# Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee

Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee (UPCC) is the Pradesh Congress Committee (state wing) of the Indian National Congress (INC) serving in the state of Uttar 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 committee has a long history of political influence in the state, having played a significant role in the state's politics during the pre-independence era and after. However, it has faced challenges in recent years, including a decline in electoral support and internal conflicts. Congress Working Committee Appointed Priyanka Gandhi as General Secretary of UP (East), later she has taken charge of General Secretary (AICC). CLP Leader of the Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee is Aradhana Misra 3rd Term MLA from Rampur Khas, Pratapgarh.

## Structure and Composition

| S.No. | Name | Designation | District Allotted |
| 1 | Ajay Rai, Former Minister,M.L.A. 5 Terms (1996-2017) Government Of Uttar Pradesh | President, Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee | President, Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee |
| 2 | Nasimuddin Siddiqui, Ex Cabinet Minister | Provincial President, Western Zone | Saharanpur, Muzaffarnagar, Shamli, Baghpat, Bulandshahr, Ghaziabad, Meerut, Gautambudh Nagar, Bijnor, Hapur, Amroha, Moradabad, Rampur and Sambhal |
| 3 | Ajay Rai, Ex MLA | Provincial President, Prayagraj Zone | Varanasi, Ghazipur, Chandauli, Jaunpur, Bhadohi, Mirzapur, Sonbhadra, Kaushambi, Allahabad, Pratapgarh, Amethi and Sultanpur |
| 4 | Nakul Dubey, Ex MLA | Provincial President, Awadh Zone | Lucknow, Unnao, Bahraich, Barabanki, Balrampur, Shravasti, Ghonda, Sitapur, Lakhimpur-Khiri, Hardoi and Rae Barely |
| 5 | Virendra Chaudhary, MLA | Provincial President, Purvanchal Zone | Siddharth Nagar, Maharajganj, Gorakhpur, Basti, Kushinagar, Azamgarh, Mau, Deoria, Ballia, Sant Kabir Nagar, Faizabad and Ambedkar Nagar |
| 6 | Yogesh Dikshit | Provincial President, Brij Zone | Mathura, Agra, Firozabad, Etah, Mainpuri, Kasganj, Aligarh, Hathras, Badaun, Bareilly, Shahjahanpur, Pilibhit and Farrukhabad |
| 7 | Anil Yadav | Provincial President, Bundelkhand and Kanpur Zone | Kanpur, Kanpur Dehat, Kannauj, Auraiya, Jalaun, Mahoba, Jhansi, Lalitpur, Banda, Chitrakoot, Fatehpur, Hamirpur and Etawah |
| 8 | Dr Jiya Ram Verma | Medical Cell President, Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee | Medical Cell President, Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee |
| 9 | Priyanka Gupta | Spokesperson | Spokespersons of Indian National Congress |

## List of presidents

| S.No. | President | Term | Term | Tenure |
| | Salman Khurshid | 1999 | 4 December 2000 | |
| 1. | Sriprakash Jaiswal | 4 December 2000 | 3 July 2002 | 1 year, 211 days |
| 2. | Arun Kumar Singh Munna | 3 July 2002 | 30 May 2003 | 331 days |
| 3. | Jagdambika Pal | 30 May 2003 | 7 November 2004 | 1 year, 161 days |
| 4. | Salman Khurshid | 7 November 2004 | 12 September 2007 | 2 years, 309 days |
| 5. | Rita Bahuguna Joshi | 12 September 2007 | 29 August 2012 | 4 years, 352 days |
| 6. | Nirmal Khatri | 29 August 2012 | 12 July 2016 | 3 years, 318 days |
| 7. | Raj Babbar | 12 July 2016 | 7 October 2019 | 3 years, 87 days |
| 8. | Ajay Kumar Lallu | 7 October 2019 | 16 March 2022 | 2 years, 160 days |
| 9. | Brijlal Khabri | 1 October 2022 | 17 August 2023 | 320 days |
| 10. | Ajay Rai | 17 August 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 179 days |

## Advisory Council to General Secretary

| S.No. | Name | Design |
| 1. | Ajay Rai | Member |
| 2. | Ajay Kapoor | Member |
| 3. | Anugrah Narayan Singh | Member |
| 4. | Mohsina Kidwai | Member |
| 5. | Nasimuddin Siddiqui | Member |
| 6. | Nirmal Khatri | Member |
| 7. | Pradeep Mathur | Member |
| 8. | Pramod Tiwari | Member |
| 9. | Praveen Aron | Member |
| 10. | P. L. Punia | Member |
| 12. | Rajesh Mishra | Member |
| 13. | Raashid Alvi | Member |
| 14. | Salman Khurshid | Member |
| 15. | Sanjay Kapoor | Member |
| 16. | Vivek Bansal | Member |
| 17. | Zafar Ali Naqvi | Member |
| 18. | Akash Singh Chandel | Member |

## Group on Strategy and Planning

| S.No. | Name | Design |
| 1. | Brijlal Khabri | Member |
| 2. | Prashant Shukla | Member |
| 3. | Rajiv Shukla | Member |
| 4. | Pradeep Jain Aditya | Member |

## MPs and MLAs from Uttar Pradesh

| S.No. | Name | Constituency |
| Member of Parliament |||
| 1 | Rahul Gandhi | Raebareli |
| 2 | Imran Masood | Saharanpur |
| 3 | Rakesh Rathore | Sitapur |
| 4 | Tanuj Punia | Barabanki |
| 5 | Kishori Lal Sharma | Amethi |
| 6 | Ujjwal Raman Singh | Allahabad |
| Member of Legislative Assembly |||
| 1 | Aradhana Mishra | Rampur Khas |
| 2 | Virendra Chaudhary | Pharenda |

## Electoral performance
### Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly

| Election | Seats up for election | Seats contested | Seats won | Change | Votes polled | Vote share | Swing | Resulting Government |
| 1937 | 228 | — | 133 / 228 | — | — | — | — | Majority Government |
| 1946 | 228 | — | 153 / 228 | 20 | — | — | — | Supermajority Government |
| 1952 | 430 | 429 | 388 / 430 | 235 | 8,032,475 | 47.93 / 100 | — | Supermajority Government |
| 1957 | 430 | 430 | 286 / 430 | 102 | 9,298,382 | 42.42 / 100 | 5.51% | Majority Government |
| 1962 | 430 | 429 | 249 / 430 | 37 | 6,471,669 | 36.33 / 100 | 6.09% | Majority Government |
| 1967 | 425 | 425 | 199 / 425 | 50 | 6,912,104 | 32.20 / 100 | 4.13% | Minority Government (till April 1967) Opposition (till 1968) |
| 1969 | 425 | 424 | 211 / 425 | 12 | 7,893,152 | 33.69 / 100 | 1.49% | Minority Government (1969-1970; 1971-1973; 1973-1974) Opposition (1970; 1970-1971) |
| 1974 | 424 | 403 | 215 / 424 | 4 | 8,868,229 | 32.29 / 100 | 1.40% | Majority Government |
| 1977 | 425 | 395 | 47 / 425 | 168 | 7,592,107 | 31.94 / 100 | 0.35% | Opposition |
| 1980 | 425 | 424 | 309 / 425 | 262 | 9,720,767 | 37.65 / 100 | 5.71% | Supermajority Government |
| 1985 | 425 | 425 | 269 / 425 | 40 | 11,544,698 | 39.25 / 100 | 1.60% | Majority Government |
| 1989 | 425 | 410 | 94 / 425 | 175 | 10,866,428 | 27.90 / 100 | 11.35% | Opposition |
| 1991 | 419 | 413 | 46 / 419 | 48 | 6,480,753 | 17.32 / 100 | 10.58% | Opposition |
| 1993 | 422 | 421 | 28 / 422 | 20 | 7,533,272 | 15.08 / 100 | 2.24% | Opposition |
| 1996 | 424 | 126 | 33 / 424 | 11 | 4,626,663 | 8.35 / 100 | 6.73% | Opposition |
| 2002 | 403 | 402 | 25 / 403 | 8 | 4,810,231 | 8.96 / 100 | 0.61% | Opposition |
| 2007 | 403 | 393 | 22 / 403 | 3 | 4,489,234 | 8.61 / 100 | 0.35% | Opposition |
| 2012 | 403 | 355 | 28 / 403 | 6 | 8,832,895 | 11.65 / 100 | 3.04% | Opposition |
| 2017 | 403 | 114 | 7 / 403 | 21 | 5,416,540 | 6.25 / 100 | 5.40% | Opposition |
| 2022 | 403 | 403 | 2 / 403 | 5 | 2,416,540 | 3.25 / 100 | 2.40% | Opposition |

### Indian General Election in Uttar Pradesh

| Election | Seats up for election | Seats contested | Seats won | Change | Votes polled | Vote share | Swing | Resulting Government (in Centre) | National Leader |
| 1951-1952 | 86 | 86 | 81 / 86 | — | 9,047,392 | 52.99 / 100 | — | Supermajority Government | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| 1957 | 86 | 86 | 70 / 86 | 11 | 10,599,639 | 46.29 / 100 | 6.70% | Supermajority Government | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| 1962 | 86 | 86 | 62 / 86 | 8 | 6,842,472 | 38.20 / 100 | 8.09% | Supermajority Government | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| 1967 | 85 | 85 | 47 / 85 | 15 | 7,285,130 | 33.44 / 100 | 4.76% | Majority Government | Indira Gandhi |
| 1971 | 85 | 78 | 73 / 85 | 26 | 9,981,309 | 48.58 / 100 | 15.14% | Supermajority Government | Indira Gandhi |
| 1977 | 85 | 85 | 0 / 85 | 73 | 7,170,182 | 24.99 / 100 | 23.59% | Opposition | Indira Gandhi (defeated) |
| 1980 | 85 | 85 | 51 / 85 | 51 | 10,171,194 | 35.90 / 100 | 10.91% | Supermajority Government | Indira Gandhi |
| 1984 | 85 | 85 | 83 / 85 | 32 | 17,391,831 | 51.03 / 100 | 15.13% | Supermajority Government | Rajiv Gandhi |
| 1989 | 85 | 84 | 15 / 85 | 68 | 12,393,934 | 31.77 / 100 | 19.26% | Opposition (till 1990) External Support for SJP(R) Govt (till 1991) | Rajiv Gandhi |
| 1991 | 85 | 80 | 5 / 85 | 10 | 6,755,015 | 18.02 / 100 | 13.75% | Minority Government | P. V. Narasimha Rao |
| 1996 | 85 | 85 | 5 / 85 | | 3,746,505 | 8.14 / 100 | 9.88% | Opposition (till Jun 1996) External Support for UF Govt (till 1998) | P. V. Narasimha Rao |
| 1998 | 85 | 76 | 0 / 85 | 5 | 3,361,053 | 6.02 / 100 | 2.13% | Opposition | Sitaram Kesri (defeated) |
| 1999 | 85 | 76 | 10 / 85 | 10 | 8,001,685 | 14.72 / 100 | 8.70% | Opposition | Sonia Gandhi |
| 2004 | 80 | 73 | 9 / 80 | 1 | 6,412,293 | 12.04 / 100 | 2.68% | Minority Government | Sonia Gandhi |
| 2009 | 80 | 80 | 21 / 80 | 12 | 10,113,521 | 18.25 / 100 | 6.21% | Minority Government | Sonia Gandhi |
| 2014 | 80 | 80 | 2 / 80 | 19 | 6,061,267 | 7.53 / 100 | 10.72% | Opposition | Sonia Gandhi |
| 2019 | 80 | 80 | 1 / 80 | 1 | 5,457,352 | 6.36 / 100 | 1.17% | Opposition | Rahul Gandhi |
| 2024 | 80 | 17 | 6 / 80 | 5 | 8,294,318 | 9.46 / 100 | 3.10% | Opposition | Mallikarjun Kharge |

## Central Uttar Pradesh youth congress

Pardes karykarini U.P Central youth Congress
1. Pradesh adhyaksh
Deepak Shivhare
2. Karyakari adhyaksh
Ankit Tiwari
State vice president
3. Sharad Shukla
4. Iqbal Ahmed
5. Mohammed Sharif
6. Nivedita Singh
7. Preeti shrivas
general secretary
Pradyuman Singh Sangathan Prabhari
Abhay Singh
Mukesh avsthi
Ravinder Singh Lodhi
Ganesh Maurya
Nirbhan Yadav
Ripanje Upadhyay
secretary
Chaand Zibrile
Saurabh Gupta
Vaibhav Shukla
Khwaja Shariq
Parshuram Pasi hasmukh
Amar Singh Verma
Abhishek chaurasiya
Himanshu Dubey
district President
Lucknow city
Lucknow dehat
Kanpur Shahar
Kanpur jila
Kanpur dehat Akbarpur (shesh Narayan Gupta)
Unnao
Raebareli (Mohit Maurya)
Amethi (Shubham Singh )
Sultanpur
Pratapgarh
Faizabad Ayodhya
Lakhimpur khiri
Sitapur (Narendra Verma)
Barabanki
Ambedkar Nagar
Bahraich ( Vipul Mishra)
Gonda
Shrivasti
Balrampur
Jhansi
Mahoba
Auraiya
Urai
Jalaun
Etawah
Lalitpur
Kaushambi
Kannoj
Hardoi
farookhabad
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* Congress Working Committee
* All India Congress Committee
* Pradesh Congress Committee
* Madhya Pradesh Youth Congress