Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಪ್ರದೇಶ ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್ ಸಮಿತಿ
President	D. K. Shivakumar
Chairman	Siddaramaiah
General Secretary	H.B. Chand Pasha
Headquarters	Congress Bhawan, Queens Road,Bengaluru,Karnataka
Youth wing	Karnataka Youth Congress
Women's wing	Karnataka Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee
Ideology	Kannadiga nationalism[3] Liberalism Third Way Environmentalism Regionalism Civic nationalism Federalism Secularism
Political position	Centre-left
ECI Status	A State Unit ofIndian National Congress
Alliance	Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance
Seats in Rajya Sabha	5 / 12 [4]
Seats in Lok Sabha	9 / 28
Seats in Karnataka Legislative Council	37 / 75
Seats in Karnataka Legislative Assembly	136 / 224
Election symbol
Party flag
Website
inckarnataka.in
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Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KarnatakaPCC) is the unit of theIndian National Congress for the state ofKarnataka. Its head office is situated at theCongress Bhawan, Queens Road,Bengaluru. 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 isD. 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.

Year	Party leader	Seats won	Change in seats	Outcome
Mysore State
1952	K. Chengalaraya Reddy	74 / 99	74	Government
1957	S. Nijalingappa	150 / 208	76	Government
1962	S. R. Kanthi	138 / 208	12	Government
1967	S. Nijalingappa	126 / 216	12	Government
1972	D. Devaraj Urs	165 / 216	39	Government
Karnataka
1978	D. Devaraj Urs	149 / 224	16	Government
1983	R. Gundu Rao	82 / 224	67	Opposition
1985		65 / 224	17	Opposition
1989	Veerendra Patil	178 / 224	113	Government
1994	Veerappa Moily	34 / 224	144	Opposition
1999	S.M. Krishna	132 / 224	98	Government
2004		65 / 224	67	Government later Opposition
2008	Mallikarjun Kharge	80 / 224	15	Opposition
2013	Siddaramaiah	122 / 224	42	Government
2018		80 / 224	42	Government later Opposition
2023		135 / 224	56	Government

Karnataka Congress Legislative Assembly seat count

Lok Sabha Elections

Year	Lok Sabha	Seats contested	Seats won	Change in seats	Percentage of votes	Vote swing	Popular vote	Outcome
Mysore
1951	1st	11	10 / 11	10	53.43%	new	15,09,075	Government
1957	2nd	26	23 / 26	13	55.52%	2.09	32,19,014	Government
1962	3rd	26	25 / 26	2	52.67%	2.85	33,81,276	Government
1967	4th	27	18 / 27	7	49.02%	3.65	37,55,339	Government
1971	5th	27	27 / 27	9	70.87%	21.85	54,18,541	Government
Karnataka
1977	6th	28	26 / 28	1	56.80%	14.07	58,33,567	Opposition
1980	7th		27 / 28	1	56.25%	0.55	61,54,746	Government
1984	8th		24 / 28	3	51.63%	4.62	69,74,044	Government
1989	9th		27 / 28	3	48.90%	2.73	90,08,980	Opposition
1991	10th		23 / 28	4	42.13%	6.77	64,90,020	Government
1996	11th		5 / 28	18	30.29%	11.84	56,68,988	Opposition
1998	12th		9 / 28	4	36.22%	5.93	76,42,756	Opposition
1999	13th		18 / 28	9	45.41%	9.19	1,01,50,765	Opposition
2004	14th		8 / 28	10	36.82%	8.59	92,47,605	Government
2009	15th		6 / 28	2	37.65%	0.83	92,50,984	Government
2014	16th		9 / 28	3	40.80%	3.15		Opposition
2019	17th	21	1 / 28	8	31.88%	8.92	1,12,03,016	Opposition
2024	18th	28	9 / 28	8	45.43%	13.55	1,75,54,381	Opposition

Karnataka Congress Lok Sabha seat count

• Mallikarjun Kharge,AICC president, former UnionRailways 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
• Sunil Kanugolu, Media Advisor to CM, KPCC
• John Paul, Secondary Media Advisor KPCC
• Siddaramaiah,Chief minister of Karnataka, formerDeputy Chief minister of Karnataka
• Y Sayeed Ahmed, (1996-2003), General Secretary, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee; (2015–2021) chairman, Minority Department
• G. Parameshwara, formerDeputy Chief minister of Karnataka,Home minister of Karnataka, former president of KPCC.
• Veerappa Moily, formerChief Minister of Karnataka, former Union Cabinet minister.
• Dinesh Gundu Rao, former president of KPCC, former minister for Food and Civil Supplies.
• Dr. Shivanand Hulyalkar, Spokesperson for theIndian National Congress, media in-charge, and in-charge forKarnataka for the Congress Party. He is associated with the Kalpataru Group and Sivaan Aviation Pvt. Ltd.

S.no	Name	Portrait	Term
1.	D. Devaraj Urs		1 November 1973	31 December 1977	7 years, 238 days
			28 February 1978	7 January 1980
2.	R. Gundu Rao		12 January 1980	10 January 1983	2 years, 363 days
3.	Veerendra Patil		30 November 1989	10 October 1990	193 days
4.	Sarekoppa Bangarappa		17 October 1990	19 November 1992	2 years, 33 days
5.	Veerappa Moily		19 November 1992	11 December 1994	2 years, 22 days
6.	S. M. Krishna		11 October 1999	28 May 2004	4 years, 230 days
7.	Dharam Singh		28 May 2004	3 February 2006	1 year, 251 days
8.	Siddaramaiah		13 May 2013	17 May 2018	7 years, 275 days
			20 May 2023	01 May 2025

1. Dr. Adithiya Gowda
2. Ms.Sheethal Subhas

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