Members of the Polit Bureau
Elected at the 7th Congress
Calcutta, October 31-November 07, 1964
1. P. Sundarayya (General Secretary
2. B. T. Ranadive
3. Promode Dasgupta
4. EMS Namboodiripad
5. M. Basavapunnaiah
6. Harkishan Singh Surjeet
7. P. Ramamurthi
8. A. K. Gopalan
9. Jyoti Basu
Members of Polit Bureau
Elected at the 8th Congress
Cochin, December 23-29, 1968
1. P. Sundarayya (General Secretary)
2. B. T. Ranadive
3. M. Basavapunnaiah
4. EMS Namboodiripad
5. Promode Dasgupta
6. Jyoti Basu
7. P. Ramamurthi
8. Harkishan Singh Surjeet
9. A. K. Gopalan
Members of Polit Bureau
Elected at the 9th Congress
Madurai, June 27-July 2, 1972
1. P. Sundarayya (General Secretary)
2. EMS Namboodiripad
3. A. K. Gopalan
4. M. Basavapunnaiah
5. P. Ramamurthi
6. B. T. Ranadive
7. Harkishan Singh Surjeet
8. Promode Dasgupta
9. Jyoti Basu
Members of Polit Bureau
Elected at the 10th Congress
Jullandar, April 02-08, 1978
1. EMS Namboodiripad (General Secretary)
2. B. T. Ranadive
3. P. Sundarayya
4. M. Basavapunnaiah
5. P. Ramamurthi
6. Harkishan Singh Surjeet
7. Jyoti Basu
8. Promode Dasgupta
9. Samar Mukherjee
10. A. Balasubramaniam
11. E. Balanandan
Members of Polit Bureau
Elected at the 11th Congress
Vijayawada, January 26-31, 1982
1. EMS Namboodiripad (General Secretary)
2. B. T. Ranadive
3. M. Basavapunnaiah
4. P. Ramamurthi
5. Promode Dasgupta
6. Jyoti Basu
7. Harkishan Singh Surjeet
8. Samar Mukherjee
9. E. Balanandan
Members of Polit Bureau
Elected At 12th Congress
Kolkata, December 25-29, 1985
1. EMS Namboodiripad (General Secretary)
2. B.T. Ranadive
3. M. Basavapunnaiah
4. Harkishan Singh Surjeet
5. Jyoti Basu
6. Samar Mukherjee
7. E Balanandan
8. Nripen Chakraborty
9. Saroj Mukherjee
10. V.S. Achuthanandan
Members of Polit Bureau
Elected At 13th Congress
Thiruvananthapuram, December 27, 1988-Jan. 01, 1989
1. EMS Namboodiripad (General Secretary)
2. B.T. Ranadive
3. M. Basavapunnaiah
4. Harkishan Singh Surjeet
5. Jyoti Basu
6. Samar Mukherjee
7. E Balanandan
8. Nripen Chakraborty
9. Saroj Mukherjee
10. V.S. Achuthanandan
11. A. Nallasivan
12. L.B. Gangadhara Rao
Members of Polit Bureau
Elected At 14th Congress
Madras, January 03-09, 1992
1. Harkishan Singh Surjeet (General Secretary)
2. EMS Namboodiripad
3. M. Basavapunnaiah
4. Jyoti Basu
5. E Balanandan
6. Nripen Chakraborty
7. V.S. Achuthanandan
8. L.B. Gangadhara Rao
9. Benoy Krishna Choudhury
10. A Nallasivan
11. Prakash Karat
12. Sitaram Yechury
13. S Ramachandran Pillai
14. Sunil Matira
15. P Ramachandran
16. Sailen Dasgupta
17. E K Nayanar
Members of Polit Bureau
Elected At 15th Congress
Chandigarh, April 3-8, 1995
1. Harkishan Singh Surjeet (General Secretary)
2. E.M.S. Namboodiripad
3. Jyoti Basu
4. E.Balanandan
5. Benoy Chaudhury
6. V.S. Achuthanandan
7. A. Nallasivan
8. L.B. Gangadhara Rao
9. Prakash Karat
10. Sitaram Yechury
11. S. Ramachandran Pillai
12. Sunil Maitra
13. P.Ramachandran
14. Sailen Dasgupta
15. E.K.Nayanar
16. M Hanumantha Rao
Members of Polit Bureau
Elected At 16th Congress
Kolkata, October 5-11, 1998
1. Harkishan Singh Surjeet (General Secretary)
2.; Jyoti Basu
3. E Balanandan
4. Benoy Krishna Choudhury
5. V.S. Achuthanandan
6. Prakash Karat
7. Sitaram Yechury
8. S Ramachandran Pillai
9. P Ramachandran
10. Sailen Dasgupta
11. E K Nayanar
12. R Umanath
13. M Hanumantha Rao
Members of Polit Bureau
Elected At 17th Congress
Hyderabad, March 19-24, 2002
Harkishan Singh Surjeet (General Secretary)
Jyoti Basu
E. Balanandan
E. K. Nayanar
V.S. Achuthanandan
Prakash Karat
S. Ramachandran Pillai
Sitaram Yechury
P. Ramachandran
R. Umanath
M.K. Pandhe
Biman Basu
Anil Biswas
Manik Sarkar
Pinarayi Vijayan
Buddhadeb Bhattacharya
Koratala Satyanarayana
Members of Polit Bureau
Elected At 18th Congress
New Delhi, April 6-11, 2005
Harkishan Singh Surjeet
Jyoti Basu
Prakash Karat (General Secretary)
V.S. Achuthanandan
S. Ramachandran Pillai
Sitaram Yechury
R. Umanath
M.K. Pandhe
Biman Basu
Anil Biswas
Manik Sarkar
Pinarayi Vijayan
Buddhadeb Bhattacharya
Chittabrata Mazumdar
K. Varadarajan
B.V. Raghavulu
Brinda Karat
Members of the Polit Bureau
Elected at the 19th Congresses
Coimbatore, March 29 to April 03, 2008
Prakash Karat (General Secretary)
V.S. Achuthanandan
(removed from Polit Bureau June 12, 2009)
S. Ramachandran Pillai
Sitaram Yechury
M.K. Pandhe
Biman Basu
Manik Sarkar
Pinarayi Vijayan
Buddhadeb Bhattacharya
K. Varadarajan
B. V. Raghavulu
Brinda Karat
Mohd. Amin
Nirupam Sen
Kodiyeri Balakrishnan
V.S. Achuthanandan
(removed from Polit Bureau June 12, 2009)
S. Ramachandran Pillai
Sitaram Yechury
M.K. Pandhe
Biman Basu
Manik Sarkar
Pinarayi Vijayan
Buddhadeb Bhattacharya
K. Varadarajan
B. V. Raghavulu
Brinda Karat
Mohd. Amin
Nirupam Sen
Kodiyeri Balakrishnan
Com. Jyoti Basu to be a Special Invitee to the Polit Bureau