Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee (HPCC or Himachal PCC) is the state unit of the Indian National Congress, working in the state of Himachal Pradesh. 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 HPCC is Vinay Kumar. Y. S. Parmar, Ram Lal Thakur and Virbhadra Singh from Congress represented the state since 1951. Its head office is situated at Rajiv Bhawan in Shimla. Vinay Kumar is the current president.
Structure & Composition S.no Name Designation 1.Rajani PatilAICC Incharge 2.Vinay KumarPresidentHimachal Pradesh Congress Committee3.Zainab ChandelPresidentHimachal Pradesh Mahila Congress4.Nigam BhandariPresidentHimachal Pradesh Youth Congress5.Chatter Singh ThakurPresidentHimachal Pradesh NSUI6.Sukhvinder Singh SukhuCLP LeaderHimachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
List of presidents S.no Name Portrait Term1.Yashwant Singh Parmar19481950(1).Yashwant Singh Parmar196019632.Satyavati Dang196419693.Sat Mahajan197219774.Virbhadra Singh197719805.Krishan Dutt Sultanpuri198419876.Sant Ram Sharma19871989(4).Virbhadra Singh198919907.Ram Lal Thakur19901993(3)Sat Mahajan19931995(4).Virbhadra Singh199520038.Vidya Stokes200320069.Viplove Thakur2006200810.Kaul Singh Thakur20082012(4).Virbhadra Singh2012201311.Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu2013201912.Kuldeep Singh Rathore2019202213.Pratibha Singh 2022202514.Vinay Kumar2025Incumbent
List of chief ministers of Himachal Pradesh from Indian National Congress(1963–present) The Chief Commissioner's Province of Himachal Pradesh was formed on 15 April 1948 through integration of 30 erstwhile princely-states. In 1951, Himachal Pradesh become a Part C state, under the Government of Part C State, 1951 and was brought under a Lt. Governor with 36-member Legislative Assembly. First elections to the Assembly were held in 1952. The Indian National Congress won 24 seats to form a government under Yashwant Singh Parmar.
In 1954, Bilaspur, another part-C State, was merged with Himachal Pradesh. In 1956 it was made a Union Territory and was placed under a Lt. Governor with a Territorial Council with limited powers. In 1963, Himachal Pradesh, though being a Union Territory, was provided with a Legislative Assembly. The Territorial Council was converted into the Legislative Assembly of the Union Territory. The assembly has its first sitting on 1 October 1971. On 18 December 1970 the State of Himachal Pradesh Act was passed by Parliament and the new state came into being on 25 January 1971 as the 18th state of the Indian Union. NoPortraitNameConstituencyTerm of officeAssembly (election)RefFromToDays in office1.Yashwant Singh ParmarPacchad 8 March 1952 31 October 1956 18 years, 30 days 1st (1952 election) Renuka1 July 19634 March 19671st (Territorial Council)4 March 196725 January 197125 January 197110 March 19722nd (1967 election)10 March 197228 January 19773rd (1972 election)2.Thakur Ram LalJubbal Kotkhai28 January 197730 April 19773 years ,144 days3rd (1972 election)14 February 198015 June 19824th (1977 election)15 June 19827 April 19835th (1982 election)3.Virbhadra SinghJubbal Kotkhai8 April 19838 March 198521 years. 11 days8 March 19855 March 19906th (1985 elections)Rohru3 December 199323 March 19988th (1993 elections)6 March 200330 December 200710th (2003 elections)Shimla Rural25 December 201227 December 201712th (2012 elections)4.Sukhvinder Singh SukhuNadaun11 December 2022Till Date14th (2022 elections)
List of Current Members of the Himachal Legislative Assembly ConstituencyElectors (2022)PartyMLANo.NameChamba3Chamba81,594INCNeeraj Nayar5Bhattiyat78,980INCKuldeep Singh PathaniaKangra7Indora (SC)91,569INCMalender Rajan8Fatehpur87,913INCBhawani Singh Pathania9Jawali99,572INCChander Kumar12Jawalamukhi78,144INCSanjay Rattan13Jaisinghpur (SC)84,018INCYadvinder Goma15Nagrota88,867INCRaghubir Singh Bali17Shahpur87,723INCKewal Singh Pathania19Palampur75,481INCAshish Butail20Baijnath (SC)89,135INCKishori LalLahaul and Spiti21Lahaul and Spiti (ST)24,876INCRavi ThakurKullu22Manali73,488INCBhuvneshwar Gaur23Kullu89,600INCSunder Singh ThakurMandi32Dharampur79,958INCChandershekharHamirpur36Bhoranj (SC)81,134INCSuresh Kumar37Sujanpur73,922INCRajinder Singh Rana40Nadaun93,107INCSukhvinder Singh SukhuUna41Chintpurni (SC)82,686INCSudarshan Singh Babloo42Gagret82,774INCChaitanya Sharma43Haroli86,273INCMukesh Agnihotri45Kutlehar85,163INCDevender Kumar BhuttoBilaspur47Ghumarwin88,527INCRajesh DharmaniSolan50Arki93,852INCSanjay Awasthy52Doon68,266INCRam Kumar Chaudhary53Solan (SC)85,238INCDhani Ram Shandil54Kasauli (SC)67,434INCVinod SultanpuriSirmaur56Nahan83,561INCAjay Solanki57Sri Renukaji (SC)72,961INCVinay Kumar59Shillai74,831INCHarshwardhan ChauhanShimla61Theog83,275INCKuldeep Singh Rathore62Kasumpti65,713INCAnirudh Singh63Shimla48,071INCHarish Janartha64Shimla Rural76,267INCVikramaditya Singh65Jubbal-Kotkhai71,566INCRohit Thakur66Rampur (SC)74,838INCNand Lal67Rohru (SC)73,580INCMohan Lal BraktaKinnaur68Kinnaur (ST)58,836INCJagat Singh Negi
List of all Rajya Sabha members of Himachal Pradesh from Indian National Congress NameDate of appointmentDate of retirementTermC L Varma03/04/195202/04/1958103/04/196402/04/19702Lila Devi03/04/195602/04/19621Shiva Nand Ramaul03/04/196202/04/19681Satyavati Dang03/04/196802/04/19741Roshan Lal03/04/197002/04/1976103/04/197602/04/1982203/04/198202/04/19883Jagannath Bharadwaj10/04/197209/01/19781Gian Chand Totu03/04/197402/04/19801Usha Malhotra03/04/198002/04/19861Anand Sharma10/04/198409/04/1990103/04/200402/04/2010203/04/201602/04/20224Chandan Sharma03/04/198602/04/19921Sushil Barongpa03/04/198802/04/19941Sushil Barongpa03/04/199402/04/20002Chandresh Kumari10/04/199609/04/20021Viplove Thakur10/04/200609/04/2012110/04/201409/04/20202
Timeline
Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election Year Party leader Seats won Changein seats Outcome1952Yashwant Singh ParmarNew1967101972Thakur Ram Lal 191977 44 1982 221985Virbhadra Singh 271990491993 431998 212003 122007 202012 132017152022Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu19
Performance in Himachal Pradesh Lok Sabha elections + Lok Sabha ElectionsYearLok SabhaParty LeaderSeats contestedSeats won(+/−) in seats% of votesVote swingPopular voteOutcome19511stJawaharlal Nehru3 352.44%1,17,03619572nd4 147.32%1,71,59119623rd468.65%1,66,74919674thIndira Gandhi6 248.35%3,75,57819715th4 275.79%5,16,95919776th4 438.58% 4,39,39819807th4 452.08%6,53,01819848thRajiv Gandhi467.58%9,42,65719899th4 341.97%7,89,804199110thP. V. Narasimha Rao4 146.16%8,08,659199611th4 254.33%10,97,007199812thSitaram Kesri4 341.90%9,97,410199913thSonia Gandhi4 139.52%8,43,225200414th4 144.24%11,04,066200915thManmohan Singh445.61%12,26,933201416thRahul Gandhi4 140.68%12,60,477201917th427.30%10,51,113202418thMallikarjun Kharge441.67%16,66,322
See also Indian National Congress Congress Working Committee All India Congress Committee Pradesh Congress Committee
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