Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee

Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) is the unit of the Indian National Congress for the state of Karnataka. Its head office is situated at the Congress Bhawan, Queens Road, Bengaluru. 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.

Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಪ್ರದೇಶ ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್ ಸಮಿತಿ
President	D. K. Shivakumar
Chairman	Siddaramaiah
General Secretary	H.B. Chand Pasha
Headquarters	Congress Bhawan, Queens Road, Bengaluru, Karnataka
Youth wing	Karnataka Youth Congress
Women's wing	Karnataka Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee
Ideology	Kannadiga nationalism[3] Liberalism Third Way Environmentalism Regionalism Civic nationalism Federalism Secularism
Political position	Centre-left
ECI Status	A State Unit of Indian National Congress
Alliance	Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance
Seats in Lok Sabha	9 / 28
Seats in Rajya Sabha	5 / 12 [4]
Seats in Karnataka Legislative Assembly	138 / 224
Seats in Karnataka Legislative Council	37 / 75
Election symbol
Party flag
Website
inckarnataka.in
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The current president of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee is D. K. Shivakumar. The committee has been involved in several political events in the state's history, including the formation of the first democratically elected government in the state in 1952.

Electoral performance

Karnataka Legislative Assembly

Year	Party leader	Seats won	Change in seats	Outcome
Mysore State
1952	K. Chengalaraya Reddy	74 / 99	74	Government
1957	S. Nijalingappa	150 / 208	76	Government
1962	S. R. Kanthi	138 / 208	12	Government
1967	S. Nijalingappa	126 / 216	12	Government
1972	D. Devaraj Urs	165 / 216	39	Government
Karnataka
1978	D. Devaraj Urs	149 / 224	16	Government
1983	R. Gundu Rao	82 / 224	67	Opposition
1985		65 / 224	17	Opposition
1989	Veerendra Patil	178 / 224	113	Government
1994	Veerappa Moily	34 / 224	144	Opposition
1999	S.M. Krishna	132 / 224	98	Government
2004		65 / 224	67	Opposition
2008	Mallikarjun Kharge	80 / 224	15	Opposition
2013	Siddaramaiah	122 / 224	42	Government
2018		80 / 224	42	Opposition
2023		135 / 224	56	Government

General Elections

Year	General Election	Votes Polled	Seats Won	Seat Contested	Total Seats
Mysore
1951	1st Lok Sabha	1,509,075	10	-	11
1957	2nd Lok Sabha	3,219,014	23	-	26
1962	3rd Lok Sabha	3,381,276	25	-	26
1967	4th Lok Sabha	3,755,339	18	-	27
1971	5th Lok Sabha	5,418,541	27	27	27
Karnataka
1977	6th Lok Sabha	5,833,567	26	-	28
1980	7th Lok Sabha	6,154,746	27	-	28
1984	8th Lok Sabha	6,974,044	24	-	28
1989	9th Lok Sabha	9,008,980	27	28	28
1991	10th Lok Sabha	6,490,020	23	-	28
1996	11th Lok Sabha	5,668,988	5	-	28
1998	12th Lok Sabha	7,642,756	9	-	28
1999	13th Lok Sabha	10,150,765	18	-	28
2004	14th Lok Sabha	9,247,605	8	-	28
2009	15th Lok Sabha	N.A.	6	-	28
2014	16th Lok Sabha	N.A.	9	-	28
2019	17th Lok Sabha	1,12,03,016	1	20	28
2024	18th Lok Sabha	1,75,54,381	9	28	28

Frontal Organisation Chiefs of Karnataka PCC

#[5]	Name of the Organisation	Name of the President
01	Karnataka PCC President	D. K. Shivakumar
02	Karnataka PCC Working Presidents	Tanveer Sait G. C. Chandrashekhar Saleem Ahmed Ramalinga Reddy
03	Karnataka Youth Congress	H. S. Manjunath
04	Karnataka Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee	Sowmya Reddy
05	NSUI Karnataka	Kirthi Ganesh
06	Karnataka Congress Seva Dal	Ramachandra
07	INTUC Karnataka	S.S. Praksham

Prominent members

• Mallikarjun Kharge, AICC president, former Union Railways Minister
• D. K. Shivakumar, Deputy chief minister of Karnataka, former minister of energy, former minister for water resources of Karnataka, former minister for medical education and current KPCC president
• Sunil Kanugolu, Media Advisor to CM, KPCC
• John Paul, Secondary Media Advisor KPCC
• Siddaramaiah, Chief minister of Karnataka, former Deputy Chief minister of Karnataka
• Y Sayeed Ahmed, (1996-2003), General Secretary, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee; (2015–2021) chairman, Minority Department
• G. Parameshwara, former Deputy Chief minister of Karnataka, Home minister of Karnataka, former president of KPCC.
• Veerappa Moily, former Chief Minister of Karnataka, former Union Cabinet minister.
• Dinesh Gundu Rao, former president of KPCC, former minister for Food and Civil Supplies.
• Dr. Shivanand Hulyalkar, Spokesperson for the Indian National Congress, media in-charge, and in-charge for Karnataka for the Congress Party. He is associated with the Kalpataru Group and Sivaan Aviation Pvt. Ltd.

List of Karnataka PCC Presidents

#[6]	Name of the President	Term
1.	S. Channaiah	1967	1970[7]
2.	D. Devaraj Urs	1970	1972
3.	K. H. Ranganath	1972	1974
4.	K. H. Patil[8]	1974	Jan 1977
5.	S. B. Nagral[9][10]	Jan 1977	Jul 1977
(4).	K. H. Patil	Jul 1977	1979
(2).	D. Devaraj Urs	1979	May 1979
6.	S. Bangarappa	May 1979	1980
7.	K. H. Rathod	1980	1983
8.	K. Mallanna[11]	1983	1983
(4).	K. H. Patil	1983	1985
(3).	K. H. Ranganath	1985	1986
9.	Oscar Fernandes	1986	1987
10.	Janardhana Poojary	1987	1988
11.	Veerendra Patil	1988	1989
(9).	Oscar Fernandes	1989	1992
12.	V. Krishna Rao	1992	1995
13.	D. K. Naiker	1995	1996
14.	Dharam Singh	1996	1999
15.	S. M. Krishna	1999	2000
16.	V. S. Koujalgi	2000	2001
17.	Allum Veerabhadrappa	2001	2003
(10).	Janardhana Poojary	2003	2005
18.	Mallikarjun Kharge	2005	2008
19.	R. V. Deshpande	2008	27 October 2010
20.	G. Parameshwara	27 October 2010	4 July 2018
21.	Dinesh Gundu Rao	4 July 2018	11 March 2020
22.	D. K. Shivakumar	2 July 2020	Incumbent

List of Chief Ministers

S.no	Name	Portrait	Term
1.	D. Devaraj Urs		1 November 1973	31 December 1977	7 years, 238 days
			28 February 1978	7 January 1980
2.	R. Gundu Rao		12 January 1980	10 January 1983	2 years, 363 days
3.	Veerendra Patil		30 November 1989	10 October 1990	193 days
4.	Sarekoppa Bangarappa		17 October 1990	19 November 1992	2 years, 33 days
5.	Veerappa Moily		19 November 1992	11 December 1994	2 years, 22 days
6.	S. M. Krishna		11 October 1999	28 May 2004	4 years, 230 days
7.	Dharam Singh		28 May 2004	3 February 2006	1 year, 251 days
8.	Siddaramaiah		13 May 2013	17 May 2018	7 years, 53 days
			20 May 2023	01 May 2025

Karnataka Indian youth Congress outreach cell

1. Dr. Adithiya Gowda
2. Ms.Sheethal Subhas