Chandigarh Territorial Congress Committee

Chandigarh Territorial Congress Committee
PresidentHarmohinder Singh Lucky
HeadquartersCongress Bhawan, Sector-35, Chandigarh-160036
Youth wingChandigarh Youth Congress
Women's wingChandigarh Territorial Mahila Congress Committee
Ideology
ECI StatusAn Union Territorial Unit of Indian National Congress
AllianceINDIA
Seats in Lok Sabha
1 / 1
Seats in Municipal Corporation Chandigarh
6 / 35
Election symbol

Chandigarh Territorial Congress Committee is the wing of the Indian National Congress in the union territory of Chandigarh. Harmohinder Singh Lucky is its current State unit president, is a former mayor of Chandigarh, and has almost 4 decades of experience in politics and social life.[1][2][3] Sh. Pawan Kumar Bansal is one of the most prominent faces and seniormost leader of Chandigarh Congress and has been a former MP and Union Minister from Chandigarh. He is currently the Treasurer of Indian National Congress.Shri Manish Tewari of Indian National Congress party is currently the member of parliament from Chandigarh lok sabha seat.

List of presidents

S.no President Term
1. B. B. Bahl May 2000 9 January 2015
2. Pardeep Chhabra 9 January 2015 9 February 2021
3. Subhash Chawla 9 February 2021 13 June 2022
4. Harmohinder Singh Lucky 13 June 2022 Incumbent

Performance in General Elections (Lok Sabha)

Lok Sabha Elections
Year Lok Sabha Seats contested Seats won (+/-) in seats % of votes Vote swing Popular vote Outcome
1967 4th 1
0 / 1
23.04% 11,323 Government
1971 5th 1
1 / 1
1 66.85% 43.81 48,335 Government
1977 6th 1
0 / 1
1 28.37% 38.48 30,382 Opposition
1980 7th 1
1 / 1
1 49.65% 21.28 61,624 Government
1984 8th 1
1 / 1
66.02% 16.37 103,090 Government
1989 9th 1
0 / 1
1 40.22% 25.80 87,238 Opposition
1991 10th 1
1 / 1
1 35.86% 4.36 76,628 Government
1996 11th 1
0 / 1
1 29.79% 6.07 77,168 Opposition
1998 12th 1
0 / 1
38.70% 8.91 109,421 Opposition
1999 13th 1
1 / 1
1 47.00% 8.30 132,924 Opposition
2004 14th 1
1 / 1
52.06% 5.06 139,880 Government
2009 15th 1
1 / 1
46.87% 5.19 161,042 Government
2014 16th 1
0 / 1
1 26.84% 20.03 121,720 Opposition
2019 17th 1
0 / 1
40.35% 13.51 184,218 Opposition
2024 18th 1
1 / 1
1 48.22% 7.87 216,657 Opposition

See also

References

  1. ^ Nagarkoti, Rajinder (10 January 2015). "Pardeep Chhabra is new Cong chief". Chandigarh: Tribune India. Tribune News Service. Archived from the original on 13 August 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  2. ^ Dhall, Rajesh (8 January 2018). "Pradeep Chhabra to remain Pradesh Congress president" (in Hindi). Chandigarh: Amar Ujala. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  3. ^ Upadhyay, Ramkrishan (8 January 2018). "AICC chief's decision comes as reprieve to Pradeep Chhabra". Tribune India. Tribune News Network. Archived from the original on 13 August 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.

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