Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee

Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (or Punjab PCC), 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 headed by Navjot Singh Sidhu. He is the 24th president to hold the post. Present general secretary in-charge of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee is Harish Chaudhary who was appointed on 22 October 2021.

Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee PPCC
President	Navjot Singh Sidhu
Chairperson	Charanjit Singh Channi
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
Alliance	United Progressive Alliance
Seats in Lok Sabha	7 / 13
Seats in Rajya Sabha	3 / 7
Seats in Punjab Legislative Assembly	76 / 117
Election symbol
Website
www.ppcc.in
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List of Presidents

Name	Designation
Navjot Singh Sidhu	President
Sangat Singh Gilzian	Working President
Sukhwinder Singh Danny	Working President
Pawan Goel	Working President
Kuljit Singh Nagra	Working President

List of District Presidents

District	Name	Designation
Faridkot	Darshan Sahota	President
	Amit Jugnu	Working President
	Vicky Bhalooria	Working President
Patiala Urban	Narendra Lally	President
	Krishan Lal Baddhu	Working President
Patiala Rural	Gurdeep Singh Unthsar	President
	Gurbir Singh Bhunar Heri	Working President
	Vijay Gautam	Working President
Amritsar Urban	Ashwani Pappu	President
	Krishan Sharma	Working President
	Balbir Singh Babbi	Working President
Amritsar Rural	Bhagwant Pal Singh Sachar	President
	Jagwinder Pal	Working President
Ludhiana Urban	Ashwani Sharma	President
	Pawan Mehta	Working President
	Niki Rayat	Working President
	Rajiv Raja	Working President
	Dimple Rana	Working President
Ludhiana Rural	Karanjeet Singh Galib	President
	Sukhpal Singh Goindal	Working President
Bathinda Urban	Arun Wadhwa	President
	Tinku Grover	Working President
Bathinda Rural	Kulwinder Singh	President
	Avtar Singh	Working President
	Kirandeep Kaur Virk	Working President
Tarn Taran	Kirandeep Singh Mitha	President
	Harsharan Singh Mahla	Working President
	Pradeep Chopra	Working President
	Rajbir Singh Bhullar	Working President
Fatehgarh Sahib	Subhash Sood	President
	Rajinder Singh Bittu	Working President
	Harbans Singh Pandher	Working President
Jalandhar Urban	Balraj Thakur	President
	Nirmaljit Singh Nimma	Working President
	Vijay Dakoha	Working President
	Harjinder Singh Ladda	Working President
Jalandhar Rural	Darshan Singh Tahli	President
	Ashwani Kumar	Working President
	Ashwin Bhalla	Working President
SAS Nagar	Rishiv Jain	President
	Natarajan Kaushal	Working President
	Jasbir Singh Bhola	Working President
Khanna	Rupinder Singh Raja Gill	President
	Surinder Kumar Kundra	Working President
	Kulwinder Singh Manewal	Working President
Barnala	Gurpreet Singh Lucky Pakho	President
	Jagga Mann	Working President
	Jagtar Dhanola	Working President
	Rajeev	Working President
Ferozpur	Rajinder Chabbra	President
	Parminder Handa	Working President
SBS Nagar	Sandeep Bhatia	President
	Rajinder Kumar Sharma	Working President
	Lakhbir Singh Bhambra	Working President
Kapurthala	Ramesh Singh	President
	Daljeet Singh Raju	Working President
Pathankot	Sanjeev Bains	President
	Sanjeev Kumar Goldy	Working President
	Rakesh Babl	Working President
Rupnagar	Aswini Sharma	President
Mansa	Mangat Singh Bansal	President
	Gurmeet Singh Vicky Brar	Working President
	Karan Chauhan	Working President
Gurdaspur	Darshan Mahajan	President
	Jamesh Masih	Working President
	Kulbhushan Vij	Working President
	Ravinder Sharma	Working President
Fazilka	Ranjam Kamra	President
	Begchand	Working President
	Raj Baksh Kamboj	Working President
Moga	Kamaljeet Brar	President
	Gurmeet Makhija	Working President
	Parminder Singh Dimpal	Working President
Malerkotla	Jaspal Das	President
	Manoj Kumar Uppal	Working President
	Manjeet Singh	Working President
Hoshiarpur	Kuldeep Kumar Nanda	President
	Davinder Pal Jatpuri	Working President
	Yamini Gomar	Working President
Sangrur	Mahinderpal Singh Bhola	President

List of General Secretaries

Name	Designation
Yoginder Pal Dhingra	General Secretary In-charge
Pargat Singh	General Secretary

List of Chief Ministers of Punjab from Indian National Congress

Main article: List of chief ministers of Punjab (India)

No.	Chief ministers	Portrait	Term in office			Assembly	Constituency
			Start	End	Tenure
1	Gopi Chand Bhargava		15 August 1947	13 April 1949	3 years, 136 days	Interim Assembly
			18 October 1949	20 June 1951
			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
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		Lehra
11	Amarinder Singh		26 February 2002	1 March 2007	5 years, 3 days	12th Assembly	Patiala Urban
			16 March 2017	18 September 2021	8 years, 106 days	15th Punjab Assembly
12	Charanjit Singh Channi		20 September 2021	Incumbent	3 years, 283 days		Chamkaur Sahib

List of Deputy Chief Ministers of Punjab from Indian National Congress

Main article: List of deputy chief ministers of Punjab, India

No.	Deputy chief ministers	Portrait	Term in office			Assembly	Constituency	Chief Minister
			Start	End	Tenure
1	Rajinder Kaur Bhattal		6 January 2004	1 March 2007	3 years, 54 days	12th Assembly	Lehra	Amarinder Singh
2	Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa		20 September 2021	Incumbent	3 years, 283 days	15th Assembly	Dera Baba Nanak	Charanjit Singh Channi
3	Om Parkash Soni						Amritsar Central

List of Former Presidents

Year	President
	Saifuddin Kitchlew
1957-1964	Darbara Singh
1964-1966	B. D. Sharma
1997-1999	Rajinder Kaur Bhattal
1999-2002	Captain Amarinder Singh
2002-2005	Harvendra Singh Hanspal
2010-2013	Captain Amarinder Singh
2013-2015	Pratap Singh Bajwa
2015-2017	Captain Amarinder Singh
2017-2021	Sunil Kumar Jakhar

Performance in Elections

Pre-Independence

Punjab Legislative Council

Year				Others	Total
	UoP	INC	IND
1920	-	-	71	-	71
1923	33	0	17	21
1926	31	2	12	26
1930	37	0	14	20

Punjab Legislative Assembly

Year						Others	Total
	UoP	INC	SAD	AIML	IND
1937	98	18	11	2	16	30	175
1946	19	51	21	73	11	0

Post-Independence

Years						Others	Total
	INC	SAD	AAP	BJP	IND
1952	96	13	~	~	9	8	126
1957	120	^			13	21	154
1962	90	19			18	27
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	^		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

• ^ - Party didn't contest election
• ~ - Party didn't exist
• - Green color box indicates the party/parties who formed the government
• - Red color box indicates the official opposition party

See also

• All India Congress Committee
• Pradesh Congress Committee