Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee

The Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...

Pradesh Congress Committee
Pradesh Congress Committee
The elected committee that directs the Congress Party in an Indian state is known as a PCC, or Pradesh Congress Committee. It is elected by card-holding members of the Congress, the world's largest political organisation, and in turn elects State Congress Presidents and delegates to the All India...

(M.P.C.C) is the unit of the Indian National Congress

Indian National Congress

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for the state of Maharashtra

Maharashtra

Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...

. The head office of the organization is situated in Mumbai

Mumbai

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at Tilak Bhawan in Dadar

Dadar

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. The current President of the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee is Manikrao Thakre

Manikrao Thakre

Manikrao Thakre is an Indian politician from the state of Maharashtra. He became the president of the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee in August 2008 replacing Patangrao Kadam....

and in the Maharashtra Assembly is Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan

Prithviraj Chavan

Prithviraj Chavan is the current Chief Minister of Maharashtra. The Indian National Congress selected him to be the successor of Ashok Chavan. He is a Member of the Parliament of India representing Maharashtra in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament...

Office Bearers

President

Manikrao Thakare

Working President

Jaywantrao Awale

Jaywant Gangaram Awale is a member of the 15th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Latur constituency of Maharashtra and is a member of the Indian National Congress political party.- Political career :...

Vice Presidents

Kripanshankar Singh

Babu Thomas

Rohidas Patil

Nitin Raut

Dr Nitin Raut is the present Cabinet Minister of Animal Husbandry in the Government of Maharashtra in India. He is leader from the Indian National Congress Party.-Political career:...

Bhaskarrao Patil Khatgaonkar

Sudhakar Gangane

Hussain Dalwai

General Secretary

Hukumchand Amdhare

Hukumchand Govindrao Amdhare - Political career :He started his political career from Ranala,Kamptee,Nagpur. He served in many positions as an office bearers of the congress party since past 30 years. Also presently he is working as General Secretary, MPCC Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee...

Chairman, Campaign Committee

Balasaheb Vikhe Patil

List of Chief Ministers of Maharashtra from the Congress Party

#	Name	Took Office	Left Office
1	Yashwantrao Chavan Yashwantrao Chavan Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan was the first Chief Minister of Maharashtra after the division of Bombay State and the fifth Deputy Prime Minister of India. He was a strong Congress leader, Cooperative leader, social activist and writer. He was popularly known as Leader of Common People...	1 May 1960	19 November 1962
3rd Assembly Elections (1962)
2	Marotrao Kannamwar Marotrao Kannamwar Marotrao Shambshio Kannamwar was an Indian politician who served as Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 20 November 1962 to 24 November 1963.He represent Saoli Vidhan Sabha constituency in Bombay State in 1957 and of the Maharashtra State from 1960–1962....
3	Vasantrao Naik Vasantrao Naik Vasantrao Naik was an Indian politician who served as Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 1963 until 1975. He was born in Gavli, Pusad in 1913. His experience in grassroots politics made him a responsible legislator...	5 December 1963	20 February 1975
4	Shankarrao Chavan Shankarrao Chavan Shankarrao Bhavrao Chavan was an Indian politician who served twice as Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 1975 until 1977 and from 13 March 1986 until 24 June 1988...	21 February 1975	17 May 1977
5	Vasantdada Patil Vasantdada Patil Vasantdada Patil was an Indian politician from Sangli, Maharashtra. He was known as the first modern Maratha strongman and first mass leader in Maharashtra's politics....	17 May. 1977	18 July 1978
6th Assembly Elections (1978)
6	Sharad Pawar Sharad Pawar Sharadchandra Govindrao Pawar , popularly known as SAHEB , is the president of the Nationalist Congress Party which he founded in 1999, after separating from the Indian National Congress... (1st Term)	18 July 1978	17 February 1980
7th Assembly Elections (1980)
7	Abdul Rehman Antulay	9 June 1980	12 January 1982
8	Babasaheb Bhosale Babasaheb Bhosale Babasaheb Anantrao Bhosale was an Indian politician who served as Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 21 January 1982, until 1 February 1983.-Personal life:...	21 January 1982	1 February 1983
9	Vasantdada Patil Vasantdada Patil Vasantdada Patil was an Indian politician from Sangli, Maharashtra. He was known as the first modern Maratha strongman and first mass leader in Maharashtra's politics....	2 February 1983	1 June 1985
8th Assembly Elections (1985)
10	Shivajirao Nilangekar Patil Shivajirao Nilangekar Patil Shivajirao Nilangekar Patil, is a leader of Indian National Congress party and a former chief minister of Maharashtra.He was chief minister from June 1985 to March 1986. He had to resign when the Bombay High Court passed strictures against him after his daughter’s marks in the MD exams were found...	3 June 1985	6 March 1986
11	Shankarrao Chavan Shankarrao Chavan Shankarrao Bhavrao Chavan was an Indian politician who served twice as Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 1975 until 1977 and from 13 March 1986 until 24 June 1988...	12 March 1986	26 June 1988
12	Sharad Pawar Sharad Pawar Sharadchandra Govindrao Pawar , popularly known as SAHEB , is the president of the Nationalist Congress Party which he founded in 1999, after separating from the Indian National Congress... (2nd Term)	26 June 1988	25 June 1991
9th Assembly Elections (1991)
13	Sudhakarrao Naik Sudhakarrao Naik Sudhakarrao Rajusing Naik was an Indian politician who served as Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 25 June 1991 until 22 February 1993...	25 June 1991	22 February 1993
14	Sharad Pawar Sharad Pawar Sharadchandra Govindrao Pawar , popularly known as SAHEB , is the president of the Nationalist Congress Party which he founded in 1999, after separating from the Indian National Congress... (3rd Term)	6 March 1993	14 March 1995
11th Assembly Elections (1999)
15	Vilasrao Deshmukh Vilasrao Deshmukh Vilasrao Dagadojirao Deshmukh , popularly known as Vilasrao is the current Minister of Science and Technology and Minister of Earth Sciences.... (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 Vilasrao Deshmukh Vilasrao Dagadojirao Deshmukh , popularly known as Vilasrao is the current Minister of Science and Technology and Minister of Earth Sciences.... (2nd Term)	1 November 2004	4 December 2008
20	Ashok Chavan Ashok Chavan Ashok Shankarrao Chavan was the Chief Minister of Maharashtra. Chavan was sworn in on 8 December 2008, after his political party, the Indian National Congress and Vilasrao Deshmukh selected him to be Vilasrao Deshmukh's successor on 5 December 2008. He earlier served as Minister for Cultural...	8 December 2008	5 November 2010
21	Prithviraj Chavan Prithviraj Chavan Prithviraj Chavan is the current Chief Minister of Maharashtra. The Indian National Congress selected him to be the successor of Ashok Chavan. He is a Member of the Parliament of India representing Maharashtra in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament...	6 November 2010	Present

Performance in State Elections

Year	General Election	Votes Polled	Seats Won
1962	3rd Assembly	5,617,347	215
1962	3rd Lok Sabha	5,895,958	41
1967	4th Assembly	6,288,564	203
1967	4th Lok Sabha	6,618,181	37
1971	5th Lok Sabha	8,790,135	42
1972	5th Assembly	8,535,832	222
1977	6th Lok Sabha	7,942,267	20
1978	6th Assembly	5,159,828	69
1980	7th Assembly	7,809,533	186
1980	7th Lok Sabha	9,855,580	39
1984	8th Lok Sabha	11,183,424	43
1985	8th Assembly	9,522,556	161
1989	9th Lok Sabha	12,496,088	28
1990	9th Assembly	11,334,773	141
1991	10th Lok Sabha	11,280,003	38
1995	10th Assembly	11,941,832	80
1996	11th Lok Sabha	9,864,853	15
1998	12th Lok Sabha	13,744,283	33
1999	11th Assembly	8,937,043	75
1999	13th Lok Sabha	9,812,144	10
2004	12th Assembly	8,810,363	69
2004	14th Lok Sabha	8,143,246	13
2009	15th Lok Sabha	8,143,246	17

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