Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee
Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (Kerala PCC or KPCC)is the Kerala state unit of the Indian 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. The INC currently leads the UDF alliance, the Opposition in the Kerala Legislative Assembly.
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Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee
Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (Kerala PCC or KPCC)is the Kerala state unit of the Indian 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. The INC currently leads the UDF alliance, the Opposition in the Kerala Legislative Assembly.
Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee was first convened in 1921 at Ottapalam in northern Kerala (in the presence of the T. Prakasam).
Structure and composition
Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee
<table><thead><tr><th>S.no</th><th>Name</th><th>Designation</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1.</td><td>Deepa Dasmunshi</td><td>AICC General Secretary Incharge</td></tr><tr><td>2.</td><td>Sunny Joseph</td><td>President KPCC</td></tr><tr><td>3.</td><td>V. D. Satheesan</td><td>CLP Leader KLA</td></tr><tr><td>4.</td><td>Shafi Parambil</td><td>Working President KPCC</td></tr><tr><td>5.</td><td>A. P. Anil Kumar</td><td>Working President KPCC</td></tr><tr><td>6.</td><td>P. C. Vishnunadh</td><td>Working President KPCC</td></tr><tr><td>7.</td><td>Jebi Mather</td><td>President AIMC Kerala</td></tr><tr><td>8.</td><td>O J Janeesh</td><td>President IYC Kerala</td></tr><tr><td>9.</td><td>Aloshious Xavier</td><td>President KSU</td></tr><tr><td>10.</td><td>R. Chandrashekaran</td><td>President INTUC</td></tr></tbody></table>
Political underrepresentation of Ezhava
Despite constituting around 24% of Kerala’s population, the Ezhava community has been described as under represented in UDF. Within the UDF, representation concerns have also been raised. There is no OBC representation in the top leadership of the Congress in Kerala at present. Of the 14 District Congress Committees (DCCs) in Kerala, only 4 have presidents from the Ezhava community, which is 28.5%. Among the state’s 14 Congress MPs, only 2 belong to the community, while only 1 of the party’s 22 MLAs represents the Ezhavas. Additionally, none of the three newly appointed working presidents of the KPCC are from the community.
Timeline
Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee
• 1921 – Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee convened at Ottapalam in northern Kerala. • 1924/25 – Vaikom Satyagraha led by Congress leaders T. K. Madhavan, K. Kelappan and K. P. Kesava Menon. • 1930 – Salt Satyagraha, a part of the Civil Disobedience Movement, organised by K. Kelappan in northern Kerala. • 1931/32 – Guruvayur Satyagraha, commenced under K. Kelappan. • 1933 – Joint Political Congress established in Travancore. • 1938 – Chunangat Kunjikavamma elected as President and E. M. S. Namboodiripad, the future Communist leader, as Secretary. • 1938 – formation of Travancore State Congress. Agitation against Diwan C. P. Ramaswami Iyer for 'Responsible Government'. • 1939/40 – Split in Congress. Communist Party of India walked away with the entire Kerala unit. • 1947 – Following the Punnapra-Vayalar Revolt, the Travancore State Congress enters the agitation against the Diwan. • 1957 – Congress loses first assembly election in Kerala • 1958 – formation of the Kerala Students Union (KSU). • 1960 – Congress-led alliance in power after the 'Liberation Struggle' against Communist ministry. • 1964 – Major split in Congress. • 1971 – Congress joins the Achuta Menon Government. • 1979/80 – Congress leader K. Karunakaran forms the UDF alliance.
Gandhi's visits to Kerala
• 1920 (during the Non-Cooperation/Khilafat Agitation) • 1925 (during Vaikom Satyagraha) • 1927 (campaign against the untouchability) • 1934 (fundraising) • 1937 (after the 1936 Temple Entry Proclamation)
Kerala Legislative Assembly election
Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee
K. Karunakaran
Source: Thomas J. Nossiter - Communism in Kerala: A Study in Political Adaptation (1982)
<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Party leader</th><th>Seats won / Total Seats in Assembly</th><th>Seats won / Seats Contested</th><th>Change in seats</th><th>Outcome</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Travancore-Cochin</td></tr><tr><td>1952</td><td>A. J. John</td><td>44 / 108</td><td>44 / 108</td><td>new</td><td>Government</td></tr><tr><td>1954</td><td>45 / 117</td><td>45 / 117</td><td>1</td><td>Opposition</td></tr><tr><td>Kerala</td></tr><tr><td>1957</td><td>P. T. Chacko</td><td>43 / 126</td><td>43 / 126</td><td>new</td><td>Opposition</td></tr><tr><td>1960</td><td>R. Sankar</td><td>63 / 126</td><td>63 / 126</td><td>20</td><td>Government</td></tr><tr><td>1965</td><td>36 / 133</td><td>36 / 133</td><td>27</td><td>Opposition</td></tr><tr><td>1967</td><td>K. Karunakaran</td><td>9 / 133</td><td>9 / 133</td><td>27</td><td>Opposition</td></tr><tr><td>1970</td><td>30 / 133</td><td>30 / 133</td><td>21</td><td>Government UF</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>38 / 140</td><td>38 / 140</td><td>8</td><td>Government UF</td></tr><tr><td>1980</td><td>17 / 140</td><td>17 / 140</td><td>21</td><td>Opposition UDF</td></tr><tr><td>1982</td><td>20 / 140</td><td>20 / 140</td><td>3</td><td>Government UDF</td></tr><tr><td>1987</td><td>33 / 140</td><td>33 / 76</td><td>13</td><td>Opposition UDF</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td>55 / 140</td><td>55 / 91</td><td>22</td><td>Government UDF</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td>A. K. Antony</td><td>37 / 140</td><td>37 / 94</td><td>18</td><td>Opposition UDF</td></tr><tr><td>2001</td><td>63 / 140</td><td>63 / 88</td><td>26</td><td>Government UDF</td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td>Oommen Chandy</td><td>24 / 140</td><td>24 / 77</td><td>39</td><td>Opposition UDF</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>38 / 140</td><td>38 / 82</td><td>14</td><td>Government UDF</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>22 / 140</td><td>22 / 87</td><td>16</td><td>Opposition UDF</td></tr><tr><td>2021</td><td>Ramesh Chennithala</td><td>21 / 140</td><td>21 / 92</td><td>1</td><td>Opposition UDF</td></tr></tbody></table>
Source: Government of Kerala Archived 11 November 2021 at the Wayback Machine Government of India
Kerala Lok Sabha Performance
Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee
<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Lok Sabha</th><th>Seats contested</th><th>Seats won / Total Seats in Kerala</th><th>Seats won / Total Seats contested</th><th>(+/-) in seats</th><th>% of votes</th><th>Vote swing</th><th>Popular vote</th><th>Outcome</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1951</td><td>1st</td><td>11</td><td>6 / 12</td><td>6 / 11</td><td></td><td>35.08%</td><td></td><td>12,24,533</td><td>Government</td></tr><tr><td>1957</td><td>2nd</td><td>17</td><td>6 / 18</td><td>6 / 17</td><td></td><td>34.76%</td><td></td><td>21,02,883</td><td>Government</td></tr><tr><td>1962</td><td>3rd</td><td>14</td><td>6 / 18</td><td>6 / 14</td><td></td><td>34.28%</td><td></td><td>18,95,226</td><td>Government</td></tr><tr><td>1967</td><td>4th</td><td>19</td><td>1 / 19</td><td>1 / 19</td><td>5</td><td>36.15%</td><td></td><td>22,67,393</td><td>Government</td></tr><tr><td>1971</td><td>5th</td><td>7</td><td>6 / 20</td><td>6 / 7</td><td>5</td><td>19.75%</td><td></td><td>12,89,601</td><td>Government</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>6th</td><td>11</td><td>11 / 20</td><td>11 / 11</td><td>5</td><td>29.13%</td><td></td><td>25,79,745</td><td>Opposition</td></tr><tr><td>1980</td><td>7th</td><td>11</td><td>5 / 20</td><td>5 / 11</td><td>6</td><td>26.32%</td><td></td><td>21,50,186</td><td>Government</td></tr><tr><td>1984</td><td>8th</td><td>13</td><td>13 / 20</td><td>13 / 13</td><td>8</td><td>33.27%</td><td></td><td>36,24,315</td><td>Government</td></tr><tr><td>1989</td><td>9th</td><td>17</td><td>14 / 20</td><td>14 / 17</td><td>1</td><td>41.70%</td><td></td><td>62,18,850</td><td>Opposition</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td>10th</td><td>16</td><td>13 / 20</td><td>13 / 16</td><td>1</td><td>38.77%</td><td></td><td>55,26,187</td><td>Government</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td>11th</td><td>17</td><td>7 / 20</td><td>7 / 17</td><td>6</td><td>38.01%</td><td></td><td>54,67,132</td><td>Opposition</td></tr><tr><td>1998</td><td>12th</td><td>17</td><td>8 / 20</td><td>8 / 17</td><td>1</td><td>38.67%</td><td></td><td>57,46,566</td><td>Opposition</td></tr><tr><td>1999</td><td>13th</td><td>17</td><td>8 / 20</td><td>8 / 17</td><td></td><td>39.35%</td><td></td><td>60,51,905</td><td>Opposition</td></tr><tr><td>2004</td><td>14th</td><td>17</td><td>0 / 20</td><td>0 / 17</td><td>8</td><td>32.13%</td><td></td><td>48,46,637</td><td>Government</td></tr><tr><td>2009</td><td>15th</td><td>17</td><td>13 / 20</td><td>13 / 17</td><td>13</td><td>40.13%</td><td></td><td>64,34,486</td><td>Government</td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td>16th</td><td>15</td><td>8 / 20</td><td>8 / 15</td><td>5</td><td>31.10%</td><td></td><td>55,90,285</td><td>Opposition</td></tr><tr><td>2019</td><td>17th</td><td>16</td><td>15 / 20</td><td>15 / 16</td><td>7</td><td>37.46%</td><td></td><td>75,96,610</td><td>Opposition</td></tr><tr><td>2024</td><td>18th</td><td>16</td><td>14 / 20</td><td>14 / 16</td><td>1</td><td>35.06%</td><td></td><td>70,03,971</td><td>Opposition</td></tr></tbody></table>
List of Chief Ministers
Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee
Source: Thomas J. Nossiter - Communism in Kerala: A Study in Political Adaptation (1982)
<table><thead><tr><th>S.no</th><th>Name</th><th>Portrait</th><th>Term</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1.</td><td>R. Sankar</td><td></td><td>26 September 1962</td><td>10 September 1964</td><td>1 year, 350 days</td></tr><tr><td>2.</td><td>K. Karunakaran</td><td></td><td>25 March 1977</td><td>27 April 1977</td><td>8 years, 324 days</td></tr><tr><td>28 December 1981</td><td>17 March 1982</td></tr><tr><td>24 May 1982</td><td>26 March 1987</td></tr><tr><td>24 June 1991</td><td>22 March 1995</td></tr><tr><td>3.</td><td>A. K. Antony</td><td></td><td>27 April 1977</td><td>29 October 1978</td><td>5 years, 350 days</td></tr><tr><td>22 March 1995</td><td>20 May 1996</td></tr><tr><td>17 May 2001</td><td>31 August 2004</td></tr><tr><td>4.</td><td>Oommen Chandy</td><td></td><td>31 August 2004</td><td>18 May 2006</td><td>6 years, 267 days</td></tr><tr><td>18 May 2011</td><td>25 May 2016</td></tr></tbody></table>
List of Leaders of Opposition
Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee
<table><thead><tr><th>S.no</th><th>Name</th><th>Portrait</th><th>Term</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1.</td><td>P. T. Chacko</td><td></td><td>1957</td><td>1959</td></tr><tr><td>2.</td><td>K. Karunakaran</td><td></td><td>1967</td><td>1969</td></tr><tr><td>1978</td><td>1979</td></tr><tr><td>1980</td><td>1981</td></tr><tr><td>1987</td><td>1991</td></tr><tr><td>3.</td><td>A. K. Antony</td><td></td><td>1996</td><td>2001</td></tr><tr><td>4.</td><td>Oommen Chandy</td><td></td><td>2006</td><td>2011</td></tr><tr><td>5.</td><td>Ramesh Chennithala</td><td></td><td>2016</td><td>2021</td></tr><tr><td>6.</td><td>V. D. Satheesan</td><td></td><td>2021</td><td>present</td></tr></tbody></table>
List of Kerala P. C. C. Presidents
Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee
<table><thead><tr><th>S.no</th><th>President</th><th>Portrait</th><th>Term</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1.</td><td>K. Madhavan Nair</td><td></td><td>1920</td><td>1921</td></tr><tr><td>2.</td><td>K. P. Kesava Menon</td><td></td><td>1921</td><td>1925</td></tr><tr><td>3.</td><td>P. രാമുണ്ണി മേനോൻ</td><td></td><td>1925</td><td>1930</td></tr><tr><td>4.</td><td>T. അസ്സൻ കോയ മൊല്ല</td><td></td><td>1930</td><td>1931</td></tr><tr><td>5.</td><td>പൊന്മടത്ത് മൊയ്തീൻ കോയ</td><td></td><td>1931</td><td>1934</td></tr><tr><td>6.</td><td>Chunangat Kunjikavamma</td><td></td><td>1934</td><td>1934</td></tr><tr><td>7.</td><td>M.P. Narayana Menon</td><td></td><td>1934</td><td>1935</td></tr><tr><td>8.</td><td>A. V. Kuttimalu Amma</td><td></td><td>1935</td><td>1936</td></tr><tr><td>9.</td><td>Kongattil Raman Menon</td><td></td><td>1935</td><td>1937</td></tr><tr><td>10.</td><td>Muhammed Abdurahman Sahib</td><td></td><td>1938</td><td>1940</td></tr><tr><td>11.</td><td>K. T Kunhiraman Nambiar</td><td></td><td>1940</td><td>1942</td></tr><tr><td>12.</td><td>P. K Moideen Kutty Sahib</td><td></td><td>1946</td><td>1948</td></tr><tr><td>13.</td><td>K. Kelappan</td><td></td><td>1946</td><td>1949</td></tr><tr><td>14.</td><td>Kumbalathu Sanku Pillai</td><td></td><td>1950</td><td>1952</td></tr><tr><td>15.</td><td>A. P Udayabhanu</td><td></td><td>1954</td><td>1956</td></tr><tr><td>16.</td><td>Kozhipurath Madhava Menon</td><td></td><td>1944</td><td>1946</td></tr><tr><td>1956</td><td>1958</td></tr><tr><td>17.</td><td>K. A. Damodara Menon</td><td></td><td>1958</td><td>1959</td></tr><tr><td>18.</td><td>R. Sankar</td><td></td><td>1958</td><td>1960</td></tr><tr><td>19.</td><td>C.K. Govidhavan Nair</td><td></td><td>1963</td><td>1964</td></tr><tr><td>20.</td><td>K.C. Abraham</td><td></td><td>1965</td><td>1966</td></tr><tr><td>21.</td><td>T. O. Bava</td><td></td><td>1967</td><td>1969</td></tr><tr><td>22.</td><td>K.K. Viswanathan</td><td></td><td>1970</td><td>1972</td></tr><tr><td>23.</td><td>A.K. Antony</td><td></td><td>1972</td><td>1977</td></tr><tr><td>24.</td><td>S. Varadarajan Nair</td><td></td><td>1977</td><td>1978</td></tr><tr><td>25.</td><td>K. M. Chandy</td><td></td><td>1978</td><td>1982</td></tr><tr><td>26.</td><td>C. V. Padmarajan</td><td></td><td>1983</td><td>1987</td></tr><tr><td>27.</td><td>A.K. Antony</td><td></td><td>1987</td><td>1992</td></tr><tr><td>28.</td><td>Vayalar Ravi</td><td></td><td>1992</td><td>1998</td></tr><tr><td>29.</td><td>Thennala Balakrishna Pillai</td><td></td><td>1998</td><td>2001</td></tr><tr><td>30.</td><td>K. Muraleedharan</td><td></td><td>2001</td><td>2004</td></tr><tr><td>31.</td><td>P. P. Thankachan</td><td></td><td>2004</td><td>2004</td></tr><tr><td>32.</td><td>Thennala Balakrishna Pillai</td><td></td><td>2004</td><td>2005</td></tr><tr><td>33.</td><td>Ramesh Chennithala</td><td></td><td>2005</td><td>2014</td></tr><tr><td>34.</td><td>V.M. Sudheeran</td><td></td><td>2014</td><td>2017</td></tr><tr><td>35.</td><td>M.M. Hassan</td><td></td><td>2017</td><td>2018</td></tr><tr><td>36.</td><td>Mullappally Ramachandran</td><td></td><td>2018</td><td>2021</td></tr><tr><td>37.</td><td>K. Sudhakaran</td><td></td><td>2021</td><td>2025</td></tr><tr><td>38.</td><td>Sunny Joseph</td><td></td><td>2025</td><td>Present</td></tr></tbody></table>
List of elected members
Kerala legislative assembly
<table><thead><tr><th>No.</th><th>Constituency</th><th>Member</th><th>Party</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Kannur district</td></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>Irikkur</td><td>Sajeev Joseph</td><td>INC</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Peravoor</td><td>Sunny Joseph</td><td>INC</td></tr><tr><td>Wayanad district</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Sulthan Bathery</td><td>I. C. Balakrishnan</td><td>INC</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Kalpetta</td><td>T Siddique</td><td>INC</td></tr><tr><td>Malappuram district</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Nilambur</td><td>Aryadan Shoukath ( elected in 2025 by-election)</td><td>INC</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Wandoor</td><td>A. P. Anil Kumar</td><td>INC</td></tr><tr><td>Thrissur district</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>Chalakudy</td><td>T. J. Saneesh Kumar Joseph</td><td>INC</td></tr><tr><td>Ernakulam district</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>Perumbavoor</td><td>Eldhose Kunnappilly</td><td>INC</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>Angamaly</td><td>Roji M. John</td><td>INC</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>Aluva</td><td>Anwar Sadath</td><td>INC</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>Paravur</td><td>V. D. Satheesan</td><td>INC</td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td>Thrippunithura</td><td>K. Babu</td><td>INC</td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td>Ernakulam</td><td>T. J. Vinod</td><td>INC</td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td>Thrikkakara</td><td>Uma Thomas</td><td>INC</td></tr><tr><td>15</td><td>Muvattupuzha</td><td>Mathew Kuzhalnadan</td><td>INC</td></tr><tr><td>Kottayam district</td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td>Kottayam</td><td>Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan</td><td>INC</td></tr><tr><td>17</td><td>Puthuppally</td><td>Chandy Oommen (Elected in by-election in 2023)</td><td>INC</td></tr><tr><td>Alappuzha district</td></tr><tr><td>18</td><td>Haripad</td><td>Ramesh Chennithala</td><td>INC</td></tr><tr><td>Kollam district</td></tr><tr><td>19</td><td>Karunagappally</td><td>C. R. Mahesh</td><td>INC</td></tr><tr><td>20</td><td>Kundara</td><td>P. C. Vishnunadh</td><td>INC</td></tr><tr><td>Thiruvananthapuram district</td></tr><tr><td>21</td><td>Kovalam</td><td>M. Vincent</td><td>INC</td></tr></tbody></table>
Lok Sabha
<table><thead><tr><th>Parliamentary Constituency</th><th>Member (M. P.)</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Kasaragod</td><td>Rajmohan Unnithan</td></tr><tr><td>Kannur</td><td>K. Sudhakaran</td></tr><tr><td>Vatakara</td><td>Shafi Parambil</td></tr><tr><td>Wayanad</td><td>Priyanka Gandhi (elected in 2024 by-election)</td></tr><tr><td>Kozhikode</td><td>M. K. Raghavan</td></tr><tr><td>Palakkad</td><td>V. K. Sreekandan</td></tr><tr><td>Chalakudy</td><td>Benny Behanan</td></tr><tr><td>Ernakulam</td><td>Hibi Eden</td></tr><tr><td>Idukki</td><td>Dean Kuriakose</td></tr><tr><td>Mavelikkara</td><td>Kodikunnil Suresh</td></tr><tr><td>Pathanamthitta</td><td>Anto Antony Punnathaniyil</td></tr><tr><td>Alappuzha</td><td>K. C. Venugopal</td></tr><tr><td>Attingal</td><td>Adoor Prakash</td></tr><tr><td>Thiruvananthapuram</td><td>Dr Shashi Tharoor</td></tr></tbody></table>
Rajya Sabha
<table><thead><tr><th>No.</th><th>State</th><th>Member (M. P.)</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Kerala</td><td>Jebi Mather</td></tr></tbody></table>