Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee
PresidentKaran Mahara
ChairpersonYashpal Arya
Founded2000
Headquarters21 Rajpur Road, Dehradun-248001, Uttarakhand
Youth wingUttarakhand Youth Congress
Women's wingUttarakhand Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee
Ideology
AllianceIndian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance
Seats in Lok Sabha
0 / 5
Seats in Rajya Sabha
0 / 3
Seats in Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
19 / 70
Election symbol
Website
uttarakhandpradeshcongress.com

Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee or Uttarakhand PCC is the state wing of the Indian National Congress (INC) in Uttarakhand.[1] 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 Uttarakhand PCC is Karan Mahara. The committee has a significant presence in the state's politics and has been in power in the state several times since its formation in 2000.

Structure & Composition

S.no Name Designation
1. Kumari Selja AICC Incharge
2. Karan Mahara President
Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee
3. Jyoti Rautela President
Uttarakhand Pradesh Mahila Congress
4. Sumittar Bhullar President
Uttarakhand Pradesh Youth Congress
5. Vikas Negi President
Uttarakhand Pradesh NSUI
6. Yashpal Arya CLP Leader
Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly

List of presidents

S.no President Portrait Term Ref.
1 Harish Rawat 9 November 2000 2007
2 Yashpal Arya October 2007 26 October 2010
26 October 2010 12 June 2014 [2]
3 Kishore Upadhyaya 13 June 2014 3 May 2017 [3]
4 Pritam Singh 4 May 2017 22 July 2021 [4]
5 Ganesh Godiyal 22 July 2021 10 April 2022 [5]
6 Karan Mahara 10 April 2022 Incumbent

List of chief ministers

No. Portrait Chief Ministers Constituency Term in Office Assembly
(Election)		 Ministry
Start End Tenure
1 Narayan Datt Tiwari Ramnagar 2 March 2002 7 March 2007 5 years, 5 days 1st Assembly
(2002)		 Tiwari
2 Vijay Bahuguna Sitarganj 13 March 2012 31 January 2014 1 year, 324 days 3rd Assembly
(2012)		 Bahuguna
3 Harish Rawat Dharchula 1 February 2014 27 March 2016 2 years, 55 days Rawat
21 April 2016 22 April 2016 1 day
11 May 2016 18 March 2017 311 days
(total 3 years and 2 days)

List of CLP leaders

No. Portrait Chief Ministers Constituency Term in Office Assembly
(Election)
Start End
1 Indira Hridayesh MLC 2000 24 February 2002 Interim Assembly
2 Harak Singh Rawat Lansdowne 13 March 2007 7 March 2012 2nd Assembly
(2007)
(1) Indira Hridayesh Haldwani 26 March 2017 13 June 2021 4th Assembly
(2017)
3 Pritam Singh Chakrata 22 July 2021 10 March 2022
4 Yashpal Arya Bajpur 10 April 2022 Incumbent 5th Assembly
(2022)

Electoral performance

Legislative Assembly elections

YearLegislatureParty leaderVotes polledSeats wonChange in seatsOutcome
20021st Vidhan SabhaHarish Rawat769,991
36 / 70
New entry 36Government
20072nd Vidhan Sabha1,116,511
21 / 70
Decrease 15Opposition
20123rd Vidhan SabhaYashpal Arya1,436,042
32 / 70
Increase 11Government with PDF
20174th Vidhan SabhaHarish Rawat1,665,664
11 / 70
Decrease 21Opposition
2022 5th Vidhan SabhaHarish Rawat
Pritam Singh
Ganesh Godiyal		2,038,509
19 / 70
 Increase 8

Lok Sabha elections

YearLegislatureParty leaderVotes polledSeats wonChange in seatsOutcome
200414th Lok SabhaHarish Rawat1,024,062
1 / 5
New entry 1Government with UPA
200915th Lok SabhaYashpal Arya1,354,468
5 / 5
Increase 4
201416th Lok Sabha1,494,440
0 / 5
Decrease 5Opposition
201917th Lok SabhaPritam Singh1,520,767
0 / 5
Steady
202418th Lok SabhaTBD

See also

References

  1. ↑ Congress in States Archived 3 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine All India Congress Committee website.
  2. ↑ Chandramohan, C. K. (11 March 2012). "Uttarakhand suffers due to leadership deficit". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  3. ↑ "Kishore Upadhyaya is new president of Uttarakhand Congress". Hindustan Times. 13 June 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  4. ↑ "Pritam Singh appointed as new Uttarakhand Congress chief". Economic Times. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  5. ↑ "Outlook, India". Retrieved 22 July 2021.

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