Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee
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| president= Rajesh Kumar{{cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/congress-bihar-rajesh-kumar-replace-akhilesh-prasad-singh-state-unit-president-election-2695440-2025-03-18|title=Mla Rajesh Kumar Appointed Bihar Congress President|work= India Today|date=18 March 2025|accessdate=18 March 2025}}
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|headquarters = Sadaqat Ashram, Patna-800010, Bihar
| alliance = MGB
| ideology = {{ubl|Populism|Social liberalism|Democratic socialism|Social democracy|Secularism}}
|youth = Bihar Youth Congress
|women = Bihar Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee
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| state_seats_name = Bihar Legislative Assembly
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| state2_seats_name = Bihar Legislative Council
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|eci= A State Unit of Indian National Congress
|chairman=Shakeel Ahmad Khan}}
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The Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee or (BPCC) is the political unit of the Indian National Congress for the state of Bihar. 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 for all districts of Bihar. Its head office is situated in Patna at the Sadaqat Ashram.
The current working presidents are Shyam Sunder Singh Dheeraj, Ashok Kumar, Sameer Kumar Singh, and Qaukab Kadri.{{Cite web|title=Bihar Congress President Says Rahul Gandhi a 'Janeudhari Sanatani Hindu'|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/bihar-congress-president-says-rahul-gandhi-a-janeudhari-sanatani-hindu-1591141.html|access-date=2021-09-25|website=News18|date=30 November 2017|language=en}}
Organisation
The BPCC comprises several committees, including a screening committee for potential election candidates{{Cite web|title=Rahul's close aide to shortlist candidates|url=http://www.thestatesman.com/mobi/news/bihar/bihar-polls-rahul-s-close-aide-to-shortlist-candidates/87222.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-25|website=The Statesman|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911072904/http://www.thestatesman.com/mobi/news/bihar/bihar-polls-rahul-s-close-aide-to-shortlist-candidates/87222.html |archive-date=11 September 2016 }} and, since July 2011, a committee co-ordinate interactions between the state organisation and that at national level.{{cite news| url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110703/jsp/bihar/story_14189181.jsp | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304132117/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110703/jsp/bihar/story_14189181.jsp | url-status=dead | archive-date=4 March 2016 | location=Calcutta, India | work=The Telegraph | title=Cong appoints team to revamp Bihar unit | date=3 July 2011}} There is also a monitoring committee, established around December 2010 to monitor the various Central Government schemes in Bihar.{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-09/patna/29638176_1_congress-panel-central-schemes-congress-working-committee | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707171159/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-09/patna/29638176_1_congress-panel-central-schemes-congress-working-committee | url-status=dead | archive-date=7 July 2012 | work=The Times of India | title=Congress panel to monitor central schemes | date=9 June 2011}} The former MLC Vijay Shankar Mishra is the Chairman of the recently reshuffled committee.{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-01-10/patna/28361244_1_bpcc-bihar-pradesh-congress-committee-panchayat | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405212458/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-01-10/patna/28361244_1_bpcc-bihar-pradesh-congress-committee-panchayat | url-status=dead | archive-date=5 April 2012 | work=The Times of India | title=Congress makes moves to face 2014 LS polls | date=10 January 2011}}
In addition, the BPCC has constituent organisations, including:{{cite web |url=http://www.aicc.org.in/biharpcc/frontal.php |title=BIHAR PRADESH CONGRESS COMMITTEE FRONTAL ORGANIZATIONS |publisher=Indian National Congress |access-date=2009-09-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090921000458/http://www.aicc.org.in/biharpcc/frontal.php |archive-date=21 September 2009 }}
- Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee Minority Department is the Bihar Chapter of Congress Minority Wing And Minnat Rahmani is State Chairman since 2014.
- Bihar Pradesh Congress Seva Dal is the Bihar chapter of the Congress
- Bihar Youth Congress is the Bihar chapter of the Indian Youth Congress
- NSUI Bihar is the Bihar chapter of the National Students Union of India
- INTUC Bihar is the Bihar chapter of the Indian National Trade Union Congress
List of Presidents
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! Style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white" | S.no ! Style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white" | President ! Style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white" | Portrait ! Style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white" colspan=2 | Term |
1.
| 1921 | 1930 |
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2.
| 1931 | 1935 |
3.
| 1935 | 1936 |
(2).
| Rajendra Prasad | 1936 | 1946 |
4.
| | 1946 | 1947 |
5.
| | 1947 | 1948 |
6.
| | 1948 | 1950 |
7.
| Laxmi Narayan Sudhanshu | | 1950 | 1952 |
(6).
| | 1952 | 1953 |
8.
| Nand Kumar Singh (In-Charge) | | 1953 | 1954 |
(3).
| 1954 | 1955 |
(8).
| Nand Kumar Singh | | 1955 | 1959 |
9.
| 1959 | 1962 |
10.
| Rajendra Mishra | | 1962 | 1968 |
11.
| | 1968 | 1971 |
12.
| Viddyakar Kavi | | 1971 | 1973 |
13.
| | 1973 | 1977 |
14.
| Mungeri Lal (In-Charge) | | 1977 | 1977 |
15.
| 1977 | 1980 |
16.
| | 1980 | 1983 |
17.
| Ram Sharan Prasad Singh | | 1983 | 1984 |
18.
| 1984 | 1985 |
19.
| 1985 | 1988 |
20.
| 1988 | 1989 |
21.
| | 1989 | 1990 |
22.
| | 1990 | 1992 |
(21).
| | 1992 | 1992 |
23.
| | 1993 | 1994 |
24.
| Sarfaraj Ahmad | | 1994 | 1997 |
(24).
| Sarfaraj Ahmad | | 1997 | 1998 |
25.
| 1998 | 2000 |
26.
| Chandan Bagchi | | 2000 | 2000 |
27.
| 2000 | 2003 |
28.
| Ramjatan Sinha | | 2003 | 2005 |
(25).
| 2005 | 2008 |
29.
| Anil Kumar Sharma | | 2008 | 2010 |
30.
| 2010 | 2013 |
31.
| 1 April 2013 | 27 Sep. 2017 |
32.
| Kaukab Quadri (In-Charge) | | 27 Sep. 2017 | 17 Sep. 2018 |
33.
| | 17 Sep. 2018 | 5 Dec. 2022 |
34.
| 5 Dec. 2022 | 18 March 2025 |
35.
|18 March 2025 |Incumbent |
List of chief ministers of Bihar from the Congress Party
{{main|List of chief ministers of Bihar}}
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! style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white"|No. ! style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white"| Name ! style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white"| Took office ! style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white"| Left office !! style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white"|Tenure |
1.
| 2 April 1946 | 31 January 1961 !{{Ayd|2 April 1946| 31 January 1961}} |
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2.
| 1 February 1961 | 18 February 1961 !{{Ayd|1 February 1961| 18 February 1961}} |
3.
| Binodanand Jha{{Cite web|url=https://www.thelallantop.com/kisse/mukhyamantri-political-kisse-story-of-binodanand-jha-the-third-cm-of-bihar-who-was-embroiled-in-the-famous-machchli-kand/|title= बिहार का वो मुख्यमंत्री जो कहता था, 'मुझे मारने के लिए मछली भेजी गई है'|website= The Lallantop|language=hi |access-date=2020-11-06}} | 18 February 1961 | 2 October 1963 !{{Ayd|18 February 1961| 2 October 1963}} |
4.
| 2 October 1963 | 5 March 1967 !{{Ayd|2 October 1963| 5 March 1967}} |
5.
| 28 January 1968 | 1 February 1968 !{{Ayd|28 January 1968| 1 February 1968}} |
6.
| B. P. Mandal{{Cite web|url=https://www.thelallantop.com/kisse/mukhyamantri-complete-story-of-bindeshwari-prasad-mandal-who-become-chief-minister-of-bihar-for-51-days/|title= मुख्यमंत्री: मंडल कमीशन वाले बिहार के मुख्यमंत्री बीपी मंडल की पूरी कहानी|website= The Lallantop|language=hi |access-date=2020-11-09}} | 1 February 1968 | 2 March 1968 !{{Ayd|1 February 1968| 2 March 1968}} |
rowspan=3|7.
| rowspan=3|Bhola Paswan Shashtri | 22 March 1968 | 29 June 1968 ! rowspan=3|332 days |
22 June 1969
| 4 July 1969 |
2 June 1971
| 9 January 1972 |
8.
| Harihar Singh{{Cite web|url=https://www.thelallantop.com/videos/in-this-episode-of-mukhyamantri-saurabh-dwivedi-talks-about-former-minister-of-bihar-sardar-harihar-singh/|title= हरिहर सिंह: महात्मा गांधी का 'सरदार,' जो कभी मंत्री नहीं बना, सीधा मुख्यमंत्री बना|website= The Lallantop|language=hi |access-date=2020-10-28}} | 26 February 1969 | 22 June 1969 !{{Ayd|26 February 1969| 22 June 1969}} |
9.
| Daroga Prasad Rai{{Cite web|url=https://www.thelallantop.com/videos/in-this-episode-of-mukhyamantri-saurabh-dwivedi-talks-about-former-chief-minister-of-bihar-daroga-prasad-rai/|title= दरोगा प्रसाद राय: बस कंडक्टर के चक्कर में कुर्सी गंवाने वाला मुख्यमंत्री|website= The Lallantop|language=hi |access-date=2020-10-29}} | 16 February 1970 | 22 December 1970 !{{Ayd|16 February 1970| 22 December 1970}} |
10.
| 19 March 1972 | 2 July 1973 !{{Ayd|19 March 1972| 2 July 1973}} |
11.
| 2 July 1973 | 11 April 1975 !{{Ayd|2 July 1973| 11 April 1975}} |
rowspan=3|12.
| rowspan=3|Jagannath Mishra | 11 April 1975 | 30 April 1977 ! rowspan=3|5 years, 180 days |
8 June 1980
| 14 August 1983 |
6 December 1989
| 10 March 1990 |
13.
| 14 August 1983 | 12 March 1985 !{{Ayd|14 August 1983| 12 March 1985}} |
14.
| 12 March 1985 | 13 February 1988 !{{Ayd|12 March 1985| 13 February 1988}} |
15.
| Bhagwat Jha Azad{{Cite web|url=https://www.thelallantop.com/videos/bhagwat-jha-azad-was-a-veteran-parliamentarian-6-time-lok-sabha-mp-and-18th-chief-minister-of-bihar/|title= भागवत झा आजाद: बिहार के 18वें मुख्यमंत्री जिनकी कुर्सी एक अपहरण कांड में चली गई|website= The Lallantop|language=hi |access-date=2020-11-06}} | 14 February 1988 | 10 March 1989 !{{Ayd|14 February 1988| 10 March 1989}} |
16.
| 11 March 1989 | 6 December 1989 !{{Ayd|11 March 1989| 6 December 1989}} |
List of deputy chief ministers of Bihar from the Congress Party
{{main|List of deputy chief ministers of Bihar}}
class="wikitable"
! style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white"|No. ! style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white"| Name ! style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white"| Took office ! style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white"| Left office ! style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white"|Tenure |
1.
| 2 April 1946 | 5 July 1957 !{{Ayd|2 April 1946| 5 July 1957}} |
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2.
|3 June 1971 |9 January 1972 !{{Ayd|3 June 1971|9 January 1972}} |
List of union ministers from BPCC
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! style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white"|Name ! style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white"|Ministry ! colspan=2 style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white"|Term |
Lalit Narayan Mishra
|1973 |1975 |
rowspan=3|Jagjivan Ram
|Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation |1967 |1970 |
Minister of Defence
|1970 |1974 |
Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation
|1974 |1977 |
rowspan=5|Ram Dulari Sinha
|MOS in Information and Broadcasting |1980 |1980 |
MOS in Labour
|1980 |1982 |
MOS in Steel and Mines
|1982 |1983 |
MOS in Commerce and Industry
|1983 |1984 |
MOS in Home
|1984 |1985 |
rowspan=2|Abdul Ghafoor
|Minister of Works and Housing |1984 |1985 |
Minister of Urban Development
|1985 |1986 |
Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav
|Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers |1994 |1996 |
Electoral Performance
{{main|Electoral history of the Indian National Congress}}
= Bihar Legislative Assembly election =
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white"| Year ! style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white"| Legislature ! style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white"| Leader ! style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white"| Seats Contested ! style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white"| Seats won ! style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white"| Change in seats ! style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white"| Votes ! style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white"| Percentage of votes ! style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white"| Vote swing ! style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white"| Outcome |
style="text-align:center;" |
1952
|1st Assembly | rowspan="2" |Shri Krishna Sinha |322 |{{Composition bar|239|330|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}}} |New |39,51,145 | 41.38% |New |{{yes2|Government}} |
1957
|2nd Assembly |312 |{{Composition bar|210|318|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}}} |{{Decrease}} 29 |44,55,425 | 42.09% | {{increase}} 0.71% |{{yes2|Government}} |
1962
|3rd Assembly | rowspan="1" |Binodanand Jha |318 |{{Composition bar|185|318|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}}} |{{Decrease}} 25 |40,75,844 | 41.35% | {{decrease}} 0.74% |{{yes2|Government}} |
1967
|4th Assembly | rowspan="1" |K. B. Sahay |318 |{{Composition bar|128|318|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}}} |{{Decrease}} 57 |44,79,460 | 33.09% | {{decrease}} 8.26% |{{No2|Opposition}} |
1969
|5th Assembly | rowspan="1" |Harihar Singh |318 |{{Composition bar|118|318|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}}} |{{Decrease}} 10 |45,70,413 | 30.46% | {{decrease}} 2.63% |{{yes2|Government}} |
1972
|6th Assembly | rowspan="1" |Kedar Pandey |259 |{{Composition bar|167|318|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}}} |{{increase}} 49 |56,88,002 | 33.12% | {{increase}} 2.66% |{{yes2|Government}} |
1977
|7th Assembly | rowspan="2" |Jagannath Mishra |286 |{{Composition bar|57|324|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}}} |{{Decrease}}110 |41,01,522 | 23.58% | {{decrease}} 9.54% |{{no2|Opposition}} |
1980
|8th Assembly |311 |{{Composition bar|169|324|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}}} |{{Increase}} 112 |76,90,225 | 34.2% | {{increase}} 10.62% |{{Yes2|Government}} |
1985
|9th Assembly | rowspan="1" |Bindeshwari Dubey |323 |{{Composition bar|196|324|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}}} |{{Increase}} 27 |95,58,562 | 39.3% | {{increase}} 5.1% |{{Yes2|Government}} |
1990
|10th Assembly | rowspan="2" |Jagannath Mishra |323 |{{Composition bar|71|324|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}}} |{{Decrease}} 125 |79,46,635 | 24.78% | {{decrease}} 14.52% |{{No2|Opposition}} |
1995
|11th Assembly |320 |{{Composition bar|29|324|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}}} |{{decrease}} 42 |56,22,952 | 16.27% | {{decrease}} 8.51% |{{no2|Opposition}} |
2000
|12th Assembly | rowspan="1" |Shakeel Ahmad |324 |{{Composition bar|23|324|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}}} |{{Decrease}} 6 |40,96,467 | 11.06% | {{decrease}} 5.21% |{{No2|Opposition}} |
2005
|13th Assembly | rowspan="1" |Ramjatan Sinha |84 |{{Composition bar|10|243|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}}} |{{Decrease}} 13 |14,35,449 | 5.00% | {{decrease}} 6.06% |{{No2|Opposition}} |
2005
|14th Assembly | rowspan="1" |Sadanand Singh |51 |{{Composition bar|9|243|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}}} |{{Decrease}} 1 |12,28,835 | 6.09% | {{increase}} 1.09% |{{No2|Opposition}} |
2010
| rowspan="1" |Mehboob Ali Kaiser |243 |{{Composition bar|4|243|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}}} |{{Decrease}} 5 |24,31,477 | 8.37% | {{increase}} 3.37% |{{No2|Opposition}} |
2015
| rowspan="1" |Ashok Choudhary |41 |{{Composition bar|27|243|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}}} |{{Increase}}23 |25,39,638 | 6.66% | {{decrease}} 1.71% |{{No2|Opposition}} |
2020
| rowspan="2" |Madan Mohan Jha |70 |{{Composition bar|19|243|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}}} |{{Decrease}} 8 |39,95,319 | 9.48% | {{increase}} 2.82% |{{No2|Opposition}} |
=Lok Sabha elections=
class="wikitable"
! style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white"| Year ! style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white"| General election ! style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white"| Votes polled ! style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white"| Seats won ! style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white"| Change |
1951
| 4,573,058 | 45 | New |
1957
| 4,450,208 | 41 |{{Decrease}}4 |
1962
| 4,365,148 | 39 |{{Decrease}}2 |
1967
| 4,749,813 | 34 |{{Decrease}}5 |
1971
| 5,967,512 | 39 |{{Increase}}5 |
1977
| 4,781,142 | 0 |{{Decrease}}39 |
1980
| 7,377,583 | 30 |{{Increase}}30 |
1984
| 12,970,432 | 48 |{{Increase}}18 |
1989
| 8,659,832 | 4 |{{Decrease}}44 |
1991
| 7,007,304 | 1 |{{Decrease}}3 |
1996
| 4,446,053 | 2 |{{Increase}}1 |
1998
| 2,717,204 | 5 |{{Increase}}3 |
1999
| 3,142,603 | 4 |{{Decrease}}1 |
2004
| 1,315,935 | 3 |{{Decrease}}1 |
2009
| 2,550,785 | 2 |{{Decrease}}1 |
2014
| 30,21,065 | 2 | – |
2019
| 31,40,797 | 1 |{{Decrease}}1 |
2024
|3,983,882 |4 |{{Increase}}3 |
District Congress Committee
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|+ ! style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white" |Sr. NO. ! style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white" |Division ! style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white" |District ! style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white" |President |
rowspan=8|1.
|rowspan=8|Patna |Patna Town |Sashi Ranjan |
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Patna Rural 1
|Sumeet Kr Sunny |
Patna Rural 2
|Gurujeet Singh |
Nalanda
|Naresh Akela |
Bhojpur
|Ashok Ram |
Rohtas
|Amrender Pandey |
Buxar
|Manoj Kr Pandey |
Kaimur
|Radhe Shyam Kushwaha |
rowspan=5|2.
|rowspan=5|Magadh |Gaya |Santosh Kr Kushwaha |
Nawada
|Satish Kumar |
Aurangabad
|Rakesh Kr Singh |
Jahanabad
|Istiyak Azam |
Arwal
|Dhananjay Sharma |
rowspan=6|3.
|rowspan=6|Tirhut |West Champaran |Parmod Singh Patel |
East Champaran
|Er Sashi Bhushan Rai |
Muzaffarpur
|Arvind Mukul |
Sitamarhi
|Raktu Prasad |
Sheohar
|Noori Begum |
Vaishali
|Mahesh Pd Rai |
rowspan=3|4.
|rowspan=3|Saran |Saran |Bachu Prasad Biru |
Siwan
|Sushil Kumar Yadav |
Gopalganj
|Om Prakash Garg |
rowspan=3|5.
|rowspan=3|Darbhanga |Darbhanga |Dyanand Paswan |
Madhubani
|Subodh Mandal |
Samastipur
|Abu Tameem |
rowspan=3|6.
|rowspan=3|Kosi |Saharsa |Mukesh Jha |
Madhepura
|Suryanarayan Ram |
Supaul
|Suryanarayan Mehta |
rowspan=4|7.
|rowspan=4|Purnea |Purnea |Bijender Yadav |
Katihar
|Sunil Yadav |
Araria
|Saad Ahmed |
Kishanganj
|Imam Ali |
rowspan=2|8.
|rowspan=2|Bhagalpur |Bhagalpur |Pravej Jamal |
Banka
|Kanchana Singh |
rowspan=6|9.
|rowspan=6|Munger |Munger |Ashok Paswan |
Jamui
|Anil Kr Singh |
Khagaria
|Avinash Kumar Avinash |
Lakhisarai
|Amresh Kr Anees |
Begusarai
|Abhay Kr Sarjant |
Sheikhpura
|Prabhat Kr Chandrawanshi |
References
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