Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee

Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee

PPCC
Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee PPCC
President	Amrinder Singh Raja Warring
Chairman	Partap Singh Bajwa
General Secretary	Capt. Sandeep Singh Sandhu;
Headquarters	Sector-15A, Chandigarh-160015
Youth wing	Punjab Youth Congress
Women's wing	Punjab Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee
Ideology	Social democracy; Democratic socialism; Social liberalism; Indian nationalism; Composite nationalism; Gandhian socialism; Secularism; Progressivism;
Political position	Centre
ECI Status	A State Unit of Indian National Congress
Alliance	Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance
Seats in Rajya Sabha	0 / 7
Seats in Lok Sabha	7 / 13
Seats in Punjab Legislative Assembly	15 / 117
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Website
	www.ppcc.in
	Politics of India; Political parties; Elections;

Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (or PPCC), formerly known as the Punjab Provincial Congress Committee in colonial India, is the affiliate of the Indian National Congress in the state of Punjab. 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. On 9 April 2022, Amrinder Singh Raja Warring was appointed by the national leadership of Congress as the chief of Congress in Punjab.^[1] He is a 25th president to hold the post. Present general secretary in-charge of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee is Bhupesh Baghel who was appointed in 2025.^[2]^[3]^[4]

PresidentAmrinder Singh Raja Warring

ChairmanPartap Singh Bajwa

General Secretary

Capt. Sandeep Singh Sandhu

HeadquartersSector-15A, Chandigarh-160015

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S.No.	Name	Designation	Incharge
01	Amrinder Singh Raja Warring	President	Punjab Pradesh Congress
02	Bharat Bhushan Ashu ^[5]	Working President	Punjab Pradesh Congress
03	Inderbir Singh Bolria	Vice President	Punjab Pradesh Congress
04	Kushaldeep Singh Kiki Dhillon	Vice President	Punjab Pradesh Congress
05	Pargat Singh^[6]	Vice President	Punjab Pradesh Congress
06	Sunder Sham Arora	Vice President	Punjab Pradesh Congress
07	Sandeep Singh Sandhu^[7]	General Secretary	Punjab Pradesh Congress

No.	Chief ministers	Portrait	Term in office			Assembly	Constituency
No.	Chief ministers	Portrait	Start	End	Tenure	Assembly	Constituency
1	Gopi Chand Bhargava		15 August 1947	13 April 1949	3 years, 136 days	Interim Assembly
			18 October 1949	20 June 1951		Interim Assembly
			21 June 1964	6 July 1964		3rd Assembly	MLC
2	Bhim Sen Sachar		13 April 1949	18 October 1949	4 years, 104 days	Interim Assembly
			17 April 1952	22 July 1953		1st Assembly	Ludhiana South Assembly Constituency
			22 July 1953	23 January 1956			Ludhiana South Assembly Constituency
3	Partap Singh Kairon		23 January 1956	9 April 1957	8 years, 150 days		Sujanpur
			9 April 1957	11 March 1962		2nd Assembly
			11 March 1962	21 June 1964		3rd Assembly
4	Ram Kishan		7 July 1964	5 July 1966	1 year, 363 days		Jalandhar (North East)
5	Giani Gurmukh Singh Musafir		1 November 1966	8 March 1967	127 days		MLC
6	Giani Zail Singh		17 March 1972	30 April 1977	5 years, 44 days	6th Assembly	Anandpur Sahib
7	Darbara Singh		6 June 1980	6 October 1983	3 years, 122 days	8th Assembly	Nakodar
8	Beant Singh		25 February 1992	31 August 1995	3 years, 187 days	10th Assembly	Jalandhar Cantonment
9	Harcharan Singh Brar		31 August 1995	21 November 1996	1 year, 82 days	9th Assembly	Muktsar
10	Rajinder Kaur Bhattal		21 November 1996	11 February 1997	82 days	9th Assembly	Lehra
11	Amarinder Singh		26 February 2002	1 March 2007	5 years, 3 days	12th Assembly	Patiala Urban
11	Amarinder Singh		16 March 2017	18 September 2021	4 years, 186 days	15th Punjab Assembly	Patiala Urban
12	Charanjit Singh Channi		20 September 2021	16 March 2022	177 days	15th Punjab Assembly	Chamkaur Sahib
							Chamkaur Sahib

No.	Deputy chief ministers	Portrait	Term in office			Assembly	Constituency	Chief Minister
No.	Deputy chief ministers	Portrait	Start	End	Tenure	Assembly	Constituency	Chief Minister
1	Rajinder Kaur Bhattal		21 November 1996 \| \| Assembly \| 6 January 2004	1 March 2007	3 years, 54 days	12th Assembly	Lehra	Amarinder Singh
1	Rajinder Kaur Bhattal		2	Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa		20 September 2021	Lehra	16 March 2022	177 days	15th Assembly	Dera Baba Nanak	Charanjit Singh Channi
3	Om Parkash Soni		Amritsar Central			20 September 2021		16 March 2022	177 days	15th Assembly		Charanjit Singh Channi

S.no	President	Term
1.	Saifuddin Kitchlew		^{[citation needed]}
.	Devi Lal	1953	1956
2.	Darbara Singh	1957	1964
3.	B. D. Sharma	1964	1966
4.	Zail Singh	1966	1969
5.	Vishwa Mittar Sekhri	1969	1972
6.	R. L. Bhatia	1982	1984
7.	Santokh Singh Randhawa	1984	1985
8.	Rajinder Singh Sparrow	1985	?
(7).	Santokh Singh Randhawa	?	1997
9.	Rajinder Kaur Bhattal	1997	1999
10.	Captain Amarinder Singh	1999	2002
11.	Harvendra Singh Hanspal	2002	2005
12.	Shamsher Singh Dullo	2005	2007
(9).	Rajinder Kaur Bhattal	2007	2008
13.	Mohinder Singh Kaypee	2008	2010
(10).	Captain Amarinder Singh	2010	2013
14.	Pratap Singh Bajwa	2013	27 November 2015
(10).	Captain Amarinder Singh	27 November 2015	4 May 2017	1 year, 158 days
15.	Sunil Kumar Jakhar	4 May 2017	18 July 2021	4 years, 75 days
16.	Navjot Singh Sidhu	18 July 2021	9 April 2022	265 days
17.	Amrinder Singh Raja Warring	9 April 2022	Incumbent	4 years, 56 days

Leader	Office held/current	Ref
Partap Singh Bajwa	Incumbent Leader of Opposition in Punjab Assembly. Former President Punjab PCC; (2013–2015) Former Lok Sabha MP from Gurdaspur Former Rajya Sabha MP MLA from Qadian Assembly constituency.	^[8]^[9]
Amrinder Singh Raja Warring	MP Lok Sabha from Ludhiana Lok Sabha constituency. President Punjab PCC. Former minister of transport. Former MLA from Gidderbaha Assembly constituency.	^[10]
Charanjit Singh Channi	MP Lok Sabha from Jalandhar Lok Sabha constituency. Former chief minister (2021-2022) Former MLA from Chamkaur Sahib Assembly constituency.	^[11]
Navjot Singh Sidhu	Former Punjab PCC President Former MLA from Amritsar East Assembly constituency.	^[12]
Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa	Former Deputy Chief Minister Lok Sabha MP from Gurdaspur Lok Sabha constituency Former MLA from Dera Baba Nanak Assembly constituency. General Secretary of AICC for Rajasthan.	^[13]

Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee

Structure and composition

List of chief ministers of Punjab from Indian National Congress

List of deputy chief ministers of Punjab from Indian National Congress

List of presidents

Prominent members

Electoral performance

Lok Sabha Elections

Pre-Independence

Post-Independence

See also

References

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Year	Lok Sabha	Seats contested	Seats won	(+/-) in seats	% of votes	Vote swing	Popular vote	Outcome
1951	1st	18	16 / 18		42.76%		21,34,586	Government
1957	2nd	22	21 / 22	5	51.26%	8.50	36,82,219	Government
1962	3rd	22	14 / 22	7	41.30%	9.96	28,02,692	Government
1967	4th	13	9 / 13	5	37.31%	3.99	15,98,546	Government
1971	5th	11	10 / 13	1	45.96%	8.65	18,73,862	Government
1977	6th	13	0 / 13	10	34.85%	11.11	19,55,485	Opposition
1980	7th	13	12 / 13	12	52.45%	17.60	31,33,473	Government
1985	8th	13	6 / 13	6	41.53%	10.92	28,79,089	Government
1989	9th	13	2 / 13	4	26.49%	15.04	21,03,712	Opposition
1992	10th	13	12 / 13	10	49.27%	22.78	14,86,289	Government
1996	11th	13	2 / 13	10	35.10%	14.17	30,98,956	Opposition
1998	12th	8	0 / 13	2	25.85%	9.25	23,56,281	Opposition
1999	13th	11	8 / 13	8	38.44%	12.59	33,65,176	Opposition
2004	14th	11	2 / 13	6	34.17%	4.27	34,95,187	Government
2009	15th	13	8 / 13	6	45.23%	11.06	53,50,377	Government
2014	16th	13	3 / 13	5	33.05%	12.18	45,75,879	Opposition
2019	17th	13	8 / 13	5	40.12%	7.07	55,23,066	Opposition
2024	18th	13	7 / 13	1	26.30%	13.82	35,43,824	Opposition

Years	INC	SAD	AAP	BJP	IND	Others	Total
Years						Others	Total
1952	96	13	~	~	9	8	126
1957	120	^			13	21	154
1962	90	19			18	27	154
1967	48	^			9	47	104
1969	38	43			4	17
1972	66	24			3	11
1977	17	58			2	40	117
1980	63	37		1	2	14
1985	32	73		6	4	2
1992	87	3		6	4	20
1997	14	75		18	6	4
2002	62	41		3	9	2
2007	44	49		19	5	0
2012	46	56		12	3	0
2017	77	15	20	3	0	2
2022	18	3	92	2	0	1

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