5 years 344 days 2nd 1957 election 10 April 1957 6 December 1960 3 nbsp Chandra Bhanu Gupta Ranikhet South 7 December 1960 14 March 1962 2 years 298 days 3rd 1962 election 14 March 1962 1 October 1963 4 nbsp Sucheta Kripalani Menhdawal 2 October 1963 13 March 1967 3 years 162 days 3 nbsp Chandra Bhanu Gupta Ranikhet 14 March 1967 2 April 1967 19 days 4th 1967 election 26 February 1969 17 February 1970 356 days 6 nbsp Kamalapati Tripathi Chandauli 4 April 1971 12 June 1973 2 years 69 days 5th 1969 election 7 nbsp Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Bara 8 November 1973 4 March 1974 2 years 21 days 6th 1974 election 5 March 1974 29 November 1975 8 nbsp N D Tiwari Kashipur 21 January 1976 30 April 1977 1 year 99 days 9 nbsp Vishwanath Pratap Singh Tindwari 9 June 1980 18 July 1982 2 years 39 days 8th 1980 election 10 nbsp Sripati Mishra Isauli 19 July 1982 2 August 1984 2 years 14 days 8 nbsp N D Tiwari Kashipur 3 August 1984 10 March 1985 1 year 52 days 9th 1985 election 11 March 1985 24 September 1985 12 nbsp Vir Bahadur Singh Paniyara 24 September 1985 24 June 1988 2 years 274 days 8 nbsp N D Tiwari Kashipur 25 June 1988 5 December 1989 1 year 163 daysSee also editIndian National Congress Congress Working Committee All India Congress Committee Pradesh Congress Committee Madhya Pradesh Youth CongressReferences edit Congress appoints Ajay Rai who fought against PM Modi from Varanasi as UP party president indiatvnews com 17 August 2023 Retrieved 17 August 2023 Congress in States Archived 18 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine All India Congress Committee website Shukla Nelanshu 22 May 2018 Raj Babbar to remain UP Congress chief till Lok Sabha polls India Today Retrieved 12 August 2018 Raj Babbar has not resigned as party s UP chief Congress Zee News Retrieved 12 August 2018 In revival bid Congress unveils a new look UP unit with old faces from BSP October 2022 External links 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