CPI(M) Conferences 2012

CPI(M) Conferences 2012


CPI (M) Party Congresses


First Party Congress
Bombay:  1943, May 28 – June 1
Central Committee: Fourteen Members


Polit Bureau: 


1. P C Joshi
2. G Adhikari
3. B T Renadive


Second Party Congress
Culcutta:  1948, February 28 – March 7
Central Committee: Thirty One Members


Polit Bureau:  


1. B T Renadive
2. Bhavani Sen
3. Somnath Lahri
4. G Adhikari
5. Ajoy Ghosh
6. N K Krishnan
7. C Rajeswara Rao
8. M Chandrasekara Rao
9. S S Yousuf


The central committee meeting held during May-June 1950 reconstituted central committee and Polit Bureau by incorporating more members.


Central Committee:   Nine Members


Polit Bureau:   


1.C. Rajeswara Rao – General Secretary
2. M.Basava Punnayya
3. Bimesh Mishra


Third Party Congress
Madurai:  1953, December 27 – 1954 January 4
Central Committee: Thirty Nine Members


Polit Bureau:  


1. Ajoy Ghosh- General Secretary
2. Harkishan Singh Surjeet
3. E M S
4. P. Ramamoorthy
5. S. A. Dankey
6. Ranen Sen
7. C. Rajeswara Rao
8. P. Sundarayya
9. Z. A Ahmed


Fourth Party Congress
Palakkad:  1956, April 19 – 29
Central Committee: Thirty Nine Members


Polit Bureau:  


1. Ajoy Ghosh- General Secretary
2. Harkishan Singh Surjeet
3. E M S
4. P. Ramamoorthy
5. S. A. Dankey
6. Bhoopesh Guptha
7. C. Rajeswara Rao
8. P. Sundarayya
9. Z. A Ahmed


Fifth Party Congress
Amritsar:   1958, April 6 –13
National Council:  101 Members
Central Executive Committee: Twenty five Members


Central Secretariat:  


1. Ajoy Ghosh- General Secretary
2. A K G
3. B. T. Renadive
4. S. A. Dankey
5. Bhoopesh Guptha
6. P.C. Joshi
7. M Basava Punnayya
8. Z. A Ahmed


Sixth Party Congress
Vijayawada:   1961, April 7 –16
National Council:  110 Members
Central Executive Committee: Twenty four Members


Central Secretariat:  


1. Ajoy Ghosh- General Secretary
2. S. A. Dankey
3. Bhoopesh Guptha
4. Z. A Ahmed
5. M. N Govindan Nair


Due to the demise of Com. Ajoy Ghosh in 1962, Com. Dankey was elected as Chairman and Com EMS as General Secretary. In 1964, thirty two members of the national council walked out of the council meeting  held on 14th April and they led the formation of CPI (M).


Seventh Party Congress
Calcutta:  1964, October 31 – November 7
Central Committee: Fourty One members


Polit Bureau:  


1. P. Sundarayya – General Secretary
2. M. Basavapunnayya
3. P. Ramamoorthy
4. Harkishan Singh Surjeet
5. Jyothi Basu
6. AKG
7. EMS
8. Pramod Das Guptha
9. B. T. Renadive


Eighth Party Congress
Kochi:   1968, December 23 - 29
Central Committee: Twenty Eight members


Polit Bureau: 


1. P. Sundarayya – General Secretary
2. M. Basavapunnayya
3. P. Ramamoorthy
4. Harkishan Singh Surjeet
5. Jyothi Basu
6. AKG
7. EMS
8. Pramod Das Guptha
9. B. T. Renadive


Ninth Party Congress
Madurai:  1972, June 27 – July 2
Central Committee: Thirty One members


Polit Bureau:  


1. P. Sundarayya – General Secretary
2. M. Basavapunnayya
3. P. Ramamoorthy
4. Harkishan Singh Surjeet
5. Jyothi Basu
6. AKG
7. EMS
8. Pramod Das Guptha
9. B. T. Renadive


Tenth Party Congress
Jalandhar:  1978, April 2-8
Central Committee: Fourty four members


Polit Bureau:  


1. E M S – General Secretary
2. M. Basavapunnayya
3. P. Ramamoorthy
4. Harkishan Singh Surjeet
5. Samar Mukherjee
6. A. Balasubramanyam
7. E. Balanandan
8. P. Sundarayya
9. B. T. Renadive
10. Jyothi Basu
11. Pramod Das Guptha


Eleventh Party Congress
Vijayawada:  1982, January 26-31
Central Committee: Fourty two members


Polit Bureau:  


1. E M S – General Secretary
2. M. Basavapunnayya
3. Pramod Das Guptha
4. P. Ramamoorthy
5. Harkishan Singh Surjeet
6. Samar Mukherjee
7. E. Balanandan
8. Jyoti Basu
9. B. T. Renadive


Twelth Party Congress
Culcutta:  1986, December 24-29
Central Committee: Seventy members


Polit Bureau: 


1. E M S – General Secretary
2. M. Basava Punnayya
3. Nrupan Chakravorthy
4. Saroj Mukharjee
5. Harkishan Singh Surjeet
6. Samar Mukherjee
7. E. Balanandan
8. Jyoti Basu
9. V. S. Achuthanandan
10. B. T. Renadive




Thirteenth Party Congress
Thiruvananthapuram:  1988, December 27- January 1
Central Committee:  Seventy members
Central Secretariat:  Five Members


Polit Bureau: 


1. E M S – General Secretary
2. M. Basava Punnayya
3. Nrupan Chakravorthy
4. Saroj Mukharjee
5. Harkishan Singh Surjeet
6. Samar Mukherjee
7. E. Balanandan
8. Jyoti Basu
9. V. S. Achuthanandan
10. B. T. Renadive
11. A. Nallasivam
12. L B Gangadhara Rao




Fourteenth Party Congress
Madras:  1992, January 3-10
Central Committee: Sixty Three members


Polit Bureau: 


1. Harkishan Singh Surjeet – General Secretary
2. Nrupan Chakravorthy
3. EMS
4. E. Balanandan
5. Jyoti Basu
6. V. S. Achuthanandan
7. A. Nallasivam
8. L B Gangadhara Rao
9. E K Nayanar
10. Sitaram Yechuri
11. S. Ramachandran Pillai
12. Benoy Krishna Choudhary
13. Prakash Karat
14. M. Hanumantha Rao
15. Sunil Moithra
16. P Ramachandran
17. Silendas Guptha




Fifteenth Party Congress
Chandigarh:  1995, April 2-8
Central Committee: Seventy one members


Polit Bureau:  


1. Harkishan Singh Surjeet – General Secretary
2. EMS
3. E. Balanandan
4. Jyoti Basu
5. V. S. Achuthanandan
6. L B Gangadhara Rao
7. E K Nayanar
8. Sitaram Yechuri
9. S. Ramachandran Pillai
10. Benoy Krishna Choudhary
11. Prakash Karat
12. Sunil Moithra
13. P Ramachandran
14. Silendas Guptha
15. R Umanath




Sixteenth Party Congress
Culcutta:  1998, October 5-11
Central Committee: Seventy Five members


Polit Bureau:  


1. Harkishan Singh Surjeet – General Secretary
2. E. Balanandan
3. Jyoti Basu
4. V. S. Achuthanandan
5. E K Nayanar
6. Sitaram Yechuri
7. S. Ramachandran Pillai
8. Prakash Karat
9. P Ramachandran
10. Silendas Guptha
11. R Umanath
12. Manik Sarkar
13.Biman Basu
14. Anil Biswas
15. M K Panthey
16. Pinarayi Vijayan




Seventeenth Party Congress
Hyderabad:  2002, March 19-24
Central Committee: Seventy Seven members


Polit Bureau:  


1. Harkishan Singh Surjeet – General Secretary
2. E. Balanandan
3. Jyoti Basu
4. V. S. Achuthanandan
5. E K Nayanar
6. Sitaram Yechuri
7. S. Ramachandran Pillai
8. Prakash Karat
9. P Ramachandran
10. R Umanath
11. Manik Sarkar
12. Biman Basu
13. Anil Biswas
14. M K Panthey
15. Pinarayi Vijayan
16. Budhadeb Bhattacharya
17. Korthala Satyanarayana




Eighteenth Party Congress
New Delhi:  2005


Polit Bureau: 


1. Prakash Karat – General Secretary
2. Jyoti Basu
3. V. S. Achuthanandan
4. Sitaram Yechuri
5. S. Ramachandran Pillai
6. R Umanath
7. Manik Sarkar
8. Biman Basu
9. Anil Biswas
10. M K Panthey
11. Pinarayi Vijayan
12. Budhadeb Bhattacharya
13. K Varadarajan
14. B V Raghavulu
15. Harkishan Singh Surjeet
16. Brinda Karat
17. Chithabratha Majumdar




Nineteenth Party Congress
Coimbatore:  2008


Polit Bureau:  


1. Prakash Karat – General Secretary
2. Nirupam Sen
3. V. S. Achuthanandan
4. Sitaram Yechuri
5. S. Ramachandran Pillai
6. Manik Sarkar
7. Biman Basu
8. M K Panthey
9. Pinarayi Vijayan
10. Budhadeb Bhattacharya
11. K Varadarajan
12. B V Raghavulu
13. Kodiyeri Balakrishnan
14. Brinda Karat
15. Mohamed Ameen
16. Jyoti Basu (Special Invitee to PB)