May 23, 2019: Congress Party manages to win 52 seats, mostly from Kerala.
Abbreviation | INC |
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President | Sonia Gandhi |
Parliamentary Chairperson | Sonia Gandhi |
Lok Sabha leader | Mallikarjun Kharge |
Rajya Sabha leader | Ghulam Nabi Azad (Leader of the Opposition) |
Former Prime Minister(s) | Jawaharlal Nehru Lal Bahadur Shastri Indira Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi P. V. Narasimha Rao Manmohan Singh |
Founder | Allan Octavian Hume Dadabhai Naoroji Dinshaw Wacha Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee |
Founded | 28 December 1885 |
Headquarters | 24, Akbar Road, New Delhi 110001 |
Newspaper | Congress Sandesh |
Student wing | National Students Union of India |
Youth wing | Indian Youth Congress |
Women’s wing | All India Mahila Congress |
Labour wing | Indian National Trade Union Congress |
Minority wing | Minority Congress |
Membership | c. 20–40 million |
Ideology | Social democracy Democratic socialism Social liberalism Hindu left Swadeshi movement Gandhian socialism Secularism Progressivism |
Political position | Centre-left |
International affiliation | Progressive Alliance Socialist International |
Colors | Sky blue |
ECI Status | National Party |
Alliance | United Progressive Alliance (UPA) |
Seats in Lok Sabha | 52 / 545 |
Seats in Rajya Sabha | 50 / 245 |
Number of states and union territories in government | 4/60 (Arunachal Pradesh) 25/126 (Assam) 27/243 (Bihar) 68/90 (Chhattisgarh) 14/40 (Goa) 72/182 (Gujarat) 17/90 (Haryana) 21/68 (Himachal Pradesh) 12/87 (Jammu & Kashmir) 9/81 (Jharkhand) 78/224 (Karnataka) 22/140 (Kerala) 114/230 (Madhya Pradesh) 42/289 (Maharashtra) 19/60 (Manipur) 20/60 (Meghalaya) 5/40 (Mizoram) 9/147 (Odisha) 78/117 (Punjab) 112/200 (Rajasthan) 8/234 (Tamil Nadu) 9/119 (Telangana) 7/403 (Uttar Pradesh) 11/70 (Uttarakhand) 42/294 (West Bengal) 16/30 (Puducherry) |
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