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Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee
President	Incumbent
Chairman	Aradhana Misra
Headquarters	Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Youth wing	Uttar Pradesh Youth Congress
Women's wing	Uttar Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee
Ideology	Left-wing populism Social liberalism Democratic socialism Secularism Social Democracy
Alliance	Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance
Seats in Lok Sabha	6 / 80
Seats in Rajya Sabha	0 / 31
Seats in Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly	2 / 403
Seats in Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council	0 / 100
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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. 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 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.

Structure and Composition

List of presidents

S.No.	President	Portrait	Term		Tenure	Ref.
	Salman Khurshid		1999	4 December 2000
1.	Sriprakash Jaiswal		4 December 2000	3 July 2002	1 year, 211 days
2.	Arun Kumar Singh Munna		3 July 2002	30 May 2003	331 days
3.	Jagdambika Pal		30 May 2003	7 November 2004	1 year, 161 days
4.	Salman Khurshid		7 November 2004	12 September 2007	2 years, 309 days
5.	Rita Bahuguna Joshi		12 September 2007	29 August 2012	4 years, 352 days
6.	Nirmal Khatri		29 August 2012	12 July 2016	3 years, 318 days
7.	Raj Babbar		12 July 2016	7 October 2019	3 years, 87 days
8.	Ajay Kumar Lallu		7 October 2019	16 March 2022	2 years, 160 days
9.	Brijlal Khabri		1 October 2022	17 August 2023	320 days
10.	Ajay Rai		17 August 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 126 days

Advisory Council to General Secretary

Group on Strategy and Planning

MPs and MLAs from Uttar Pradesh

Electoral performance

Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly

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

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
2024	80	17	6 / 80	5	8,294,318	9.46 / 100	3.10%	Opposition	Mallikarjun Kharge

List of chief ministers

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

• Indian National Congress
• Congress Working Committee
• All India Congress Committee
• Pradesh Congress Committee
• Madhya Pradesh Youth Congress

References

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 Archived 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.
6. "Congress प्रवक्ता Priyanka Gupta बोलीं सरकार को निंद्रा से जगाने के लिए इतना काफी है। Mahabahas". News18. Retrieved 8 December 2020.

External links

• Indian National Congress, Official website

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