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Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee

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Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee
PPCC
PresidentAmrinder Singh Raja Warring
ChairmanPartap Singh Bajwa
General Secretary
  • Capt. Sandeep Singh Sandhu
  • Yoginder Pal Dhingra
HeadquartersSector-15A, Chandigarh-160015
Youth wingPunjab Youth Congress
Women's wingPunjab Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee
Ideology
AllianceIndian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance
Seats in Lok Sabha
7 / 13
Seats in Rajya Sabha
0 / 7
Seats in Punjab Legislative Assembly
16 / 117
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Website
www.ppcc.in
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Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (or Punjab PCC), formerly known as the Punjab Provincial Congress Committee in colonial India, is the affiliate of the Indian National Congress in the state of Punjab. 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. On 9 April 2022, Amrinder Singh Raja Warring was appointed by the national leadership of Congress as the chief of Congress in Punjab.[1] He is a 25th president to hold the post. Present general secretary in-charge of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee is Harish Chaudhary who was appointed on 22 October 2021

Structure and composition

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S.No. Name Designation Incharge
01 Amrinder Singh Raja Warring

President

Punjab Pradesh Congress
02 Bharat Bhushan Ashu Working President
 Punjab Pradesh Congress
03 Inderbir Singh Bolria Vice President
 Punjab Pradesh Congress
04 Kushaldeep Singh Kiki Dhillon Vice President
 Punjab Pradesh Congress
05 Pargat Singh Vice President
 Punjab Pradesh Congress
06 Sunder Sham Arora Vice President
 Punjab Pradesh Congress
07 Sandeep Singh Sandhu General Secretary
 Punjab Pradesh Congress

List of chief ministers of Punjab from Indian National Congress

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Main article: List of chief ministers of Punjab (India)
No. Chief ministers Portrait Term in office Assembly Constituency
Start End Tenure
1 Gopi Chand Bhargava 15 August 1947 13 April 1949 3 years, 136 days Interim Assembly
18 October 1949 20 June 1951
21 June 1964 6 July 1964 3rd Assembly MLC
2 Bhim Sen Sachar 13 April 1949 18 October 1949 4 years, 104 days Interim Assembly
17 April 1952 22 July 1953 1st Assembly Ludhiana South Assembly Constituency
22 July 1953 23 January 1956
3 Partap Singh Kairon 23 January 1956 9 April 1957 8 years, 150 days Sujanpur
9 April 1957 11 March 1962 2nd Assembly
11 March 1962 21 June 1964 3rd Assembly
4 Ram Kishan 7 July 1964 5 July 1966 1 year, 363 days Jalandhar (North East)
5 Giani Gurmukh Singh Musafir 1 November 1966 8 March 1967 127 days MLC
6 Giani Zail Singh 17 March 1972 30 April 1977 5 years, 44 days 6th Assembly Anandpur Sahib
7 Darbara Singh 6 June 1980 6 October 1983 3 years, 122 days 8th Assembly Nakodar
8 Beant Singh 25 February 1992 31 August 1995 3 years, 187 days 10th Assembly Jalandhar Cantonment
9 Harcharan Singh Brar 31 August 1995 21 November 1996 1 year, 82 days 9th Assembly Muktsar
10 Rajinder Kaur Bhattal 21 November 1996 11 February 1997 82 days Lehra
11 Amarinder Singh 26 February 2002 1 March 2007 5 years, 3 days 12th Assembly Patiala Urban
16 March 2017 18 September 2021 7 years, 241 days 15th Punjab Assembly
12 Charanjit Singh Channi 20 September 2021 16 March 2022 3 years, 53 days Chamkaur Sahib

List of deputy chief ministers of Punjab from Indian National Congress

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Main article: List of deputy chief ministers of Punjab, India
No. Deputy chief ministers Portrait Term in office Assembly Constituency Chief Minister
Start End Tenure
1 Rajinder Kaur Bhattal 6 January 2004 1 March 2007 3 years, 54 days 12th Assembly Lehra Amarinder Singh
2 Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa 20 September 2021 16 March 2022 177 days 15th Assembly Dera Baba Nanak Charanjit Singh Channi
3 Om Parkash Soni Amritsar Central

List of presidents

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S.no President Portrait Term
1. Saifuddin Kitchlew [citation needed]
2. Darbara Singh 1957 1964
3. B. D. Sharma 1964 1966
4. Zail Singh 1966 1972
5. R. L. Bhatia 1982 1984
6. Santokh Singh Randhawa 1984 1985
7. Rajinder Singh Sparrow 1985 ?
(6). Santokh Singh Randhawa ? 1997
8. Rajinder Kaur Bhattal 1997 1999
9. Captain Amarinder Singh 1999 2002
10. Harvendra Singh Hanspal 2002 2005
11. Shamsher Singh Dullo 2005 2007
(8). Rajinder Kaur Bhattal 2007 2008
12. Mohinder Singh Kaypee 2008 2010
(9). Captain Amarinder Singh 2010 2013
13. Pratap Singh Bajwa 2013 2015
(9). Captain Amarinder Singh 2015 2017
14. Sunil Kumar Jakhar 2017 2021
15. Navjot Singh Sidhu 2021 2022
16. Amrinder Singh Raja Warring 2022 Incumbent

Performance in elections

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Pre-Independence

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Punjab Legislative Council

Year Others Total
UoP INC IND
1920 - - 71 - 71
1923 33 0 17 21
1926 31 2 12 26
1930 37 0 14 20

Punjab Legislative Assembly

Year Others Total
UoP INC SAD AIML IND
1937 98 18 11 2 16 30 175
1946 19 51 21 73 11 0

Post-Independence

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Years Others Total
INC SAD AAP BJP IND
1952 96 13 ~ ~ 9 8 126
1957 120 ^ 13 21 154
1962 90 19 18 27
1967 48 ^ 9 47 104
1969 38 43 4 17
1972 66 24 3 11
1977 17 58 2 40 117
1980 63 37 1 2 14
1985 32 73 6 4 2
1992 87 3 6 4 20
1997 14 75 18 6 4
2002 62 41 3 9 2
2007 44 49 19 5 0
2012 46 56 12 3 0
2017 77 15 20 3 0 2
2022 18 3 92 2 0 1
  • ^ - Party didn't contest election
  • ~ - Party didn't exist
  • - Green color box indicates the party/parties who formed the government
  • - Red color box indicates the official opposition party

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Punjab Congress appointments: High command tries to maintain region, experience and caste balance". Tribuneindia News Service. 9 April 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
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