Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee

Karnataka Congress
Karnataka Congress
Abbreviation	KPCC
President	D. K. Shivakumar
Chairman	Siddaramaiah
General Secretary	H.B. Chand Pasha
Headquarters	Congress Bhawan, Queens Road, Bengaluru, Karnataka
Youth wing	Karnataka Youth Congress
Women's wing	Karnataka Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee
Ideology	Big tent; Kannada regionalism; Indian nationalism; Secularism; Factions:; Green politics;
Political position	Centre
Alliance	Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance
Seats in Lok Sabha	9 / 28
Seats in Rajya Sabha	5 / 12
Seats in Karnataka Legislative Assembly	138 / 224
Seats in Karnataka Legislative Council	35 / 75
Election symbol
Party flag
Website
	inckarnataka.in
	Politics of India; Political parties; Elections;

Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) or simply Karnataka Congress is a unit of the Indian National Congress for the state of Karnataka. It is responsible for organizing and coordinating the INC activities and campaigns within the state, as well as selecting candidates for local, state, and national elections. Karnataka Congress is Kannada regionalist, Indian nationalist, secular, centre wing party, it 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. The current president of the committee is D. K. Shivakumar.

Electoral performance

Karnataka Legislative Assembly

Year	Party leader	Seats won	Change in seats	Outcome
Mysore State
1952	K. Chengalaraya Reddy	74 / 99	74	Government
1957	S. Nijalingappa	150 / 208	76	Government
1962	S. R. Kanthi	138 / 208	12	Government
1967	S. Nijalingappa	126 / 216	12	Government
1972	D. Devaraj Urs	165 / 216	39	Government
Karnataka
1978	D. Devaraj Urs	149 / 224	16	Government
1983	R. Gundu Rao	82 / 224	67	Opposition
1985	R. Gundu Rao	65 / 224	17	Opposition
1989	Veerendra Patil	178 / 224	113	Government
1994	Veerappa Moily	34 / 224	144	Opposition
1999	S.M. Krishna	132 / 224	98	Government
2004	S.M. Krishna	65 / 224	67	Opposition
2008	Mallikarjun Kharge	80 / 224	15	Opposition
2013	Siddaramaiah	122 / 224	42	Government
2018		80 / 224	42	Opposition
2023		135 / 224	56	Government

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

#^[5]	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	Mohammed Haris Nalpad
04	Karnataka Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee	Sowmya Reddy
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

#^[6]	Name of the President	Period	Duration
1	S. Channaiah	1967–1970^[7]	2
2	D. Devaraj Urs	1970–1972	2
3	K. H. Ranganath	1972–1974	2
4	K. H. Patil^[8]	1974–Jan 1977	5
5	S. B. Nagral^[9]^[10]	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^[11]	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

^ Lowell Barrington (2009). Comparative Politics: Structures and Choices. Cengage Learning. p. 379. ISBN 978-0-618-49319-7.
^ Meyer, Karl Ernest; Brysac, Shareen Blair (2012). Pax Ethnica: Where and How Diversity Succeeds. PublicAffairs. p. 50. ISBN 978-1-61039-048-4. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
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^ "Rajya Sabha Official Website". 21 March 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
^ "Frontal Organization | KARNATAKA PRADESH CONGRESS COMMITTEE". Archived from the original on 3 April 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
^ "Former President's | KARNATAKA PRADESH CONGRESS COMMITTEE". www.karnatakapcc.com. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
^ https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/95026/16/16_selected%20bibliography.pdf SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
^ "Forty Years Ago, June 28, 1977: Karnataka Crisis". The Indian Express. 28 July 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
^ Data India. Press Institute of India. 1977.
^ S.bhuvaneshwari (15 October 2014). "Former Minister Dies". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
^ "We never considered the Kranti Ranga to be our supporters: Ramakrishna Hegde". India Today. Retrieved 10 January 2024.

External links

[Barrington2009-1] Lowell Barrington (2009). Comparative Politics: Structures and Choices. Cengage Learning. p. 379. ISBN 978-0-618-49319-7.

[2] Meyer, Karl Ernest; Brysac, Shareen Blair (2012). Pax Ethnica: Where and How Diversity Succeeds. PublicAffairs. p. 50. ISBN 978-1-61039-048-4. Retrieved 7 April 2016.

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[4] "Rajya Sabha Official Website". 21 March 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2016.

[5] "Frontal Organization | KARNATAKA PRADESH CONGRESS COMMITTEE". Archived from the original on 3 April 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2017.

[6] "Former President's | KARNATAKA PRADESH CONGRESS COMMITTEE". www.karnatakapcc.com. Retrieved 5 July 2018.

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[8] "Forty Years Ago, June 28, 1977: Karnataka Crisis". The Indian Express. 28 July 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2023.

[9] Data India. Press Institute of India. 1977.

[10] S.bhuvaneshwari (15 October 2014). "Former Minister Dies". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 28 March 2022.

[11] "We never considered the Kranti Ranga to be our supporters: Ramakrishna Hegde". India Today. Retrieved 10 January 2024.

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