Chief Election Commissioners of India
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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. This power of the Election Commission of India is derived from the Article 324 of the Constitution of India. Chief Election Commissioner of India is usually a member of the Indian Civil Service and mostly from the Indian Administrative Service. It is very 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.
Here is the Complete list of Chief Election Commissioners of India
| Name | Tenure |
|---|---|
| Sukumar Sen | 21 March 1950-19 December 1958 |
| K.V.K. Sundaram | 20 December 1958-30 September 1967 |
| S.P. Sen Verma | 01 October 1967-30 September 1972 |
| Dr Nagendra Singh | 01 October 1972-6 February 1973 |
| T. Swaminathan | 07 February 1973-17 June 1977 |
| S.L. Shakdhar | 18 June 1977-17 June 1982 |
| R.K. Trivedi | 18 June 1982-31 December 1985 |
| R.V.S. Peri Sastri | 01 January 1986-25 November 1990 |
| Smt V.S. Rama Devi | 26 November 1990-11 December 1990 |
| T.N. Seshan | 12 December 1990-11 December 1996 |
| M.S. Gill | 12 December 1996-13 June 2001 |
| J.M. Lyngdoh | 14 June 2001 – 7 February 2004 |
| T.S. Krishna Murthy | 08 February 2004 – 15 May 2005 |
| B.B. Tandon | 16 May 2005 – 29 June 2006 |
| N. Gopalaswamy | 30 June 2006 – 20 April 2009 |
| Navin Chawla | 21 April 2009 – 29 July 2010 |
| S.Y. Qureshi | 30 July 2010 – 10 June 2012 |
| V. S. Sampath | 11 June 2012 – 15 January 2015 |
| H.S.Brahma | 16 January 2015 – 18 April 2015 |
| Dr. Nasim Zaidi | 19 April 2015 – 05 July, 2017 |
| Shri A K Joti | 06 July, 2017 – 22 January, 2018 |
| Shri Om Prakash Rawat | 23 January, 01 December, 2018 |
| Shri Sunil Arora | 02 December, 2018 – Incumbent |
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