Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee

Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee
President	Pratibha Singh
Chairman	Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu (CM of HP)
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	Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance
Seats in Lok Sabha	0 / 4
Seats in Rajya Sabha	0 / 3
Seats in Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly	40 / 68
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Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee (HPCC) is the state unit of the Indian National Congress, working in the state of Himachal Pradesh. 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 HPCC is Pratibha Singh. 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. Pratibha Singh is the current president.

S.no	Name	Portrait	Term
1.	Yashwant Singh Parmar		1948	1950
2.	Viplove Thakur		2006	2008
3.	Kaul Singh Thakur		2008	2012
4.	Virbhadra Singh		2012	2013
5.	Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu		2013	2019
6.	Kuldeep Singh Rathore		2019	2022
7.	Pratibha Singh		2022	Incumbent

The Chief Commissioner's Province of Himachal Pradesh was formed on 15 April 1948 through integration of 30 erstwhile princely-states. In 1951, Himachal Pradesh become a Part C state, under the Government of Part C State, 1951 and was brought under a Lt. Governor with 36-member Legislative Assembly. First elections to the Assembly were held in 1952. The Indian National Congress won 24 seats to form a government under Yashwant Singh Parmar.

In 1954, Bilaspur, another part-C State, was merged with Himachal Pradesh. In 1956 it was made a Union Territory and was placed under a Lt. Governor with a Territorial Council with limited powers. 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)
				From	To	Days in office
(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
				8 March 1985	5 March 1990		6th (1985 elections)
			Rohru	3 December 1993	23 March 1998		8th (1993 elections)
				6 March 2003	30 December 2007		10th (2003 elections)
			Shimla Rural	25 December 2012	27 December 2017		12th (2012 elections)
4		Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu	Nadaun	11 December 2022	Till Date		14th (2022 elections)

Year	Party leader	Seats won	Change in seats	Outcome
1952	Yashwant Singh Parmar	24 / 36	New	Government
1967		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
2022	Prathiba Singh	40 / 68	19	Government

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