Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee

Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee
Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee
President	Karan Mahara
Parliamentary Chairperson	Yashpal Arya; (Leader of the Opposition)
Founded	2000
Headquarters	21 Rajpur Road, Dehradun-248001, Uttarakhand
Youth wing	Uttarakhand Youth Congress
Women's wing	Uttarakhand Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee
Ideology	Populism; Social liberalism; Democratic socialism; Social democracy; Secularism;
Political position	Centre
Alliance	Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance
Seats in Lok Sabha	0 / 5
Seats in Rajya Sabha	0 / 3
Seats in Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly	20 / 70
Election symbol
Website
	uttarakhandpradeshcongress.com
	Politics of India; Political parties; Elections;

Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee or Uttarakhand PCC is the state wing of the Indian National Congress (INC) in Uttarakhand.^[1] 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 Uttarakhand PCC is Karan Mahara. The committee has a significant presence in the state's politics and has been in power in the state several times since its formation in 2000.

Structure and composition

S.No.	Name	Designation
1.	Kumari Selja	AICC Incharge Uttarakhand
2.	Karan Mahara	President Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee
3.	Jyoti Rautela	President Uttarakhand Pradesh Mahila Congress
4.	Sumittar Bhullar	President Uttarakhand Pradesh Youth Congress
5.	Vikas Negi	President Uttarakhand Pradesh NSUI

List of presidents

S.No.	Portrait	Term		Ref.
1	Harish Rawat	9 November 2000	October 2007
2	Yashpal Arya	October 2007	12 June 2014	^[2]
3	Kishore Upadhyaya	13 June 2014	3 May 2017	^[3]
4	Pritam Singh	4 May 2017	22 July 2021	^[4]
5	Ganesh Godiyal	22 July 2021	10 April 2022	^[5]
6	Karan Mahara	10 April 2022	Incumbent	^[6]

List of chief ministers

S.No.	Portrait	Chief Ministers	Constituency	Term in Office			Assembly (Election)	Ministry	Ref(s)
S.No.	Portrait	Chief Ministers	Constituency	Start	End	Tenure	Assembly (Election)	Ministry	Ref(s)
1		Narayan Datt Tiwari	Ramnagar	2 March 2002	7 March 2007	5 years, 5 days	1st Assembly (2002)	Tiwari	^[7]
2		Vijay Bahuguna	Sitarganj	13 March 2012	31 January 2014	1 year, 324 days	3rd Assembly (2012)	Bahuguna	^[8]
3		Harish Rawat	Dharchula	1 February 2014	27 March 2016	2 years, 55 days		Rawat
				21 April 2016	22 April 2016	1 day
				11 May 2016	18 March 2017	311 days (total 3 years and 2 days)

List of AICC Incharges

S.no	Incharge	Term
1.	Ch. Birender Singh
2.	Ambika Soni
3.	Anugrah Narayan Singh	2 April 2018	11 September 2020	2 years, 162 days
4.	Devender Yadav	11 September 2020	24 December 2023	3 years, 104 days
5.	Kumari Selja	24 December 2023	Incumbent	329 days

Electoral performance

Legislative Assembly elections

Year	Legislature	Party leader	Votes polled	Seats won	Change in seats	Outcome
2002	1st Vidhan Sabha	Harish Rawat	769,991	36 / 70	36	Government
2007	2nd Vidhan Sabha	Harish Rawat	1,116,511	21 / 70	15	Opposition
2012	3rd Vidhan Sabha	Yashpal Arya	1,436,042	32 / 70	11	Government with PDF
2017	4th Vidhan Sabha	Kishore Upadhyaya	1,665,664	11 / 70	21	Opposition
2022	5th Vidhan Sabha	Ganesh Godiyal	2,038,509	19 / 70	8	Opposition

Lok Sabha elections

Year	Legislature	Party leader	Votes polled	Seats won	Change in seats	Outcome
2004	14th Lok Sabha	Harish Rawat	1,024,062	1 / 5	1	Government with UPA
2009	15th Lok Sabha	Yashpal Arya	1,354,468	5 / 5	4	Government with UPA
2014	16th Lok Sabha	Yashpal Arya	1,494,440	0 / 5	5	Opposition
2019	17th Lok Sabha	Pritam Singh	1,520,767	0 / 5
2024	18th Lok Sabha	Karan Mahara	1,564,258	0 / 5

References

^ Congress in States Archived 3 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine All India Congress Committee website.
^ Chandramohan, C. K. (11 March 2012). "Uttarakhand suffers due to leadership deficit". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
^ "Kishore Upadhyaya is new president of Uttarakhand Congress". Hindustan Times. 13 June 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
^ "Pritam Singh appointed as new Uttarakhand Congress chief". Economic Times. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
^ "Outlook, India". Retrieved 22 July 2021.
^ "Congress appoints Karan Mahara as Uttarakhand unit president". The Hindu. 10 April 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
^ Yadav, Shyamlal (26 February 2022). "Narayan Datt Tiwari, 9th UP CM and first Congress CM of Uttarakhand". The Indian Express. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
^ "Uttarakhand Portal" (PDF). Government of Uttarakhand. Retrieved 1 July 2024.

External links

Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee official website

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[1] Congress in States Archived 3 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine All India Congress Committee website.

[2] Chandramohan, C. K. (11 March 2012). "Uttarakhand suffers due to leadership deficit". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 17 August 2020.

[3] "Kishore Upadhyaya is new president of Uttarakhand Congress". Hindustan Times. 13 June 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2019.

[4] "Pritam Singh appointed as new Uttarakhand Congress chief". Economic Times. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2020.

[5] "Outlook, India". Retrieved 22 July 2021.

[2022_INC-6] "Congress appoints Karan Mahara as Uttarakhand unit president". The Hindu. 10 April 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2024.

[NDT_CM-7] Yadav, Shyamlal (26 February 2022). "Narayan Datt Tiwari, 9th UP CM and first Congress CM of Uttarakhand". The Indian Express. Retrieved 1 July 2024.

[Vijay_Bahuguna-8] "Uttarakhand Portal" (PDF). Government of Uttarakhand. Retrieved 1 July 2024.

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