Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee
AbbreviationK. P. C. C.
PresidentK. Sudhakaran
ChairpersonV. D. Satheesan
Headquarters"Indira Bhawan", Thiruvananthapuram
NewspaperVeekshanam
Student wingKerala Students Union (N S U I)
Youth wingYouth Congress (Kerala)
Women's wingMahila Congress (Kerala)
Labour wingIndian National Trade Union Congress (I N T U C)
Membership3.379 million (June 2017)[1]
IdeologyConservatism (Kerala)
Liberal conservatism[2]
Economic liberalism[3]
Malayali nationalism
Political positionCentre-right[2]
Alliance
Seats in Lok Sabha
15 / 20
(Kerala)
Seats in Rajya Sabha
1 / 9
(Kerala)
Seats in Kerala Legislative Assembly
21 / 140
Election symbol
Party flag
Website
kpcc.org.in
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Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee is the state unit of the Indian National Congress in Kerala. 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 Indian National Congress currently leads the United Democratic Front alliance, the Opposition in the Kerala Legislative Assembly.[4]

Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee was first convened in 1921 at Ottapalam in northern Kerala (in the presence of the A. I. C. C. president T. Prakasam).[5]

Structure and composition

S.no Name Designation
1. Deepa Dasmunshi AICC Incharge
2. K. Sudhakaran[6] President
Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee
3. V. D. Satheesan[7] CLP Leader
Kerala Legislative Assembly
4. Kodikkunnil Suresh Working President
Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee
5. T. Siddique Working President
Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee
6. Jebi Mather[8] President
Kerala Pradesh Mahila Congress
7. Shafi Parambil[9] President
Youth Congress (Kerala)
8. Aloshious Xavier President
Kerala Students Union (K S U) (N S U I)
9. R. Chandrashekaran President
Indian National Trade Union Congress (I N T U C)

Timeline

Gandhi's visits to Kerala

  1. 1920 (during the Non-Cooperation/Khilafat Agitation)[21]
  2. 1925 (during Vaikom Satyagraha)[21]
  3. 1927 (campaign against the untouchability)[21]
  4. 1934 (fundraising)[21]
  5. 1937 (after the 1936 Temple Entry Proclamation)[21]

Kerala Legislative Assembly election

K. Karunakaran

Source: Thomas J. Nossiter - Communism in Kerala: A Study in Political Adaptation (1982)

Year Party leader Seats won Change
in seats 		Outcome
Travancore-Cochin
1952 A.J. John
44 / 108
 Increase new Government
1954
45 / 117
 Increase 1 Opposition
Kerala
1957 P. T. Chacko
43 / 126
 Increase new Opposition
1960 R. Sankar
63 / 126
 Increase 20 Government
1965
36 / 133
 Decrease 27 Opposition
1967 K. Karunakaran
9 / 133
 Decrease 27 Opposition
1970
30 / 133
 Increase 21 Government UF
1977
38 / 140
 Increase8 Government UF
1980
17 / 140
 Decrease21 Opposition UDF
1982
20 / 140
 Increase 3 Government UDF
1987
33 / 140
 Increase 13 Opposition UDF
1991
55 / 140
 Increase 22 Government UDF
1996 A. K. Antony
37 / 140
 Decrease 18 Opposition UDF
2001
63 / 140
 Increase 26 Government UDF
2006 Oommen Chandy
24 / 140
 Decrease 39 Opposition UDF
2011
38 / 140
 Increase14 Government UDF
2016
22 / 140
 Decrease 16 Opposition UDF
2021 Ramesh Chennithala
21 / 140
 Decrease 1 Opposition UDF

Source: Government of Kerala Government of India

Former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy (1943-2023)
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List of Chief Ministers

Source: Thomas J. Nossiter - Communism in Kerala: A Study in Political Adaptation (1982)

S.no Name Portrait Term
1. R. Sankar 26 September 1962 10 September 1964 1 year, 350 days
2. K. Karunakaran 25 March 1977 27 April 1977 8 years, 324 days
28 December 1981 17 March 1982
24 May 1982 26 March 1987
24 June 1991 22 March 1995
3. A. K. Antony 27 April 1977 29 October 1978 5 years, 350 days
22 March 1995 20 May 1996
17 May 2001 31 August 2004
4. Oommen Chandy 31 August 2004 18 May 2006 6 years, 267 days
18 May 2011 25 May 2016

List of Leaders of Opposition

S.no Name Portrait Term
1. P. T. Chacko 1957 1959
2. K. Karunakaran 1967 1969
1978 1979
1980 1981
1987 1991
3. A. K. Antony 1996 2001
4. Oommen Chandy 2006 2011
5. Ramesh Chennithala 2016 2021
6. V. D. Satheesan 2021 present

List of Kerala P. C. C. Presidents

S.no President Portrait Term
1. K. Madavan Nair 1920 1921
2. K.P Kesava Menon 1921 1925
3. P. Ramunni Menon 1925 1930
4. T. Assan Koya Molla 1930 1931
5. Ponmadath Moitheen Koya 1931 1934
6. Kunhikkavu Amma 1934 1934
7. M.P. Narayana Menon 1934 1935
8. Kuttymalu Amma 1935 1936
9. Kongattil Raman Menon 1935 1937
10. Muhammad Aburahman Saheb 1938 1940
11. K.T Kunhiraman Nambiyar 1940 1942
12. P.K Moideen Kutty Sahib 1946 1948
13. K.Kelappan 1946 1949
14. Kumbalathu Sanku Pillai 1950 1952
15. A.P Udayabhanu 1954 1956
16. Kozhipurath Madava Menon 1944 1946
1956 1958
17. K.A Damodhara Menon 1958 1959
18. Raman Sankar 1958 1960
19. K.P Madhavan Nair 1963 1964
20. K.C
21. To Bhava 1967 1969
22. K.K Viswanathan 1970 1972
23. A. K. Antony 1972 1977
24. S. Varadarajan Nair 1977 1978
25. K. M. Chandy 1978 1982
26. C. V. Padmarajan 1983 1987
27. A. K. Antony 1987 1992
28. Vayalar Ravi 1992 1998
29. Thennala Balakrishna Pillai 1998 2001
30. K. Muraleedharan 2001 2004
31. P. P. Thankachan 2004 2004
32. Thennala Balakrishna Pillai 2004 2005
33. Ramesh Chennithala 2005 2014
34. V. M. Sudheeran 2014 2017
35. M. M. Hassan 2017 2018
36. Mullappally Ramachandran 2018 2021
37. K. Sudhakaran[22] 2021 present

List of elected members

Kerala legislative assembly

No. Constituency Member Party
Kannur district
1 Irikkur Sajeev Joseph INC
2 Peravoor Sunny Joseph INC
Wayanad district
3 Sulthan Bathery I. C. Balakrishnan INC
4 Kalpetta T Siddique INC
Malappuram district
5 Wandoor A. P. Anil Kumar INC
Palakkad district
6 Palakkad Shafi Parambil INC
Thrissur district
7 Chalakudy T. J. Saneesh Kumar Joseph INC
Ernakulam district
8 Perumbavoor Eldhose Kunnappilly INC
9 Angamaly Roji M. John INC
10 Aluva Anwar Sadath INC
11 Paravur V. D. Satheesan INC
12 Thrippunithura K. Babu INC
13 Ernakulam T. J. Vinod INC
14 Thrikkakara Uma Thomas INC
15 Muvattupuzha Mathew Kuzhalnadan INC
Kottayam district
16 Kottayam Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan INC
17 Puthuppally Chandy Oommen (Elected in by-election in 2023) INC
Alappuzha district
18 Haripad Ramesh Chennithala INC
Kollam district
19 Karunagappally C. R. Mahesh INC
20 Kundara P. C. Vishnunadh INC
Thiruvananthapuram district
21 Kovalam M. Vincent INC


Lok Sabha

Parliamentary Constituency Member (M. P.)
Kasaragod Rajmohan Unnithan
Kannur K. Sudhakaran
Vatakara K. Muraleedharan
Wayanad Rahul Gandhi
Kozhikode M. K. Raghavan
Palakkad V. K. Sreekandan
Alathur Ramya Haridas
Thrissur T. N. Prathapan
Chalakudy Benny Behanan
Ernakulam Hibi Eden
Idukki Dean Kuriakose
Mavelikkara Kodikunnil Suresh
Pathanamthitta Anto Antony Punnathaniyil
Attingal Adoor Prakash
Thiruvananthapuram Shashi Tharoor

Rajya Sabha

No. State Member (M. P.)
1 Kerala Jebi Mather

See also

References

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