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Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee

Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee
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chairmanV. D. Satheesanparty_name = Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee
party_logo[[File:Indian National Congress hand logo.svg180px]]
presidentSunny Joseph
Party Leader in State Legislative AssemblyV. D. Satheesan
headquartersIndira Bhavan, Thiruvananthapuram
alliance
ideologyCivic nationalism
Liberalism(Indian)<ref name"lc"
youthYouth Congress (Kerala)
womenMahila Congress (Kerala)
studentsKerala Students Union (N S U I)
loksabha_seats
rajyasabha_seats
state_seats_nameKerala Legislative Assembly
state_seats
membership3.379 million (June 2017)
publicationVeekshanam
website
symbol[[File:Hand_INC.svg150px]]
eciA State Unit of Indian National Congress
abbreviationK. P. C. C.flag=[[File:Indian National Congress Flag.svg150px]]labour=Indian National Trade Union Congress (I N T U C)Political position=Centre left

| Party Leader in State Legislative Assembly = V. D. Satheesan Social Democracy Secularism Liberalism(Indian)

Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee is the Kerala state unit of the Indian National Congress. 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 INC currently leads the UDF alliance, the Opposition in the Kerala Legislative Assembly.

Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee was first convened in 1921 at Ottapalam in northern Kerala (in the presence of the T. Prakasam).

Structure and composition

S.noNameDesignation1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.
Deepa DasmunshiAICC General Secretary Incharge
Sunny JosephPresident
KPCC
V. D. SatheesanCLP Leader
KLA
Shafi ParambilWorking President
KPCC
A. P. Anil KumarWorking President
KPCC
P. C. VishnunadhWorking President
KPCC
Jebi MatherPresident
AIMC Kerala
O J JaneeshPresident
IYC Kerala
Aloshious XavierPresident
KSU
R. ChandrashekaranPresident
INTUC

Political underrepresentation of [[Ezhava]]

Despite constituting around 24% of Kerala’s population, the Ezhava community has been described as under represented in UDF. Within the UDF, representation concerns have also been raised. There is no OBC representation in the top leadership of the Congress in Kerala at present. Of the 14 District Congress Committees (DCCs) in Kerala, only 4 have presidents from the Ezhava community, which is 28.5%. Among the state’s 14 Congress MPs, only 2 belong to the community, while only 1 of the party’s 22 MLAs represents the Ezhavas. Additionally, none of the three newly appointed working presidents of the KPCC are from the community.

Timeline

  • 1921 – Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee convened at Ottapalam in northern Kerala.
  • 1924/25 – Vaikom Satyagraha led by Congress leaders T. K. Madhavan, K. Kelappan and K. P. Kesava Menon.
  • 1930 – Salt Satyagraha, a part of the Civil Disobedience Movement, organised by K. Kelappan in northern Kerala.
  • 1931/32 – Guruvayur Satyagraha, commenced under K. Kelappan.
  • 1933 – Joint Political Congress established in Travancore.
  • 1938 – Chunangat Kunjikavamma elected as President and E. M. S. Namboodiripad, the future Communist leader, as Secretary.
  • 1938 – formation of Travancore State Congress. Agitation against Diwan C. P. Ramaswami Iyer for 'Responsible Government'.
  • 1939/40 – Split in Congress. Communist Party of India walked away with the entire Kerala unit.
  • 1947 – Following the Punnapra-Vayalar Revolt, the Travancore State Congress enters the agitation against the Diwan.
  • 1957 – Congress loses first assembly election in Kerala
  • 1958 – formation of the Kerala Students Union (KSU).
  • 1960 – Congress-led alliance in power after the 'Liberation Struggle' against Communist ministry.
  • 1964 – Major split in Congress.
  • 1971 – Congress joins the Achuta Menon Government.
  • 1979/80 – Congress leader K. Karunakaran forms the UDF alliance.

Gandhi's visits to Kerala

  1. 1920 (during the Non-Cooperation/Khilafat Agitation)
  2. 1925 (during Vaikom Satyagraha)
  3. 1927 (campaign against the untouchability)
  4. 1934 (fundraising)
  5. 1937 (after the 1936 Temple Entry Proclamation)

Kerala Legislative Assembly election

[[K. Karunakaran

Source: Thomas J. Nossiter - Communism in Kerala: A Study in Political Adaptation (1982)

YearParty leaderSeats won / Total Seats in AssemblySeats won / Seats ContestedChange
in seatsOutcomeTravancore-CochinKerala
1952A. J. Johnnew
19541
1957P. T. Chackonew
1960R. Sankar20
196527
1967K. Karunakaran27
197021
19778
198021
19823
198713
199122
1996A. K. Antony18
200126
2006Oommen Chandy39
201114
201616
2021Ramesh Chennithala1

Source: Government of Kerala Government of India

Kerala Lok Sabha Performance

YearLok SabhaSeats contestedSeats won / Total Seats in KeralaSeats won / Total Seats contested(+/-) in seats% of votesVote swingPopular voteOutcome
19511st1135.08%12,24,533
19572nd1734.76%21,02,883
19623rd1434.28%18,95,226
19674th19536.15%22,67,393
19715th7519.75%12,89,601
19776th11529.13%25,79,745
19807th11626.32%21,50,186
19848th13833.27%36,24,315
19899th17141.70%62,18,850
199110th16138.77%55,26,187
199611th17638.01%54,67,132
199812th17138.67%57,46,566
199913th1739.35%60,51,905
200414th17832.13%48,46,637
200915th171340.13%64,34,486
201416th15531.10%55,90,285
201917th16737.46%75,96,610
202418th16135.06%70,03,971

List of Chief Ministers

Source: Thomas J. Nossiter - Communism in Kerala: A Study in Political Adaptation (1982)

S.noNamePortraitTerm1.2.3.4.
R. Sankar[[File:R. Sankar.jpg100px]]26 September 196210 September 1964
K. Karunakaran[[File:Karunakaran_Kannoth.jpg100px]]25 March 197727 April 19778 years, 324 days
28 December 198117 March 1982
24 May 198226 March 1987
24 June 199122 March 1995
A. K. Antony[[File:AK Antony at Ponnani.jpg100px]]27 April 197729 October 19785 years, 350 days
22 March 199520 May 1996
17 May 200131 August 2004
Oommen Chandy[[File:The Chief Minister of Kerala, Shri Oommen Chandy calling on the Union Minister for Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and Culture, Kum. Selja, in New Delhi on September 23, 2011 (cropped).jpg100px]]31 August 200418 May 20066 years, 267 days
18 May 201125 May 2016

List of Leaders of Opposition

S.noNamePortraitTerm1.2.3.4.5.6.
P. T. Chacko[[File:P. T. Chacko (image).png100px]]19571959
K. Karunakaran[[File:Karunakaran_Kannoth.jpg100px]]19671969
19781979
19801981
19871991
A. K. Antony[[File:AK Antony at Ponnani.jpg100px]]19962001
Oommen Chandy[[File:The Chief Minister of Kerala, Shri Oommen Chandy calling on the Union Minister for Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and Culture, Kum. Selja, in New Delhi on September 23, 2011 (cropped).jpg100px]]20062011
Ramesh Chennithala[[File:Ramesh Chennithala profile 02.jpg100px]]20162021
V. D. Satheesan2021present

List of Kerala P. C. C. Presidents

S.noPresidentPortraitTerm1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11.12.13.14.15.16.17.18.19.20.21.22.23.24.25.26.27.28.29.30.31.32.33.34.35.36.37.38.
K. Madhavan Nair[[File:K Madhavan Nair.jpg100px]]19201921
K. P. Kesava Menon[[File:K. P. Kesava Menon (1937).jpg100px]]19211925
P. രാമുണ്ണി മേനോൻ19251930
T. അസ്സൻ കോയ മൊല്ല19301931
പൊന്മടത്ത് മൊയ്‌തീൻ കോയ19311934
Chunangat Kunjikavamma19341934
M.P. Narayana Menon19341935
A. V. Kuttimalu Amma19351936
Kongattil Raman Menon19351937
Muhammed Abdurahman Sahib19381940
K. T Kunhiraman Nambiar19401942
P. K Moideen Kutty Sahib19461948
K. Kelappan[[File:K Kelappan 1990 stamp of India.jpg100px]]19461949
Kumbalathu Sanku Pillai[[File:Kollam Kumbalathu Sanku Pillai.png100px]]19501952
A. P Udayabhanu19541956
Kozhipurath Madhava Menon19441946
19561958
K. A. Damodara Menon19581959
R. Sankar19581960
C.K. Govidhavan Nair19631964
K.C. Abraham19651966
T. O. Bava19671969
K.K. Viswanathan19701972
A.K. Antony[[File:AK Antony at Ponnani.jpg100px]]19721977
S. Varadarajan Nair19771978
K. M. Chandy[[File:Prof.K.M.Chandy.jpg100px]]19781982
C. V. Padmarajan[[File:CV PADMARAJAN, former kerala minister.jpg100px]]19831987
A.K. Antony[[File:AK Antony at Ponnani.jpg100px]]19871992
Vayalar Ravi[[File:Vayalar Ravi-crop.jpg100px]]19921998
Thennala Balakrishna Pillai[[File:Thennala.JPG100px]]19982001
K. Muraleedharan[[File:Muraleedharan.jpg100px]]20012004
P. P. Thankachan20042004
Thennala Balakrishna Pillai[[File:Thennala.JPG100px]]20042005
Ramesh Chennithala[[File:Ramesh Chennithala profile 02.jpg100px]]20052014
V.M. Sudheeran[[File:V. M. Sudheeran INC.JPG100px]]20142017
M.M. Hassan[[File:M. M. Hassan BNC.jpg100px]]20172018
Mullappally Ramachandran[[File:Shri Mullappally Ramachandran taking over the charge of the Minister of State for Home Affairs, in New Delhi on May 30, 2009.jpg100px]]20182021
K. Sudhakaran[[File:K.sudhakaran.jpg100px]]20212025
Sunny Joseph[[File:Shri Sunny Joseph, MLA, lighting the lamp to inaugurate the Bharat Nirman Public Information Campaign, at Peravoor in Kannur District, Kerala. The Peravoor Block Panchayat, Adv. M. Rajan and the Grama Panchayat President.jpgthumb]]2025Present

List of elected members

Kerala legislative assembly

No.ConstituencyMemberParty1IrikkurSajeev JosephIndian National Congress}}"INC2PeravoorSunny JosephIndian National Congress}}"INC3Sulthan BatheryI. C. BalakrishnanIndian National Congress}}"INC4KalpettaT SiddiqueIndian National Congress}}"INC5NilamburAryadan Shoukath ( elected in 2025 by-election)Indian National Congress}}"INC6WandoorA. P. Anil KumarIndian National Congress}}"INC7ChalakudyT. J. Saneesh Kumar JosephIndian National Congress}}"INC8PerumbavoorEldhose KunnappillyIndian National Congress}}"INC9AngamalyRoji M. JohnIndian National Congress}}"INC10AluvaAnwar SadathIndian National Congress}}"INC11ParavurV. D. SatheesanIndian National Congress}}"INC12ThrippunithuraK. BabuIndian National Congress}}"INC13ErnakulamT. J. VinodIndian National Congress}}"INC14ThrikkakaraUma ThomasIndian National Congress}}"INC15MuvattupuzhaMathew KuzhalnadanIndian National Congress}}"INC16KottayamThiruvanchoor RadhakrishnanIndian National Congress}}"INC17PuthuppallyChandy Oommen (Elected in by-election in 2023)Indian National Congress}}"INC18HaripadRamesh ChennithalaIndian National Congress}}"INC19KarunagappallyC. R. MaheshIndian National Congress}}"INC20KundaraP. C. VishnunadhIndian National Congress}}"INC21KovalamM. VincentIndian National Congress}}"INC
Kannur district
Wayanad district
Malappuram district
Thrissur district
Ernakulam district
Kottayam district
Alappuzha district
Kollam district
Thiruvananthapuram district

Lok Sabha

Parliamentary ConstituencyMember (M. P.)
KasaragodRajmohan Unnithan
KannurK. Sudhakaran
VatakaraShafi Parambil
WayanadPriyanka Gandhi (elected in 2024 by-election)
KozhikodeM. K. Raghavan
PalakkadV. K. Sreekandan
ChalakudyBenny Behanan
ErnakulamHibi Eden
IdukkiDean Kuriakose
MavelikkaraKodikunnil Suresh
PathanamthittaAnto Antony Punnathaniyil
AlappuzhaK. C. Venugopal
AttingalAdoor Prakash
ThiruvananthapuramDr Shashi Tharoor

Rajya Sabha

No.StateMember (M. P.)
1KeralaJebi Mather

References

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