# Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee

Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee (HPCC) is the state unit of the Indian National Congress, working in the state of Himachal Pradesh. 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 HPCC is Pratibha Singh. Y. S. Parmar, Ram Lal Thakur and Virbhadra Singh from Congress represented the state since 1951. Its head office is situated at Rajiv Bhawan in Shimla. Pratibha Singh is the current president.

## Structure & Composition

| S.no | Name | Designation |
| 1. | Rajeev Shukla | AICC Incharge |
| 2. | Pratibha Singh | President Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee |
| 3. | Zainab Chandel | President Himachal Pradesh Mahila Congress |
| 4. | Nigam Bhandari | President Himachal Pradesh Youth Congress |
| 5. | Chatter Singh Thakur | President Himachal Pradesh NSUI |
| 6. | Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu | CLP Leader Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly |

## List of presidents

| S.no | Name | Term | Term |
| 1. | Yashwant Singh Parmar | 1948 | 1950 |
| 2. | Viplove Thakur | 2006 | 2008 |
| 3. | Kaul Singh Thakur | 2008 | 2012 |
| 4. | Virbhadra Singh | 2012 | 2013 |
| 5. | Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu | 2013 | 2019 |
| 6. | Kuldeep Singh Rathore | 2019 | 2022 |
| 7. | Pratibha Singh | 2022 | Incumbent |

## List of chief ministers of Himachal Pradesh from Indian National Congress(1963–present)

The Chief Commissioner's Province of Himachal Pradesh was formed on 15 April 1948 through integration of 30 erstwhile princely-states. In 1951, Himachal Pradesh become a Part C state, under the Government of Part C State, 1951 and was brought under a Lt. Governor with 36-member Legislative Assembly. First elections to the Assembly were held in 1952. The Indian National Congress won 24 seats to form a government under Yashwant Singh Parmar.
In 1954, Bilaspur, another part-C State, was merged with Himachal Pradesh. In 1956 it was made a Union Territory and was placed under a Lt. Governor with a Territorial Council with limited powers. In 1963, Himachal Pradesh, though being a Union Territory, was provided with a Legislative Assembly. The Territorial Council was converted into the Legislative Assembly of the Union Territory. The assembly has its first sitting on 1 October 1971. On 18 December 1970 the State of Himachal Pradesh Act was passed by Parliament and the new state came into being on 25 January 1971 as the 18th state of the Indian Union.
| No | Portrait | Name | Constituency | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Assembly (election) |
| No | Portrait | Name | Constituency | From | To | Days in office | Assembly (election) |
| (1) | | Yashwant Singh Parmar | Renuka | 1 July 1963 | 4 March 1967 | 18 years, 30 days | 1st (Territorial Council) |
| (1) | | Yashwant Singh Parmar | Renuka | 4 March 1967 | 25 January 1971 | 18 years, 30 days | |
| (1) | | Yashwant Singh Parmar | Renuka | 25 January 1971 | 10 March 1972 | 18 years, 30 days | 2nd (1967 election) |
| (1) | | Yashwant Singh Parmar | Renuka | 10 March 1972 | 28 January 1977 | 18 years, 30 days | 3rd (1972 election) |
| 2 | | Thakur Ram Lal | Jubbal Kotkhai | 28 January 1977 | 30 April 1977 | 3 years ,144 days | 3rd (1972 election) |
| 2 | | Thakur Ram Lal | Jubbal Kotkhai | 14 February 1980 | 15 June 1982 | 3 years ,144 days | 4th (1977 election) |
| 2 | | Thakur Ram Lal | Jubbal Kotkhai | 15 June 1982 | 7 April 1983 | 3 years ,144 days | 5th (1982 election) |
| 3 | | Virbhadra Singh | Jubbal Kotkhai | 8 April 1983 | 8 March 1985 | 21 years. 11 days | 5th (1982 election) |
| 3 | | Virbhadra Singh | Jubbal Kotkhai | 8 March 1985 | 5 March 1990 | 21 years. 11 days | 6th (1985 elections) |
| 3 | | Virbhadra Singh | Rohru | 3 December 1993 | 23 March 1998 | 21 years. 11 days | 8th (1993 elections) |
| 3 | | Virbhadra Singh | Rohru | 6 March 2003 | 30 December 2007 | 21 years. 11 days | 10th (2003 elections) |
| 3 | | Virbhadra Singh | Shimla Rural | 25 December 2012 | 27 December 2017 | 21 years. 11 days | 12th (2012 elections) |
| 4 | | Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu | Nadaun | 11 December 2022 | Till Date | | 14th $_{(2022elections)}$ |

## List of Current Members of the Himachal Legislative Assembly

| Constituency | Constituency | Electors (2022) | Party | MLA |
| No. | Name | Electors (2022) | Party | MLA |
| Chamba |||||
| 3 | Chamba | 81,594 | INC | Neeraj Nayar |
| 5 | Bhattiyat | 78,980 | INC | Kuldeep Singh Pathania |
| Kangra |||||
| 7 | Indora (SC) | 91,569 | INC | Malender Rajan |
| 8 | Fatehpur | 87,913 | INC | Bhawani Singh Pathania |
| 9 | Jawali | 99,572 | INC | Chander Kumar |
| 12 | Jawalamukhi | 78,144 | INC | Sanjay Rattan |
| 13 | Jaisinghpur (SC) | 84,018 | INC | Yadvinder Goma |
| 15 | Nagrota | 88,867 | INC | Raghubir Singh Bali |
| 17 | Shahpur | 87,723 | INC | Kewal Singh Pathania |
| 19 | Palampur | 75,481 | INC | Ashish Butail |
| 20 | Baijnath (SC) | 89,135 | INC | Kishori Lal |
| Lahaul and Spiti |||||
| 21 | Lahaul and Spiti (ST) | 24,876 | INC | Ravi Thakur |
| Kullu |||||
| 22 | Manali | 73,488 | INC | Bhuvneshwar Gaur |
| 23 | Kullu | 89,600 | INC | Sunder Singh Thakur |
| Mandi |||||
| 32 | Dharampur | 79,958 | INC | Chandershekhar |
| Hamirpur |||||
| 36 | Bhoranj (SC) | 81,134 | INC | Suresh Kumar |
| 37 | Sujanpur | 73,922 | INC | Rajinder Singh Rana |
| 39 | Barsar | 86,273 | INC | Inder Dutt Lakhanpal |
| 40 | Nadaun | 93,107 | INC | Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu |
| Una |||||
| 41 | Chintpurni (SC) | 82,686 | INC | Sudarshan Singh Babloo |
| 42 | Gagret | 82,774 | INC | Chaitanya Sharma |
| 43 | Haroli | 86,273 | INC | Mukesh Agnihotri |
| 45 | Kutlehar | 85,163 | INC | Devender Kumar Bhutto |
| Bilaspur |||||
| 47 | Ghumarwin | 88,527 | INC | Rajesh Dharmani |
| Solan |||||
| 50 | Arki | 93,852 | INC | Sanjay Awasthy |
| 52 | Doon | 68,266 | INC | Ram Kumar Chaudhary |
| 53 | Solan (SC) | 85,238 | INC | Dhani Ram Shandil |
| 54 | Kasauli (SC) | 67,434 | INC | Vinod Sultanpuri |
| Sirmaur |||||
| 56 | Nahan | 83,561 | INC | Ajay Solanki |
| 57 | Sri Renukaji (SC) | 72,961 | INC | Vinay Kumar |
| 59 | Shillai | 74,831 | INC | Harshwardhan Chauhan |
| Shimla |||||
| 61 | Theog | 83,275 | INC | Kuldeep Singh Rathore |
| 62 | Kasumpti | 65,713 | INC | Anirudh Singh |
| 63 | Shimla | 48,071 | INC | Harish Janartha |
| 64 | Shimla Rural | 76,267 | INC | Vikramaditya Singh |
| 65 | Jubbal-Kotkhai | 71,566 | INC | Rohit Thakur |
| 66 | Rampur (SC) | 74,838 | INC | Nand Lal |
| 67 | Rohru (SC) | 73,580 | INC | Mohan Lal Brakta |
| Kinnaur |||||
| 68 | Kinnaur (ST) | 58,836 | INC | Jagat Singh Negi |

## List of all Rajya Sabha members of Himachal Pradesh from Indian National Congress

| Name | Date of appointment | Date of retirement | Term |
| C L Varma | 03/04/1952 | 02/04/1958 | 1 |
| C L Varma | 03/04/1964 | 02/04/1970 | 2 |
| Lila Devi | 03/04/1956 | 02/04/1962 | 1 |
| Shiva Nand Ramaul | 03/04/1962 | 02/04/1968 | 1 |
| Satyavati Dang | 03/04/1968 | 02/04/1974 | 1 |
| Roshan Lal | 03/04/1970 | 02/04/1976 | 1 |
| Roshan Lal | 03/04/1976 | 02/04/1982 | 2 |
| Roshan Lal | 03/04/1982 | 02/04/1988 | 3 |
| Jagannath Bharadwaj | 10/04/1972 | 09/01/1978 | 1 |
| Gian Chand Totu | 03/04/1974 | 02/04/1980 | 1 |
| Usha Malhotra | 03/04/1980 | 02/04/1986 | 1 |
| Anand Sharma | 10/04/1984 | 09/04/1990 | 1 |
| Anand Sharma | 03/04/2004 | 02/04/2010 | 2 |
| Anand Sharma | 03/04/2016 | 02/04/2022 | 4 |
| Chandan Sharma | 03/04/1986 | 02/04/1992 | 1 |
| Sushil Barongpa | 03/04/1988 | 02/04/1994 | 1 |
| Sushil Barongpa | 03/04/1994 | 02/04/2000 | 2 |
| Chandresh Kumari | 10/04/1996 | 09/04/2002 | 1 |
| Viplove Thakur | 10/04/2006 | 09/04/2012 | 1 |
| Viplove Thakur | 10/04/2014 | 09/04/2020 | 2 |

## Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

| Year | Party leader | Seats won | Change in seats | Outcome |
| 1952 | Yashwant Singh Parmar | 24 / 36 | New | Government |
| 1967 | Yashwant Singh Parmar | 34 / 60 | 10 | Government |
| 1972 | Thakur Ram Lal | 53 / 68 | 19 | Government |
| 1977 | Thakur Ram Lal | 9 / 68 | 44 | Opposition |
| 1982 | Thakur Ram Lal | 31 / 68 | 22 | Government |
| 1985 | Virbhadra Singh | 58 / 68 | 27 | Government |
| 1990 | Virbhadra Singh | 9 / 68 | 49 | Opposition |
| 1993 | Virbhadra Singh | 52 / 68 | 43 | Government |
| 1998 | Virbhadra Singh | 31 / 68 | 21 | Opposition |
| 2003 | Virbhadra Singh | 43 / 68 | 12 | Government |
| 2007 | Virbhadra Singh | 23 / 68 | 20 | Opposition |
| 2012 | Virbhadra Singh | 36 / 68 | 13 | Government |
| 2017 | Virbhadra Singh | 21 / 68 | 15 | Opposition |
| 2022 | Prathiba Singh | 40 / 68 | 19 | Government |