Election
Commission
of India
was formed
on 25
January 1950
The day is
celebrated
as National
Voters Day
The
President of
India (based
on a
recommendation
from
incumbent
Govt of
India)
appoints the
Chief
Election
Commissioner..
Conventionally,
senior-most
Election
Commissioner
is appointed
as CEC.
He has
tenure of
six years,
or up to the
age of 65
years,
whichever is
earlier. He
enjoys the
same
official
status,
salary and
perks as
available to
Judges of
the Supreme
Court of
India and
High court.
The Chief
Election
Commissioner
can be
removed only
through
impeachment[4]
by the
Parliament.[
|
SNo |
CEC |
From |
To |
|
1 |
Sukumar
Sen |
21
March
1950 |
19
December
1958 |
|
2 |
Kalyan
Sundaram |
20
December
1958 |
30
September
1967 |
|
3 |
S.
P.
Sen
Verma |
1
October
1967 |
30
September
1972 |
|
4 |
Nagendra
Singh |
1
October
1972 |
6
February
1973 |
|
5 |
T.
Swaminathan |
7
February
1973 |
17
June
1977 |
|
6 |
S.
L.
Shakdhar |
18
June
1977 |
17
June
1982 |
|
7 |
R.
K.
Trivedi |
18
June
1982 |
31
December
1985 |
|
8 |
R.
V.
S.
Peri
Sastri |
1
January
1986
|
25
November
1990 |
|
9 |
V.
S.
Ramadevi |
26
November
1990 |
11
December
1990 |
|
10 |
T.
N.
Seshan |
12
December
1990 |
11
December
1996 |
|
11 |
M.
S.
Gill |
12
December
1996 |
13
June
2001 |
|
12
|
J.
M.
Lyngdoh |
14
June
2001
|
7
February
2004 |
|
13 |
T.
S.
Krishnamurthy |
8
February
2004 |
15
May
2005 |
|
14 |
B.
B.
Tandon |
16
May
2005
|
29
June
2006 |
|
15
|
N.
Gopalaswami |
30
June
2006
|
20
April
2009 |
|
16
|
Navin
Chawla |
21
April
2009
|
29
July
2010 |
|
17
|
S.
Y.
Quraishi |
30
July
2010
|
10
June
2012 |
|
18
|
V.
S.
Sampath |
10
June
2012
|
15
Jan
2015 |
|
19 |
H.
S.
Brahma |
16
Jan
2015 |
19
April
2015 |
|
20 |
Nasim
Zaidi |
19
April
2015 |
5 July 2017 |
|
21
|
Achal Kumar Jyoti |
6 July 2017
|
|
|
|
|
|
As
In
April
2017 |
|