People's Democracy

Attendance	Delegate	Observer
Quota of Delegates	724	70
Delegates Elected	723
Observers elected/nominated		70
Delegates/Observers attending	718	69
Gender	Delegate	Observer
Female	76	11
Male	642	58
Total	718	69
Age_Group	Delegate	Observer
Less than 30 years	2	1
30-40 years	30	9
40-50 years	124	18
50-60 years	285	26
60-70 years	186	9
Above 70 years	90	6
Not mentioned	1
Total	718	69
Oldest Delegate -- Samar Mukherjee -- CCM -- 95 years Youngest Observer -- Ritabrata Banerjee -- CC Units -- age 27 years Youngest delegates � Sheber K.I and M Swaraj from Kerala -- 28 years
Marital Status	Delegate	Observer
Married	669	63
Unmarried	49	6
Total	718	69
Class origin	Delegate	Observer
Working class	106	8
Agricultural labour	29	3
Poor peasant	90	16
Middle peasant	149	15
Rich peasant	33
Landlord	15	2
Bourgeois	4	2
Middle class	274	23
Petty bourgeois	13
Not mentioned	5
Total	718	69
Education	Delegate	Observer
No formal schooling	3
Up to primary school (class V)	11	1
Up to elementary stage (class VIII)	32	4
Class X/Matriculation	87	9
Intermediate/Pre-degree/Higher Secondary/ITI Diploma	125	9
Graduate	260	19
Post-graduate	199	27
Not mentioned	1
Total	718	69
Joining Period	Delegate	Observer
Before 1947	18
Between 1947 and 1963	98	5
Between 1964 and 1977	369	19
Between 1978 and 1990	197	36
After 1990	29	9
Not mentioned	7
Longest Party Life R Umanath, CCM and Benode Das from West Bengal both joined in 1939 Shortest Party Life -- Sehba Farooqi -- Delhi -- joined in 2005
Status in Party Organisation	Delegate	Observer
Central committee	78
State committee	378	41
District committee	206	13
Zonal committee	2
Local committee	4	2
Branch	50	13
Position in Mass Organisation	Delegate	Observer
All India Office Bearer	110	17
All India Committee Member	160	14
State-level Office Bearer	115	11
State-level Committee Member	116	11
District-level Office Bearer	70	2
District-level Committee Member	37	2
Others	38	5
Not mentioned	72	7
Entry into Party Through Front	Delegate	Observer
Trade union front	106	16
Kisan front	71	9
Agricultural labour front	17
Youth front	91	4
Student front	335	28
Women's front	34	5
Cultural front	12	1
Others	49	5
Not mentioned	3	1
Main responsibility	Delegate	Observer
Party organisation	287	23
Trade union	140	10
Kisan Sabha	122	8
Agricultural labour	37	6
Middle class employees	5	3
Student	8	4
Youth	16	3
Women's	55	5
Cultural	8	1
Others	36	5
Not mentioned	4	1
Wholetimers	Delegate	Observer
Wholetimer	624	52
Part-time	83	16
Not mentioned	11	1
Current occupation of Non-Wholetimers	Delegate	Observer
Worker	8	2
Poor peasant	2
Middle peasant	3
Rich peasant	1
Office employee	10	4
School teacher	8	3
College teacher	9	3
Lawyer	6	2
Medical practitioner	2
Engineer/Technician	3
Others	31	2
Total	83	16
Income	Delegate	Observer
Less than 1000	17	5
Rs. 1001 to 2000	117	12
Rs. 2001 to 3000	112	11
Rs. 3001 to 4000	90	8
Rs. 4001 to 5000	91	7
Rs. 5001 to 10000	142	9
Above Rs. 10000	131	14
Not mentioned	18	3
Elected position held currently	Delegate	Observer
M.P.	40
M.L.A.	54	3
Minister	33
Corporation/Municipality	7	1
Zilla Parishad	22
Panchayat	4	3
Any other	22
None	537	62
Number of party congresses attended	Delegate	Observer
1	139	34
2	99	20
3	65	6
4	63	6
5	51
6	52
7	55	2
8	51
9	45	1
10	26
11	23
12	10
13	7
14	1
15	3
16	1
17	2
18	2
Not mentioned	23
18 Congresses attended -- R Umanath and N Shankaraiah 17 Congresses attended -- P.K Chandranandan and Samar Mukherjee
Jail Life	Delegate	Observer
No Experience	289	33
Less than two months	215	27
Two to Six months	79	7
Six months to one year	28	2
One year to two years	49
Two to Five years	46
Five to Ten years	11
Above Ten years	1
Longest Jail Life -- Benode Das from West Bengal 11 years, 1 month and five days
Underground Life	Delegate	Observer
No Experience	484	57
Less than two months	49	4
Two to Six months	46	5
Six months to one year	35	2
One year to two years	56
Two to Five years	29
Five to Ten years	18
Above Ten years	1	1
Longest UG life, P.K. Chandranandan from Kerala 11 years, six months Gurbaksh Singh observer from Jharkhand also spent 11 years Underground