Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee

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Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee
PresidentSake Sailajanath
HeadquartersRatna Bhawan, Vijaywada, Andhra Pradesh
Youth wingAndhra Pradesh Youth Congress
Women's wingAndhra Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee
Ideology
AllianceUnited Progressive Alliance
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 (APCC) is the state unit of the Indian National Congress (INC) in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India.

The APCC has its headquarters at Andhra Ratna Bhawan Vijayawada and Indira Bhawan, near Nampally in Hyderabad, the capital city of Andhra Pradesh. The APCC is responsible for Congress party units of all the 13 districts in Andhra Pradesh.

After the bifurcation, the current chief is Sake Sailajanath, ex-Minister in the state Government of Andhra Pradesh. He was a successor after Raghu Veera Reddy. With the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, the Congress formed separate committees for the two regions.

AICC Presidents from AP[edit]

S.No Name Designation Location
1. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy President Anantapur, Anantapur district.
2. Kasu Brahmananda Reddy President Narsaropeta, Guntur district.
3. Damodaram Sanjivayya President Kurnool, Kurnool district.
4. P. V. Narasimha Rao President Narsampeta, Warangal district.

PCC Presidents of AP[edit]

S.No Name Designation Location Span
1. Sake Sailajanath President Singanamala, Anantapur district (2020-Present)
2. Raghu Veera Reddy President Madakasira, Anantapur district. (2014-2020)
3. Botsa Satyanarayana President Cheepurupalli, Anantapur district. (2011-2014)
4. D. Srinivas (politician) President Nizamabad, Nizamabad district. (2004-2005) (2008-2011)
5. V. Hanumantha Rao President Ambeerpet, Hyderabad district. (1989-1998)
6. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy President Pulivendula, Kadapa district. (1984-1988),(1998-1999)
7. M.Satyanarayana Rao President Karimnagar, Karimnagar district. (2000-2004)
8. K. Keshava Rao President Hyderabad, Hyderabad district. (2005-2008)
9. G. Venkatswamy President Chennur, Adilabad district. (1982-84)
10. Jalagam Vengala Rao President Kothagudem, Khammam district.
11. N. Janardhana Reddy President Venkatagiri, Nellore district. (1988-89)
12. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy President Anantapur, Anantapur district. (1953-55)
13. Bezawada Gopala Reddy President Atmakur, Nellore district. (1955-56)

Office Bearers[edit]

S.No Name Designation Location
1. Sake Sailajanath President Singanamala, Anantapur district
2. Narreddy Tulasi Reddy Working President Pulivendula, Kadapa district.
3. Shaik Mastan Vali Working President Guntur East, Guntur district

Assembly Election History[edit]

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

Year General Election Seats Won Vote Share
1955 1st Assembly 119 60.71%
1957 2nd Assembly 68 64.77%
1962 3rd Assembly 177 47.25%
1967 4th Assembly 165 45.42%
1972 5th Assembly 219 52.29%
1978 6th Assembly 175$ 39.25%
1983 7th Assembly 60 33.58%
1985 8th Assembly 50 37.25%
1989 9th Assembly 181 47.09%
1994 10th Assembly 26 33.85%
1999 11th Assembly 91 41.61%
2004 12th Assembly 185 38.56%
2009 13th Assembly.[1] 156 36.56%
2014 14th Assembly.[2] 0 2.56%
2019 15th Assembly.[3] 0 1.29%

$ Indira Gandhi led INC (I) won 175 seats while INC won 30 seats with 17.01%.

Lok Sabha Election History[edit]

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 2.56% and almost no real hope of increasing it despite strong incumbency, Congress is not expected to do any better in the near future.

Year General Election No. of seats won
1957 2nd Lok Sabha 31
1962 3rd Lok Sabha 34
1967 4th Lok Sabha 35
1971 5th Lok Sabha 28
1977 6th Lok Sabha 41
1980 7th Lok Sabha 41
1984 8th Lok Sabha 6
1989 9th Lok Sabha 39
1991 10th Lok Sabha 25
1996 11th Lok Sabha 22
1998 12th Lok Sabha 22
1999 13th Lok Sabha 5
2004 14th Lok Sabha 29
2009 15th Lok Sabha 33
2014 16th Lok Sabha 0
2019 17th Lok Sabha 0

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ↑ Correspondent, Special. "Seemandhra Congress leaders to review poll debacle". Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  3. ↑ "Cong continues to wither in Andhra as NOTA secures more votes in 2019 elections". Retrieved 27 May 2019.

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