Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee Explained

Party Name:	Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee
President:	D. K. Shivakumar
Headquarters:	Congress Bhawan, Queens Road, Bengaluru, Karnataka
Alliance:	Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance
Rajyasabha Seats:	^[1]
State2 Seats Name:	Karnataka Legislative Council
Political Position:	Centre-left
Youth:	Karnataka Youth Congress
Women:	Karnataka Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee
General Secretary:	H.B. Chand Pasha
Chairman:	Siddaramaiah

Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) is the unit of the Indian National Congress for the state of Karnataka. Its head office is situated at the Congress Bhawan, Queens Road, Bengaluru. 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 Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee is D. K. Shivakumar. The committee has been involved in several political events in the state's history, including the formation of the first democratically elected government in the state in 1952.

Electoral performance

Karnataka Legislative Assembly

Year	Party leader	Change in seats
Mysore State
1952	K. Chengalaraya Reddy	74
1957	S. Nijalingappa	76
1962	S. R. Kanthi	12
1967	S. Nijalingappa	12
1972	D. Devaraj Urs	39
Karnataka
1978	D. Devaraj Urs	16
1983	R. Gundu Rao	67
1985	R. Gundu Rao	17
1989	Veerendra Patil	113
1994	Veerappa Moily	144
1999	S.M. Krishna	98
2004	S.M. Krishna	67
2008	Mallikarjun Kharge	15
2013	Siddaramaiah	42
2018		42
2023		56

General Elections

As Mysore

Year	General Election	Votes Polled	Seats Won	Seat Contested	Total Seats
1951	1st Lok Sabha	1,509,075	10	-	11
1957	2nd Lok Sabha	3,219,014	23	-	26
1962	3rd Lok Sabha	3,381,276	25	-	26
1967	4th Lok Sabha	3,755,339	18	-	27
1971	5th Lok Sabha	5,418,541	27	27	27

As Karnataka

Year	General Election	Votes Polled	Seats Won	Seat Contested	Total Seats
1977	6th Lok Sabha	5,833,567	26	-	28
1980	7th Lok Sabha	6,154,746	27	-	28
1984	8th Lok Sabha	6,974,044	24	-	28
1989	9th Lok Sabha	9,008,980	27	28	28
1991	10th Lok Sabha	6,490,020	23	-	28
1996	11th Lok Sabha	5,668,988	5	-	28
1998	12th Lok Sabha	7,642,756	9	-	28
1999	13th Lok Sabha	10,150,765	18	-	28
2004	14th Lok Sabha	9,247,605	8	-	28
2009	15th Lok Sabha	N.A.	6	-	28
2014	16th Lok Sabha	N.A.	9	-	28
2019	17th Lok Sabha	1,12,03,016	1	20	28
2024	18th Lok Sabha	1,12,03,016	9	28	28

Frontal Organisation Chiefs of Karnataka PCC

^[2]	Name of the Organisation	Name of the President
01	Karnataka PCC President	D. K. Shivakumar
02	Karnataka PCC Working Presidents	Tanveer sait G C Chandrashekhar Saleem Ahmed Ramalinga Reddy
03	Karnataka Youth Congress	M Nalapad
04	Karnataka Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee	Pushpa Amarnath
05	NSUI Karnataka	Kirthi Ganesh
06	Karnataka Congress Seva Dal	Ramachandra
07	INTUC Karnataka	S.S. Praksham

Prominent members

Mallikarjun Kharge, AICC president, former Union Railways Minister
D. K. Shivakumar, Deputy chief minister of Karnataka, former minister of energy, former minister for water resources of Karnataka, former minister for medical education and current KPCC president
Sunil Kanugolu, Media Advisor to CM, KPCC
John Paul, Secondary Media Advisor KPCC
Siddaramaiah, Chief minister of Karnataka, former Deputy Chief minister of Karnataka
Y Sayeed Ahmed, (1996-2003), General Secretary, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee; (2015–2021) chairman, Minority Department
G. Parameshwara, former Deputy Chief minister of Karnataka, former Home minister of Karnataka, former president of KPCC.
Veerappa Moily, former Chief Minister of Karnataka, former Union Cabinet minister.
Dinesh Gundu Rao, former president of KPCC, former minister for Food and Civil Supplies.
Dr. Shivanand Hulyalkar, Spokesperson for the Indian National Congress, media in-charge, and in-charge for Karnataka for the Congress Party. He is associated with the Kalpataru Group and Sivaan Aviation Pvt. Ltd.

Former Karnataka PCC Presidents

^[3]	Name of the President	Period	Duration
1	S. Channaiah	1967–1970^[4]	2
2	D. Devaraj Urs	1970–1972	2
3	K. H. Ranganath	1972–1974	2
4	K. H. Patil^[5]	1974–Jan 1977	5
5	S. B. Nagral^[6] ^[7]	Jan 1977 -Jul 1977	1
6	K. H. Patil	Jul 1977–1979	5
7	D. Devaraj Urs	1979-May 1979	1
8	S. Bangarappa	May 1979 – 1980	2
9	K. H. Rathod	1980–1983	3
10	K. Mallanna^[8]	1983-1983	1
11	K. H. Patil	1983–1985	3
12	K. H. Ranganath	1985–1986	2
13	Oscar Fernandes	1986–1987	2
14	Janardhana Poojary	1987–1988	2
15	Veerendra Patil	1988–1989	2
16	Oscar Fernandes	1989–1992	4
17	V. Krishna Rao	1992–1995	4
18	D. K. Naiker	1995–1996	2
19	Dharam Singh	1996–1999	4
20	S. M. Krishna	1999–2000	2
21	V. S. Koujalgi	2000–2001	2
22	Allum Veerabhadrappa	2001–2003	3
23	Janardhana Poojary	2003–2005	3
24	Mallikarjun Kharge	2005–2008	4
25	R. V. Deshpande	2008–2010	3
26	G. Parameshwara	2010–2018	8
27	Dinesh Gundu Rao	2018–2020	2
28	D. K. Shivakumar	2020–present

Karnataka Indian youth Congress outreach cell

Dr Bharath Anche

References

Web site: Rajya Sabha Official Website. 2015-03-21. 2016-04-12.
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External links

- https://40percentsarkara.com/#/home