Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee

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Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee PPCC
President	Amrinder Singh Raja Warring
Chairperson	Partap Singh Bajwa
General Secretary	Capt. Sandeep Singh Sandhu Yoginder Pal Dhingra
Headquarters	Sector-15A, Chandigarh-160015
Youth wing	Punjab Youth Congress
Women's wing	Punjab Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee
Ideology	Social democracy Democratic socialism Social liberalism Indian nationalism Composite nationalism Gandhian socialism Secularism Progressivism
Alliance	United Progressive Alliance
Seats in Lok Sabha	6 / 13
Seats in Rajya Sabha	0 / 7
Seats in Punjab Legislative Assembly	16 / 117
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Website
www.ppcc.in
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Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (or Punjab PCC), formerly known as the Punjab Provincial Congress Committee in colonial India, is the affiliate of the Indian National Congress in the state of Punjab. 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. On 9 April 2022, Amrinder Singh Raja Warring was appointed by the national leadership of Congress as the chief of Congress in Punjab.^[1] He is a 25th president to hold the post. Present general secretary in-charge of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee is Harish Chaudhary who was appointed on 22 October 2021

Structure and composition[edit]

List of chief ministers of Punjab from Indian National Congress[edit]

No.	Chief ministers	Portrait	Term in office			Assembly	Constituency
			Start	End	Tenure
1	Gopi Chand Bhargava		15 August 1947	13 April 1949	3 years, 136 days	Interim Assembly
			18 October 1949	20 June 1951
			21 June 1964	6 July 1964		3rd Assembly	MLC
2	Bhim Sen Sachar		13 April 1949	18 October 1949	4 years, 104 days	Interim Assembly
			17 April 1952	22 July 1953		1st Assembly	Ludhiana South Assembly Constituency
			22 July 1953	23 January 1956
3	Partap Singh Kairon		23 January 1956	9 April 1957	8 years, 150 days		Sujanpur
			9 April 1957	11 March 1962		2nd Assembly
			11 March 1962	21 June 1964		3rd Assembly
4	Ram Kishan		7 July 1964	5 July 1966	1 year, 363 days		Jalandhar (North East)
5	Giani Gurmukh Singh Musafir		1 November 1966	8 March 1967	127 days		MLC
6	Giani Zail Singh		17 March 1972	30 April 1977	5 years, 44 days	6th Assembly	Anandpur Sahib
7	Darbara Singh		6 June 1980	6 October 1983	3 years, 122 days	8th Assembly	Nakodar
8	Beant Singh		25 February 1992	31 August 1995	3 years, 187 days	10th Assembly	Jalandhar Cantonment
9	Harcharan Singh Brar		31 August 1995	21 November 1996	1 year, 82 days	9th Assembly	Muktsar
10	Rajinder Kaur Bhattal		21 November 1996	11 February 1997	82 days		Lehra
11	Amarinder Singh		26 February 2002	1 March 2007	5 years, 3 days	12th Assembly	Patiala Urban
			16 March 2017	18 September 2021	7 years, 34 days	15th Punjab Assembly
12	Charanjit Singh Channi		20 September 2021	16 March 2022	2 years, 212 days		Chamkaur Sahib

List of deputy chief ministers of Punjab from Indian National Congress[edit]

No.	Deputy chief ministers	Portrait	Term in office			Assembly	Constituency	Chief Minister
			Start	End	Tenure
1	Rajinder Kaur Bhattal		6 January 2004	1 March 2007	3 years, 54 days	12th Assembly	Lehra	Amarinder Singh
2	Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa		20 September 2021	16 March 2022	177 days	15th Assembly	Dera Baba Nanak	Charanjit Singh Channi
3	Om Parkash Soni						Amritsar Central

List of former presidents[edit]

Performance in elections[edit]

Pre-Independence[edit]

Punjab Legislative Council

Punjab Legislative Assembly

Post-Independence[edit]

• ^ - Party didn't contest election
• ~ - Party didn't exist
• - Green color box indicates the party/parties who formed the government
• - Red color box indicates the official opposition party

See also[edit]

• All India Congress Committee
• Pradesh Congress Committee

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