Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (or Assam PCC) was formed in June 1921. Its headquarters is at Rajiv Bhavan in GS Road Guwahati.
Assam Pradesh Congress Committee | |
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President | Bhupen Kumar Borah |
Chairman | Debabrata Saikia |
Headquarters | Rajiv Bhawan, GS Road, Guwahati, Assam |
Student wing | National Students' Union of India |
Youth wing | Indian Youth Congress |
Women's wing | All India Mahila Congress |
Ideology | |
ECI Status | National Party |
Alliance | Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance United Opposition Forum |
Seats in Lok Sabha | 3 / 14
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Seats in Rajya Sabha | 0 / 7
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Seats in Assam Legislative Assembly | 23 / 126
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Election symbol | |
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Website | |
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Kuladhar Chaliha was the first elected president and Chabilal Upadhyaya[1] was the first selected president of the committee when it was founded.[2][3]
Bhupen Kumar Borah is appointed as the new president on 24 July 2021 replacing Ripun Bora.[4][5]
List of Leaders of Opposition
editS.no | Name | Portrait |
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1. | Gopinath Bordoloi | |
2. | Golok Rajbanshi | |
3. | Debabrata Saikia | |
4. |
Structure & composition
editS.no | Name | Designation |
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1. | Jitendra Singh | AICC Incharge |
2. | Bhupen Kumar Borah | President Assam Pradesh Congress Committee |
3. | Jakir Hussain Sikdar | Working President Assam Pradesh Congress Committee |
4. | Zubair Anam | President Assam Pradesh Youth Congress |
5. | Mira Borthakur Goswami | President Assam Pradesh Mahila Congress |
6. | Dr Sanju Boruah | General Secretary Assam Pradesh Congress Committee |
7. | Krishna Baruah | President Assam NSUI |
8. | Mehdi Alam Borah | Senior Spokesperson Assam Pradesh Congress Committee |
List of National & State Presidents
editS.no | President | Portrait | Place of Conference | Term | |
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1. | Dev Kant Baruah | Chandigarh | 1975 | 1977 |
S.no | President | Portrait | Term | |
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Chabilal Upadhyaya | 1921 | 1921 | ||
Kuladhar Chaliha | 1921 | |||
Tarun Ram Phukan | ||||
Bishnuram Medhi | 1930 | 1940 | ||
Maulana Mohammad Tayyebulla | 1940 | 1948 | ||
Sriman Prafulla Goswami | 1961 | |||
1. | Bijoy Chandra Bhagavati | 1967 | 1971 | |
2. | Dharanidhar Das | 1981 | 1982 | |
3. | Harendra Nath Talukdar | 1982 | 1983 | |
4. | Dharanidhar Basumatari | 1983 | 1986 | |
5. | Tarun Gogoi | 1986 | 1990 | |
6. | Hiteswar Saikia | 1990 | 1992 | |
7. | Nakul Das | 1993 | 1996 | |
(6). | Hiteswar Saikia | 1996 | 1996 | |
(5). | Tarun Gogoi | 1996 | 2002 | |
8. | Paban Singh Ghatowar | 2002 | 2004 | |
9. | Bhubaneswar Kalita | 2004 | 2014 | |
10. | Anjan Dutta | 13
December 2014 |
16 June
2016 | |
11. | Ripun Bora | 24 August 2016 | 24 July 2021 | |
12. | Bhupen Kumar Borah | 24 July 2021 | Incumbent |
Assam Legislative Assembly election
editYear | Legislature | Party leader | Portrait of Leader | Seats Contested | Seats won | Change in seats |
Votes | Percentage of votes | Vote swing | Outcome |
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1952 | 1st Assembly | Bishnu Ram Medhi | 92 | 76 / 105
|
new | 10,64,850 | 43.48 | new | Government | |
1957 | 2nd Assembly | 101 | 71 / 108
|
5 | 13,21,367 | 52.35 | 8.87 | Government | ||
1962 | 3rd Assembly | Bimala Prasad Chaliha | 103 | 79 / 105
|
8 | 11,79,305 | 48.25 | 4.1 | Government | |
1967 | 4th Assembly | 120 | 73 / 126
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6 | 13,54,748 | 43.60 | 4.65 | Government | ||
1972 | 5th Assembly | Sarat Chandra Sinha | 114 | 95 / 126
|
22 | 19,76,209 | 53.20 | 9.6 | Government | |
1978 | 6th Assembly | 126 | 26 / 126
|
69 | 12,20,189 | 23.62 | 29.58 | Opposition | ||
1983 | 7th Assembly | Hiteswar Saikia | 109 | 91 / 109
|
65 | 11,94,657 | 52.53 | 28.91 | Government | |
1985 | 8th Assembly | 125 | 26 / 126
|
66 | 17,24,003 | 23.23 | 29.3 | Opposition | ||
1991 | 9th Assembly | 125 | 66 / 126
|
40 | 24,55,302 | 29.35 | 6.12 | Government | ||
1996 | 10th Assembly | Bhumidhar Barman | 122 | 34 / 122
|
32 | 27,78,627 | 30.56 | 1.21 | Opposition | |
2001 | 11th Assembly | Tarun Gogoi | 126 | 71 / 126
|
39 | 42,30,676 | 39.75 | 9.19 | Government | |
2006 | 12th Assembly | 120 | 53 / 126
|
18 | 41,02,479 | 31.08 | 8.67 | Government | ||
2011 | 13th Assembly | 126 | 78 / 126
|
25 | 54,43,781 | 39.39 | 8.31 | Government | ||
2016 | 14th Assembly | 122 | 26 / 126
|
52 | 52,38,655 | 30.96 | 8.43 | Opposition | ||
2021 | 15th Assembly | Debabrata Saikia | 95 | 29 / 126
|
3 | 57,03,341 | 29.67 | 1.29 | Opposition |
List of Chief Ministers of Assam from Indian National Congress
editS.no | Name | Portrait | Term | ||
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1. | Gopinath Bordoloi | 26 January 1950 | 6 August 1950 | 192 days | |
2. | Bishnuram Medhi | 9 August 1950 | 27 December 1957 | 7 years, 140 days | |
3. | Bimala Prasad Chaliha | 27 December 1957 | 6 November 1970 | 12 years, 314 days | |
4. | Mahendra Mohan Choudhry | 6 November 1970 | 30 January 1972 | 1 year, 85 days | |
5. | Sarat Chandra Sinha | 31 January 1972 | 12 March 1978 | 6 years, 40 days | |
6. | Anwara Taimur | 6 December 1980 | 30 June 1981 | 206 days | |
7. | Kesab Chandra Gogoi | 13 January 1982 | 19 March 1982 | 65 days | |
8. | Hiteswar Saikia | 27 February 1983 | 23 December 1985 | 7 years, 231 days | |
30 June 1991 | 22 April 1996 | ||||
9. | Bhumidhar Barman | 22 April 1996 | 14 May 1996 | 22 days | |
10. | Tarun Gogoi | 18 May 2001 | 24 May 2016 | 15 years, 6 days |
List of Union Ministers
editUnion Ministers of State
editS.no | Portrait | Name | Prime Minister | Term | Period | Ministry | ||
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1. | Surendranath Buragohain | Jawaharlal Nehru | Deputy Minister of Works, Mines and Power | 14 August
1950-26 December 1950 |
134 days | First Nehru ministry | ||
Deputy Minister of Works, Production and Supply | 26 December 1950-13 May 1952 | 1 year 139 days | First Nehru ministry | |||||
Deputy Minister of Works, Housing and Supply | 13 May 1952-4 October 1953 | 1 year 144 days | Second Nehru ministry | |||||
2. | Bijoy Chandra Bhagavati |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Chabilal Upadhyaya the pride of Assam". Indian Gorkhas. Behali, Biswanath, Assam. 24 January 2016. Archived from the original on 13 January 2021.
- ^ "Assam Pradesh Congress Committee | humty dumty". Humtydumty.in. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
- ^ "President list of Indian National Congress". Archived from the original on 1 April 2019.
- ^ "कांग्रेस: असम में भूपेन बोरा बने प्रदेश अध्यक्ष, नामिरकपम लोकेन सिंह को दी मणिपुर की जिम्मेदारी". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ^ "Congress appoints Bhupen Bora chief of Assam unit". www.outlookindia.com/. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
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