The Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (or MPCC) is the state unit of the Indian National Congress for the state of Maharashtra. 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 in Maharashtra.
History The Maharashtra was formed on 1 May 1960, and since then its politics have been evolving. The INC was long without a major challenger, and enjoyed overwhelming support from the state's sugar co-operatives and thousands of other cooperative organizations involved in the rural agricultural economy of the state such as marketing of dairy and vegetable produce, credit unions etc. Since 1930s when Keshavrao Jedhe joined the Congress party, the politics of the Bombay state and its successor Maharashtra state has been dominated by the mainly rural Maratha-Kunbi caste.Patterson, M.L., 1954. Caste and Political Leadership in Maharashtra. The Economic Weekly, pp. 1066–7. This group dominates the cooperative institutions and with the resultant economic power, control politics from the village level up to the Assembly and Lok Sabha seats. Since 1980s, this group has also been active in setting up private educational institutions. Major past political figures of Congress party from Maharashtra such as Keshavrao Jedhe, Yashwantrao Chavan, Vinayakrao Patil, Vasantdada Patil, Shankarrao Chavan Keshavrao Sonawane and Vilasrao Deshmukh have been from this group. Sharad Pawar, who had been a towering figure in Maharashtrian and national politics belongs to this group. The state's political status quo was upset when Sharad Pawar defected from the INC, which he perceived as the vehicle of the Gandhi dynasty, to form the Nationalist Congress Party. This followed disputes between Pawar and the INC president Sonia Gandhi. This offshoot of the Congress party split the Maratha community support. In the last thirty years, however, Shiv Sena and the BJP began gaining a foothold in the state of Maharashtra, especially in the urban areas such as Mumbai. Shiv Sena and the BJP came into the power in 1995, which was a big blow to the INC. After one term, however, the Congress-NCP alliance regained power and held it until 2014. The INC contested the 2014 state assembly election without getting in a formal alliance with the NCP and lost power to the BJP. The INC won just 16 seats in 2024.
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly elections Year Party leader Change in Seats Seat won OutcomeBombay Presidency1937B. G. Kher 861946 39Bombay State1952Morarji Desai 941957Yashwantrao Chavan 35Maharashtra State1962Marotrao Kannamwar 2151967 Vasantrao Naik 121972 191978Vasantdada Patil 1531980A. R. Antulay 1171985Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar 251990 Sharad Pawar 201995 611999Vilasrao Deshmukh 52004 62009Ashok Chavan 132014Prithviraj Chavan 402019Balasaheb Thorat 22024Nana Patole28
Performance in Maharashtra Lok Sabha elections + Lok Sabha ElectionsYearLok SabhaParty LeaderSeats contestedSeats won(+/-) in seats% of votesVote swingPopular voteOutcome19511stJawaharlal Nehru4450.15%57,81,27719572nd66 248.66%81,56,27219623rd44 352.89%58,95,95819674thIndira Gandhi45 448.51% 66,18,18119715th44 563.18%87,90,13519776th47 2247.02%79,42,26719807th48 1953.30%98,55,58019848thRajiv Gandhi47 451.24%1,11,83,42419899th48 1545.36%1,24,96,088199110thP. V. Narasimha Rao48 1048.40%1,12,80,003199611th48 2334.78%98,64,853199812thSitaram Kesri41 1843.64%1,37,44,283199913thSonia Gandhi42 2329.71%98,12,144200414th26 323.77%81,43,246200915thManmohan Singh25 419.61%72,53,634201416thRahul Gandhi26 1318.13%88,30,190201917th25 316.27%87,92,237202418thMallikarjun Kharge17 1216.92%96,41,856
Status in municipal corporations Municipal CorporationSeatsStatusBrihanmumbai Municipal CorporationOppositionPune Municipal CorporationOppositionNagpur Municipal CorporationOppositionChandrapur City Municipal CorporationOppositionThane Municipal CorporationOppositionPimpri-Chinchwad Municipal CorporationOppositionNashik Municipal CorporationOppositionSolapur Municipal CorporationOppositionAmravati Municipal CorporationOppositionUlhasnagar Municipal CorporationOppositionAkola Municipal CorporationOppositionJalgaon City Municipal CorporationOpposition Ahmednagar Municipal CorporationOppositionNavi Mumbai Municipal CorporationOppositionSangli, Miraj and Kupwad City Municipal CorporationOppositionPanvel Municipal CorporationOppositionParbhani City Municipal CorporationCoalition partnerNanded-Waghala City Municipal CorporationOpposition Malegaon Municipal CorporationOppositionDhule Municipal CorporationOppositionLatur City Municipal CorporationGovernmentMira-Bhayandar Municipal CorporationOppositionVasai-Virar City Municipal CorporationOppositionBhiwandi-Nizampur City Municipal CorporationCoalition partner Kolhapur Municipal CorporationOpposition
List of AICC Incharges
List of presidents S.no President Portrait Term1Gopalrao Bajirao Khedkar196019632Vinayakrao Patil196319673Vasantdada Patil196719724P. K. Sawant 197219785Narendra Tidke197819786Nashikrao Tirpude197819797Ramrao Adik197919808Premala Chavan198019819Gulabrao Patil1981198210S M I Asir1983198311 N. M. Kamble1983198512Prabha Rau1985198813Pratibha Patil19881989(11)N. M. Kamble 1989199014Sushilkumar Shinde1990199115Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar1991199216Shivajirao Deshmukh19921993(14)Sushilkumar Shinde1993199717Ranjeet Deshmukh 1997199818Prataprao Baburao Bhosale1998200019Govindrao Adik20002003(17)Ranjeet Deshmukh 20032004(12)Prabha Rau2004200820Patangrao Kadam2008200821Manikrao Thakare2008201522Ashok Chavan2015201923Balasaheb Thorat 2019202124Nana Patole 5 February 202113 February 202525Harshwardhan Vasantrao Sapkal13 February 2025Incumbent
Officeholders Source:
President
Shri. Harshwardhan Vasantrao Sapkal
Political Affairs Committee
1. Shri. Ramesh Chennithala - In-Charge - Chairman
2. Shri. Harshwardhan Vasantrao Sapkal
3. Shri. Vijay Namdevrao Wadettiwar
4. Shri. Satej Patil
5. Shri. Mukul Wasnik
6. Shri. Avinash Pandey
7. Shri. Balasaheb Thorat
8. Shri. Sushilkumar Shinde
9. Shri. Prithviraj Chavan
10. Smt. Rajani Ashokrao Patil
11. Shri. Manikrao Thakare
12. Shri. Nana Patole
13. Smt. Varsha Gaikwad
14. Shri. Imran Pratapgarhi
15. Shri. Sunil Chhatrapal Kedar
16. Dr. Nitin Raut
17. Shri. Amit Deshmukh
18. Smt. Yashomati Chandrakant Thakur
19. Shri. Shivajirao Moghe
20. Shri. Chandrakant Handore
21. Shri. Naseem Khan
22. Smt. Praniti Shinde
23. Shri. Muzaffar Hussain
24. Shri. Kagda Chandya Padvi
25. Shri. Aslam Shaikh
26. Shri. Vishwajeet Kadam
27. Shri. Kalyan Kale
28. Prof. Vasant Purke
29. Shri. Amin Patel
30. President, Mahila Congress
31. President, Youth Congress
32. Chief Coordinator, Seva Dal
33. President, National Students' Union of India
34. President, Indian National Trade Union Congress
35. President, SC Department
36. Adv. Ganesh Patil - Convenor
Ex-Officio Members
37. AICC Secretaries, In-charge, Maharashtra
38. AICC Secretaries & Joint Secretaries from Maharashtra
Treasurer
1. Shri. Abhay Chhajed
Senior vice presidents
1. Adv. Abhijit Wanjarri
2. Adv. Ganesh Patil
3. Dr. Sunil Deshmukh
4. Dr. Wajahat Mirza
5. Shri. Anees Ahmed
6. Shri. Gopal Agrawal
7. Shri. Kalyan Kale
8. Shri. Mohan Joshi
9. Shri. Mujaffar Husain
10. Shri. Nana Gawande
11. Shri. Rajendra Mulak
12. Shri. Ramesh Bagave
13. Shri. Ranjit Kamble
14. Shri. Sachin Naik
15. Shri Tukaram Renge Patil
Vice presidents
1. Shri. Anil Patel
2. Shri. Ashok Dhavad
3. Shri. Ashok Garg
4. Shri. Ashok Nilangekar
5. Adv. Asif Shaukat Qureshi
6. Shri. B. I. Nagrale
7. Shri. Balasaheb Shankarrao Deshmukh
8. Shri. Baldev Maharaj Rathod
9. Shri. Harish Bhaiya Pawar
10. Shri. Hidayat Patel
11. Shri. Kalyan Dale
12. Shri. Kamaal Farooqui
13. Shri. Kishor Govindrao Kanhere
14. Shri. Laxman Ghumare
15. Shri. M. M. Shaikh (Ex MLC)
16. Shri. Mirza Ariz Hafiz Beg
17. Shri. Rajaram Pangavhane
18. Shri. Rajan Bhosale
19. Shri. Rajendra Rakh
20. Shri. Rajesh Sharma
21. Shri. Ramchandra (Aaba) Dharmaji Dalvi
22. Shri. Ramesh Shetty
23. Shri. Ramhari G. Rupanwar (Ex MLC)
24. Smt. Rani Agrawal
25. Adv. Sandeep Suresh Patil
26. Smt. Sandhya Sawwalakhe
27. Shri. Sanjay Rathod
28. Shri. Sharad Aher
29. Shri. Siddhartha Hattiambire
30. Shri. Suresh Bhoyar
31. Shri. Suresh Taware (Ex MP)
32. Smt. Takshashila Wagdhare
33. Shri. Virendra Jagtap (Ex MLA)
34. Shri. Vishal Muttemwar
35. Shri. Yogendra Patil
36. Dr. Zeeshan Husain
Senior spokespersons
1. Shri. Anant Gadgil
2. Shri. Atul Londhe
3. Shri. Dhiraj Deshmukh
4. Shri. Gopal Tiwari
5. Shri. Sachin Sawant
General Secretaries
1. Shri. Abhijit
2. Shri. Abid Khan
3. Shri. Aditya Ashokrao Patil
4. Shri. Ajay Ramayyaji Kankdalwar
5. Shri. Amar Khanapure
6. Adv. Amit A. Karande
7. Shri. Amir Sheikh
8. Shri. Anant Vishwanath Mohod
9. Shri. Anis Qureshi
10. Dr. Archana Patil
11. Shri. Ashokrao Bobade
12. Shri. Atul Kotecha
13. Shri. Satish Manoharrao Warujkar
14. Shri. Babu Nair
15. Adv. Bhausaheb Ajabe
16. Shri. Bhanudas Mali
17. Smt. Bhavana Jain
18. Shri. Brijkishor Dutt
19. Shri. Dadasaheb Maruti Munde
20. Dr. Darbarsing Girase
21. Shri. Dhanajay Shinde
22. Shri. Dhananjay Shirish Chaudhary
23. Adv. Dileep Edatkar
24. Shri. Dileep Sarnaik
25. Dr. Dinesh Fakirchand Kambale
26. Dr. Dinesh Yashwantrao Nikhate
27. Smt. Dipti Chaudhari (Ex Mayor, Ex MLC)
28. Shri. Domnic D'mello
29. Shri Girish Pandav
30. Shri. Gurbindersingh Bachher
31. Shri. Haider Ali Dosani
32. Shri. Haribhau Mohad
33. Shri. Harishchandra Chimaji Thorat
34. Shri. Hemant Ogale (MLA)
35. Smt. Husnabanu Khalife (Ex MLC)
36. Dr. Jitendra Dehade
37. Shri. Jojo Thomas
38. Shri. Karan Jayant Sasane
39. Shri. Ketan Vikas Thakre
40. Shri. Kishor Borkar
41. Shri. Kunal Raut
42. Smt. Kunda Raut
43. Shri. Lahu Hanumantrao Shewale
44. Shri. Madhu Mohite
45. Smt. Madhuri Aade
46. Shri. Mahesh Gangane
47. Shri. Manish Somnath Ganore
48. Shri. Manoj Kambale
49. Shri. Milind Chimote
50. Shri. Milind Padgaonkar
51. Shri. Mohan Deshmukh
52. Smt. Monica Jagtap
53. Shri. Mrunal Patil
54. Shri. Mufti Harun Nadvi
55. Shri. Mujahid Khan
56. Shri. Munna Bandu Kurane
57. Dr. Nadeem
58. Smt. Nanda Mhatre
59. Smt. Nanda Parate
60. Shri. Nandakumar Sarjerao Kumbhar
61. Adv. Navin Singh
62. Dr. Noor Ansari
63. Smt. Prabhavati Janardhan Ghogare
64. Shri. Pradeep (Pappu) Ranka
65. Shri. Prakash Sonavane
66. Shri. Prasanna Baburao Tidke
67. Shri. Rajendra Shelar
68. Shri. Rajesh Rathod (MLC)
69. Shri. Ramesh Keer
70. Shri. Ramvijay Burungale
71. Adv. Ravi Prakash Jadhav
72. Shri. Ravindra Darekar
73. Smt. Rekha Dattatraya Chavan
74. Shri. Sadanand Shetty
75. Shri. Sahebrao Kamble
76. Shri. Sainath Chavan
77. Adv. Sandeep Davhale Patil
78. Shri. Sandesh Kondvilkar
79. Shri. Sandesh Singalkar
80. Shri. Sanjay Balgude
81. Shri. Sanjay Dube
82. Shri. Santosh Singh Chandan Singh Rawat
83. Shri. Sayed Zeeshan Ahmed
84. Shri. Shah Alam
85. Shri. Shakur Nagani
86. Shri. Sham Umalkar
87. Shri Shashank Bawachakar
88. Shri. Shiva Rao Polisetti
89. Adv. Shraddha Thakur
90. Dr. Sharavan Govindrao Rapanwad
91. Shri. Shrikrishana Sangale
92. Shri. Shrirang Barge
93. Shri. Shrirang Eknath Chavan
94. Shri. Sunil Malke
95. Adv. Surendra Ghodajkar
96. Shri. Suryakant Baburao Patil Budhihalkar
97. Shri. Taufik Mulani
98. Shri. Umakant Agnihotri
99. Shri. Yadnyawalk Jichkar
100. Shri Yashraj Parkhi
101. Shri. Yogesh Shankar Nam
102. Shri. Yuvraj Karankal
103. Shri. Zakir Ahmed
104. Shri Ziya Patel
105. Adv. Shekhar Shetty
106. Shri. Aravind Kolte
Secretaries
1. Shri. Aanand Mainbhadur Singh
2. Shri. Abhyuday Meghe
3. Dr. Aishwari Rathod
4. Shri. Akash More
5. Shri. Akshay Raut
6. Shri. Ashok Rohidas Dolas
7. Shri. Asif Tawakel
8. Smt. Avantika Lekurwale
9. Shri. Baliram Dhole
10. Shri. Bandu Dhotre
11. Adv. Carina Sharon Xavier