Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee
Abbreviation	K. P. C. C.
President	Sunny Joseph
Chairman	V. D. Satheesan
Headquarters	Indira Bhavan,Thiruvananthapuram
Newspaper	Veekshanam
Student wing	Kerala Students Union (N S U I)
Youth wing	Youth Congress (Kerala)
Women's wing	Mahila Congress (Kerala)
Labour wing	Indian National Trade Union Congress (I N T U C)
Membership	3.379 million (June 2017)[1]
Ideology	Civic nationalism Social DemocracySecularism Liberalism(Indian)[2][3]
Political position	Centre[2]
ECI Status	A State Unit ofIndian National Congress
Alliance	Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (pan-India) United Democratic Front (Kerala)
Seats in Lok Sabha	14 / 20
Seats in Rajya Sabha	1 / 9
Seats in Kerala Legislative Assembly	22 / 140
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Website
kpcc.org.in
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Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee is theKerala state unit of theIndian National Congress. 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. TheINC currently leads theUDF alliance, theOpposition in theKerala Legislative Assembly.^[4]

Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee was first convened in 1921 atOttapalam in northern Kerala (in the presence of theT. Prakasam).^[5]

• 1921 – Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee convened atOttapalam in northern Kerala.^[5]
• 1924/25 –Vaikom Satyagraha led by Congress leadersT. K. Madhavan,K. Kelappan andK. P. Kesava Menon.^[8]
• 1930 –Salt Satyagraha, a part of theCivil Disobedience Movement, organised by K. Kelappan in northern Kerala.^[9]
• 1931/32 –Guruvayur Satyagraha, commenced under K. Kelappan.^[10]
• 1933 – Joint Political Congress established in Travancore.^[11]
• 1938 –Chunangat Kunjikavamma elected as President andE. M. S. Namboodiripad, the futureCommunist leader, as Secretary.^[12]
• 1938 – formation of Travancore State Congress.^[11] Agitation against DiwanC. P. Ramaswami Iyer for 'Responsible Government'.^[11][13]
• 1939/40 – Split in Congress.Communist Party of India walked away with the entire Kerala unit.^[14]
• 1947 – Following thePunnapra-Vayalar Revolt, the Travancore State Congress enters the agitation against the Diwan.^[11][15]
• 1957 – Congress loses first assembly election in Kerala
• 1958 – formation of theKerala Students Union (KSU).^[16]
• 1960 – Congress-led alliance in power after the 'Liberation Struggle' againstCommunist ministry.
• 1964 – Major split in Congress.^[17]
• 1971 – Congress joins theAchuta Menon Government.^[18]
• 1979/80 – Congress leaderK. Karunakaran forms theUDF alliance.

1. 1920 (during theNon-Cooperation/Khilafat Agitation)^[19]
2. 1925 (duringVaikom Satyagraha)^[19]
3. 1927 (campaign against theuntouchability)^[19]
4. 1934 (fundraising)^[19]
5. 1937 (after the1936 Temple Entry Proclamation)^[19]

Source: Thomas J. Nossiter - Communism in Kerala: A Study in Political Adaptation (1982)

Year	Party leader	Seats won	Change in seats	Outcome
Travancore-Cochin
1952	A. J. John	44 / 108	new	Government
1954		45 / 117	1	Opposition
Kerala
1957	P. T. Chacko	43 / 126	new	Opposition
1960	R. Sankar	63 / 126	20	Government
1965		36 / 133	27	Opposition
1967	K. Karunakaran	9 / 133	27	Opposition
1970		30 / 133	21	Government UF
1977		38 / 140	8	Government UF
1980		17 / 140	21	Opposition UDF
1982		20 / 140	3	Government UDF
1987		33 / 140	13	Opposition UDF
1991		55 / 140	22	Government UDF
1996	A. K. Antony	37 / 140	18	Opposition UDF
2001		63 / 140	26	Government UDF
2006	Oommen Chandy	24 / 140	39	Opposition UDF
2011		38 / 140	14	Government UDF
2016		22 / 140	16	Opposition UDF
2021	Ramesh Chennithala	21 / 140	1	Opposition UDF

Source:Government of KeralaArchived 11 November 2021 at theWayback MachineGovernment of India

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Source: Thomas J. Nossiter - Communism in Kerala: A Study in Political Adaptation (1982)

S.no	Name	Portrait	Term
1.	R. Sankar		26 September 1962	10 September 1964	1 year, 350 days
2.	K. Karunakaran		25 March 1977	27 April 1977	8 years, 324 days
			28 December 1981	17 March 1982
			24 May 1982	26 March 1987
			24 June 1991	22 March 1995
3.	A. K. Antony		27 April 1977	29 October 1978	5 years, 350 days
			22 March 1995	20 May 1996
			17 May 2001	31 August 2004
4.	Oommen Chandy		31 August 2004	18 May 2006	6 years, 267 days
			18 May 2011	25 May 2016

S.no	Name	Portrait	Term
1.	P. T. Chacko		1957	1959
2.	K. Karunakaran		1967	1969
			1978	1979
			1980	1981
			1987	1991
3.	A. K. Antony		1996	2001
4.	Oommen Chandy		2006	2011
5.	Ramesh Chennithala		2016	2021
6.	V. D. Satheesan		2021	present

S.no	President	Portrait	Term
1.	K. Madhavan Nair		1920	1921
2.	K. P. Kesava Menon		1921	1925
3.	P. രാമുണ്ണി മേനോൻ		1925	1930
4.	T. അസ്സൻ കോയ മൊല്ല		1930	1931
5.	പൊന്മടത്ത് മൊയ്‌തീൻ കോയ		1931	1934
6.	Chunangat Kunjikavamma		1934	1934
7.	M.P. Narayana Menon		1934	1935
8.	A. V. Kuttimalu Amma		1935	1936
9.	Kongattil Raman Menon		1935	1937
10.	Muhammed Abdurahman Sahib		1938	1940
11.	K. T Kunhiraman Nambiar		1940	1942
12.	P. K Moideen Kutty Sahib		1946	1948
13.	K. Kelappan		1946	1949
14.	Kumbalathu Sanku Pillai		1950	1952
15.	A. P Udayabhanu		1954	1956
16.	Kozhipurath Madhava Menon		1944	1946
			1956	1958
17.	K. A. Damodara Menon		1958	1959
18.	R. Sankar		1958	1960
19.	C.K. Govidhavan Nair		1963	1964
20.	K.C. Abraham		1965	1966
21.	T. O. Bava		1967	1969
22.	K.K. Viswanathan		1970	1972
23.	A.K. Antony		1972	1977
24.	S. Varadarajan Nair		1977	1978
25.	K. M. Chandy		1978	1982
26.	C. V. Padmarajan		1983	1987
27.	A.K. Antony		1987	1992
28.	Vayalar Ravi		1992	1998
29.	Thennala Balakrishna Pillai		1998	2001
30.	K. Muraleedharan		2001	2004
31.	P. P. Thankachan		2004	2004
32.	Thennala Balakrishna Pillai		2004	2005
33.	Ramesh Chennithala		2005	2014
34.	V.M. Sudheeran		2014	2017
35.	M.M. Hassan		2017	2018
36.	Mullappally Ramachandran		2018	2021
37.	K. Sudhakaran[20]		2021	2025
38.	Sunny Joseph		2025	Present

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