General Knowledge / Chief Election Commissioners of India
The Chief Election Commissioner heads the Election Commission of
India, a body constitutionally empowered to conduct free and fair elections to
the national and state legislatures and of President and Vice-President. Its
power is derived from the Article 324 of the Constitution of India. Chief
Election Commissioner of India is a member of the Indian Civil
Service and mostly from the Indian Administrative Service. It is difficult to
remove the authority of the Chief Election Commissioner once appointed by the
president, as two-thirds of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha need to present
and vote against him for disorderly conduct or improper actions.
List of Chief Election Commissioners
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S.No
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Name
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Term of office
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Term of office
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1
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Sukumar Sen
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21 March 1950
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19 Dec1958
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2
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Kalyan Sundaram
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20 Dec1958
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30 Sep1967
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3
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S. P. Sen Verma
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1 Oct1967
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30 Sep1972
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4
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Nagendra Singh
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1 Oct1972
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6 Feb1973
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5
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T. Swaminathan
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7 Feb1973
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17 June 1977
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6
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S. L. Shakdhar
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18 June 1977
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17 June 1982
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7
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R. K. Trivedi
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18 June 1982
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31 Dec1985
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8
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R. V. S. Peri Sastri
|
1 Jan1986
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25 Nov1990
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9
|
V. S. Ramadevi
|
26 Nov1990
|
11 Dec1990
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10
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T. N. Seshan
|
12 Dec1990
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11 Dec1996
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11
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M. S. Gill
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12 Dec1996
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13 June 2001
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12
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James Michael Lyngdoh
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14 June 2001
|
7 Feb2004
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13
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T. S. Krishnamurthy
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8 Feb2004
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15 May 2005
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14
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B. B. Tandon
|
16 May 2005
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29 June 2006
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15
|
N. Gopalaswami
|
30 June 2006
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20 April 2009
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16
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Navin Chawla
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21 April 2009
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29 July 2010
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17
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S. Y. Quraishi
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30 July 2010
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10 June 2012
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18
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V. S. Sampath
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11 June 2012
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15 Jan2015
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19
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Harishankar Brahma
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16 Jan2015
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18 April 2015
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20
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Nasim Zaidi
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19 April 2015
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5 July 2017
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21
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Achal Kumar Jyoti
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6 July 2017
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22 Jan2018
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22
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Om Prakash Rawat
|
23 Jan2018
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1 Dec2018
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23
|
Sunil Arora
|
2 Dec2018
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Incumbent
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