Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) is the unit of the

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...

for the state of

Karnataka Karnataka ( ) is a States and union territories of India, state in the southwestern region of India. It was Unification of Karnataka, formed as Mysore State on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, States Re ...

. Its head office is situated at the ''Congress Bhawan'', Queens Road,

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. 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. 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

General Elections

Frontal Organisation Chiefs of Karnataka PCC

Prominent members

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, 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 *

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, Media Advisor to CM, KPCC *John Paul, Secondary Media Advisor KPCC *

Siddaramaiah Siddaramaiah (born 3 August 1947), also referred to by his nickname Siddu, is an Indian politician who is serving as the 22nd List of chief ministers of Karnataka, chief minister of Karnataka from 20 May 2023. He also held that position previo ...

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, former

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* Y Sayeed Ahmed, (1996-2003), General Secretary, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee; (2015–2021) chairman, Minority Department *

G. Parameshwara Gangadharaiah Parameshwara (born 6 August 1951) is an Indian politician who is currently serving as the Home Minister of Karnataka since 27 May 2023. He has also served as the seventh Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka, and longest-serving Pre ...

, former

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of Karnataka, former president of KPCC. *

Veerappa Moily Marpadi Veerappa Moily (born 12 January 1940) is an Indian politician belonging to the Indian National Congress from the state of Karnataka. Moily was the former Chief Minister (and the first ethnic Tuluva CM) of the Indian state of Karnataka ...

, former

Chief Minister of Karnataka The Chief minister (India), chief minister of Karnataka is the Head of government, chief executive officer of the Government of Karnataka, government of the Indian state of Karnataka. As per the Constitution of India, the governor of Karnatak ...

, former Union Cabinet minister. *

Dinesh Gundu Rao Dinesh Gundu Rao (born 9 October 1969) is an Indian politician serving as the minister of health and family welfare since May 2023 in the government of Karnataka. He has previously held food and civil supplies, and consumer affairs portfolios, b ...

, former president of KPCC, former minister for Food and Civil Supplies. *

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, Spokesperson for the

, media in-charge, and in-charge for

for the Congress Party. He is associated with the Kalpataru Group and Sivaan Aviation Pvt. Ltd.

List of Karnataka PCC Presidents

List of Chief Ministers

Karnataka Indian youth Congress outreach cell

# Dr. Adithiya Gowda # Ms.Sheethal Subhas

References

External links

* * https://40percentsarkara.com/#/home {{Indian National Congress Politics of Karnataka Indian National Congress by state or union territory Political parties in Karnataka