Assam Pradesh Congress Committee

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Assam Pradesh Congress Committee
PresidentBhupen Kumar Borah
ChairpersonDebabrata Saikia
HeadquartersRajiv Bhawan, GS Road, Guwahati, Assam
Student wingNational Students' Union of India
Youth wingIndian Youth Congress
Women's wingAll India Mahila Congress
Ideology
ECI StatusNational Party
AllianceIndian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance
United Opposition Forum
Seats in Lok Sabha
3 / 14
Seats in Rajya Sabha
0 / 7
Seats in Assam Legislative Assembly
23 / 126
Election symbol
Website
apcc.assam.org

Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (or Assam PCC) was formed in June 1921. Its headquarters is at Rajiv Bhavan in GS Road Guwahati.

Kuladhar Chaliha was the first elected president and Chabilal Upadhyaya[1] was the first selected president of the committee when it was founded.[2][3]

Bhupen Kumar Borah is appointed as the new president on 24 July 2021 replacing Ripun Bora.[4][5]

Structure & composition

S.no Name Designation
1. Jitendra Singh AICC Incharge
2. Bhupen Kumar Borah President
Assam Pradesh Congress Committee
3. Jakir Hussain Sikdar Working President
Assam Pradesh Congress Committee
4. Zubair Anam President
Assam Pradesh Youth Congress
5. Mira Borthakur Goswami President
Assam Pradesh Mahila Congress
6. Prem Lal Ganju General Secretary
Assam Pradesh Congress
7. Krishna Baruah President
Assam NSUI

List of presidents

See also: List of presidents of the Indian National Congress
S.no President Portrait Term
1. Bijoy Chandra Bhagavati 1967 1971
2. Dharanidhar Das 1981 1982
3. Harendra Nath Talukdar 1982 1983
4. D. Basumatari 1983 1986
5. Tarun Gogoi 1986 1990
6. Hiteswar Saikia 1990 1992
7. Nakul Das 1993 1996
(6). Hiteswar Saikia 1996 1996
(5). Tarun Gogoi 1996 2002
8. Paban Singh Ghatowar 2002 2004
9. Bhubeneshwar kalita 2004 2014
10. Anjan Dutta 13

December 2014

16 June

2016

11. Ripun Bora 24 August 2016 24 July 2021
12. Bhupen Kumar Borah 24 July 2021 Incumbent

Assam Legislative Assembly election

Year Legislature Party leader Portrait of Leader Seats Contested Seats won Change
in seats 		Votes Percentage of votes Vote swing Outcome
1952 1st Assembly
Bishnu Ram Medhi
92
76 / 105
 Increase new 10,64,850 43.48 Increase new Government
1957 2nd Assembly 101
71 / 108
 Decrease 5 13,21,367 52.35 Increase 8.87 Government
1962 3rd Assembly Bimala Prasad Chaliha 103
79 / 105
 Increase 8 11,79,305 48.25 Decrease 4.1 Government
1967 4th Assembly 120
73 / 126
 Decrease 6 13,54,748 43.60 Decrease 4.65 Government
1972 5th Assembly Sarat Chandra Sinha
114
95 / 126
 Increase 22 19,76,209 53.20 Increase 9.6 Government
1978 6th Assembly 126
26 / 126
 Decrease69 12,20,189 23.62 Decrease 29.58 Opposition
1983 7th Assembly Hiteswar Saikia
109
91 / 109
 Increase 65 11,94,657 52.53 Increase 28.91 Government
1985 8th Assembly 125
26 / 126
 Decrease 66 17,24,003 23.23 Decrease 29.3 Opposition
1991 9th Assembly
125
66 / 126
 Increase 40 24,55,302 29.35 Increase 6.12 Government
1996 10th Assembly Bhumidhar Barman 122
34 / 122
 Decrease 32 27,78,627 30.56 Increase 1.21 Opposition
2001 11th Assembly Tarun Gogoi
126
71 / 126
 Increase 39 42,30,676 39.75 Increase 9.19 Government
2006 12th Assembly 120
53 / 126
 Decrease 18 41,02,479 31.08 Decrease 8.67 Government
2011 13th Assembly
126
78 / 126
 Increase 25 54,43,781 39.39 Increase 8.31 Government
2016 14th Assembly 122
26 / 126
 Decrease52 52,38,655 30.96 Decrease 8.43 Opposition
2021 15th Assembly Debabrata Saikia
95
29 / 126
 Increase 3 57,03,341 29.67 Decrease1.29 Opposition

List of Chief Ministers of Assam from Indian National Congress

S.no Name Portrait Term
1. Gopinath Bordoloi 26 January 1950 6 August 1950 192 days
2. Bishnuram Medhi 9 August 1950 27 December 1957 7 years, 140 days
3. Bimala Prasad Chaliha 27 December 1957 6 November 1970 12 years, 314 days
4. Mahendra Mohan Choudhry 6 November 1970 30 January 1972 1 year, 85 days
5. Sarat Chandra Sinha 31 January 1972 12 March 1978 6 years, 40 days
6. Anwara Taimur 6 December 1980 30 June 1981 206 days
7. Kesab Chandra Gogoi 13 January 1982 19 March 1982 65 days
8. Hiteswar Saikia 27 February 1983 23 December 1985 7 years, 231 days
30 June 1991 22 April 1996
9. Bhumidhar Barman 22 April 1996 14 May 1996 22 days
10. Tarun Gogoi 18 May 2001 24 May 2016 15 years, 6 days

Rajiv Gandhi Panchayati Raj Sangathan

S.No. Name Designation Incharge
01 Madhab Rajbanshi

State Chairman

RGPRS, Assam
02 Meer Akhtar Hussain Zonal Coordinator[6]
 RGPRS, Assam
03 Pabitra Bora Zonal Coordinator
 RGPRS, Assam
04 Habibuallah Zonal Coordinator
 RGPRS, Assam

See also

References

  1. ^ "Chabilal Upadhyaya the pride of Assam". Indian Gorkhas. Behali, Biswanath, Assam. 24 January 2016. Archived from the original on 13 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Assam Pradesh Congress Committee | humty dumty". Humtydumty.in. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
  3. ^ "President list of Indian National Congress". Archived from the original on 1 April 2019.
  4. ^ "कांग्रेस: असम में भूपेन बोरा बने प्रदेश अध्यक्ष, नामिरकपम लोकेन सिंह को दी मणिपुर की जिम्मेदारी". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Congress appoints Bhupen Bora chief of Assam unit". www.outlookindia.com/. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Organizational Appointments". inc.in. Retrieved 4 July 2022.

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