Himachal_Pradesh_Congress_Committee
Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee
Indian political party
Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee (HPCC) is the state unit of the Indian National Congress, working in the state of Himachal 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 current president of the HPCC is Pratibha Singh. Y. S. Parmar, Ram Lal Thakur and Virbhadra Singh from Congress represented the state since 1951. Its head office is situated at Rajiv Bhawan in Shimla. Pratibha Singh is the current president.
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Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee | |
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| President | Pratibha Singh |
| Chairperson | Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu (CM of HP) |
| Headquarters | Rajiv Bhawan, Near HPTDC, Shimla-171001, Himachal Pradesh |
| Youth wing | Himachal Pradesh Youth Congress |
| Women's wing | Himachal Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee |
| Ideology | |
| Alliance | United Progressive Alliance |
| Seats in Lok Sabha | 1 / 4
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| Seats in Rajya Sabha | 0 / 3
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| Seats in Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly | 34 / 68
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| Election symbol | |
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| S.no | Name | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Rajeev Shukla | AICC Incharge |
| 2. | Pratibha Singh | President Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee |
| 3. | Zainab Chandel | President Himachal Pradesh Mahila Congress |
| 4. | Nigam Bhandari | President Himachal Pradesh Youth Congress |
| 5. | Chatter Singh Thakur | President Himachal Pradesh NSUI |
| 6. | Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu | CLP Leader Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly |
| S.no | Name | Portrait | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Viplove Thakur | 2006 | 2008 | |
| 2. | Kaul Singh Thakur | 2008 | 2012 | |
| 3. | Virbhadra Singh | 2012 | 2013 | |
| 4. | Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu | 2013 | 2019 | |
| 5. | Kuldeep Singh Rathore | 2019 | 2022 | |
| 6. | Pratibha Singh | 2022 | Incumbent | |
The Chief Commissioner's Province of Himachal Pradesh was formed on 15 April 1948 through integration of 30 erstwhile princely-states. In 1951, Himachal Pradesh become a Part C state, under the Government of Part C State, 1951 and was brought under a Lt. Governor with 36-member Legislative Assembly. First elections to the Assembly were held in 1952. The Indian National Congress won 24 seats to form a government under Yashwant Singh Parmar.
In 1954, Bilaspur, another part-C State, was merged with Himachal Pradesh. In 1956 it was made a Union Territory and was placed under a Lt. Governor with a Territorial Council with limited powers. In 1963, Himachal Pradesh, though being a Union Territory, was provided with a Legislative Assembly. The Territorial Council was converted into the Legislative Assembly of the Union Territory. The assembly has its first sitting on 1 October 1971. On 18 December 1970 the State of Himachal Pradesh Act was passed by Parliament and the new state came into being on 25 January 1971 as the 18th state of the Indian Union.
| No[lower-alpha 1] | Portrait | Name | Constituency | Term of office | Assembly
(election) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Days in office | |||||
| (1) | Yashwant Singh Parmar | Renuka | 1 July 1963 | 4 March 1967 | 18 years,
30 days |
1st
(Territorial Council) | |
| 4 March 1967 | 25 January 1971 | ||||||
| 25 January 1971 | 10 March 1972 | 2nd | |||||
| 10 March 1972 | 28 January 1977 | 3rd | |||||
| 2 | Thakur Ram Lal | Jubbal Kotkhai | 28 January 1977 | 30 April 1977 | 3 years
,144 days |
3rd | |
| 14 February 1980 | 15 June 1982 | 4th | |||||
| 15 June 1982 | 7 April 1983 | 5th
(1982 election) | |||||
| 3 | Virbhadra Singh | Jubbal Kotkhai | 8 April 1983 | 8 March 1985 | 21 years.
11 days | ||
| 8 March 1985 | 5 March 1990 | 6th | |||||
| Rohru | 3 December 1993 | 23 March 1998 | 8th | ||||
| 6 March 2003 | 30 December 2007 | 10th | |||||
| Shimla Rural | 25 December 2012 | 27 December 2017 | 12th | ||||
| 4 | Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu | Nadaun | 11 December 2022 | Till Date | 14th | ||
| No. | Constituency | Member of Lok Sabha | Photo | Date of
Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mandi | Pratibha Singh | 2 November 2021 |
| Name | Date of appointment | Date of retirement | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| C L Varma | 03/04/1952 | 02/04/1958 | 1 |
| 03/04/1964 | 02/04/1970 | 2 | |
| Lila Devi | 03/04/1956 | 02/04/1962 | 1 |
| Shiva Nand Ramaul | 03/04/1962 | 02/04/1968 | 1 |
| Satyavati Dang | 03/04/1968 | 02/04/1974 | 1 |
| Roshan Lal | 03/04/1970 | 02/04/1976 | 1 |
| 03/04/1976 | 02/04/1982 | 2 | |
| 03/04/1982 | 02/04/1988 | 3 | |
| Jagannath Bharadwaj | 10/04/1972 | 09/01/1978 | 1 |
| Gian Chand Totu | 03/04/1974 | 02/04/1980 | 1 |
| Usha Malhotra | 03/04/1980 | 02/04/1986 | 1 |
| Anand Sharma | 10/04/1984 | 09/04/1990 | 1 |
| 03/04/2004 | 02/04/2010 | 2 | |
| 03/04/2016 | 02/04/2022 | 4 | |
| Chandan Sharma | 03/04/1986 | 02/04/1992 | 1 |
| Sushil Barongpa | 03/04/1988 | 02/04/1994 | 1 |
| Sushil Barongpa | 03/04/1994 | 02/04/2000 | 2 |
| Chandresh Kumari | 10/04/1996 | 09/04/2002 | 1 |
| Viplove Thakur | 10/04/2006 | 09/04/2012 | 1 |
| 10/04/2014 | 09/04/2020 | 2 |
| Year | Party leader | Seats won | Change in seats |
Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Yashwant Singh Parmar | 24 / 36 |
New | Government |
| 1967 | 34 / 60 |
 10 |
Government | |
| 1972 | Thakur Ram Lal | 53 / 68 |
19 |
Government |
| 1977 | 9 / 68 |
 44 |
Opposition | |
| 1982 | 31 / 68 |
22 |
Government | |
| 1985 | Virbhadra Singh | 58 / 68 |
27 |
Government |
| 1990 | 9 / 68 |
49 |
Opposition | |
| 1993 | 52 / 68 |
43 |
Government | |
| 1998 | 31 / 68 |
21 |
Opposition | |
| 2003 | 43 / 68 |
12 |
Government | |
| 2007 | 23 / 68 |
20 |
Opposition | |
| 2012 | 36 / 68 |
13 |
Government | |
| 2017 | 21 / 68 |
15 |
Opposition | |
| 2022 | Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu | 40 / 68 |
19 |
Government |