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West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee পশ্চিমবঙ্গ প্রদেশ কংগ্রেস কমিটি | |
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| President | Subhankar Sarkar |
| Founded | 19 June 1966 (59 years ago) (1966-06-19) |
| Headquarters | Bidhan Bhavan,Sealdah,Entally,Kolkata,West Bengal, 700014 |
| Newspaper | Andolon.in |
| Student wing | West Bengal State Chhatra Parishad |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| ECI Status | A State Unit ofIndian National Congress |
| Alliance | Secular Democratic Alliance Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (National level) |
| Seats in Rajya Sabha | 0 / 16 |
| Seats in Lok Sabha | 1 / 42 |
| Seats in West Bengal Legislative Assembly | 1 / 294 |
| Seats in Gorkhaland Territorial Administration | 0 / 62 |
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TheWest Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee (WBPCC), formerly known as theBengal Provincial Congress Committee inColonial India, is the unit of theIndian National Congress for the state ofWest Bengal. It is responsible for the organization and management of the party's activities and campaigns in the state, as well as selecting candidates for local, state, and national elections.
| S.no | Name | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ghulam Ahmad Mir | AICC Incharge |
| 2. | Meer Akhtar Hussain | State Incharge Rajiv Gandhi Panchayati Raj Sangathan |
| 3. | Subhankar Sarkar | President West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee |
| 4. | Eshan Ahmed Khan | State Incharge West Bengal Pradesh Youth Congress |
| 5. | Subrata Dutta | President West Bengal Pradesh Mahila Congress |
| 6. | Priyanka Choudhary | President West Bengal State Chhatra Parishad NSUI |
| 7. | Rahul Pandey | President West Bengal Pradesh Congress Seva Dal |
| S.no | President | Portrait | Term | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ananda Gopal Mukherjee | 1981 | 1985 | 4 years, 0 days | |
| 2 | Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi |  | 1985 | 1989 | 4 years, 0 days |
| 3 | Siddhartha Shankar Ray | 1989 | 1992 | 3 years, 0 days | |
| 4 | Somendra Nath Mitra | 1992 | 1998 | 6 years, 0 days | |
| 5 | A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury |  | 20 July 1998 | 22 August 2000 | 2 years, 33 days |
| 6 | Pranab Mukherjee | .jpg) | 22 August 2000 | 17 February 2008 | 7 years, 179 days |
| (2) | Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi | | 17 February 2008 | 23 October 2008 | 249 days |
| 7 | Manas Bhunia |  | 23 October 2008 | 17 January 2011 | 2 years, 86 days |
| 8 | Pradip Bhattacharya |  | 17 January 2011 | 10 February 2014 | 3 years, 24 days |
| 9 | Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury | .png) | 11 February 2014 | 22 September 2018 | 4 years, 223 days |
| (4) | Somendra Nath Mitra | 22 September 2018 | 30 July 2020 | 1 year, 312 days | |
| (9) | Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury | | 9 September 2020 | 21 September 2024 | 4 years, 12 days |
| 10 | Subhankar Sarkar |
| 21 September 2024 | Incumbent | 1 year, 65 days |
As of 2025, there have been fivechief ministers of West Bengal from theCongress:
| S.no | Name | Portrait | Term | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Prafulla Chandra Ghosh |  | 15 August 1947 | 22 January 1948 | 250 days |
| 21 November 1967 | 19 February 1968 | ||||
| 2. | Bidhan Chandra Roy |  | 23 January 1948 | 1 July 1962 | 14 years, 159 days |
| 3. | Prafulla Chandra Sen |  | 9 July 1962 | 28 February 1967 | 4 years, 234 days |
| 4. | Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee |  | 2 April 1971 | 28 June 1971 | 87 days |
| 5. | Siddhartha Shankar Ray | 20 March 1972 | 30 April 1977 | 5 years, 41 days | |
The Indian National Congress was popular in West Bengal from India's independence in 1947 till the late 1970s. The party was voted out of power in1977 due to theEmergency. After that, they played the role of the opposition during theLeft Front regime. The party suffered a big blow whenMamata Banerjee left the Congress and founded the breakaway party ofTrinamool Congress (TMC) in 1998. This led to exodus of the party members to the TMC and demise of the Congress Party in West Bengal. The party further declined due to the rise of theBharatiya Janata Party in West Bengal in the mid 2010s, relegating the party to a mere fourth-party status in the state. In the Legislative Assembly election in 2021, the party drew blank for the first time and failed to win a single seat in the assembly.
| Year | Party leader | Seats Contested | Seats won | Change in seats | Outcome |
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| 1982 | Ananda Gopal Mukherjee | 250 | 49 / 294 |  | Opposition |
| 1987 | Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi | 294 | 40 / 294 |  9 | Opposition |
| 1991 | Siddhartha Shankar Ray | 284 | 43 / 294 |  3 | Opposition |
| 1996 | Somendra Nath Mitra | 288 | 82 / 294 | 39 | Opposition |
| 2001 | Pranab Mukherjee | 60 | 26 / 294 | 56 | Opposition |
| 2006 | Pranab Mukherjee | 262 | 21 / 294 | 5 | Opposition |
| 2011 | Pradip Bhattacharya | 66 | 42 / 294 | 21 | Government |
| 2016 | Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury | 92 | 44 / 294 | 2 | Opposition |
| 2021 | Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury | 92 | 0 / 294 | 44 | Lost |
