Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee

The Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) is the state unit of Indian National Congress for the state of Andhra Pradesh, India.[1] 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 of all the 26 districts in Andhra Pradesh. The current president of the committee is Gidugu Rudra Raju. The APCC has its headquarters at Andhra Ratna Bhawan, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh.[2] The APCC is responsible for Congress party units

Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee
PresidentGidugu Rudra Raju
HeadquartersRatna Bhawan, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh
Youth wingAndhra Pradesh Youth Congress
Women's wingAndhra Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee
Ideology
AllianceUnited Progressive Alliance
Seats in Lok Sabha
0 / 25
Seats in Rajya Sabha
0 / 11
Seats in Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
0 / 175
Seats in Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council
0 / 58
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Office Bearers
S. No Name Designation Ref
1. Gidugu Rudra Raju President [3]
2. Janga Goutham Working President [3]
3. Shaik Mastan Vali Working President [3]
4. Padmasree Sunkara Working President [3]
5. P. Rakesh Reddy Working President [3]

List of APCC Presidents
S. No Name Constituency/District Term
1. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy Anantapur, Anantapur 1953 - 1955
2. Bezawada Gopala Reddy Atmakur, Nellore 1955 - 1956
3. Damodaram Sanjivayya Kurnool, Kurnool
4. Mallipudi Pallamraju Kakinada, East Godavari 1961-1962
5. P. V. Narasimha Rao Narsampeta, Warangal
6. Jalagam Vengala Rao Sathupalli, Khammam
7. Marri Chenna Reddy Sanathnagar, Rangareddy
8. Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy Kurnool, Kurnool 1980 - 1981
9. Kona Prabhakara Rao Bapatla, Guntur 1981 - 1982
10. G. Venkatswamy Chennur, Adilabad 1982 - 1983
11. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy Pulivendula, Kadapa 1983 - 1985
12. Jalagam Vengala Rao Sathupalli, Khammam 1985 - 1988
13. N. Janardhana Reddy Venkatagiri, Nellore 1988 - 1989
14. V. Hanumantha Rao Ambeerpet, Hyderabad 1989 - 1994
15. Konijeti Rosaiah Vemuru, Guntur 1994 - 1996
16. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy Pulivendula, Kadapa 1998 - 1999
17. Satyanarayana Rao Karimnagar, Karimnagar 2000 - 2004
18. Dharmapuri Srinivas Nizamabad, Nizamabad 2004 - 2005
19. K. Keshava Rao Hyderabad, Hyderabad 2005 - 2008
20. Dharmapuri Srinivas Nizamabad, Nizamabad 2008 - 2011
21. Botsa Satyanarayana Cheepurupalli, Vizianagaram 2011 - 2014
22. Raghu Veera Reddy Madakasira, Anantapur 2014 - 2020
23. Sake Sailajanath Singanamala, Anantapur 2020 - 2022
24. Gidugu Rudra Raju Amalapuram, Konaseema 2022 - Incumbent

List of AICC Presidents from Andhra Pradesh
S.No Name Designation Location
1. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy President Anantapur, Anantapur district.
2. Kasu Brahmananda Reddy President Narsaropeta, Guntur district.
3. Damodaram Sanjivayya President Kurnool, Kurnool district.
4. P. V. Narasimha Rao President Narsampeta, Warangal district.

Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election History

Total number of seats in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly was 294 . After state division in 2014 total seats come down to 175.

Year CLP Party leader Seats won Change
in seats		 Outcome Ref.
Andhra State
1952 Tanguturi Prakasam
119 / 196
 Steady new Government
1955 B. Gopala Reddy
119 / 196
 Steady new Government
United Andhra Pradesh with (Telangana region)
1957 Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, Damodaram Sanjivayya
68 / 105
 Steady new Government
1962 Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, Kasu Brahmananda Reddy
177 / 300
 Steady new Government
1967 Kasu Brahmananda Reddy, P. V. Narasimha Rao
165 / 287
 Decrease 12 Government
1972 P. V. Narasimha Rao, Jalagam Vengala Rao
219 / 287
 Increase 54 Government
1978 Marri Chenna Reddy, T. Anjaiah, Bhavanam Venkatarami Reddy, Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy
205 / 294
 Decrease 14 Government
1983 Mogaligundla Baga Reddy
60 / 294
 Decrease145 Opposition
1985
50 / 294
 Decrease 10 Opposition
1989 Marri Chenna Reddy, N. Janardhana Reddy, Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy
181 / 294
 Increase 131 Government
1994 P. Janardhan Reddy
26 / 294
 Decrease 155 Opposition [4]
1999 Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy
91 / 294
 Increase 65 Opposition
2004
185 / 294
 Increase 94 Government [5]
2009 Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, Konijeti Rosaiah, Kiran Kumar Reddy
156 / 294
 Decrease 29 Government [6]
Andhra Pradesh
2014
0 / 175
 Steady new Others
2019
0 / 175
 Steady 0 Others [7]
  • In 1957, elections were conducted in the newly added region of Telangana alone which includes 105 seats and then in 1962 elections were held for the state as a whole in all 300 seats.
  • In 1978 Indira Gandhi led INC (I) won 175 seats while INC(O) won 30 seats with 17.01%.

Lok Sabha election history

Total number of Lok Sabha seats in Andhra Pradesh is 42 and after division seats come down to 25 out of which Congress has none. Although the state has been one of its bastions for a long time, Congress has swiftly performed a political suicide by trampling upon the 'balance' during bifurcation of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. Today, Congress is more of a namesake party failing to win even a single State assembly seat or Lok Sabha seat. Most of its prior leaders left the party leaving it with a couple of loyal remnants who have since faced bitter defeats. With a present vote share of 2.56% and almost no real hope of increasing it despite strong incumbency, Congress is not expected to do any better in the near future.

Year General Election No. of seats won
19572nd Lok Sabha31
19623rd Lok Sabha34
19674th Lok Sabha35
19715th Lok Sabha28
19776th Lok Sabha41
19807th Lok Sabha41
19848th Lok Sabha6
19899th Lok Sabha39
199110th Lok Sabha25
199611th Lok Sabha22
199812th Lok Sabha22
199913th Lok Sabha5
200414th Lok Sabha29
200915th Lok Sabha33
201416th Lok Sabha0
201917th Lok Sabha0

References
  1. "Congress in states". www.inc.in. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  2. "Vijayawada to be Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee headquarters". www.inc.in. 2 June 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  3. "Gidugu Rudra Raju appointed Andhra Pradesh Congress president". The Hindu. 24 November 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  4. "AP Legislative Overview - AP Legislature". 29 November 2014. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  5. "A popular backlash". frontline.thehindu.com. 3 June 2004. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  6. "The Hindu : Andhra Pradesh News : Governor invites YSR to form Government". 20 June 2004. Archived from the original on 20 June 2004. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  7. "AP Election Results: Election Results of Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election | Times of India". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 19 October 2022.


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