Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee Explained

Party Name:Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee
President:Akhilesh Prasad Singh[1]
Alliance:MGB
Youth:Bihar Youth Congress
Women:Bihar Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee
State Seats Name:Bihar Legislative Assembly
State2 Seats Name:Bihar Legislative Council
Chairman:Shakeel Ahmad Khan

The Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee or (BPCC) is the political unit of the Indian National Congress for the state of Bihar. 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 for all districts of Bihar. Its head office is situated in Patna at the Sadaqat Ashram.

The current working presidents are Shyam Sunder Singh Dheeraj, Ashok Kumar, Sameer Kumar Singh, and Qaukab Kadri.[2]

Organisation

The BPCC comprises several committees, including a screening committee for potential election candidates[3] and, since July 2011, a committee co-ordinate interactions between the state organisation and that at national level.[4] There is also a monitoring committee, established around December 2010 to monitor the various Central Government schemes in Bihar.[5] The former MLC Vijay Shankar Mishra is the Chairman of the recently reshuffled committee.[6]

In addition, the BPCC has constituent organisations, including:[7]

List of Presidents

S.noPresident PortraitTerm
1.Maulana Mazharul Haque19211930
2.Dr. Rajendra Prasad19311935
3.Dr. Krishna Sinha19351936
(2).Dr. Rajendra Prasad19361946
4.Prof. Abdul Bari19461947
5.Mahamaya Prasad Sinha19471948
6.Pandit Prajapati Mishra19481950
7.Dr. Laxmi Narayan Sudhanshu19501952
(6).Pandit Prajapati Mishra19521953
8.Nand Kumar Singh (In-Charge)19531954
(3).Krishna Sinha19541955
(8).Nand Kumar Singh19551959
9.Abdul Qaiyum Ansari19591962
10.Rajendra Mishra19621968
11.Anant Prasad Sharma19681971
12.Viddyakar Kavi19711973
13.Sitaram Kesri19731977
14.Mungeri Lal (In-Charge)19771977
15.Kedar Pandey19771980
16.Rafique Alam19801983
17.Ram Sharan Prasad Singh19831984
18.Bindeshwari Dubey19841985
19.Dumar Lal Baitha19851988
20.Tariq Anwar19881989
21.Jagannath Mishra19891990
22.Lahtan Choudhary19901992
(21).Jagannath Mishra19921992
23.Md Hidayatullah Khan19931994
24.Sarfaraj Ahmad19941997
(24).Sarfaraj Ahmad19971998
25.Sadanand Singh19982000
26.Chandan Bagchi20002000
27.Shakeel Ahmad20002003
28.Ramjatan Sinha20032005
(25).Sadanand Singh20052008
29.Anil Kumar Sharma20082010
30.Mehboob Ali Kaiser20102013
31.Ashok Chaudhary1 April 201327 Sep. 2017
32.Kaukab Quadri (In-Charge)27 Sep. 201717 Sep. 2018
33.Madan Mohan Jha17 Sep. 20185 Dec. 2022
34.Akhilesh Prasad Singh5 Dec. 2022Incumbent

Bihar Legislative Assembly election

YearLegislatureLeaderSeats ContestedSeats wonChange in seatsVotesPercentage of votesVote swingOutcome
19521st AssemblyShri Krishna Sinha322New39,51,14541.38% New
19572nd Assembly312 2944,55,42542.09% 0.71%
19623rd AssemblyBinodanand Jha318 2540,75,84441.35% 0.74%
19674th AssemblyK. B. Sahay318 5744,79,46033.09% 8.26%
19695th AssemblyHarihar Singh318 1045,70,41330.46% 2.63%
19726th AssemblyKedar Pandey259 4956,88,00233.12% 2.66%
19777th AssemblyJagannath Mishra28611041,01,52223.58% 9.54%
19808th Assembly311 11276,90,22534.2% 10.62%
19859th AssemblyBindeshwari Dubey323 2795,58,56239.3% 5.1%
199010th AssemblyJagannath Mishra323 12579,46,63524.78% 14.52%
199511th Assembly320 4256,22,95216.27% 8.51%
200012th AssemblyShakeel Ahmad324 640,96,46711.06% 5.21%
200513th AssemblyRamjatan Sinha51 1314,35,4495.00% 6.06%
200514th AssemblySadanand Singh84 112,28,8356.09% 1.09%
201015th AssemblyMehboob Ali Kaiser243 524,31,4778.37% 3.37%
201516th AssemblyAshok Choudhary412325,39,6386.66% 1.71%
202017th AssemblyMadan Mohan Jha70 839,95,3199.48% 2.82%

List of chief ministers of Bihar from the Congress Party

See main article: List of chief ministers of Bihar.

NameTook officeLeft office
Sri Krishna Sinha2 April 194631 January 1961
Deep Narayan Singh1 February 196118 February 1961
Binodanand Jha[8] 18 February 19612 October 1963
Krishana Vallabh Sahay2 October 19635 March 1967
Satish Prasad Singh28 January 19681 February 1968
B. P. Mandal[9] 1 February 19682 March 1968
Bhola Paswan Shashtri (1st Term)22 March 196829 June 1968
Harihar Singh[10] 26 February 196922 June 1969
Bhola Paswan Shashtri (2nd Term)22 June 19694 July 1969
Daroga Prasad Rai[11] 16 February. 197022 December 1970
Bhola Paswan Shashtri (3rd Term)2 June 19719 January 1972
Kedar Pandey19 March 19722 July 1973
Abdul Gafoor2 July 197311 April 1975
Dr.Jagannath Mishra (1st Term)11 April 197530 April 1977
Dr.Jagannath Mishra (2nd Term)8 June 198014 August 1983
Chandrashekhar Singh14 August 198312 March 1985
Bindeshwari Dubey12 March 198513 February 1988
Bhagwat Jha Azad[12] 14 February 198810 March 1989
Satyendra Narayan Sinha11 March 19896 December 1989
Dr.Jagannath Mishra[13] (3rd Term)6 December 198910 March 1990

List of deputy chief ministers of Bihar from the Congress Party

See main article: List of deputy chief ministers of Bihar.

List of union ministers from BPCC

Performance in state elections

See main article: Electoral history of the Indian National Congress.

Year General election Votes polled Seats won
1951 1st Assembly 3,951,145 239
1951 1st Lok Sabha 4,573,058 45
1957 2nd Assembly 4,455,425 210
1957 2nd Lok Sabha 4,450,208 41
1962 3rd Assembly 4,075,844 185
1962 3rd Lok Sabha 4,365,148 39
1967 4th Assembly 4,479,460 128
1967 4th Lok Sabha 4,749,813 34
1969 5th Assembly 4,570,413 118
1971 5th Lok Sabha 5,967,512 39
1972 6th Assembly 5,688,002 167
1977 7th Assembly 4,101,522 57
1977 6th Lok Sabha 4,781,142 0
1980 8th Assembly 7,690,225 169
1980 7th Lok Sabha 7,377,583 30
1984 8th Lok Sabha 12,970,432 48
1985 9th Assembly 9,558,562 196
1989 9th Lok Sabha 8,659,832 4
1990 10th Assembly 7,946,635 71
1991 10th Lok Sabha 7,007,304 1
1995 11th Assembly 5,622,952 29
1996 11th Lok Sabha 4,446,053 2
1998 12th Lok Sabha 2,717,204 5
1999 13th Lok Sabha 3,142,603 4
2000 12th Assembly 4,096,467 23
2004 14th Lok Sabha 1,315,935 3
2005 13th Assembly 1,223,835 10
2005 14th Assembly 1,435,449 9
2009 15th Lok Sabha 2,550,785 2
2014 16th Lok Sabha 826,388 2
2015 16th Assembly 25,39,638 27
2019 17th Lok Sabha 826,388 1
2020 17th Assembly 3,995,319 19
202418th Lok Sabha3,983,8824

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Rajya Sabha MP Akhilesh Prasad Singh Appointed Bihar Congress President. Outlook India. 5 December 2022. 5 December 2022.
  2. Web site: Bihar Congress President Says Rahul Gandhi a 'Janeudhari Sanatani Hindu'. 2021-09-25. News18. 30 November 2017. en.
  3. Web site: Rahul's close aide to shortlist candidates. live. 2021-09-25. The Statesman. en-US. https://web.archive.org/web/20160911072904/http://www.thestatesman.com/mobi/news/bihar/bihar-polls-rahul-s-close-aide-to-shortlist-candidates/87222.html . 11 September 2016 .
  4. News: Cong appoints team to revamp Bihar unit . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304132117/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110703/jsp/bihar/story_14189181.jsp . dead . 4 March 2016 . Calcutta, India . The Telegraph . 3 July 2011.
  5. News: Congress panel to monitor central schemes . https://archive.today/20120707171159/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-09/patna/29638176_1_congress-panel-central-schemes-congress-working-committee . dead . 7 July 2012 . . 9 June 2011.
  6. News: Congress makes moves to face 2014 LS polls . https://web.archive.org/web/20120405212458/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-01-10/patna/28361244_1_bpcc-bihar-pradesh-congress-committee-panchayat . dead . 5 April 2012 . . 10 January 2011.
  7. Web site: BIHAR PRADESH CONGRESS COMMITTEE FRONTAL ORGANIZATIONS . Indian National Congress . 2009-09-11 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090921000458/http://www.aicc.org.in/biharpcc/frontal.php . 21 September 2009 .
  8. Web site: बिहार का वो मुख्यमंत्री जो कहता था, 'मुझे मारने के लिए मछली भेजी गई है'. The Lallantop. hi . 2020-11-06.
  9. Web site: मुख्यमंत्री: मंडल कमीशन वाले बिहार के मुख्यमंत्री बीपी मंडल की पूरी कहानी. The Lallantop. hi . 2020-11-09.
  10. Web site: हरिहर सिंह: महात्मा गांधी का 'सरदार,' जो कभी मंत्री नहीं बना, सीधा मुख्यमंत्री बना. The Lallantop. hi . 2020-10-28.
  11. Web site: दरोगा प्रसाद राय: बस कंडक्टर के चक्कर में कुर्सी गंवाने वाला मुख्यमंत्री. The Lallantop. hi . 2020-10-29.
  12. Web site: भागवत झा आजाद: बिहार के 18वें मुख्यमंत्री जिनकी कुर्सी एक अपहरण कांड में चली गई. The Lallantop. hi . 2020-11-06.
  13. Web site: जगन्नाथ मिश्रा: खानदानी कांग्रेसी, अंत में बीजेपी के ऐसे आए करीब. Aaj Tak. hi . 2019-08-19.

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