Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (Karnataka PCC) is the unit of the Indian National Congress for the state of Karnataka. Its head office is situated at the Congress Bhawan, Queens Road, Bengaluru. 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 current president of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee is B. K. Hariprasad. The committee has been involved in several political events in the state's history, including the formation of the first democratically elected government in the state in 1952.
Electoral performance
Karnataka Legislative Assembly Year Party leader Seats won Changein seats OutcomeMysore State1952K. Chengalaraya Reddy 741957S. Nijalingappa 761962S. R. Kanthi 121967S. Nijalingappa 121972D. Devaraj Urs 39Karnataka1978D. Devaraj Urs 161983R. Gundu Rao 671985 171989Veerendra Patil 1131994Veerappa Moily 1441999S.M. Krishna 982004 672008Mallikarjun Kharge 152013Siddaramaiah 422018 422023 56
General Elections + Lok Sabha ElectionsYearLok SabhaSeats contestedSeats wonChange in seatsPercentage of votesVote swingPopular voteOutcomeMysore19511st11 10 53.43%new 15,09,07519572nd26 13 55.52% 2.09 32,19,01419623rd26 2 52.67% 2.85 33,81,27619674th27 7 49.02% 3.65 37,55,33919715th27 9 70.87% 21.85 54,18,541Karnataka19776th28 1 56.80% 14.07 58,33,56719807th 1 56.25% 0.55 61,54,746 19848th 3 51.63% 4.62 69,74,044 19899th 3 48.90% 2.73 90,08,980 199110th 4 42.13% 6.77 64,90,020 199611th 18 30.29% 11.84 56,68,988 199812th 4 36.22% 5.93 76,42,756 199913th 9 45.41% 9.19 1,01,50,765 200414th 10 36.82% 8.59 92,47,605 200915th 2 37.65% 0.83 92,50,984 201416th 3 40.80% 3.15 201917th21 8 31.88% 8.92 1,12,03,016 202418th28 8 45.43% 13.55 1,75,54,381
Frontal Organisation Chiefs of Karnataka PCC
# Name of the Organisation Name of the President 01 Karnataka PCC President D. K. Shivakumar 02 Karnataka PCC Working Presidents Tanveer Sait G. C. Chandrashekhar Saleem Ahmed Ramalinga Reddy 03 Karnataka Youth Congress H. S. Manjunath 04 Karnataka Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee Sowmya Reddy 05 NSUI Karnataka Kirthi Ganesh 06 Karnataka Congress Seva Dal Ramachandra 07 INTUC Karnataka S.S. Praksham
Prominent members Mallikarjun Kharge, AICC president, former Union Railways Minister D. K. Shivakumar, Current Chief Minister of Karnataka, former minister of energy, former minister for water resources of Karnataka, former minister for medical education and current KPCC president Sunil Kanugolu, Media Advisor to CM, KPCC John Paul, Secondary Media Advisor KPCC Siddaramaiah, Former Chief Minister of Karnataka Y Sayeed Ahmed, (1996-2003), General Secretary, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee; (2015–2021) chairman, Minority Department G. Parameshwara, former Deputy Chief minister of Karnataka, Home minister of Karnataka, former president of KPCC. Veerappa Moily, former Chief Minister of Karnataka, former Union Cabinet minister. Dinesh Gundu Rao, former president of KPCC, former minister for Food and Civil Supplies. Dr. Shivanand Hulyalkar, Spokesperson for the Indian National Congress, media in-charge, and in-charge for Karnataka for the Congress Party. He is associated with the Kalpataru Group and Sivaan Aviation Pvt. Ltd.
List of Karnataka PCC Presidents # Name of the President Term1. S. Channaiah 19671970https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/95026/16/16_selected%20bibliography.pdf SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 2.D. Devaraj Urs 19701972 3. K. H. Ranganath 19721974 4. K. H. Patil 1974Jan 1977 5. S. B. Nagral Jan 1977 Jul 1977 1 (from renaming)K. H. Patil Jul 19771979 2D. Devaraj Urs1979May 1979 3. S. Bangarappa May 1979 1980 4. K. H. Rathod19801983 5.K. Mallanna19831983 6. K. H. Patil 19831985 7.K. H. Ranganath198519868.Oscar Fernandes198619879.Janardhana Poojary1987198810.Veerendra Patil19881989(8).Oscar Fernandes1989199211.V. Krishna Rao1992199512.D. K. Naiker1995199613.Dharam Singh1996199914.S. M. Krishna1999200015.V. S. Koujalgi2000200116.Allum Veerabhadrappa20012003(9).Janardhana Poojary2003200517.Mallikarjun Kharge2005200818.R. V. Deshpande200827 October 201019.G. Parameshwara27 October 20104 July 201820.Dinesh Gundu Rao4 July 201811 March 202021.D. K. Shivakumar2 July 20203 June 202622.B. K. Hariprasad3 June 2026Incumbent
List of Chief Ministers S.no Name Portrait Term1.D. Devaraj Urs1 November 197331 December 19777 years, 238 days28 February 19787 January 19802.R. Gundu Rao12 January 198010 January 19832 years, 363 days3.Veerendra Patil30 November 198910 October 1990193 days4. Sarekoppa Bangarappa17 October 199019 November 19922 years, 33 days5.Veerappa Moily19 November 199211 December 19942 years, 22 days6.S. M. Krishna11 October 199928 May 20044 years, 230 days7.Dharam Singh 28 May 20043 February 20061 year, 251 days8.Siddaramaiah13 May 201317 May 201820 May 20233 June 20269.D. K. Shivakumar 3 June 2026incumbent -
Karnataka Indian youth Congress outreach cell
Dr. Adithiya Gowda Ms.Sheethal Subhas
References
External links
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