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Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee

Indian political party

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Source revisionSep 22, 2026
Entity authorityQ4754361 ↗
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The Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee or (Andhra PCC) is the state unit of Indian National Congress for the state of Andhra Pradesh, India.

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 of all the 26 districts in Andhra Pradesh. The current president of the committee is Y. S. Sharmila.

The APCC has its headquarters at Andhra Ratna Bhawan, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh. The APCC is responsible for Congress party units.

Structure & Composition

List of APCC Presidents

List of INC Presidents from Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election History

Total number of seats in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly was 294 . , out of which, the Congress party holds 10.

In 1957, elections were conducted in the newly added region of Telangana alone which includes 105 seats and then in 1962 elections were held for the state as a whole in all 300 seats.

In 1978 Indira Gandhi led INC (I) won 175 seats while INC(O) won 30 seats with 17.01%.

Lok Sabha election history

Total number of Lok Sabha seats in Andhra Pradesh is 42 and after division seats come down to 25 out of which Congress has none.

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