| Election Commission of India | |
 Election Commission of India | |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | January 25, 1950 |
| Jurisdiction |  Government of India |
| Headquarters | New Delhi |
| Agency executives | Navin Chawla, Chief Election Commissioner S.Y. Quraishi, Election Commissioner V.S. Sampath, Election Commissioner |
| Website | |
| http://eci.nic.in/ | |
The following have held the post of the Chief Election Commissioner of India
- Sukumar Sen: 21 March 1950 to 19 December 1958
- K.V.K. Sundaram: 20 December 1958 to 30 September 1967
- S.P. Sen Verma: 1 October 1967 to 30 September 1972
- Nagendra Singh: 1 October 1972 to 6 February 1973
- T. Swaminathan: 7 February 1973 to 17 June 1977
- S.L. Shakdhar: 18 June 1977 to 17 June 1982
- R.K. Trivedi: 18 June 1982 to 31 December 1985
- R.V.S. Peri Sastri: 1 January 1986 to 25 November 1990
- V.S. Ramadevi: 26 November 1990 to 11 December 1990
- T.N. Seshan: 12 December 1990 to 11 December 1996
- M.S. Gill: 12 December 1996 to 13 June 2001
- J.M. Lyngdoh: 14 June 2001 to 7 February 2004
- T.S. Krishnamurthy: 8 February 2004 to 15 May 2005
- B.B. Tandon: 16 May 2005 to 28 June 2006
- N. Gopalaswami: 29 June 2006 to 20 April 2009
- Navin Chawla: 21 April 2009 to present
