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Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee
PresidentAkhilesh Prasad Singh[1]
ChairmanShakeel Ahmad Khan
HeadquartersSadaqat Ashram, Patna-800010, Bihar
Youth wingBihar Youth Congress
Women's wingBihar Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee
Ideology
AllianceMGB
Seats in Lok Sabha
3 / 40
Seats in Rajya Sabha
1 / 16
Seats in Bihar Legislative Assembly
19 / 243
Seats in Bihar Legislative Council
4 / 75
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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, सम्राट रिक्कू and Qaukab Kadri.[2]

Organisation

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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

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S.no President Portrait Term
1. Maulana Mazharul Haque 1921 1930
2. Dr. Rajendra Prasad 1931 1935
3. Dr. Krishna Sinha 1935 1936
(2). Dr. Rajendra Prasad 1936 1946
4. Prof. Abdul Bari 1946 1947
5. Mahamaya Prasad Sinha 1947 1948
6. Pandit Prajapati Mishra 1948 1950
7. Dr. Laxmi Narayan Sudhanshu 1950 1952
(6). Pandit Prajapati Mishra 1952 1953
8. Nand Kumar Singh (In-Charge) 1953 1954
(3). Krishna Sinha 1954 1955
(8). Nand Kumar Singh 1955 1959
9. Abdul Qaiyum Ansari 1959 1962
10. Rajendra Mishra 1962 1968
11. Anant Prasad Sharma 1968 1971
12. Viddyakar Kavi 1971 1973
13. Sitaram Kesri 1973 1977
14. Mungeri Lal (In-Charge) 1977 1977
15. Kedar Pandey 1977 1980
16. Rafique Alam 1980 1983
17. Ram Sharan Prasad Singh 1983 1984
18. Bindeshwari Dubey 1984 1985
19. Dumar Lal Baitha 1985 1988
20. Tariq Anwar 1988 1989
21. Jagannath Mishra 1989 1990
22. Lahtan Choudhary 1990 1992
(21). Jagannath Mishra 1992 1992
23. Md Hidayatullah Khan 1993 1994
24. Sarfaraj Ahmad 1994 1997
(24). Sarfaraj Ahmad 1997 1998
25. Sadanand Singh 1998 2000
26. Chandan Bagchi 2000 2000
27. Shakeel Ahmad 2000 2003
28. Ramjatan Sinha 2003 2005
(25). Sadanand Singh 2005 2008
29. Anil Kumar Sharma 2008 2010
30. Mehboob Ali Kaiser 2010 2013
31. Ashok Chaudhary 1 April 2013 27 Sep. 2017
32. Kaukab Quadri (In-Charge) 27 Sep. 2017 17 Sep. 2018
33. Madan Mohan Jha 17 Sep. 2018 5 Dec. 2022
34. Akhilesh Prasad Singh 5 Dec. 2022 Incumbent

Bihar Legislative Assembly election

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Year Legislature Leader Seats Contested Seats won Change in seats Votes Percentage of votes Vote swing Outcome
1952 1st Assembly Shri Krishna Sinha 322
239 / 330
 New 39,51,145 41.38% New Government
1957 2nd Assembly 312
210 / 318
 Decrease 29 44,55,425 42.09% Increase 0.71% Government
1962 3rd Assembly Binodanand Jha 318
185 / 318
 Decrease 25 40,75,844 41.35% Decrease 0.74% Government
1967 4th Assembly K. B. Sahay 318
128 / 318
 Decrease 57 44,79,460 33.09% Decrease 8.26% Opposition
1969 5th Assembly Harihar Singh 318
118 / 318
 Decrease 10 45,70,413 30.46% Decrease 2.63% Government
1972 6th Assembly Kedar Pandey 259
167 / 318
 Increase 49 56,88,002 33.12% Increase 2.66% Government
1977 7th Assembly Jagannath Mishra 286
57 / 324
 Decrease110 41,01,522 23.58% Decrease 9.54% Opposition
1980 8th Assembly 311
169 / 324
 Increase 112 76,90,225 34.2% Increase 10.62% Government
1985 9th Assembly Bindeshwari Dubey 323
196 / 324
 Increase 27 95,58,562 39.3% Increase 5.1% Government
1990 10th Assembly Jagannath Mishra 323
71 / 324
 Decrease 125 79,46,635 24.78% Decrease 14.52% Opposition
1995 11th Assembly 320
29 / 324
 Decrease 42 56,22,952 16.27% Decrease 8.51% Opposition
2000 12th Assembly Shakeel Ahmad 324
23 / 324
 Decrease 6 40,96,467 11.06% Decrease 5.21% Opposition
2005 13th Assembly Ramjatan Sinha 51
10 / 243
 Decrease 13 14,35,449 5.00% Decrease 6.06% Opposition
2005 14th Assembly Sadanand Singh 84
9 / 243
 Decrease 1 12,28,835 6.09% Increase 1.09% Opposition
2010 15th Assembly Mehboob Ali Kaiser 243
4 / 243
 Decrease 5 24,31,477 8.37% Increase 3.37% Opposition
2015 16th Assembly Ashok Choudhary 41
27 / 243
 Increase23 25,39,638 6.66% Decrease 1.71% Opposition
2020 17th Assembly Madan Mohan Jha 70
19 / 243
 Decrease 8 39,95,319 9.48% Increase 2.82% Opposition

List of chief ministers of Bihar from the Congress Party

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Main article: List of chief ministers of Bihar
Name Took office Left office
Sri Krishna Sinha 2 April 1946 31 January 1961
Deep Narayan Singh 1 February 1961 18 February 1961
Binodanand Jha[8] 18 February 1961 2 October 1963
Krishana Vallabh Sahay 2 October 1963 5 March 1967
Satish Prasad Singh 28 January 1968 1 February 1968
B. P. Mandal[9] 1 February 1968 2 March 1968
Bhola Paswan Shashtri (1st Term) 22 March 1968 29 June 1968
Harihar Singh[10] 26 February 1969 22 June 1969
Bhola Paswan Shashtri (2nd Term) 22 June 1969 4 July 1969
Daroga Prasad Rai[11] 16 February. 1970 22 December 1970
Bhola Paswan Shashtri (3rd Term) 2 June 1971 9 January 1972
Kedar Pandey 19 March 1972 2 July 1973
Abdul Gafoor 2 July 1973 11 April 1975
Dr.Jagannath Mishra (1st Term) 11 April 1975 30 April 1977
Dr.Jagannath Mishra (2nd Term) 8 June 1980 14 August 1983
Chandrashekhar Singh 14 August 1983 12 March 1985
Bindeshwari Dubey 12 March 1985 13 February 1988
Bhagwat Jha Azad[12] 14 February 1988 10 March 1989
Satyendra Narayan Sinha 11 March 1989 6 December 1989
Dr.Jagannath Mishra[13] (3rd Term) 6 December 1989 10 March 1990

List of deputy chief ministers of Bihar from the Congress Party

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Main article: List of deputy chief ministers of Bihar
# Name Took office Left office
1 Dr. Anugrah Narayan Sinha 2 April 1946 5 July 1957

List of union ministers from BPCC

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Performance in state elections

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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
2024 18th Lok Sabha 3,983,882 4

References

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  2. ^ "Bihar Congress President Says Rahul Gandhi a 'Janeudhari Sanatani Hindu'". News18. 30 November 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Rahul's close aide to shortlist candidates". The Statesman. Archived from the original on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Cong appoints team to revamp Bihar unit ". The Telegraph. Calcutta, India. 3 July 2011. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  5. ^ "Congress panel to monitor central schemes". The Times of India. 9 June 2011. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012.
  6. ^ "Congress makes moves to face 2014 LS polls". The Times of India. 10 January 2011. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012.
  7. ^ "BIHAR PRADESH CONGRESS COMMITTEE FRONTAL ORGANIZATIONS". Indian National Congress. Archived from the original on 21 September 2009. Retrieved 11 September 2009.
  8. ^ "बिहार का वो मुख्यमंत्री जो कहता था, 'मुझे मारने के लिए मछली भेजी गई है'". The Lallantop (in Hindi). Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  9. ^ "मुख्यमंत्री: मंडल कमीशन वाले बिहार के मुख्यमंत्री बीपी मंडल की पूरी कहानी". The Lallantop (in Hindi). Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  10. ^ "हरिहर सिंह: महात्मा गांधी का 'सरदार,' जो कभी मंत्री नहीं बना, सीधा मुख्यमंत्री बना". The Lallantop (in Hindi). Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  11. ^ "दरोगा प्रसाद राय: बस कंडक्टर के चक्कर में कुर्सी गंवाने वाला मुख्यमंत्री". The Lallantop (in Hindi). Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  12. ^ "भागवत झा आजाद: बिहार के 18वें मुख्यमंत्री जिनकी कुर्सी एक अपहरण कांड में चली गई". The Lallantop (in Hindi). Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  13. ^ "जगन्नाथ मिश्रा: खानदानी कांग्रेसी, अंत में बीजेपी के ऐसे आए करीब". Aaj Tak (in Hindi). Retrieved 19 August 2019.
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