# Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee

The Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee or (BPCC) is the political unit of the Indian National Congress for the state of Bihar. 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 for all districts of Bihar. Its head office is situated in Patna at the Sadaqat Ashram.
The current working presidents are Shyam Sunder Singh Dheeraj, Ashok Kumar, Sameer Kumar Singh, and Qaukab Kadri.

## Organisation

The BPCC comprises several committees, including a screening committee for potential election candidates and, since July 2011, a committee co-ordinate interactions between the state organisation and that at national level. There is also a monitoring committee, established around December 2010 to monitor the various Central Government schemes in Bihar. The former MLC Vijay Shankar Mishra is the Chairman of the recently reshuffled committee.
In addition, the BPCC has constituent organisations, including:
* Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee Minority Department is the Bihar Chapter of Congress Minority Wing And Minnat Rahmani is State Chairman since 2014.
* Bihar Pradesh Congress Seva Dal is the Bihar chapter of the Congress
* Bihar Youth Congress is the Bihar chapter of the Indian Youth Congress
* NSUI Bihar is the Bihar chapter of the National Students Union of India
* INTUC Bihar is the Bihar chapter of the Indian National Trade Union Congress

## List of Presidents

| S.no | President | Term | Term |
| 1. | Maulana Mazharul Haque | 1921 | 1930 |
| 2. | Dr. Rajendra Prasad | 1931 | 1935 |
| 3. | Dr. Krishna Sinha | 1935 | 1936 |
| (2). | Dr. Rajendra Prasad | 1936 | 1946 |
| 4. | Prof. Abdul Bari | 1946 | 1947 |
| 5. | Mahamaya Prasad Sinha | 1947 | 1948 |
| 6. | Pandit Prajapati Mishra | 1948 | 1950 |
| 7. | Dr. Laxmi Narayan Sudhanshu | 1950 | 1952 |
| (6). | Pandit Prajapati Mishra | 1952 | 1953 |
| 8. | Nand Kumar Singh (In-Charge) | 1953 | 1954 |
| (3). | Krishna Sinha | 1954 | 1955 |
| (8). | Nand Kumar Singh | 1955 | 1959 |
| 9. | Abdul Qaiyum Ansari | 1959 | 1962 |
| 10. | Rajendra Mishra | 1962 | 1968 |
| 11. | Anant Prasad Sharma | 1968 | 1971 |
| 12. | Viddyakar Kavi | 1971 | 1973 |
| 13. | Sitaram Kesri | 1973 | 1977 |
| 14. | Mungeri Lal (In-Charge) | 1977 | 1977 |
| 15. | Kedar Pandey | 1977 | 1980 |
| 16. | Rafique Alam | 1980 | 1983 |
| 17. | Ram Sharan Prasad Singh | 1983 | 1984 |
| 18. | Bindeshwari Dubey | 1984 | 1985 |
| 19. | Dumar Lal Baitha | 1985 | 1988 |
| 20. | Tariq Anwar | 1988 | 1989 |
| 21. | Jagannath Mishra | 1989 | 1990 |
| 22. | Lahtan Choudhary | 1990 | 1992 |
| (21). | Jagannath Mishra | 1992 | 1992 |
| 23. | Md Hidayatullah Khan | 1993 | 1994 |
| 24. | Sarfaraj Ahmad | 1994 | 1997 |
| (24). | Sarfaraj Ahmad | 1997 | 1998 |
| 25. | Sadanand Singh | 1998 | 2000 |
| 26. | Chandan Bagchi | 2000 | 2000 |
| 27. | Shakeel Ahmad | 2000 | 2003 |
| 28. | Ramjatan Sinha | 2003 | 2005 |
| (25). | Sadanand Singh | 2005 | 2008 |
| 29. | Anil Kumar Sharma | 2008 | 2010 |
| 30. | Mehboob Ali Kaiser | 2010 | 2013 |
| 31. | Ashok Chaudhary | 1 April 2013 | 27 Sep. 2017 |
| 32. | Kaukab Quadri (In-Charge) | 27 Sep. 2017 | 17 Sep. 2018 |
| 33. | Madan Mohan Jha | 17 Sep. 2018 | 5 Dec. 2022 |
| 34. | Akhilesh Prasad Singh | 5 Dec. 2022 | 18 March 2025 |
| 35. | Rajesh Kumar | 18 March 2025 | Incumbent |

## List of chief ministers of Bihar from the Congress Party

| No. | Name | Took office | Left office | Tenure |
| 1. | Sri Krishna Sinha | 2 April 1946 | 31 January 1961 | 14 years, 304 days |
| 2. | Deep Narayan Singh | 1 February 1961 | 18 February 1961 | 17 days |
| 3. | Binodanand Jha | 18 February 1961 | 2 October 1963 | 2 years, 226 days |
| 4. | Krishana Vallabh Sahay | 2 October 1963 | 5 March 1967 | 3 years, 154 days |
| 5. | Satish Prasad Singh | 28 January 1968 | 1 February 1968 | 4 days |
| 6. | B. P. Mandal | 1 February 1968 | 2 March 1968 | 30 days |
| 7. | Bhola Paswan Shashtri | 22 March 1968 | 29 June 1968 | 332 days |
| 7. | Bhola Paswan Shashtri | 22 June 1969 | 4 July 1969 | 332 days |
| 7. | Bhola Paswan Shashtri | 2 June 1971 | 9 January 1972 | 332 days |
| 8. | Harihar Singh | 26 February 1969 | 22 June 1969 | 116 days |
| 9. | Daroga Prasad Rai | 16 February 1970 | 22 December 1970 | 309 days |
| 10. | Kedar Pandey | 19 March 1972 | 2 July 1973 | 1 year, 105 days |
| 11. | Abdul Gafoor | 2 July 1973 | 11 April 1975 | 1 year, 283 days |
| 12. | Dr.Jagannath Mishra | 11 April 1975 | 30 April 1977 | 5 years, 180 days |
| 12. | Dr.Jagannath Mishra | 8 June 1980 | 14 August 1983 | 5 years, 180 days |
| 12. | Dr.Jagannath Mishra | 6 December 1989 | 10 March 1990 | 5 years, 180 days |
| 13. | Chandrashekhar Singh | 14 August 1983 | 12 March 1985 | 1 year, 210 days |
| 14. | Bindeshwari Dubey | 12 March 1985 | 13 February 1988 | 2 years, 338 days |
| 15. | Bhagwat Jha Azad | 14 February 1988 | 10 March 1989 | 1 year, 24 days |
| 16. | Satyendra Narayan Sinha | 11 March 1989 | 6 December 1989 | 270 days |

## List of deputy chief ministers of Bihar from the Congress Party

| No. | Name | Took office | Left office | Tenure |
| 1. | Dr. Anugrah Narayan Sinha | 2 April 1946 | 5 July 1957 | 11 years, 94 days |
| 2. | Ram Jaipal Singh Yadav | 3 June 1971 | 9 January 1972 | 220 days |

## List of union ministers from BPCC

| Name | Ministry | Term | Term |
| Lalit Narayan Mishra | Minister of Railways | 1973 | 1975 |
| Jagjivan Ram | Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation | 1967 | 1970 |
| Jagjivan Ram | Minister of Defence | 1970 | 1974 |
| Jagjivan Ram | Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation | 1974 | 1977 |
| Ram Dulari Sinha | MOS in Information and Broadcasting | 1980 | 1980 |
| Ram Dulari Sinha | MOS in Labour | 1980 | 1982 |
| Ram Dulari Sinha | MOS in Steel and Mines | 1982 | 1983 |
| Ram Dulari Sinha | MOS in Commerce and Industry | 1983 | 1984 |
| Ram Dulari Sinha | MOS in Home | 1984 | 1985 |
| Abdul Ghafoor | Minister of Works and Housing | 1984 | 1985 |
| Abdul Ghafoor | Minister of Urban Development | 1985 | 1986 |
| Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav | Minster of Chemicals and Fertilizers | 1994 | 1996 |
* Jagannath Mishra
* Baleshwar Ram
* Bindeshwari Dubey
* Chandrashekhar Singh
* Ram Subhag Singh
* Bali Ram Bhagat
* Meira Kumar

## Electoral Performance
### Bihar Legislative Assembly election

| Year | Legislature | Leader | Seats Contested | Seats won | Change in seats | Votes | Percentage of votes | Vote swing | Outcome |
| 1952 | 1st Assembly | Shri Krishna Sinha | 322 | 239 / 330 | New | 39,51,145 | 41.38% | New | Government |
| 1957 | 2nd Assembly | Shri Krishna Sinha | 312 | 210 / 318 | 29 | 44,55,425 | 42.09% | 0.71% | Government |
| 1962 | 3rd Assembly | Binodanand Jha | 318 | 185 / 318 | 25 | 40,75,844 | 41.35% | 0.74% | Government |
| 1967 | 4th Assembly | K. B. Sahay | 318 | 128 / 318 | 57 | 44,79,460 | 33.09% | 8.26% | Opposition |
| 1969 | 5th Assembly | Harihar Singh | 318 | 118 / 318 | 10 | 45,70,413 | 30.46% | 2.63% | Government |
| 1972 | 6th Assembly | Kedar Pandey | 259 | 167 / 318 | 49 | 56,88,002 | 33.12% | 2.66% | Government |
| 1977 | 7th Assembly | Jagannath Mishra | 286 | 57 / 324 | 110 | 41,01,522 | 23.58% | 9.54% | Opposition |
| 1980 | 8th Assembly | Jagannath Mishra | 311 | 169 / 324 | 112 | 76,90,225 | 34.2% | 10.62% | Government |
| 1985 | 9th Assembly | Bindeshwari Dubey | 323 | 196 / 324 | 27 | 95,58,562 | 39.3% | 5.1% | Government |
| 1990 | 10th Assembly | Jagannath Mishra | 323 | 71 / 324 | 125 | 79,46,635 | 24.78% | 14.52% | Opposition |
| 1995 | 11th Assembly | Jagannath Mishra | 320 | 29 / 324 | 42 | 56,22,952 | 16.27% | 8.51% | Opposition |
| 2000 | 12th Assembly | Shakeel Ahmad | 324 | 23 / 324 | 6 | 40,96,467 | 11.06% | 5.21% | Opposition |
| 2005 | 13th Assembly | Ramjatan Sinha | 84 | 10 / 243 | 13 | 14,35,449 | 5.00% | 6.06% | Opposition |
| 2005 | 14th Assembly | Sadanand Singh | 51 | 9 / 243 | 1 | 12,28,835 | 6.09% | 1.09% | Opposition |
| 2010 | 15th Bihar Assembly | Mehboob Ali Kaiser | 243 | 4 / 243 | 5 | 24,31,477 | 8.37% | 3.37% | Opposition |
| 2015 | 16th Bihar Assembly | Ashok Choudhary | 41 | 27 / 243 | 23 | 25,39,638 | 6.66% | 1.71% | Opposition |
| 2020 | 17th Bihar Assembly | Madan Mohan Jha | 70 | 19 / 243 | 8 | 39,95,319 | 9.48% | 2.82% | Opposition |

### Lok Sabha elections

| Year | General election | Votes polled | Seats won | Change |
| 1951 | 1st Lok Sabha | 4,573,058 | 45 | New |
| 1957 | 2nd Lok Sabha | 4,450,208 | 41 | 4 |
| 1962 | 3rd Lok Sabha | 4,365,148 | 39 | 2 |
| 1967 | 4th Lok Sabha | 4,749,813 | 34 | 5 |
| 1971 | 5th Lok Sabha | 5,967,512 | 39 | 5 |
| 1977 | 6th Lok Sabha | 4,781,142 | 0 | 39 |
| 1980 | 7th Lok Sabha | 7,377,583 | 30 | 30 |
| 1984 | 8th Lok Sabha | 12,970,432 | 48 | 18 |
| 1989 | 9th Lok Sabha | 8,659,832 | 4 | 44 |
| 1991 | 10th Lok Sabha | 7,007,304 | 1 | 3 |
| 1996 | 11th Lok Sabha | 4,446,053 | 2 | 1 |
| 1998 | 12th Lok Sabha | 2,717,204 | 5 | 3 |
| 1999 | 13th Lok Sabha | 3,142,603 | 4 | 1 |
| 2004 | 14th Lok Sabha | 1,315,935 | 3 | 1 |
| 2009 | 15th Lok Sabha | 2,550,785 | 2 | 1 |
| 2014 | 16th Lok Sabha | 30,21,065 | 2 | – |
| 2019 | 17th Lok Sabha | 31,40,797 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 18th Lok Sabha | 3,983,882 | 4 | 3 |