West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee

The West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee, formerly known as the Bengal Provincial Congress Committee in Colonial India, is the unit of the Indian National Congress for the state of West Bengal. It is responsible for the organization and management of the party's activities and campaigns in the state, as well as selecting candidates for local, state, and national elections.

List of chief ministers of West Bengal from Indian National Congress

As of 2025, there have been five chief ministers of West Bengal from the Congress:

Political history

The Indian National Congress was popular in West Bengal from India's independence in 1947 till the late 1970s. The party was voted out of power in 1977 [West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977] due to the Emergency (India)|Emergency]. After that, they played the role of the opposition during the Left Front regime. The party suffered a big blow when Mamata Banerjee left the Congress and founded the breakaway party of Trinamool Congress in 1998. This led to exodus of the party members to the TMC and demise of the Congress Party in West Bengal. The party further declined due to the rise of the Bharatiya Janata Party in West Bengal in the mid 2010s, relegating the party to a mere fourth-party status in the state. In the 2021 West [Bengal Legislative Assembly election| Legislative Assembly election] in 2021, the party drew blank for the first time and failed to win a single seat in the assembly.