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style="font-size: 125%;">Chief Election Commissioner of India</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="padding-bottom:0.4em; border-bottom:solid 1px #ccd2d9;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem_of_India.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Emblem_of_India.svg/60px-Emblem_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Emblem_of_India.svg/90px-Emblem_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Emblem_of_India.svg/120px-Emblem_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="585" data-file-height="933" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="padding-bottom:0.4em; border-bottom:solid 1px #ccd2d9; line-height:1.4em;"><div style="padding-bottom:0.4em;"><span class="mw-default-size mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a 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Kumar</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /></div>since 15 May 2022</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Election_Commission_of_India" title="Election Commission of India">Election Commission of India</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data">Chief Election Commissioner</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Status</th><td class="infobox-data">Head of the <a href="/wiki/Election_Commission_of_India" title="Election Commission of India">Election Commission of India</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nominator</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Union_Council_of_Ministers" title="Union Council of Ministers">Union Council of Ministers</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Appointer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/President_of_India" title="President of India">President of India</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Term_of_office" title="Term of office">Term length</a></th><td class="infobox-data">6 years or up to 65 years of age<br /> <small>(whichever is prior)</small></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Inaugural holder</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sukumar_Sen_(civil_servant)" title="Sukumar Sen (civil servant)">Sukumar Sen</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Deputy</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Election_Commissioners_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Election Commissioners of India">Election Commissioners of India</a><br />Deputy Election Commissioners of India</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Salary</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>250,000</span> (US$2,900) <small>per month</small><sup 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An election commissioner is appointed by the <a href="/wiki/President_of_India" title="President of India">President of India</a> on the recommendation of a three member selection committee headed by the <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_India" title="Prime Minister of India">Prime Minister of India</a> and senior most election commissioner is appointed as chief election commissioner. The term of a CEC can be a maximum of six years or till he/she attains sixty five years of age. The Chief Election Commissioner is usually a member of the <a href="/wiki/Civil_Services_of_India" title="Civil Services of India">Indian Civil Service</a> and mostly from the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Administrative_Service" title="Indian Administrative Service">Indian Administrative Service</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Role_and_powers">Role and powers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_Election_Commissioner_of_India&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Role and powers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Chief Election Commissioner of India (CEC) heads the <a href="/wiki/Election_Commission_of_India" title="Election Commission of India">Election Commission of India</a>, a body constitutionally empowered to conduct free and fair elections to the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_India" title="Parliament of India">national</a>, the state legislatures, <a href="/wiki/President_of_India" title="President of India">President</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vice-President_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Vice-President of India">Vice-President</a>. This power of the Election Commission of India is derived from the <a href="/wiki/Part_XV_of_the_Constitution_of_India" title="Part XV of the Constitution of India">Article 324</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_India" title="Constitution of India">Constitution of India</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CEC_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CEC-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chief Election Commissioner is usually a member of the <a href="/wiki/Civil_Services_of_India" title="Civil Services of India">Indian Civil Service</a> and mostly from the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Administrative_Service" title="Indian Administrative Service">Indian Administrative Service</a>. The Election Commission of India consists of a chief election commissioner and two election commissioners. The chief election commissioner does not have overruling powers and any decision is taken by the opinion of the majority among the three.<sup id="cite_ref-CEC_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CEC-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Appointment_and_term_of_office">Appointment and term of office</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_Election_Commissioner_of_India&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Appointment and term of office"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The appointment and term of the chief election commissioner prescribed in the Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Act, 2023. As per the Section 7 of the act, an election commissioner is appointed by the President of India on the recommendation of a selection committee headed by the <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_India" title="Prime Minister of India">Prime Minister of India</a> and consisting of the <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_(India)" title="Leader of the Opposition (India)">Leader of the Opposition</a> in <a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a> and a member of the <a href="/wiki/Union_Council_of_Ministers" title="Union Council of Ministers">Union Council of Ministers</a> to be nominated by the Prime Minister.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The senior most member of the election commission is appointed as the chief election commissioner by the President.<sup id="cite_ref-CEC_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CEC-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The term of the CEC can be a maximum of six years from the date on which he/she assumes his office. However, the CEC retires from office if he/she attains the age of sixty-five years before the expiry of the term.<sup id="cite_ref-CEC_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CEC-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The CEC can be removed by office through the process of impeachment requiring two-thirds majority of the Lok Sabha and the <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a> to be present and voting for the same.<sup id="cite_ref-CEC_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CEC-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Compensation">Compensation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_Election_Commissioner_of_India&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Compensation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As per the Election Commission (Condition Of Service Of Election Commissions And Transaction Of Business) Act, 1991, the salary of the chief election commissioner is the same as salary of a Judge of <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_India" title="Supreme Court of India">Supreme Court of India</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-EC1991_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EC1991-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The CEC draws a monthly salary of <span class="nowrap"><span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>350,000</span> (US$4,000) plus allowances.<sup id="cite_ref-EC1991_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EC1991-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-HC_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HC-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_Chief_Election_Commissioners">List of Chief Election Commissioners</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_Election_Commissioner_of_India&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: List of Chief Election Commissioners"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following have held the post of the Chief Election Commissioner of India.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="width:60%;"> <tbody><tr> <th>No. </th> <th>Name </th> <th width="75">Portrait </th> <th colspan="3">Term of office </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sukumar_Sen_(civil_servant)" title="Sukumar Sen (civil servant)">Sukumar Sen</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sukumar_Sen.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a1/Sukumar_Sen.jpg/75px-Sukumar_Sen.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="58" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a1/Sukumar_Sen.jpg/113px-Sukumar_Sen.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a1/Sukumar_Sen.jpg/150px-Sukumar_Sen.jpg 2x" data-file-width="361" data-file-height="277" /></a></span> </td> <td>21 March 1950 </td> <td>19 December 1958 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003319500000000000♠"></span>8 years, 273 days </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kalyan_Sundaram" title="Kalyan Sundaram">Kalyan Sundaram</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>20 December 1958 </td> <td>30 September 1967 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003320600000000000♠"></span>8 years, 284 days </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/S._P._Sen_Verma" title="S. P. Sen Verma">S. P. Sen Verma</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>1 October 1967 </td> <td>30 September 1972 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003182600000000000♠"></span>4 years, 365 days </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nagendra_Singh" title="Nagendra Singh">Nagendra Singh</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>1 October 1972 </td> <td>6 February 1973 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002128000000000000♠"></span>128 days </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/T._Swaminathan" title="T. Swaminathan">T. Swaminathan</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>7 February 1973 </td> <td>17 June 1977 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003147100000000000♠"></span>4 years, 10 days </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/S._L._Shakdhar" title="S. L. Shakdhar">S. L. Shakdhar</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>18 June 1977 </td> <td>17 June 1982 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003182500000000000♠"></span>4 years, 364 days </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/R._K._Trivedi" title="R. K. Trivedi">R. K. Trivedi</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>18 June 1982 </td> <td>31 December 1985 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003129200000000000♠"></span>3 years, 196 days </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/R._V._S._Peri_Sastri" title="R. V. S. Peri Sastri">R. V. S. Peri Sastri</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>1 January 1986 </td> <td>25 November 1990 </td> <td>4 years, 328 days </td></tr> <tr> <td>9 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/V._S._Ramadevi" title="V. S. Ramadevi">V. S. Ramadevi</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:VS_RamaDevi.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/VS_RamaDevi.jpg/75px-VS_RamaDevi.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/VS_RamaDevi.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="82" data-file-height="120" /></a></span> </td> <td>26 November 1990 </td> <td>11 December 1990 </td> <td>16 <p>days </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td>10 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/T._N._Seshan" title="T. N. Seshan">T. N. Seshan</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:T.N._Seshan_in_1994.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/T.N._Seshan_in_1994.jpg/75px-T.N._Seshan_in_1994.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="66" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/T.N._Seshan_in_1994.jpg/113px-T.N._Seshan_in_1994.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/T.N._Seshan_in_1994.jpg/150px-T.N._Seshan_in_1994.jpg 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="423" /></a></span> </td> <td>12 December 1990 </td> <td>11 December 1996 </td> <td>6 years </td></tr> <tr> <td>11 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/M._S._Gill" title="M. S. Gill">M. S. Gill</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Minister_of_State_for_Youth_Affairs_%26_Sports,_Dr._M.S._Gill.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Minister_of_State_for_Youth_Affairs_%26_Sports%2C_Dr._M.S._Gill.jpg/75px-Minister_of_State_for_Youth_Affairs_%26_Sports%2C_Dr._M.S._Gill.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Minister_of_State_for_Youth_Affairs_%26_Sports%2C_Dr._M.S._Gill.jpg/113px-Minister_of_State_for_Youth_Affairs_%26_Sports%2C_Dr._M.S._Gill.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Minister_of_State_for_Youth_Affairs_%26_Sports%2C_Dr._M.S._Gill.jpg/150px-Minister_of_State_for_Youth_Affairs_%26_Sports%2C_Dr._M.S._Gill.jpg 2x" data-file-width="599" data-file-height="798" /></a></span> </td> <td>12 December 1996 </td> <td>13 June 2001 </td> <td>4 years 69 days </td></tr> <tr> <td>12 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Michael_Lyngdoh" title="James Michael Lyngdoh">J. M. Lyngdoh</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>14 June 2001 </td> <td>7 February 2004 </td> <td>2 years 269 days </td></tr> <tr> <td>13 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/T._S._Krishnamurthy" title="T. S. Krishnamurthy">T. S. Krishnamurthy</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Chief_Election_Commissioner_Shri_T._S._Krishna_Murthy_delivering_the_keynote_address_on_%22Media_Coverage_of_Election_in_India_towards_Free_and_Fair_Elections%22_at_a_function_organised_by_Centre_for_Advocacy_and_Research_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/The_Chief_Election_Commissioner_Shri_T._S._Krishna_Murthy_delivering_the_keynote_address_on_%22Media_Coverage_of_Election_in_India_towards_Free_and_Fair_Elections%22_at_a_function_organised_by_Centre_for_Advocacy_and_Research_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/The_Chief_Election_Commissioner_Shri_T._S._Krishna_Murthy_delivering_the_keynote_address_on_%22Media_Coverage_of_Election_in_India_towards_Free_and_Fair_Elections%22_at_a_function_organised_by_Centre_for_Advocacy_and_Research_%28cropped%29.jpg/113px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/The_Chief_Election_Commissioner_Shri_T._S._Krishna_Murthy_delivering_the_keynote_address_on_%22Media_Coverage_of_Election_in_India_towards_Free_and_Fair_Elections%22_at_a_function_organised_by_Centre_for_Advocacy_and_Research_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="455" data-file-height="468" /></a></span> </td> <td>8 February 2004 </td> <td>15 May 2005 </td> <td>1 year 69 days </td></tr> <tr> <td>14 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/B._B._Tandon" title="B. B. Tandon">B. B. Tandon</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Shri_B.B._Tandon_in_his_office_after_assuming_the_charge_as_the_Chief_Election_Commissioner_of_India_in_New_Delhi_on_May_16,_2005.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Shri_B.B._Tandon_in_his_office_after_assuming_the_charge_as_the_Chief_Election_Commissioner_of_India_in_New_Delhi_on_May_16%2C_2005.jpg/75px-Shri_B.B._Tandon_in_his_office_after_assuming_the_charge_as_the_Chief_Election_Commissioner_of_India_in_New_Delhi_on_May_16%2C_2005.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Shri_B.B._Tandon_in_his_office_after_assuming_the_charge_as_the_Chief_Election_Commissioner_of_India_in_New_Delhi_on_May_16%2C_2005.jpg/113px-Shri_B.B._Tandon_in_his_office_after_assuming_the_charge_as_the_Chief_Election_Commissioner_of_India_in_New_Delhi_on_May_16%2C_2005.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Shri_B.B._Tandon_in_his_office_after_assuming_the_charge_as_the_Chief_Election_Commissioner_of_India_in_New_Delhi_on_May_16%2C_2005.jpg/150px-Shri_B.B._Tandon_in_his_office_after_assuming_the_charge_as_the_Chief_Election_Commissioner_of_India_in_New_Delhi_on_May_16%2C_2005.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1900" data-file-height="2228" /></a></span> </td> <td>16 May 2005 </td> <td>29 June 2006 </td> <td>269 days </td></tr> <tr> <td>15 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/N._Gopalaswami" title="N. Gopalaswami">N. Gopalaswami</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Chief_Election_Commissioner,_Shri_N._Gopalaswami_announcing_the_schedule_for_the_Lok_Sabha_polls,_at_a_Press_Conference,_in_New_Delhi_on_March_02,_2009_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/The_Chief_Election_Commissioner%2C_Shri_N._Gopalaswami_announcing_the_schedule_for_the_Lok_Sabha_polls%2C_at_a_Press_Conference%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_March_02%2C_2009_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="64" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/The_Chief_Election_Commissioner%2C_Shri_N._Gopalaswami_announcing_the_schedule_for_the_Lok_Sabha_polls%2C_at_a_Press_Conference%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_March_02%2C_2009_%28cropped%29.jpg/113px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/The_Chief_Election_Commissioner%2C_Shri_N._Gopalaswami_announcing_the_schedule_for_the_Lok_Sabha_polls%2C_at_a_Press_Conference%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_March_02%2C_2009_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="546" data-file-height="464" /></a></span> </td> <td>30 June 2006 </td> <td>20 April 2009 </td> <td>2 years, 294 days </td></tr> <tr> <td>16 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Navin_Chawla" title="Navin Chawla">Navin Chawla</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Election_Commissioner_Shri_Navin._B._Chawla_releasing_Landmark_Judgments_on_Election_Law_at_a_meeting_with_Chief_Electoral_Officers_of_all_the_States,_in_New_Delhi_on_June_28,_2006_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Election_Commissioner_Shri_Navin._B._Chawla_releasing_Landmark_Judgments_on_Election_Law_at_a_meeting_with_Chief_Electoral_Officers_of_all_the_States%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_June_28%2C_2006_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Election_Commissioner_Shri_Navin._B._Chawla_releasing_Landmark_Judgments_on_Election_Law_at_a_meeting_with_Chief_Electoral_Officers_of_all_the_States%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_June_28%2C_2006_%28cropped%29.jpg/113px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Election_Commissioner_Shri_Navin._B._Chawla_releasing_Landmark_Judgments_on_Election_Law_at_a_meeting_with_Chief_Electoral_Officers_of_all_the_States%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_June_28%2C_2006_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="432" data-file-height="456" /></a></span> </td> <td>21 April 2009 </td> <td>29 July 2010 </td> <td>1 year 89 days </td></tr> <tr> <td>17 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/S._Y._Quraishi" title="S. Y. Quraishi">S. Y. Quraishi</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dr._S.Y._Quraishi_taking_charge_as_the_Chief_Election_Commissioner_of_India,_in_New_Delhi_on_July_30,_2010_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Dr._S.Y._Quraishi_taking_charge_as_the_Chief_Election_Commissioner_of_India%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_July_30%2C_2010_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-Dr._S.Y._Quraishi_taking_charge_as_the_Chief_Election_Commissioner_of_India%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_July_30%2C_2010_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="71" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Dr._S.Y._Quraishi_taking_charge_as_the_Chief_Election_Commissioner_of_India%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_July_30%2C_2010_%28cropped%29.jpg/113px-Dr._S.Y._Quraishi_taking_charge_as_the_Chief_Election_Commissioner_of_India%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_July_30%2C_2010_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Dr._S.Y._Quraishi_taking_charge_as_the_Chief_Election_Commissioner_of_India%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_July_30%2C_2010_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Dr._S.Y._Quraishi_taking_charge_as_the_Chief_Election_Commissioner_of_India%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_July_30%2C_2010_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="735" data-file-height="692" /></a></span> </td> <td>30 July 2010 </td> <td>10 June 2012 </td> <td>1 year 316 days </td></tr> <tr> <td>18 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/V._S._Sampath" title="V. S. Sampath">V. S. Sampath</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Shri_V._S._Sampath_assuming_the_charge_of_the_Election_Commissioner,_in_New_Delhi_on_April,_21,_2009.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Shri_V._S._Sampath_assuming_the_charge_of_the_Election_Commissioner%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_April%2C_21%2C_2009.jpg/75px-Shri_V._S._Sampath_assuming_the_charge_of_the_Election_Commissioner%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_April%2C_21%2C_2009.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="55" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Shri_V._S._Sampath_assuming_the_charge_of_the_Election_Commissioner%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_April%2C_21%2C_2009.jpg/113px-Shri_V._S._Sampath_assuming_the_charge_of_the_Election_Commissioner%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_April%2C_21%2C_2009.jpg 1.5x, 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data-file-height="765" /></a></span> </td> <td>16 January 2015 </td> <td>18 April 2015 </td> <td>92 days </td></tr> <tr> <td>20 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nasim_Zaidi" class="mw-redirect" title="Nasim Zaidi">Nasim Zaidi</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dr._Syed_Nasim_Ahmad_Zaidi_assumes_the_charge_as_the_Election_Commissioner_of_India,_in_New_Delhi_on_August_07,_2012.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Dr._Syed_Nasim_Ahmad_Zaidi_assumes_the_charge_as_the_Election_Commissioner_of_India%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_August_07%2C_2012.jpg/75px-Dr._Syed_Nasim_Ahmad_Zaidi_assumes_the_charge_as_the_Election_Commissioner_of_India%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_August_07%2C_2012.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="109" class="mw-file-element" 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Jyoti">Achal Kumar Jyoti</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Shri_Achal_Kumar_Joti_taking_charge_as_the_Chief_Election_Commissioner_of_India_(CEC),_in_New_Delhi_on_July_06,_2017_(1)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Shri_Achal_Kumar_Joti_taking_charge_as_the_Chief_Election_Commissioner_of_India_%28CEC%29%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_July_06%2C_2017_%281%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-Shri_Achal_Kumar_Joti_taking_charge_as_the_Chief_Election_Commissioner_of_India_%28CEC%29%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_July_06%2C_2017_%281%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="78" class="mw-file-element" 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</td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002200000000000000♠"></span>200 days </td></tr> <tr> <td>22 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Om_Prakash_Rawat" title="Om Prakash Rawat">Om Prakash Rawat</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Shri_Om_Prakash_Rawat_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Shri_Om_Prakash_Rawat_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-Shri_Om_Prakash_Rawat_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="58" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Shri_Om_Prakash_Rawat_%28cropped%29.jpg/113px-Shri_Om_Prakash_Rawat_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Shri_Om_Prakash_Rawat_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Shri_Om_Prakash_Rawat_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1760" data-file-height="1372" /></a></span> </td> <td>23 January 2018<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>1 December 2018 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002312000000000000♠"></span>312 days </td></tr> <tr> <td>23 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sunil_Arora" title="Sunil Arora">Sunil Arora</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Media_address_by_Chief_Election_Commissioner_of_India,_Shri_Sunil_Arora_on_2nd_December_2018_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Media_address_by_Chief_Election_Commissioner_of_India%2C_Shri_Sunil_Arora_on_2nd_December_2018_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-Media_address_by_Chief_Election_Commissioner_of_India%2C_Shri_Sunil_Arora_on_2nd_December_2018_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="70" class="mw-file-element" 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<td><span data-sort-value="7002862000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 131 days </td></tr> <tr> <td>24 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sushil_Chandra" title="Sushil Chandra">Sushil Chandra</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sushil_Chandra,_Election_Commissioner_of_India_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Sushil_Chandra%2C_Election_Commissioner_of_India_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-Sushil_Chandra%2C_Election_Commissioner_of_India_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Sushil_Chandra%2C_Election_Commissioner_of_India_%28cropped%29.jpg/113px-Sushil_Chandra%2C_Election_Commissioner_of_India_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Sushil_Chandra%2C_Election_Commissioner_of_India_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Sushil_Chandra%2C_Election_Commissioner_of_India_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="311" data-file-height="350" /></a></span> </td> <td>13 April 2021<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>14 May 2022 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002396000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 31 days </td></tr> <tr> <td>25 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rajiv_Kumar_(civil_servant)" title="Rajiv Kumar (civil servant)">Rajiv Kumar</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:CEC_Rajiv_Kumar.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/CEC_Rajiv_Kumar.jpg/75px-CEC_Rajiv_Kumar.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="74" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/CEC_Rajiv_Kumar.jpg/113px-CEC_Rajiv_Kumar.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/CEC_Rajiv_Kumar.jpg/150px-CEC_Rajiv_Kumar.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1092" data-file-height="1079" /></a></span> </td> <td>15 May 2022<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><i>Incumbent</i> </td> <td>2 years, 247 days </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reforms">Reforms</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_Election_Commissioner_of_India&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Reforms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Election Commission of India was a single member body till 1989 when two election commissioners were appointed to aid the chief election commissioner.<sup id="cite_ref-CEC_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CEC-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While the office has always been an important one in the machinery of the Indian political process, it gained significant public attention during the tenure of <a href="/wiki/T.N._Seshan" class="mw-redirect" title="T.N. Seshan">T.N. Seshan</a>, from 1990 to 1996.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Seshan is widely credited with enforcing the powers of the election commission strongly and undertaking a zealous effort to end corruption and manipulation in Indian elections.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-india1_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-india1-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2012, former <a href="/wiki/Deputy_Prime_Minister_of_India" title="Deputy Prime Minister of India">Deputy Prime Minister of India</a> and former <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_(India)" title="Leader of the Opposition (India)">Leader of the Opposition</a> in <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_India" title="Parliament of India">Indian Parliament</a>), <a href="/wiki/Lal_Krishna_Advani" class="mw-redirect" title="Lal Krishna Advani">Lal Krishna Advani</a> suggested that appointment of CEC (as well as the <a href="/wiki/Comptroller_and_Auditor_General_of_India" title="Comptroller and Auditor General of India">Comptroller and Auditor General of India</a> (CAG)) should be made by a <a href="/wiki/Bipartisan" class="mw-redirect" title="Bipartisan">bipartisan</a> <a href="/wiki/Collegium" class="mw-redirect" title="Collegium">collegium</a> consisting of the Prime Minister, the <a href="/wiki/Chief_Justice_of_India" title="Chief Justice of India">Chief Justice</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Law_and_Justice_(India)" title="Ministry of Law and Justice (India)">Law Minister</a> and the Leaders of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-KA2_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KA2-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As per Advani, the demand was to remove any impression of bias or lack of transparency and fairness because the existent system was open to manipulation and <a href="/wiki/Partisanship" class="mw-redirect" title="Partisanship">partisanship</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-KA2_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KA2-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-KA1_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KA1-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Subsequently, former <a href="/wiki/Chief_Minister_of_Tamil_Nadu" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu">Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu</a>, <a href="/wiki/M_Karunanidhi" class="mw-redirect" title="M Karunanidhi">M Karunanidhi</a> also supported the suggestion.<sup id="cite_ref-KA1_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KA1-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Similar recommendations were made by former CEC's such as <a href="/wiki/B_B_Tandon" class="mw-redirect" title="B B Tandon">B B Tandon</a>, <a href="/wiki/N_Gopalaswamy" class="mw-redirect" title="N Gopalaswamy">N Gopalaswamy</a> and <a href="/wiki/S_Y_Quraishi" class="mw-redirect" title="S Y Quraishi">S Y Quraishi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-SYQ_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SYQ-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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