Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee

The Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee (CPCC) is the state wing of the Indian National Congress serving in Chhattisgarh. 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 Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee is Mohan Markam, who is also a member of the Legislative Assembly in Chhattisgarh. The committee has been part of the Congress in the state's politics since the formation of the state in 2000.

Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee
President	Deepak Baij
Chairperson	Charan Das Mahant
Founded	2000
Headquarters	Raipur, Chhattisgarh
Youth wing	Chhattisgarh Youth Congress
Women's wing	Chhattisgarh Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee
Ideology	Populism Social liberalism Democratic socialism Social democracy Secularism
Political position	Centre
Alliance	Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance
Seats in Lok Sabha	2 / 11
Seats in Rajya Sabha	4 / 5
Seats in Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly	35 / 90
Election symbol
Website
http://www.cgpcc.in/
Politics of India Political parties Elections

Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election

Year	Party leader	Seats won	Change in seats	Outcome
2003	Ajit Jogi	37 / 90	New	Opposition
2008		38 / 90	1	Opposition
2013		39 / 90	1	Opposition
2018	Bhupesh Baghel	68 / 90	29	Government
2023		35 / 90	33	Opposition

List of presidents

Sr. NO.	President	Term
1	Charan Das Mahant	2006-2008
2	Dhanendra Sahu	2008-2011
3	Nand Kumar Patel	April 2011- 25 May 2013
(1)	Charan Das Mahant	2013-2014
4	Bhupesh Baghel	December 2014 - June 2019
5	Mohan Markam	28 June 2019 – 12 July 2023
6	Deepak Baij	12 July 2023 - Present

List of the chief ministers of Chhattisgarh from the Indian National Congress

Main article: List of chief ministers of Chhattisgarh

Following is the list of the chief ministers of Chhattisgarh from Indian National Congress since the formation of the state on 9 November 2000:

No.	Chief ministers	Portrait	Term in office			Assembly	Constituency
			Start	End	Tenure
1	Ajit Jogi		1 November 2000	7 December 2003	3 years, 34 days	1st Assembly	Marwahi
2	Bhupesh Baghel		17 December 2018	13 December 2023	4 years, 361 days	5th Assembly	Patan

Faction

Janta Congress Chhattisgarh (Jogi)

Former Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh Ajit Jogi, after being expelled from the Congress Party due to anti-party activities as well as sabotaging a bypoll election in Antagarh, founded his own new party named Janta Congress Chhattisgarh on 23 June 2016. The Party contested 2018 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election in alliance with Bahujan Samaj Party but could secure only 5 seats while BSP got only 2 seats.

See also

• Indian National Congress
• Congress Working Committee
• All India Congress Committee
• Pradesh Congress Committee