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Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee
AbbreviationK. P. C. C.
PresidentK. Sudhakaran
Parliamentary 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]
Ideology
Political positionCentre[4] to Centre-right[3] (in Kerala)
Alliance
Seats in Lok Sabha
15 / 20
(Kerala)
Seats in Rajya Sabha
1 / 9
(Kerala)
Seats in Kerala Legislative Assembly
33 / 140
Election symbol
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Party flag
Indian National Congress Flag.svg
Website
kpcc.org.in
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Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (abbreviated as Kerala P. C. C. or the K. P. C. C.) is the state unit of the Indian National Congress in Kerala. The Indian National Congress currently leads the United Democratic Front alliance, the Opposition in the Kerala Legislative Assembly.

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

Wings

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
K. Karunakaran

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

Year Party leader Seats won Change
in seats 		Outcome
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

Chief ministers

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

Kerala

Leaders of Opposition

List of Kerala P. C. C. Presidents

President Term
K. Sudhakaran 2021–present
Mullappally Ramachandran 2018 - 2021
M. M. Hassan 2017 - 2018
V. M. Sudheeran 2014 - 2017
Ramesh Chennithala 2005 - 2014
Thennala G. Balakrishna Pillai 2004 - 2005
P. P. Thankachan 2004
K. Muraleedharan 2001 - 2004
Thennala G. Balakrishna Pillai 1998 - 2001
Vayalar Ravi 1992 - 1998
A. K. Antony 1987 - 1992
C. V. Padmarajan 1983 - 1987
K. M. Chandy 1978 - 1982
S. Varadarajan Nair 1977 - 1978

List of elected members

Kerala legislature

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 Oommen Chandy 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

References

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  2. ^ Heller, Patrick (18 April 2020). "A virus, social democracy, and dividends for Kerala". The Hindu. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  3. ^ a b "UDF had a chance in Kerala. Then Congress played a dangerous communal game".
  4. ^ "India's election results were more than a 'Modi wave'". Washington Post. Retrieved 31 May 2019. The BJP's primary rival, the centrist Indian National Congress (Congress), won only 52 seats.
  5. ^ a b "K P C C Marks a Milestone Tomorrow". The Hindu. 21 April 2017.
  6. ^ "KPCC president K Sudhakaran endorses Kharge's candidature". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  7. ^ Rajiv G. (22 May 2021). "VD Satheesan: Kerala opposition leader: Congress appoints V D Satheesan as leader of opposition in Kerala assembly | Thiruvananthapuram News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  8. ^ "Kerala MLA Shafi Parambil is new Youth Congress president". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  9. ^ "Kerala: Jebi Mather appointed as Mahila Congress state president". English.Mathrubhumi. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
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  21. ^ a b c d e Menon, Maya (30 June 2018). "The Five visits Gandhiji Made to Kerala". Malayala Manorama.

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