# Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee

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 INC currently leads the UDF 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 T. Prakasam).

## Structure and composition

| S.no | Name | Designation |
| 1. | Deepa Dasmunshi | AICC General Secretary Incharge |
| 2. | K. Sudhakaran | President Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee |
| 3. | V. D. Satheesan | 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 | President Kerala Pradesh Mahila Congress |
| 7. | Rahul Mamkootathil | 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

* 1921 – "Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee" convened at Ottapalam in northern Kerala.
* 1924/25 – Vaikom Satyagraha led by Congress leaders T. K. Madhavan, K. Kelappan and K. P. Kesava Menon.
* 1930 – Salt Satyagraha, a part of the Civil Disobedience Movement, organised by K. Kelappan in northern Kerala.
* 1931/32 – Guruvayur Satyagraha, commenced under K. Kelappan.
* 1933 – Joint Political Congress established in Travancore.
* 1938 – Chunangat Kunjikavamma elected as President and E. M. S. Namboodiripad, the future Communist leader, as Secretary.
* 1938 – formation of Travancore State Congress. Agitation against Diwan C. P. Ramaswami Iyer for 'Responsible Government'.
* 1939/40 – Split in Congress. Communist Party of India walked away with the entire Kerala unit.
* 1947 – Following the Punnapra-Vayalar Revolt, the Travancore State Congress enters the agitation against the Diwan.
* 1957 – Congress loses first assembly election in Kerala
* 1958 – formation of the Kerala Students Union (K S U).
* 1960 – Congress-led alliance in power after the 'Liberation Struggle' against Communist ministry.
* 1964 – major Split in Congress.
* 1971 – Congress joins the Achuta Menon Government.
* 1979/80 – Congress leader K. Karunakaran forms the U D F alliance.

### Gandhi's visits to Kerala

* 1920 (during the Non-Cooperation/Khilafat Agitation)
* 1925 (during Vaikom Satyagraha)
* 1927 (campaign against the untouchability)
* 1934 (fundraising)
* 1937 (after the 1936 Temple Entry Proclamation)

## Kerala Legislative Assembly election

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 | new | Government |
| 1954 | A. J. John | 45 / 117 | 1 | Opposition |
| Kerala |||||
| 1957 | P. T. Chacko | 43 / 126 | new | Opposition |
| 1960 | R. Sankar | 63 / 126 | 20 | Government |
| 1965 | R. Sankar | 36 / 133 | 27 | Opposition |
| 1967 | K. Karunakaran | 9 / 133 | 27 | Opposition |
| 1970 | K. Karunakaran | 30 / 133 | 21 | Government UF |
| 1977 | K. Karunakaran | 38 / 140 | 8 | Government UF |
| 1980 | K. Karunakaran | 17 / 140 | 21 | Opposition UDF |
| 1982 | K. Karunakaran | 20 / 140 | 3 | Government UDF |
| 1987 | K. Karunakaran | 33 / 140 | 13 | Opposition UDF |
| 1991 | K. Karunakaran | 55 / 140 | 22 | Government UDF |
| 1996 | A. K. Antony | 37 / 140 | 18 | Opposition UDF |
| 2001 | A. K. Antony | 63 / 140 | 26 | Government UDF |
| 2006 | Oommen Chandy | 24 / 140 | 39 | Opposition UDF |
| 2011 | Oommen Chandy | 38 / 140 | 14 | Government UDF |
| 2016 | Oommen Chandy | 22 / 140 | 16 | Opposition UDF |
| 2021 | Ramesh Chennithala | 21 / 140 | 1 | Opposition UDF |
Source: Government of Kerala Government of India

## List of Chief Ministers

Source: Thomas J. Nossiter - Communism in Kerala: A Study in Political Adaptation (1982)
| S.no | Name | Term | Term | 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 |
| 2. | K. Karunakaran | 28 December 1981 | 17 March 1982 | 8 years, 324 days |
| 2. | K. Karunakaran | 24 May 1982 | 26 March 1987 | 8 years, 324 days |
| 2. | K. Karunakaran | 24 June 1991 | 22 March 1995 | 8 years, 324 days |
| 3. | A. K. Antony | 27 April 1977 | 29 October 1978 | 5 years, 350 days |
| 3. | A. K. Antony | 22 March 1995 | 20 May 1996 | 5 years, 350 days |
| 3. | A. K. Antony | 17 May 2001 | 31 August 2004 | 5 years, 350 days |
| 4. | Oommen Chandy | 31 August 2004 | 18 May 2006 | 6 years, 267 days |
| 4. | Oommen Chandy | 18 May 2011 | 25 May 2016 | 6 years, 267 days |

## List of Leaders of Opposition

| S.no | Name | Term | Term |
| 1. | P. T. Chacko | 1957 | 1959 |
| 2. | K. Karunakaran | 1967 | 1969 |
| 2. | K. Karunakaran | 1978 | 1979 |
| 2. | K. Karunakaran | 1980 | 1981 |
| 2. | K. Karunakaran | 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 | Term | Term |
| 1. | K. Madhavan Nair | 1920 | 1921 |
| 2. | K. P. Kesava Menon | 1921 | 1925 |
| 3. | P. രാമുണ്ണി മേനോൻ | 1925 | 1930 |
| 4. | T. അസ്സൻ കോയ മൊല്ല | 1930 | 1931 |
| 5. | പൊന്മടത്ത് മൊയ്‌തീൻ കോയ | 1931 | 1934 |
| 6. | Chunangat Kunjikavamma | 1934 | 1934 |
| 7. | M.P. Narayana Menon | 1934 | 1935 |
| 8. | A. V. Kuttimalu Amma | 1935 | 1936 |
| 9. | Kongattil Raman Menon | 1935 | 1937 |
| 10. | Muhammed Abdurahman Sahib | 1938 | 1940 |
| 11. | K. T Kunhiraman Nambiar | 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 Madhava Menon | 1944 | 1946 |
| 16. | Kozhipurath Madhava Menon | 1956 | 1958 |
| 17. | K. A. Damodara Menon | 1958 | 1959 |
| 18. | R. Sankar | 1958 | 1960 |
| 19. | C.K. Govidhavan Nair | 1963 | 1964 |
| 20. | K.C. Abraham | 1965 | 1966 |
| 21. | T. O. Bava | 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 | 2021 | present |