Election Commission of India
The Election Commission of India is a permanent and independent body established by the Constitution of India directly to ensure free and fair elections in the country.
Article 324 of the Constitution provides that the power of superintendence, direction, and control of elections to parliament, state legislatures, the office of the president of India, and the office of vice-president of India shall be vested in the election commission.
Thus, the Election Commission is an all-India body in the sense that it is common to both the Central government and the state governments.
The body of administers elections to the Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha, State Legislative Assemblies,
State Legislative Councils and the offices of the President and Vice President of the country.
Formed : 25 January 1950; (Later celebrated as National Voters’ Day)
Jurisdiction : Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India
Headquarters : Nirvachan Sadan, Ashoka Road, New Delhi
Employees : Around 300
Commission Executives : Sushil Chandra, IRS (IT), Chief Election Commissioner of India, Rajiv Kumar, IAS (Retd.), Election Commissioner of India, Anup Chandra Pandey,IAS, Election Commissioner of India.
List of Chief Election Commissioners of India
| S.No. | Name | Tenure |
| 1 | Sukumar Sen | 21 March, 1950 – 19 December, 1958 |
| 2 | K.V.K. Sundaram | 20 December, 1958 – 30 September, 1967 |
| 3 | S.P. Sen Verma | 01 October, 1967 – 30 September, 1972 |
| 4 | Dr Nagendra Singh | 01 October, 1972 – 6 February, 1973 |
| 5 | T. Swaminathan | 07 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 | Smt V.S. Rama Devi | 26 November, 1990 – 11 December, 1990 |
| 9 | T.N. Seshan | 12 December, 1990 – 11 December, 1996 |
| 10 | M.S. Gill | 12 December, 1996 – 13 June, 2001 |
| 11 | J.M. Lyngdoh | 14 June, 2001 – 7 February, 2004 |
| 12 | T.S. Krishna Murthy | 08 February, 2004 – 15 Ma, 2005 |
| 13 | B.B. Tandon | 16 May, 2005 – 29 June, 2006 |
| 14 | N. Gopalaswamy | 30 June, 2006 – 20 April, 2009 |
| 15 | Navin Chawla | 21 April, 2009 – 29 July, 2010 |
| 16 | S.Y. Qureshi | 30 July, 2010 – 10 June, 2012 |
| 17 | V. S. Sampath | 11 June, 2012 – 15 January, 2015 |
| 18 | H.S.Brahma | 16 January, 2015 – 18 April, 2015 |
| 19 | Dr. Nasim Zaidi | 19 April, 2015 – 05 July, 2017 |
| 20 | Shri A K Joti | 06 July, 2017 – 22 January, 2018 |
| 21 | Shri Om Prakash Rawat | 23 January, 2018 – 01 December, 2018 |
| 22 | Shri Sunil Arora | 02 December, 2018 – 12 April, 2021 |
| 23 | Shri Sushil Chandra | 13 April, 2021 – Incumbent |
Removal Chief Election Commissioner
- The Chief Election Commissioner of India can be removal requires a resolution passed by the Parliament of India a two-thirds majority in both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha on the grounds of proved misbehaviour or incapacity.
- Other Election Commissioners can be removed by the President of India on the recommendation of the Chief Election Commissioner. A Chief Election Commissioner has never been impeached in India.
For more information visit election commission of India’s official website
https://eci.gov.in/honble-commission/
Election Commission of India