# Tamil Nadu Congress Committee

Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) is the wing of Indian National Congress serving in Tamil Nadu. 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 present president is K. Selvaperunthagai.
Social policy of the TNCC is officially based upon the Gandhian principle of Sarvodaya (upliftment of all sections of the society). In particular TNCC emphasises upon policies to improve the lives of the economically underprivileged and socially unprivileged sections of society. The party primarily endorses social liberalism (seeks to balance individual liberty and social justice).

## Ideology and policy positions

Since the 1950s, the TNCC has favored liberal positions (the term "liberal" in this sense describes modern liberalism, not classical liberalism) with support for social justice and a mixed economy. TNCC strongly supports Liberal nationalism, a kind of nationalism compatible with values of freedom, tolerance, equality, and individual rights.
Historically, the party has favoured farmers, labourers, and the working class; it has opposed unregulated business and finance. In recent decades, the party has adopted a centrist economic and socially progressive agenda and has begun to advocate for more social justice, affirmative action, a balanced budget, and a market economy. The economic policy adopted by the modern TNCC is free market policies, though at the same time it is in favour of taking a cautious approach when it comes to liberalising the economy claiming it is to help ensure that the weaker sectors are not affected too hard by the changes that come with liberalisation. In the 1990s, however, it endorsed market reforms, including privatisation and the deregulation of the economy. It also has supported secular policies that encourage equal rights for all citizens, including those from the lower stratas. The party supports the somewhat controversial concept of family planning with birth control.

### Economic policy

The Congress strongly endorses a mixed Capital economy in which both the private sector and the state direct the economy, reflecting characteristics of both market economies and planned economies. A leading economic theory advocated by the modern Tamil Nadu Congress party is import substitution industrialisation that advocates replacing foreign imports with domestic production. Party also believes that mixed economies often provide environmental protection, maintenance of employment standards, a standardized welfare system, and maintenance of competition. The Indian National Congress party liberalised the Indian economy, allowing it to speed up development dramatically.

### Healthcare and education

Tamil Nadu Congress Pioneered the first Midday Meal Scheme in India in the Year 1953. This led to a huge wave of enrollment by students from the predominant rural and semi urban pockets of Tamil Nadu, which helped increase the Literacy rate of the state from 16% in 1947 to 82% in 2011. Today, it has become the largest schoolchild feeding programme in the world, covering 110 million students in 1.2 million schools. This rural health initiative was praised by the American economist Jeffrey Sachs and former American President John F. Kennedy. During the TNCC tenure, an IIT and was opened in the state.

### Security and State Affairs

The Tamil Nadu Congress party has been instrumental in debating and helping strengthen anti-terror and vigilant laws leading to amendments to the Security Laws of the Tamil Nadu Government Departments. Also, Unique Identification Authority of India was established in February 2009, with the help of the Central Government, an agency responsible for implementing the envisioned Multipurpose National Identity Card with the objective of increasing national security and facilitating e-governance.

## Structure & Composition

| S.no | Name | Designation |
| 1. | Ajoy Kumar | AICC Incharge |
| 2. | Suraj N Hegde | AICC Secretary |
| 3. | K.Selvaperunthagai | President Tamil Nadu Congress Committee |
| 4. | Ruby R. Manoharan | Treasurer Tamil Nadu Congress Committee |
| 5. | Sasikanth senthil | State Coordinator Tamil Nadu Congress Committee |
| 6. | Hazeena Syed | President Tamil Nadu Pradesh Mahila Congress |
| 7. | Lenin Prasad | President Tamil Nadu Pradesh Youth Congress |
| 8. | Chinnathambi | President Tamil Nadu Pradesh NSUI |
| 9. | S. Rajeshkumar | CLP Leader Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly |

## List of Presidents

| S.no | President | Term | Term |
| 1. | C. Rajagopalachari | 1931 | 1936 |
| 2. | S. Satyamurti | 1936 | 1939 |
| 3. | Tanguturi Prakasam | 1939 | 1946 |
| 4. | K. Kamaraj | 1946 | 1952 |
| 5. | P. Subbarayan | 1952 | 1952 |
| (4. | K. Kamaraj | 1952 | 1954 |
| 6. | G.K. Moopanar | 1976 | 1980 |
| 7. | M. P. Subramaniam | 1980 | 1983 |
| 8. | M. Palaniyandi | 1983 | 1988 |
| (6). | G.K. Moopanar | 1988 | 1989 |
| 9. | Vazhappady K. Ramamurthy | May 1989 | January 1995 |
| 10. | Kumari Anandan | January 1995 | March 1997 |
| 11. | K. V. Thangkabalu | March 1997 | July 1998 |
| 12. | Tindivanam K. Ramamurthy | July 1998 | June 2000 |
| 13. | E. V. K. S. Elangovan | June 2000 | Sep 2002 |
| 14. | So. Balakrishnan | Sep 2002 | Nov 2003 |
| 15. | G. K. Vasan | Nov 2003 | Feb 2006 |
| 16. | M. Krishnasamy | Feb 2006 | July 2008 |
| (11). | K. V. Thangkabalu | July 2008 | November 2011 |
| 17. | B. S. Gnanadesikan | November 2011 | October 2014 |
| (13). | E. V. K. S. Elangovan | Nov 2014 | Sep 2016 |
| 18. | Su. Thirunavukkarasar | Sep 2016 | Feb 2019 |
| 19. | K. S. Alagiri | Feb 2019 | Feb 2024 |
| 20. | K. Selvaperunthagai | Feb 2024 | Incumbent |

## List of chief ministers of Tamil Nadu from the Congress Party
### Madras Presidency

| Name | Took office | Left office |
| C. Rajagopalachari | 14 July 1937 | 29 October 1939 |
| T. Prakasam | 30 April 1946 | 23 March 1947 |
| O. P. Ramaswamy Reddiyar | 23 March 1947 | 6 April 1949 |
| P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja | 6 April 1949 | 26 January 1950 |

### Madras State

| Name | Took office | Left office |
| P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja | 27 January 1950 | 9 April 1952 |
| C. Rajagopalachari | 10 April 1952 | 13 April 1954 |
| K. Kamaraj | 13 April 1954 | 2 October 1963 |
| M. Bhakthavatsalam | 2 October 1963 | 28 February 1967 |

## Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly elections

| Year | Party leader | Votes polled | Seats won | Change in seats | Outcome |
| Madras Presidency ||||||
| 1937 | C. Rajagopalachari | | 159 / 215 | New | Government |
| 1946 | Tanguturi Prakasam | | 163 / 215 | 4 | Government |
| Madras State ||||||
| 1952 | C. Rajagopalachari | 6,988,701 | 152 / 375 | New | Government |
| Madras State (Tamil Nadu) ||||||
| 1957 | K. Kamaraj | 5,046,576 | 151 / 205 | New | Government |
| 1962 | K. Kamaraj | 5,848,974 | 139 / 206 | 12 | Government |
| 1967 | M. Bhakthavatsalam | 6,293,378 | 51 / 234 | 88 | Opposition |
| Tamil Nadu ||||||
| 1971 | Chidambaram Subramaniam | 5,513,894 | 15 / 234 | 36 | Opposition (INC+) |
| 1977 | G. K. Moopanar | 2,994,535 | 27 / 234 | 12 | Opposition (INC+) |
| 1980 | G. K. Moopanar | 3,941,900 | 31 / 234 | 4 | Opposition (DMK INC+) |
| 1984 | M. Palaniyandi | 3,529,708 | 61 / 234 | 30 | Government (AIADMK INC+) |
| 1989 | G. K. Moopanar | 4,780,714 | 26 / 234 | 35 | Opposition (INC+) |
| 1991 | Vazhappady K. Ramamurthy | 3,743,859 | 60 / 234 | 34 | Government (AIADMK INC+) |
| 1996 | Kumari Anandan | 1,523,340 | 0 / 234 | 60 | Opposition (AIADMK INC+) |
| 2001 | E. V. K. S. Elangovan | 696,205 | 30 / 234 | 30 | Government (AIADMK INC+) |
| 2006 | M. Krishnasamy | 2,765,768 | 34 / 234 | 4 | Government (DPA) |
| 2011 | K. V. Thangkabalu | 3,426,432 | 5 / 234 | 29 | Opposition (DMK INC+) |
| 2016 | E. V. K. S. Elangovan | 2,774,075 | 8 / 234 | 3 | Opposition (DMK INC+) |
| 2021 | K. S. Alagiri | 1,976,527 | 18 / 234 | 10 | Government (SPA) |
* Madras State was completely reorganized into the present state of Tamil Nadu in the year 1956. But the name was changed to Tamil Nadu only in the year 1969

## Lok Sabha elections (M.P in Tamilnadu)

| Election Year | Election | Won | Change of Seats | Alliance | Result |
| 1951 | 1st election | 35 / 75 | New | INC+ | Government |
| 1957 | 2nd election | 24 / 34 | 11 | INC+ | Government |
| 1962 | 3rd election | 31 / 41 | 7 | INC+ | Government |
| 1967 | 4th election | 3 / 39 | 28 | INC+ | Government |
| 1971 | 5th election | 1 / 39 | 2 | DMK+ | Government |
| 1977 | 6th election | 14 / 39 | 13 | AIADMK+ | Opposition |
| 1980 | 7th election | 20 / 39 | 6 | DMK+ | Government |
| 1984 | 8th election | 25 / 39 | 5 | AIADMK+ | Government |
| 1989 | 9th election | 27 / 39 | 2 | AIADMK+ | Opposition |
| 1991 | 10th election | 28 / 39 | 1 | AIADMK+ | Government |
| 1996 | 11th election | 0 / 39 | 28 | AIADMK+ | Lost |
| 1998 | 12th election | 0 / 39 | | INC+ | Lost |
| 1999 | 13th election | 2 / 39 | 2 | AIADMK+ | Opposition |
| 2004 | 14th election | 10 / 39 | 8 | UPA | Government |
| 2009 | 15th election | 8 / 39 | 2 | UPA | Government |
| 2014 | 16th election | 0 / 39 | 8 | UPA | Lost |
| 2019 | 17th election | 8 / 39 | 8 | UPA | Opposition |
| 2024 | 18th election | 9 / 39 | 1 | I.N.D.I.A. | Opposition |