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Chief Election Commissioners of India


Election Commission of India
Election Commission of India
Election Commission of India
Agency overview
Formed
January 25, 1950
Jurisdiction
Flag of India 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 

  1. Sukumar Sen: 21 March 1950 to 19 December 1958
  2. K.V.K. Sundaram: 20 December 1958 to 30 September 1967
  3. S.P. Sen Verma: 1 October 1967 to 30 September 1972
  4. Nagendra Singh: 1 October 1972 to 6 February 1973
  5. T. Swaminathan: 7 February 1973 to 17 June 1977
  6. S.L. Shakdhar: 18 June 1977 to 17 June 1982
  7. R.K. Trivedi: 18 June 1982 to 31 December 1985
  8. R.V.S. Peri Sastri: 1 January 1986 to 25 November 1990
  9. V.S. Ramadevi: 26 November 1990 to 11 December 1990
  10. T.N. Seshan: 12 December 1990 to 11 December 1996
  11. M.S. Gill: 12 December 1996 to 13 June 2001
  12. J.M. Lyngdoh: 14 June 2001 to 7 February 2004
  13. T.S. Krishnamurthy: 8 February 2004 to 15 May 2005
  14. B.B. Tandon: 16 May 2005 to 28 June 2006
  15. N. Gopalaswami: 29 June 2006 to 20 April 2009
  16. Navin Chawla: 21 April 2009 to present