Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee

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Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee
President	Y. S. Sharmila
Headquarters	Andhra Ratna Bhawan, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh
Youth wing	Andhra Pradesh Youth Congress
Women's wing	Andhra Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee
Ideology	Populism Social liberalism Democratic socialism Social democracy Secularism
Political position	Centre
Alliance	Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (I.N.D.I.A.)
Seats in Lok Sabha	0 / 25
Seats in Rajya Sabha	0 / 11
Seats in Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly	0 / 175
Seats in Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council	0 / 58
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The Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee or (APCC) is the state unit of Indian National Congress for the state of Andhra Pradesh, India.^[1] 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 of all the 26 districts in Andhra Pradesh. The current president of the committee is Y. S. Sharmila.^[2]

The APCC has its headquarters at Andhra Ratna Bhawan, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh.^[3] The APCC is responsible for Congress party units.

Total number of seats in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly was 294 . After state division in 2014 total seats come down to 175.

Election	Seats won	Change	Total votes	Share of votes	Swing	Status in Assembly	Leader/Chief Minister
1955 & 1957	187 / 301	N/A	5,101,473	41.72%	N/A	Government	Bezawada Gopala Reddy (1955) Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1957)
1962	177 / 300	10	5,523,359	47.25%	5.53%	Government	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
1967	165 / 287	12	6,292,649	45.42%	1.83%	Government	Kasu Brahmananda Reddy
1972	219 / 287	54	7,474,255	52.29%	6.87%	Government	P. V. Narasimha Rao
1978	175 / 294	44	7,908,220	39.25%	13.04%	Government	Marri Chenna Reddy
1983	60 / 294	115	7,090,907	33.58%	5.67%	Opposition (1983-84; 1984-85) External support to TDP Bhaskara Rao faction (1984)	Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy
1985	50 / 294	10	8,566,891	37.25%	3.67%	Opposition	Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy
1989	181 / 294	131	13,539,785	47.09%	9.84%	Government	Marri Chenna Reddy
1994	26 / 294	155	10,540,182	33.85%	13.24%	Opposition	Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy
1999	91 / 294	65	13,526,309	40.61%	6.76%	Opposition	Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy
2004	185 / 294	94	13,793,461	38.56%	2.05%	Government	Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy
2009	156 / 294	29	15,374,448	36.55%	2.01%	Government	Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy
2014	0 / 175	156	5,668,061	11.71%	24.84%	lost	Raghu Veera Reddy
2019	0 / 175		368,909	1.17%	10.54%	lost	Raghu Veera Reddy
2024	0 / 175			1.72%	0.55%	lost	Y. S. Sharmila

• In 1957, elections were conducted in the newly added region of Telangana alone which includes 105 seats and then in 1962 elections were held for the state as a whole in all 300 seats.
• In 1978 Indira Gandhi led INC (I) won 175 seats while INC(O) won 30 seats with 17.01%.

Total number of Lok Sabha seats in Andhra Pradesh is 42 and after division seats come down to 25 out of which Congress has none. Although the state has been one of its bastions for a long time, Congress has swiftly performed a political suicide by trampling upon the 'balance' during bifurcation of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. Today, Congress is more of a namesake party failing to win even a single State assembly seat or Lok Sabha seat. Most of its prior leaders left the party leaving it with a couple of loyal remnants who have since faced bitter defeats. With a present vote share of 2.66% in Lok Sabha election, 1.72% in Andhra Pradesh Assembly election and almost no real hope of increasing it despite strong incumbency, Congress is not expected to do any better in the near future.

Election	Seats won	Change	Total votes	Share of votes	Swing	Status in Lok Sabha	National Leader
1957	37 / 43	N/A	4,906,044	51.47%	N/A	Government	Jawaharlal Nehru
1962	34 / 43	3	5,711,263	47.96%	3.51%	Government	Jawaharlal Nehru
1967	35 / 41	1	6,354,959	46.82%	1.14%	Government	Indira Gandhi
1971	28 / 41	7	7,286,069	55.73%	8.91%	Government	Indira Gandhi
1977	41 / 42	13	9,582,708	57.36%	1.63%	Opposition (1977-79) External support to JP(S) Gov't (1979-80)	Indira Gandhi
1980	41 / 42		9,508,388	56.24%	1.12%	Government	Indira Gandhi
1984	6 / 42	35	9,452,394	41.81%	14.43%	Government	Rajiv Gandhi
1989	39 / 42	33	14,671,782	51.01%	9.20%	Opposition (1989-90) External support to SJP(R) Gov't (1990-91)	Rajiv Gandhi
1991	25 / 42	14	11,610,772	45.55%	5.46%	Government	Rajiv Gandhi (t.1991) assassinated P. V. Narasimha Rao (s.1991)
1996	22 / 42	3	12,087,596	39.66%	5.89%	Opposition (1996) External support to JD Gov't (1996–1998)	P. V. Narasimha Rao
1998	22 / 42		12,269,475	38.46%	1.20%	Opposition	Sitaram Kesri
1999	5 / 42	17	14,278,099	42.79%	4.33%	Opposition	Sonia Gandhi
2004	29 / 42	24	14,861,984	41.56%	1.23%	Government	Sonia Gandhi
2009	33 / 42	3	16,377,941	38.95%	2.61%	Government	Sonia Gandhi (Party Leader) Manmohan Singh (Prime Minister)
2014	0 / 42	33	5,578,329	11.62%	27.33%	Opposition	Sonia Gandhi (Party Leader) Rahul Gandhi (PM Candidate)
2019	0 / 25		406,977	1.31%	10.31%	Opposition	Rahul Gandhi
2024	0 / 25			2.66%	1.35%	Opposition	Mallikarjun Kharge (Party Leader) Rahul Gandhi

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