Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee

Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee
Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee
President
Chairperson	Mukesh Agnihotri
Headquarters	Rajiv Bhawan, Near HPTDC, Shimla-171001, Himachal Pradesh
Youth wing	Himachal Pradesh Youth Congress
Women's wing	Himachal Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee
Ideology	Populism; Social liberalism; Democratic socialism; Social democracy; Secularism;
Alliance	United Progressive Alliance
Seats in Lok Sabha	1 / 4
Seats in Rajya Sabha	1 / 3
Seats in Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly	22 / 68
Election symbol
	Politics of India; Political parties; Elections;

Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee (HPCC) is the unit of the Indian National Congress, working in the state of Himachal Pradesh. Congress leader Y. S. Parmar, Ram Lal Thakur and Virbhadra Singh from Congress represented the state since 1951. Its head office is situated at Rajiv Bhawan in Shimla. Kuldeep Singh Rathore is the current president.^[1]

Smt. Sonia Gandhi and the Shri A. K. Antony at the foundation stone laying ceremony of the Rohtang Tunnel Project, in Manali, Himachal Pradesh on June 28, 2010

The Chairperson, National Advisory Council, Smt. Sonia Gandhi laid the foundation stone for the Rohtang Tunnel Project, in Manali, Himachal Pradesh on June 28, 2010

The Chairperson, National Advisory Council, Smt. Sonia Gandhi laid the foundation stone for the Rohtang Tunnel Project, in Manali, Himachal Pradesh

List of chief ministers of Himachal Pradesh from Indian National Congress(1963–present)[]

In 1963, Himachal Pradesh, though being a Union Territory, was provided with a Legislative Assembly. The Territorial Council was converted into the Legislative Assembly of the Union Territory. The assembly has its first sitting on 1 October 1971. On 18 December 1970 the State of Himachal Pradesh Act was passed by Parliament and the new state came into being on 25 January 1971 as the 18th state of the Indian Union.

No^[a]	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term of office			Assembly (election)
No^[a]	Portrait	Name	Constituency	From	To	Days in office	Assembly (election)
(1)		Yashwant Singh Parmar	Renuka	1 July 1963	4 March 1967	18 years, 30 days	1st (Territorial Council)
				4 March 1967	25 January 1971
				25 January 1971	10 March 1972		2nd (1967 election)
				10 March 1972	28 January 1977		3rd (1972 election)
2		Thakur Ram Lal	Jubbal Kotkhai	28 January 1977	30 April 1977	3 years ,144 days	3rd (1972 election)
				14 February 1980	15 June 1982		4th (1977 election)
				15 June 1982	7 April 1983		5th (1982 election)
3		Virbhadra Singh	Jubbal Kotkhai	8 April 1983	8 March 1985	21 years. 11 days	5th (1982 election)
			Jubbal Kotkhai	8 March 1985	5 March 1990		6th (1985 elections)
			Rohru	3 December 1993	23 March 1998		8th (1993 elections)
			Rohru	6 March 2003	30 December 2007		10th (2003 elections)
			Shimla Rural	25 December 2012	27 December 2017		12th (2012 elections)

List of Current Members of the Himachal Legislative Assembly[]

hideNo.	Constituency	Member of Legislative Assembly	Remarks
Chamba District
1	Dalhousie	Asha Kumari	Chairman, Public Accounts Committee
Kangra District
2	Fatehpur	Bhawani Singh Pathania	Won in 2021 bypoll
3	Kangra	Pawan Kumar Kajal
4	Palampur	Ashish Butail
Kullu District
5	Kullu	Sunder Singh Thakur
Hamirpur District
6	Sujanpur	Rajinder Rana
7	Barsar	Inder Dutt Lakhanpal
8	Nadaun	Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu
Una District
9	Haroli	Mukesh Agnihotri	Leader Of Opposition
10	Una	Satpal Raizada
Bilaspur District
11	Sri Naina Deviji	Ram Lal Thakur
Solan District
12	Arki	Sanjay Awasthy	Won in 2021 bypoll
13	Nalagarh	Lakhvinder Singh Rana
14	Solan (SC)	Col. (Retd.) Dhani Ram Shandil
Sirmaur District
15	Sri Renukaji (SC)	Vinay Kumar
16	Shillai	Harshwardhan Chauhan
Shimla District
17	Kasumpati	Anirudh Singh
18	Shimla Rural	Vikramaditya Singh
19	Jubbal-Kotkhai	Rohit Thakur	Won in 2021 bypoll
20	Rampur (SC)	Nand Lal
21	Rohru (SC)	Mohan Lal Brakta
Kinnaur District
22	Kinnaur (ST)	Jagat Singh Negi

List of Current Members of Lok Sabha[]

hideNo.		Constituency	Member of Lok Sabha	Date of Elected
1		Mandi	Pratibha Singh	2 November 2021

List of Current Members of Rajya Sabha[]

No	Image	Name^[2]	Party affiliation		Date of Appointment^{[citation needed]}	Date of Retirement^{[citation needed]}
1		Anand Sharma		Indian National Congress	03-Apr-2016	02-Apr-2022

List of all Rajya Sabha members of Himachal Pradesh from Indian National Congress[]

Name	Date of appointment	Date of retirement	Term
	03/04/1952	02/04/1958	1
	03/04/1964	02/04/1970	2
Lila Devi	03/04/1956	02/04/1962	1
	03/04/1962	02/04/1968	1
Satyavati Dang	03/04/1968	02/04/1974	1
Roshan Lal	03/04/1970	02/04/1976	1
	03/04/1976	02/04/1982	2
	03/04/1982	02/04/1988	3
Jagannath Bharadwaj	10/04/1972	09/01/1978	1
Gian Chand Totu	03/04/1974	02/04/1980	1
Usha Malhotra	03/04/1980	02/04/1986	1
Anand Sharma	10/04/1984	09/04/1990	1
	03/04/2004	02/04/2010	2
	03/04/2016	02/04/2022	4
Chandan Sharma	03/04/1986	02/04/1992	1
Sushil Barongpa	03/04/1988	02/04/1994	1
Sushil Barongpa	03/04/1994	02/04/2000	2
Chandresh Kumari	10/04/1996	09/04/2002	1
Viplove Thakur	10/04/2006	09/04/2012	1
Viplove Thakur	10/04/2014	09/04/2020	2

Timeline[]

Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election[]

Year	Party leader	Seats won	Change in seats	Outcome
1952	Yashwant Singh Parmar	24 / 36	New	Government
1967	Yashwant Singh Parmar	34 / 60	10	Government
1972	Thakur Ram Lal	53 / 68	19	Government
1977		9 / 68	44	Opposition
1982		31 / 68	22	Government
1985	Virbhadra Singh	58 / 68	27	Government
1990		9 / 68	49	Opposition
1993		52 / 68	43	Government
1998		31 / 68	21	Opposition
2003		43 / 68	12	Government
2007		23 / 68	20	Opposition
2012		36 / 68	13	Government
2017		21 / 68	15	Opposition

Notes[]

^ A number inside brackets indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.

References[]

^ "Rahul Gandhi appointed senior Congress leader Kuldeep Singh Rathore new state president". The News Himachal. Shimla: The News Himachal. PTI. 10 January 2019. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
^ "Statewise List". 164.100.47.5. Retrieved 12 June 2016.

External links[]

Official website

[no1-2] A number inside brackets indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.

[1] "Rahul Gandhi appointed senior Congress leader Kuldeep Singh Rathore new state president". The News Himachal. Shimla: The News Himachal. PTI. 10 January 2019. Retrieved 10 January 2019.

[members-3] "Statewise List". 164.100.47.5. Retrieved 12 June 2016.

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