Election Commissioners of India

June 28, 2021

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The Election Commissioners of India are the members of the Election Commission of India (ECI). The primary duty of the Election Commissioners of India is to ensure the free and fair elections in India. This is an important topic for General Awareness assessed in exams like IBPS RRB, FCI AGM, NABARD Grade A, NABARD Grade B, EMRS Teaching Staff Selection and other government examinations.

Election Commissioners of India

The ECI is a three-member body consisting of the Chief Election Commissioner of India and two Election Commissioners. At present, Shri Sushil Chandra is serving as the Chief Election Commissioner of India. Two additional Election Commissioners assisting him are Shri Anup Pandey and Shri Rajiv Kumar.

List of Chief Election Commissioners of India

The complete list of Chief Election Commissioners of India has been provided below.

	Chief Election Commissioner	Term of Office
1	Sukumar Sen	1950-58
2	Kalyan Sundaram	1958-67
3	S.P. Sen Verma	1967-72
4	Nagendra Singh	1972-73
5	T. Swaminathan	1973-77
6	S.L. Shakdhar	1977-82
7	R.K. Trivedi	1982-85
8	R.V.S Peri Sastri	1986-1990
9	V.S. Ramadevi	1990-1990
10	T.N. Seshan	1990-1996
11	M.S. Gill	1996-2001
12	James Michael Lyngdoh	2001-2004
13	T.S. Krishnamurthy	2004-2005
14	B.B. Tandon	2005-2006
15	N. Gopalaswami	2006-2009
16	Navin Chawla	2009-2010
17	S.Y. Quraishi	2010-2012
18	V.S Sampath	2012-2015
19	Harishankar Brahma	2015-2015
20	Nasim Zaidi	2015-2017
21	Achal Kumar Jyoti	2017-2018
22	Om Prakash Rawat	2018-2018
23	Sunil Arora	2018-2021
24	Sushil Chandra	2021- present

Election Commissioners of India Duties

The Election Commissioners are appointed by the President of India for a tenure of 6 years or up to the age of 65, whichever happens first. As already mentioned earlier, the chief responsibility of these officers is to ensure the conduct of free and fair elections. Other than that, they are responsible for all the duties of the ECI as prescribed by the Indian Constitution. The duties of the Election Commission of India have been outlined in detail for you.

Election Commissioners of India Trivia

The ECI was a one-member body up until 1989.
Through the Constitution Amendment Act of 1989, the ECI became a multi-member body. The Chief Election Commissioner was appointed by two other Election Commissioners as well.
V.S.Ramadevi is the first and only lady to hold the Chief Election Commissioner chair in India.
She served the shortest tenure as Chief ECI for less than a month.
Sukumar Sen and Kalyan Sundaram served the longest terms for approximately 8 years and 9 months each.
The Election Commissioners are offered the security of tenure. They can only be removed by the Parliament through impeachment via a complicated process.
The Election Commission officers are generally retired IAS officers.

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