Assam Pradesh Congress Committee
PresidentBhupen Kumar Borah
ChairpersonDebabrata Saikia
General SecretaryApurba Kumar Bhattacharjee
HeadquartersRajiv Bhawan, GS Road, Guwahati, Assam
Student wingNational Students' Union of India
Youth wingIndian Youth Congress
Women's wingAll India Mahila Congress
Ideology
ECI StatusNational Party
AllianceIndian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance
United Opposition Forum
Seats in Lok Sabha
3 / 14
Seats in Rajya Sabha
0 / 7
Seats in Assam Legislative Assembly
27 / 126
Election symbol

Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (or Assam PCC) was formed in June 1921. Its headquarters is at Rajiv Bhavan in GS Road Guwahati.

Kuladhar Chaliha was the first elected president and Chabilal Upadhyaya[1] was the first selected president of the committee when it was founded.[2][3]

Bhupen Kumar Borah is appointed as the new president on 24 July 2021 replacing Ripun Bora.[4][5]

Structure & composition

S.no Name Designation
1. Jitendra Singh AICC Incharge
2. Bhupen Kumar Borah President
Assam Pradesh Congress Committee
3. Rana Goswami Working President
Assam Pradesh Congress Committee
4. Kamalakhya Dey Purkayastha Working President
Assam Pradesh Congress Committee
5. Jakir Hussain Sikder Working President
Assam Pradesh Congress Committee
6. Zubair Anam President
Assam Pradesh Youth Congress
7. Mira Borthakur President
Assam Pradesh Mahila Congress
8. Apurba Kumar Bhattacharjee[6] General Secretary
Assam Pradesh Congress
9 Krishna Baruah President
Assam NSUI

List of presidents

S.no President Portrait Term
1. Bijoy Chandra Bhagavati 1967 1971
2. Tarun Gogoi 1986 1990
3. Paban Singh Ghatowar 2002 2004
4. Bhubeneshwar kalita 2004 2006
5. Anjan Dutta 13

December 2014

 16June

2016

6. Ripun Bora 24 August 2016 24 July 2021
7. Bhupen Kumar Borah 24 July 2021 Incumbent

Assam Legislative Assembly election

Year Legislature Party leader Seats Contested Seats won Change
in seats		 Votes Percentage of votes Vote swing Outcome
1952 1st Assembly Bishnu Ram Medhi 92
76 / 105
 Increase new 10,64,850 43.48 Increase new Government
1957 2nd Assembly 101
71 / 108
 Decrease 5 13,21,367 52.35 Increase 8.87 Government
1962 3rd Assembly Bimala Prasad Chaliha 103
79 / 105
 Increase 8 11,79,305 48.25 Decrease 4.1 Government
1967 4th Assembly 120
73 / 126
 Decrease 6 13,54,748 43.60 Decrease 4.65 Government
1972 5th Assembly Sarat Chandra Sinha 114
95 / 126
 Increase 22 19,76,209 53.20 Increase 9.6 Government
1978 6th Assembly 126
26 / 126
 Decrease69 12,20,189 23.62 Decrease 29.58 Opposition
1983 7th Assembly Hiteswar Saikia 109
91 / 109
 Increase 65 11,94,657 52.53 Increase 28.91 Government
1985 8th Assembly 125
26 / 126
 Decrease 66 17,24,003 23.23 Decrease 29.3 Opposition
1991 9th Assembly 125
66 / 126
 Increase 40 24,55,302 29.35 Increase 6.12 Government
1996 10th Assembly Bhumidhar Barman 122
34 / 122
 Decrease 32 27,78,627 30.56 Increase 1.21 Opposition
2001 11th Assembly Tarun Gogoi 126
71 / 126
 Increase 39 42,30,676 39.75 Increase 9.19 Government
2006 12th Assembly 120
53 / 126
 Decrease 18 41,02,479 31.08 Decrease 8.67 Government
2011 13th Assembly 126
78 / 126
 Increase 25 54,43,781 39.39 Increase 8.31 Government
2016 14th Assembly 122
26 / 126
 Decrease52 52,38,655 30.96 Decrease 8.43 Opposition
2021 15th Assembly Debabrata Saikia 95
29 / 126
 Increase 3 57,03,341 29.67 Decrease1.29 Opposition

Rajiv Gandhi Panchayati Raj Sangathan

S.No.NameDesignationIncharge
01Madhab Rajbanshi

State Chairman

 RGPRS, Assam
02Meer Akhtar HussainZonal Coordinator[7]
RGPRS, Assam
03Pabitra BoraZonal Coordinator
RGPRS, Assam
04HabibuallahZonal Coordinator
RGPRS, Assam

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Chabilal Upadhyaya the pride of Assam". Indian Gorkhas. Behali, Biswanath, Assam. 24 January 2016. Archived from the original on 13 January 2021.
  2. ↑ "Assam Pradesh Congress Committee | humty dumty". Humtydumty.in. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
  3. ↑ "President list of Indian National Congress". Archived from the original on 1 April 2019.
  4. ↑ "कांग्रेस: असम में भूपेन बोरा बने प्रदेश अध्यक्ष, नामिरकपम लोकेन सिंह को दी मणिपुर की जिम्मेदारी". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  5. ↑ "Congress appoints Bhupen Bora chief of Assam unit". www.outlookindia.com/. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  6. ↑ "Molestation Case' against GS Apurba Kumar Bhattacharjee: APCC forms panel". Time 8. 30 September 2022.
  7. ↑ "Organizational Appointments". inc.in. Retrieved 4 July 2022.


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