Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee Explained

Party Name:Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee
President:Devender Yadav (interim)
Headquarters:Rajiv Bhawan, 2, DDU Marg New Delhi-110002
Alliance:Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance
Youth:Delhi Pradesh Youth Congress
Women:Delhi Pradesh Mahila Congress
State Seats Name:Delhi Legislative Assembly
Website:INC Delhi
Eci:An Union Territorial Unit of Indian National Congress

Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) is the Pradesh Congress Committee (state wing) of the Indian National Congress (INC) serving in the union territory of Delhi.[1] It is responsible for organizing and coordinating the party's activities and campaigns within the region, as well as selecting candidates for local, state, and national elections in National Capital Territory of Delhi. Abhishek Dutt, Mudit Agarwal, Shivani Chopra, Ali Mehdi and Jaikishan are the Vice Presidents of Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee.[2]

Mohd Hedayatullah (Gentle) is the Chairman of Social Media Department, Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee. Sandeep Goswami is the Treasurer and Parvez Alam heads the Media Department. Amit Malik is a former General Secretary of DPCC and former President of Delhi Pradesh Youth Congress.[3] [4]

Structure and composition

Name of the Organisation Name of the President Name of the Vice President
01 Rannvijay Singh LochavNIL
03 Pushpa Singh NIL
04 Kunal Sehrawat Deepanshu Sagar
05 Sunil Kumar NIL
06 Rahul Sharma
07. NIL
08 Rajbir Solanki NIL
09 Tarun Tyagi NIL

List of presidents

No. Name of the President Term
1 19461948
2 Radha Raman19481951
3 Chaudhary Brahm Prakash19511953
4C K Nayyar19531955
519571959
619591961
7Brij Mohan19611963
8Mir Mushtaq Ahmad19631966
(3) Chaudhary Brahm Prakash19661967
9Rajesh Sharma19671969
(2) Radha Raman19691972
10 Ch Dalip Singh Panwar19721975
11 Amarnath Chawla19751977
12 Ch Mange Ram Jatrana 19771978
(10)H. K. L. Bhagat19781983
1319841988
14 19881992
(10)H. K. L. Bhagat19921994
15Ch Deep Chand Bandhu Tewatiya19941997
(14)19971998
16 19981999
17 19992003
(14)11 June 20032004
18 Ram Babu SharmaNovember 20042007
1913 September 2007 16 December 2013
20 20 December 2013 10 February 2015
212 March 2015 5 January 2019
(16) 11 January 2019 20 July 2019
(17) 23 October 2019 12 February 2020
22 11 March 2020 31 August 2023
(20) 31 August 202328 April 2024
23Devender Yadav29 April 2024 Incumbent

List of the chief ministers of Delhi from the Indian National Congress

See main article: List of chief ministers of Delhi. Following is the list of the chief ministers of Delhi from Indian National Congress:

No. Chief ministers Portrait Term in officeAssemblyConstituency
StartEndTenure
1Chaudhary Brahm Prakash17 March 195212 February 19552 years, 332 daysInterim AssemblyNangloi Jat
2Gurmukh Nihal Singh13 February 195531 October 19561 year, 261 daysInterim AssemblyDaryaganj
3Sheila Dikshit4 December 19981 December 200315 years, 22 days2nd AssemblyGole Market
2 December 200329 November 20083rd Assembly
30 November 200827 December 20134th AssemblyNew Delhi

Electoral Performance

Delhi Legislative Assembly Elections

Year!style="background-color:#00BFFF;color:black"
AssemblySeats contestedSeats wonChange in seatsPercentage of votesVote swingPopular voteOutcome
1952Interim47 4752.09% New271,812
19931st70 2534.48% 17.6112,24,361
19982nd70 3847.75% 13.2719,52,071
20033rd70 548.13% 0.3821,72,062
20084th70 440.31% 7.8224,89,816
20135th70 3524.55% 15.7619,32,933
20156th70 89.70% 14.85866,814
20207th664.26% 5.44395,958
20258th706.34% 2.08601,922

Lok Sabha Elections

Year!style="background-color:#00BFFF;color:black"
Lok SabhaSeats contestedSeats wonChange in seatsPercentage of votesVote swingPopular voteOutcome
19511st4 349.43%New3,24,214
19572nd5 254.33% 4.904,40,775
19623rd550.68% 3.654,53,174
19674th7 438.79% 11.894,34,937
19715th7 664.39% 25.608,35,673
19776th7 730.15% 34.245,42,145
19807th7 650.40% 20.259,90,004
19848th7 168.72% 18.3215,28,252
19899th7 543.41% 25.3113,22,876
199110th739.57% 3.8411,52,627
199611th737.29% 2.2814,99,128
199812th7 142.64% 5.3517,98,165
199913th7 141.96% 0.6815,91,682
200414th7 654.81% 12.8522,61,199
200915th7 157.11% 2.3032,85,353
201416th7 715.15% 41.9612,53,078
201917th722.51% 7.3619,53,900
202418th418.91% 3.6016,85,494

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.aicc.org.in/new/congress-in-states.php Congress in States
  2. Web site: Anand. Abhishek. July 19, 2021. BJP, Congress slam AAP govt over waterlogging in Delhi post rains. 2021-07-22. India Today. en.
  3. Web site: Congress activists protest outside BJP office in Delhi. 2021-08-11. The New Indian Express. 15 May 2013 .
  4. Web site: 2015-12-05. Salary hike: Youth Congress protests outside Arvind Kejriwal's residence. 2021-08-11. The Financial Express. en-US.