# Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee

The Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (or Maharashtra PCC) is the state unit of the Indian National Congress for the state of Maharashtra. 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 in Maharashtra.
Effective 23 February 2025, Harsh Chandrabhan Tadas is appointed as the New chairman of Maharashtra State Congress committee

## History

The state of Maharashtra was formed on 1 May 1960, and since then its politics have been evolving. The INC was long without a major challenger, and enjoyed overwhelming support from the state's sugar co-operatives and thousands of other cooperative organizations involved in the rural agricultural economy of the state such as marketing of dairy and vegetable produce, credit unions etc. Since 1930s when Keshrao Jedhe joined the Congress party, the politics of the Bombay state and its successor Maharashtra state has been dominated by the mainly rural Maratha-Kunbi caste. This group dominates the cooperative institutions and with the resultant economic power, control politics from the village level up to the Assembly and Lok Sabha seats. Since 1980s, this group has also been active in setting up private educational institutions. Major past political figures of Congress party from Maharashtra such as Keshavrao Jedhe, Yashwantrao Chavan, Vinayakrao Patil, Vasantdada Patil, Shankarrao Chavan Keshavrao Sonawane and Vilasrao Deshmukh have been from this group. Sharad Pawar, who had been a towering figure in Maharashtrian and national politics belongs to this group. The state's political status quo was upset when Sharad Pawar defected from the INC, which he perceived as the vehicle of the Gandhi dynasty, to form the Nationalist Congress Party. This followed disputes between Pawar and the INC president Sonia Gandhi. This offshoot of the Congress party split the Maratha community support. In the last thirty years, however, Shiv Sena and the BJP began gaining a foothold in the state of Maharashtra, especially in the urban areas such as Mumbai. Shiv Sena and the BJP came into the power in 1995, which was a big blow to the INC. After one term, however, the Congress-NCP alliance regained power and held it until 2014. The INC contested the 2014 state assembly election without getting in a formal alliance with the NCP and lost power to the BJP.

## Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Elections

| Year | Party leader | Change in Seats | Seat won | Outcome |
| Bombay Presidency |||||
| 1937 | B.G. Kher | 86 | 86 / 175 (49%) | Government |
| 1946 | B.G. Kher | 39 | 125 / 175 (71%) | Government |
| Bombay State |||||
| 1952 | Morarji Desai | 94 | 269 / 315 (85%) | Government |
| 1957 | Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan | 35 | 234 / 396 (59%) | Government |
| Maharashtra State |||||
| 1962 | Marotrao Kannamwar | 215 | 215 / 264 (81%) | Government |
| 1967 | Vasantrao Naik | 12 | 203 / 270 (75%) | Government |
| 1972 | Vasantrao Naik | 19 | 222 / 270 (82%) | Government |
| 1978 | Vasantdada Patil | 153 | 69 / 288 (24%) | Opposition |
| 1980 | A. R. Antulay | 117 | 186 / 288 (65%) | Government |
| 1985 | Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar | 25 | 161 / 288 (56%) | Government |
| 1990 | Sharad Pawar | 20 | 141 / 288 (49%) | Government |
| 1995 | Sharad Pawar | 61 | 80 / 288 (28%) | Opposition |
| 1999 | Vilasrao Deshmukh | 5 | 75 / 288 (26%) | Government |
| 2004 | Vilasrao Deshmukh | 6 | 69 / 288 (24%) | Government |
| 2009 | Ashok Chavan | 13 | 82 / 288 (28%) | Government |
| 2014 | Prithviraj Chavan | 40 | 42 / 288 (15%) | Opposition |
| 2019 | Balasaheb Thorat | 2 | 44 / 288 (15%) | Opposition |
| 2024 | Nana Patole | 28 | 16 / 288 (6%) | Others |

## Seats won in Maharashtra Lok Sabha Elections

| Lok Sabha Election | Seats Won | Seat Change | Composition |
| 1951 Lok Sabha Election | 41 | 41 | 41 / 45 (91%) |
| 1957 Lok Sabha Election | 20 | 21 | 20 / 45 (44%) |
| 1962 Lok Sabha Election | 39 | 19 | 39 / 45 (87%) |
| 1967 Lok Sabha Election | 36 | 3 | 36 / 45 (80%) |
| 1971 Lok Sabha Election | 39 | 3 | 39 / 45 (87%) |
| 1977 Lok Sabha Election | 13 | 26 | 13 / 48 (27%) |
| 1980 Lok Sabha Election | 42 | 4 | 42 / 48 (88%) |
| 1984 Lok Sabha Election | 43 | 1 | 43 / 48 (90%) |
| 1989 Lok Sabha Election | 12 | 3 | 12 / 48 (25%) |
| 1991 Lok Sabha Election | 19 | 7 | 19 / 48 (40%) |
| 1996 Lok Sabha Election | 13 | 6 | 13 / 48 (27%) |
| 1998 Lok Sabha Election | 29 | 16 | 29 / 48 (60%) |
| 1999 Lok Sabha Election | 10 | 19 | 10 / 48 (21%) |
| 2004 Indian general election in Maharashtra | 13 | 3 | 13 / 48 (27%) |
| 2009 Indian general election in Maharashtra | 17 | 4 | 17 / 48 (35%) |
| 2014 Indian general election in Maharashtra | 2 | 15 | 2 / 48 (4%) |
| 2019 Indian general election in Maharashtra | 1 | 1 | 1 / 48 (2%) |
| 2024 Indian general election in Maharashtra | 14 | 13 | 14 / 48 (29%) |

## Status in Municipal Corporations

| Municipal Corporation | Seats | Status |
| Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation | 31 / 227 | Opposition |
| Pune Municipal Corporation | 9 / 162 | Opposition |
| Nagpur Municipal Corporation | 29 / 151 | Opposition |
| Thane Municipal Corporation | 3 / 131 | Opposition |
| Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation | 0 / 128 | Opposition |
| Nashik Municipal Corporation | 6 / 122 | Opposition |
| Solapur Municipal Corporation | 14 / 102 | Opposition |
| Amravati Municipal Corporation | 15 / 87 | Opposition |
| Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation | 1 / 78 | Coalition Partner |
| Akola Municipal Corporation | 13 / 80 | Opposition |
| Jalgaon Municipal Corporation | 0 / 70 | |
| Ahmednagar Municipal Corporation | 5 / 68 | Opposition |
| Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation | 13 / 111 | Opposition |
| Sangali-Miraj-Kupwad Municipal Corporation | 24 / 78 | Coalition Partner |
| Panvel Municipal Corporation | 2 / 78 | Opposition |
| Parbhani Municipal Corporation | 30 / 65 | Government |
| Nanded-Waghala Municipal Corporation | 73 / 81 | Government |
| Malegaon Municipal Corporation | 28 / 84 | Government |
| Dhule Municipal Corporation | 6 / 74 | Opposition |
| Latur Municipal Corporation | 36 / 70 | Government |
| Mira-Bhayandar Municipal Corporation | 10 / 95 | Opposition |
| Vasai-Virar City Municipal Corporation | 1 / 115 | Opposition |
| Bhiwandi-Nizampur Municipal Corporation | 47 / 90 | Government |
| Kolhapur Municipal Corporation | 40 / 81 | Government |

## List of Presidents

| S.no | President | Term | Term |
| 1. | Abasaheb Khedkar | 1960 | 1963 |
| 2. | Vinayakrao Patil | 1963 | 1967 |
| 3. | Vasantdada Patil | 1967 | 1972 |
| 4. | P. K. Sawant | 1972 | 1978 |
| 5. | Narendra Tidke | 1978 | 1978 |
| 6. | Nashikrao Tirpude | 1978 | 1979 |
| 7. | Ramrao Adik | 1979 | 1980 |
| 8. | Premala Chavan | 1980 | 1981 |
| 9. | Gulabrao Patil | 1981 | 1982 |
| 10. | S M I Asir | 1983 | 1983 |
| 11. | N. M. Kamble | 1983 | 1985 |
| 12. | Prabha Rau | 1985 | 1988 |
| 13. | Pratibha Patil | 1988 | 1989 |
| (11). | N. M. Kamble | 1989 | 1990 |
| 14. | Sushilkumar Shinde | 1990 | 1991 |
| 15. | Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar | 1991 | 1992 |
| 16. | Shivajirao Deshmukh | 1992 | 1993 |
| (14). | Sushilkumar Shinde | 1993 | 1997 |
| 17. | Ranjeet Deshmukh | 1997 | 1998 |
| 18. | Prataprao Baburao Bhosale | 1998 | 2000 |
| 19. | Govindrao Adik | 2000 | 2003 |
| (17). | Ranjeet Deshmukh | 2003 | 2004 |
| (12). | Prabha Rau | 2004 | 2008 |
| 20. | Patangrao Kadam | 2008 | 2008 |
| 21. | Manikrao Thakare | 2008 | 2015 |
| 22. | Ashok Chavan | 2015 | 2019 |
| 23. | Balasaheb Thorat | 2019 | 2021 |
| 24. | Nana Patole | 5 February 2021 | 13 February 2025 |
| 25. | Harshwardhan Vasantrao Sapkal | 13 February 2025 | Incumbent |

## Officeholders

Source:

### Parliamentary Board

1. Shri. Nana Patole
2. Shri. Balasaheb Thorat
5. Shri. Prithviraj Chavan
6. Shri. Sushilkumar Shinde
7. Shri. Mukul Wasnik
8. Smt. Rajani Patil
9. Shri. Dr. Nitin Raut
10. Shri. Avinash Pande
11. Shri. Muzzafar Hussain
12. Shri. Vilas Muttemwar
13. Shri. Manikrao Thakare
14. Shri.Bhai Jagtap
15. Shri. K. C. Padavi
16. Shri. Vijay Wadettiwar
17. Smt. Varsha Gaikwad
18. Shri. Sunil C. Kedar

## Structure and Composition
### Various Committees

Screening Committee, Election Coordination Committee, Election Committee, Election Management Committee, Campaign Committee, Media Coordination Committee, Publicity Committee, Manifesto Committee, Finance Committee are constituted and Observers are appointed during Assembly and Parliament elections. Subject Committees may be constituted on various issues and matters.

### Delegates

The MPCC has 553 PCC delegates & 100 AICC delegates, while the MRCC has 236 PCC delegates & 43 AICC delegates.

## Frontal organisations
### Maharashtra Pradesh Congress OBC

* Shri Datta Avhad, Working President.

### Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Sevadal

* Shri. Vilas Autade, Chief Organizer.

### Maharashtra Pradesh Youth Congress

* Shri. Kunal Nitin Raut
President, Maharashtra Pradesh Youth Congress
* Adv. Nikhil Kamble,
Chairman, Maharashtra Pradesh Youth Congress RTI-Department.

### Maharashtra Pradesh Mahila Congress

* MS.SANDHYA SAWALAKHE, President.

### Maharashtra Pradesh Indian National Trade Union Congress

* Shri. Prakash Hirachand Mutha, President

### Maharashtra Pradesh National Students Union of India

* Shri. Amir Shaikh,
President. NSUI Maharashtra
* Er. Sandeep Maurya,
National Convenor NSUI RTI & In-charge Mumbai University

### Maharashtra Prasdesh Congress Committee-Internal- Department and Cell
## List of chief ministers of Maharashtra from the Congress Party

| # | Name | Took office | Left office |
| 1 | Yashwantrao Chavan | 1 November 1956 | 19 November 1962 |
| 3rd Assembly Elections (1962) ||||
| 2 | Marotrao Kannamwar | 20 November 1962 | 24 November 1963 |
| 3 | Vasantrao Naik | 5 December 1963 | 20 February 1975 |
| 4 | Shankarrao Chavan | 21 February 1975 | 17 May 1977 |
| 5 | Vasantdada Patil | 17 May. 1977 | 7 March 1978 |
| 7th Assembly Elections (1980) ||||
| 7 | Abdul Rehman Antulay | 9 June 1980 | 12 January 1982 |
| 8 | Babasaheb Bhosale | 21 January 1982 | 1 February 1983 |
| 9 | Vasantdada Patil (3rd Term) | 2 February 1983 | 1 June 1985 |
| 8th Assembly Elections (1985) ||||
| 10 | Shivajirao Nilangekar Patil | 3 June 1985 | 6 March 1986 |
| 11 | Shankarrao Chavan | 12 March 1986 | 26 June 1988 |
| 12 | Sharad Pawar (2nd Term) | 26 June 1988 | 25 June 1991 |
| 9th Assembly Elections (1991) ||||
| 13 | Sudhakarrao Naik | 25 June 1991 | 22 February 1993 |
| 14 | Sharad Pawar (3rd Term) | 6 March 1993 | 14 March 1995 |
| 11th Assembly Elections (1999) ||||
| 15 | Vilasrao Deshmukh (1st Term) | 18 October 1999 | 16 January 2003 |
| 16 | Sushil Kumar Shinde | 18 January 2003 | 30 October 2004 |
| 12th Assembly elections (2004) ||||
| 19 | Vilasrao Deshmukh (2nd Term) | 1 November 2004 | 4 December 2008 |
| 20 | Ashok Chavan | 8 December 2008 | 5 November 2010 |
| 21 | Prithviraj Chavan | 6 November 2010 | 25 September 2014 |

## Performance in state elections

| Year | General election | Votes polled (%) | Seats won |
| 1962 | 3rd Assembly | 56,17,347 | 215 |
| 1962 | 3rd Lok Sabha | 58,95,958 | 41 |
| 1967 | 4th Assembly | 62,88,564 | 203 |
| 1967 | 4th Lok Sabha | 66,18,181 | 37 |
| 1971 | 5th Lok Sabha | 87,90,135 | 42 |
| 1972 | 5th Assembly | 85,35,832 | 222 |
| 1977 | 6th Lok Sabha | 79,42,267 | 20 |
| 1978 | 6th Assembly | 51,59,828 | 69 |
| 1980 | 7th Assembly | 78,09,533 | 186 |
| 1980 | 7th Lok Sabha | 98,55,580 | 39 |
| 1984 | 8th Lok Sabha | 1,11,83,424 | 43 |
| 1985 | 8th Assembly | 95,22,556 | 161 |
| 1989 | 9th Lok Sabha | 1,24,96,088 (45.36%) | 28 |
| 1990 | 9th Assembly | 1,13,34,773 (38.17%) | 141 |
| 1991 | 10th Lok Sabha | 1,12,80,003 (48.4%) | 38 |
| 1995 | 10th Assembly | 1,19,41,832 (31%) | 80 |
| 1996 | 11th Lok Sabha | 98,64,853 (34.78%) | 15 |
| 1998 | 12th Lok Sabha | 1,37,44,283 (43.64%) | 33 |
| 1999 | 13th Lok Sabha | 98,12,144 (29.71%) | 10 |
| 1999 | 11th Assembly | 89,37,043 (27.20%) | 75 |
| 2004 | 14th Lok Sabha | 81,43,246 (23.77%) | 13 |
| 2004 | 12th Assembly | 88,10,363 (21.06%) | 69 |
| 2009 | 15th Lok Sabha | 72,53,634 (19.61%) | 17 |
| 2009 | 13th Assembly | 95,21,703 (21.01%) | 82 |
| 2014 | 16th Lok Sabha | 88,30,190 (18.29%) | 2 |
| 2014 | 14th Assembly | 94,96,095 (17.95%) | 42 |
| 2019 | 17th Lok Sabha | 87,92,237 (16.41%) | 1 |
| 2019 | 15th Assembly | 87,52,199 (15.87%) | 44 |
| 2024 | 18th Lok Sabha | 96,41,856 (16.92%) | 17 |

### List of Congress MLAs

| No. | Constituency | Name | Party |
| 1 | Akkalkuwa (ST) | K. C. Padavi | INC |
| 2 | Navapur (ST) | Shirishkumar Naik | INC |
| 3 | Dhule Rural | Kunal Rohidas Patil | INC |
| 4 | Raver | Shirish Chaudhari | INC |
| 5 | Malkapur | Rajesh Ekade | INC |
| 6 | Risod | Amit Zanak | INC |
| 7 | Amravati | Sulbha Khodke | INC |
| 8 | Teosa | Yashomati Thakur | INC |
| 9 | Daryapur (SC) | Balwant Wankhade | INC |
| 10 | Deoli | Ranjit Kamble | INC |
| 11 | Savner | Sunil Kedar | INC |
| 12 | Umred (SC) | Raju Devnath Parwe | INC |
| 13 | Nagpur West | Vikas Pandurang Thakre | INC |
| 14 | Nagpur North (SC) | Dr. Nitin Raut | INC |
| 15 | Sakoli | Nanabhau Patole | INC |
| 16 | Amgaon (ST) | Sahasram Maruti Korote | INC |
| 17 | Rajura | Subhash Dhote | INC |
| 18 | Bramhapuri | Vijay Namdevrao Wadettiwar | INC |
| 19 | Warora | Pratibha Dhanorkar | INC |
| 20 | Hadgaon | Madhavrao Nivruttirao Patil Jawalgaonkar | INC |
| 21 | Bhokar | Ashok Chavan | INC |
| 22 | Nanded South | Mohanrao Marotrao Hambarde | INC |
| 23 | Deglur (SC) | Raosaheb Antapurkar | INC |
| 24 | Pathri | Suresh Warpudkar | INC |
| 25 | Jalna | Kailas Gorantyal | INC |
| 26 | Igatpuri (ST) | Hiraman Khoskar | INC |
| 27 | Malad West | Aslam Shaikh | INC |
| 28 | Vandre East | Zeeshan Siddique | INC |
| 29 | Dharavi (SC) | Varsha Gaikwad | INC |
| 30 | Mumbadevi | Amin Patel | INC |
| 31 | Purandar | Sanjay Jagtap | INC |
| 32 | Bhor | Sangram Anantrao Thopate | INC |
| 33 | Sangamner | Balasaheb Thorat | INC |
| 34 | Shrirampur (SC) | Lahu Kanade | INC |
| 35 | Latur Rural | Dhiraj Deshmukh | INC |
| 36 | Latur City | Amit Deshmukh | INC |
| 37 | Solapur City Central | Praniti Shinde | INC |
| 38 | Karad South | Prithviraj Chavan | INC |
| 39 | Kolhapur South | Ruturaj Patil | INC |
| 40 | Karvir | P. N. Patil | INC |
| 41 | Kolhapur North | Chandrakant Jadhav | INC |
| 42 | Hatkanangle (SC) | Raju Awale | INC |
| 43 | Palus-Kadegaon | Vishwajeet Kadam | INC |
| 44 | Jat | Vikramsinh Balasaheb Sawant | INC |