Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee
Introduction The '''Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee''' (or '''Maharashtra PCC''') is the state unit of the Indian National Congress for the state of Maharashtra. 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 in Maharashtra. The head office of the organization is situated in Dadar, Mumbai and administrative office in Colaba Causeway, Mumbai
History The state of Maharashtra was formed on 1 May 1960, and since then its politics have been evolving. The INC was long without a major challenger, and enjoyed overwhelming support from the state's sugar co-operatives and thousands of other cooperative organizations involved in the rural agricultural economy of the state such as marketing of dairy and vegetable produce, credit unions etc. Since 1930s when Keshrao Jedhe joined the Congress party, the politics of the Bombay state and its successor Maharashtra state has been dominated by the mainly rural Maratha-Kunbi caste. This group dominates the cooperative institutions and with the resultant economic power, control politics from the village level up to the Assembly and Lok Sabha seats. Since 1980s, this group has also been active in setting up private educational institutions. Major past political figures of Congress party from Maharashtra such as Keshavrao Jedhe, Yashwantrao Chavan, Vinayakrao Patil, Vasantdada Patil, Shankarrao Chavan Keshavrao Sonawane and Vilasrao Deshmukh have been from this group. Sharad Pawar, who had been a towering figure in Maharashtrian and national politics belongs to this group. The state's political status quo was upset when Sharad Pawar defected from the INC, which he perceived as the vehicle of the Gandhi dynasty, to form the Nationalist Congress Party. This followed disputes between Pawar and the INC president Sonia Gandhi. This offshoot of the Congress party split the Maratha community support. In the last thirty years, however, Shiv Sena and the BJP began gaining a foothold in the state of Maharashtra, especially in the urban areas such as Mumbai. Shiv Sena and the BJP came into the power in 1995, which was a big blow to the INC. After one term, however, the Congress-NCP alliance regained power and held it until 2014.The INC contested the 2014 state assembly election without getting in a formal alliance with the NCP and lost power to the BJP.
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Elections  Year  Party leader  Change in Seats Seat won OutcomeBombay Presidency1937B.G. Kher 861946 39Bombay State1952Morarji Desai 941957Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan 35Maharashtra State1962Marotrao Kannamwar 2151967 Vasantrao Naik 121972 191978Vasantdada Patil 1531980A. R. Antulay 1171985Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar 251990 Sharad Pawar 201995 611999Vilasrao Deshmukh 52004 62009Ashok Chavan 132014Prithviraj Chavan 402019Balasaheb Thorat 2
Seats won in Maharashtra Lok Sabha Elections Lok Sabha ElectionSeats WonSeat ChangeComposition1951 Lok Sabha Election 41 411957 Lok Sabha Election20 211962 Lok Sabha Election39 191967 Lok Sabha Election36 31971 Lok Sabha Election39 31977 Lok Sabha Election13 261980 Lok Sabha Election42 41984 Lok Sabha Election43 11989 Lok Sabha Election12 31991 Lok Sabha Election19 71996 Lok Sabha Election13 61998 Lok Sabha Election29 161999 Lok Sabha Election10 192004 Indian general election in Maharashtra13 32009 Indian general election in Maharashtra17  42014 Indian general election in Maharashtra2 152019 Indian general election in Maharashtra1 1
Status in Municipal Corporations Municipal CorporationSeatsStatusBrihanmumbai Municipal CorporationOppositionPune Municipal CorporationOppositionNagpur Municipal CorporationOppositionThane Municipal CorporationOppositionPimpri-Chinchwad Municipal CorporationOppositionNashik Municipal CorporationOppositionSolapur Municipal CorporationOppositionAmravati Municipal CorporationOppositionUlhasnagar Municipal CorporationCoalition PartnerAkola Municipal CorporationOppositionJalgaon Municipal CorporationAhmednagar Municipal CorporationOppositionNavi Mumbai Municipal CorporationOppositionSangali-Miraj-Kupwad Municipal CorporationCoalition PartnerPanvel Municipal CorporationOppositionParbhani Municipal CorporationGovernmentNanded-Waghala Municipal CorporationGovernmentMalegaon Municipal CorporationGovernmentDhule Municipal CorporationOppositionLatur Municipal CorporationGovernmentMira-Bhayandar Municipal CorporationOppositionVasai-Virar City Municipal CorporationOppositionBhiwandi-Nizampur Municipal CorporationGovernmentKolhapur Municipal CorporationGovernment
List of Presidents  S.no President  Portrait Term1.Abasaheb Khedkar196019632.Vinayakrao Patil196319673.Vasantdada Patil100px196719724.P. K. Sawant 197219785.Narendra Tidke197819786.Nashikrao Tirpude197819797.Ramrao Adik197919808.Premala Chavan198019819.Gulabrao Patil100px1981198210.S M I Asir1983198311.N. M. Kamble1983198512.Prabha Rau100px1985198813.Pratibha Patil100px19881989(11).N. M. Kamble 1989199014.Sushilkumar Shinde100px1990199115.Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar1991199216.Shivajirao Deshmukh19921993(14).Sushilkumar Shinde100px1993199717.Ranjeet Deshmukh100px1997199818.Prataprao Baburao Bhosale1998200019.Govindrao Adik20002003(17).Ranjeet Deshmukh100px20032004(12).Prabha Rau100px2004200820.Patangrao Kadam2008200821.Manikrao Thakare2008201522.Ashok Chavan100px2015201923.Balasaheb Thorat2019202124.Nana Patole100px2021'''Incumbent'''
Officeholders '''Source:'''===Parliamentary Board===           1.Shri. Nana Patole     2.Shri. Balasaheb Thorat   5.Shri. Prithviraj Chavan  6.Shri. Sushilkumar Shinde  7.Shri. Mukul Wasnik 8.Smt. Rajani Patil  9.Shri. Dr. Nitin Raut  10.Shri. Avinash Pande  11.Shri. Muzzafar Hussain 12.Shri. Vilas Muttemwar  13.Shri. Manikrao Thakare  14.Shri.Bhai Jagtap 15.Shri. K. C. Padavi  16.Shri. Vijay Wadettiwar 17.Smt. Varsha Gaikwad 18.Shri. Sunil C. Kedar
Structure and Composition  S.No. Name  Designation  Incharge 01 '''Nana Patole''' '''President''' Maharashtra Pradesh Congress 02  '''Shivajirao Moghe''' '''Working President''' Maharashtra Pradesh Congress 03  '''Basavraj Madhavrao Patil''' '''Working President''' Maharashtra Pradesh Congress04  '''Naseem Khan''' '''Working President''' Maharashtra Pradesh Congress05  '''Kunal Rohidas Patil''' '''Working President''' Maharashtra Pradesh Congress06  '''Chandrakant Handore''' '''Working President''' Maharashtra Pradesh Congress07  '''Praniti Shinde''' '''Working President''' Maharashtra Pradesh Congress=== Various Committees ===Screening Committee, Election Coordination Committee, Election Committee, Election Management Committee, Campaign Committee, Media Coordination Committee, Publicity Committee,  Manifesto Committee, Finance Committee are constituted and Observers are appointed during Assembly and Parliament elections. Subject Committees may be constituted on various issues and matters.=== Delegates ===The MPCC has 553 PCC delegates & 100 AICC delegates, while the MRCC has 236 PCC delegates & 43 AICC delegates.
Frontal organisations === Maharashtra Pradesh Congress OBC ===* Shri.Datta Avhad,Working   President. *Shri.Bhanudas Mali,      President.=== Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Sevadal ===* Shri. Vilas Autade, Chief Organizer.=== Maharashtra Pradesh Youth Congress ===* shri. Kunal Nitin Raut President, Maharashtra Pradesh Youth Congress* Adv. Nikhil Kamble, Chairman, Maharashtra Pradesh Youth Congress RTI-Department.=== Maharashtra Pradesh Mahila Congress ===* MS.SANDHYA SAWALAKHE, President.=== Maharashtra Pradesh Indian National Trade Union Congress ===* Shri. Prakash Hirachand Mutha, President=== Maharashtra Pradesh National Students Union of India ===* Shri. Amir Shaikh,President. NSUI Maharashtra* Er. Sandeep Maurya, National Convenor NSUI RTI & In-charge Mumbai University
List of chief ministers of Maharashtra from the Congress Party  # Name Took office Left office 1 Yashwantrao Chavan 1 November 1956 19 November 1962 3rd Assembly Elections (1962) 2 Marotrao Kannamwar   3 Vasantrao Naik 5 December 1963 20 February 1975 4 Shankarrao Chavan 21 February 1975 17 May 1977 5 Vasantdada Patil 17 May. 1977 7 March 1978 7th Assembly Elections (1980) 7 Abdul Rehman Antulay 9 June 1980 12 January 1982 8 Babasaheb Bhosale 21 January 1982 1 February 1983 9 Vasantdada Patil (3rd Term) 2 February 1983 1 June 1985 8th Assembly Elections (1985) 10 Shivajirao Nilangekar Patil 3 June 1985 6 March 1986 11 Shankarrao Chavan 12 March 1986 26 June 1988 12 Sharad Pawar (2nd Term) 26 June 1988 25 June 1991 9th Assembly Elections (1991) 13 Sudhakarrao Naik 25 June 1991 22 February 1993 14 Sharad Pawar (3rd Term) 6 March 1993 14 March 1995 11th Assembly Elections (1999) 15 Vilasrao Deshmukh (1st Term) 18 October 1999 16 January 2003 16 Sushil Kumar Shinde 18 January 2003 30 October 2004 12th Assembly elections (2004) 19 Vilasrao Deshmukh (2nd Term) 1 November 2004 4 December 2008 20 Ashok Chavan 8 December 2008 5 November 2010 21 Prithviraj Chavan 6 November 2010 25 September 2014
Performance in state elections  Year  General election  Votes polled (%)  Seats won 1962  3rd Assembly  56,17,347  215 1962  3rd Lok Sabha  58,95,958  41 1967  4th Assembly  62,88,564  203 1967  4th Lok Sabha  66,18,181  37 1971  5th Lok Sabha  87,90,135  42 1972  5th Assembly  85,35,832  222 1977  6th Lok Sabha  79,42,267  20 1978  6th Assembly  51,59,828  69 1980  7th Assembly  78,09,533  186 1980  7th Lok Sabha  98,55,580  39 1984  8th Lok Sabha  1,11,83,424  43 1985  8th Assembly  95,22,556  161 1989  9th Lok Sabha  1,24,96,088 (45.36%)  28 1990  9th Assembly  1,13,34,773 (38.17%)  141 1991  10th Lok Sabha  1,12,80,003 (48.4%)  38 1995  10th Assembly  1,19,41,832 (31%)  80 1996  11th Lok Sabha  98,64,853 (34.78%) 15 1998  12th Lok Sabha  1,37,44,283 (43.64%)  33 1999  13th Lok Sabha  98,12,144 (29.71%)  10 1999  11th Assembly  89,37,043 (27.20%)  75 2004  14th Lok Sabha  81,43,246 (23.77%)  13 2004  12th Assembly  88,10,363 (21.06%)  69 2009  15th Lok Sabha  72,53,634 (19.61%)  17 2009  13th Assembly  95,21,703 (21.01%)  82 2014  16th Lok Sabha  88,30,190 (18.29%)  2 2014  14th Assembly  94,96,095 (17.95%)   42 2019  17th Lok Sabha  87,92,237 (16.41%)  1 2019  15th Assembly  87,52,199 (15.87%)  44=== List of Congress MLAs ===No.ConstituencyNameParty1Akkalkuwa (ST)K. C. PadaviINC2Navapur (ST)Shirishkumar NaikINC3Dhule RuralKunal Rohidas PatilINC4RaverShirish ChaudhariINC5MalkapurRajesh EkadeINC6RisodAmit ZanakINC7AmravatiSulbha KhodkeINC8TeosaYashomati ThakurINC9Daryapur (SC)Balwant WankhadeINC10DeoliRanjit KambleINC11SavnerSunil KedarINC12Umred (SC)Raju Devnath ParweINC13Nagpur WestVikas Pandurang ThakreINC14Nagpur North (SC)Dr. Nitin RautINC15SakoliNanabhau PatoleINC16Amgaon (ST)Sahasram Maruti KoroteINC17RajuraSubhash DhoteINC18BramhapuriVijay Namdevrao WadettiwarINC19WaroraPratibha DhanorkarINC20HadgaonMadhavrao Nivruttirao Patil JawalgaonkarINC21BhokarAshok ChavanINC22Nanded SouthMohanrao Marotrao HambardeINC23Deglur (SC)Raosaheb AntapurkarINC24PathriSuresh WarpudkarINC25JalnaKailas GorantyalINC26Igatpuri (ST)Hiraman KhoskarINC27Malad WestAslam ShaikhINC28Vandre EastZeeshan SiddiqueINC29Dharavi (SC)Varsha GaikwadINC30MumbadeviAmin PatelINC31PurandarSanjay JagtapINC32BhorSangram Anantrao ThopateINC33SangamnerBalasaheb ThoratINC34Shrirampur (SC)Lahu KanadeINC35Latur RuralDhiraj DeshmukhINC36Latur CityAmit DeshmukhINC37Solapur City CentralPraniti ShindeINC38Karad SouthPrithviraj ChavanINC39Kolhapur SouthRuturaj PatilINC40KarvirP. N. Patil - SadolikarINC41Kolhapur NorthChandrakant JadhavINC42Hatkanangle (SC)Raju AwaleINC43Palus-KadegaonVishwajeet KadamINC44JatVikramsinh Balasaheb SawantINC
See also * All India Congress Committee* Congress Working Committee* Indian National Congress* Politics of Maharashtra* Pradesh Congress Committee
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