CHIEF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS OF INDIA for TNPSC Exams
- Election Commissioner of India is a member of Election Commission of India, a body Constitutionally Empowered to conduct free and fair elections to the National and State Legislatures.
- He is usually a member of the Indian Civil Service and mostly from the Indian Administrative Service.
- Until 1989, the Commission was a Single Member Body, but later two additional Election Commissioners were added. Thus, the Election Commission currently consists of a Chief Election Commissioner and Two Election Commissioners.
- The decisions of the commission are taken by a majority vote. Nasim Zaidi is the current Chief Election Commissioner and other two Election Commissioners are Achal Kumar Jyoti and Om Prakash Rawat.
- H.S.Brahma retired on 19th April,2015 . After then Dr.Nasim Zaidi took over as 20th Chief Election Commissioner.
List of Chief Election Commissioners of India
NAME
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TENURE
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1. Sukumar Sen
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21 March 1950
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19 December 1958
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2. K V K Sundaram
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20 December 1958
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30 September 1967
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3. S P Sen Verma
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1 October 1967
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30 September 1972
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4. Dr Nagendra Singh
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1 October 1972
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6 February 1973
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5. T Swaminathan
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7 February 1973
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17 June 1977
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6. S L Shakdhar
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18 June 1977
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17 June 1982
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7. R K Trivedi
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18 June 1982
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31 December 1985
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8. R V S Peri Sastri
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1 January 1986
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25 November 1990
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9. Smt VS Ramadevi
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26 November 1990
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11 December 1990
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10. T N Seshan
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12 December 1990
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11 December 1996
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11. Dr. MS Gill
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12 December 1996
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13 June 2001
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12. J M Lyngdoh
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14 June 2001
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07 February 2004
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13. T S Krishna Murthy
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8 Feb 2004
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15 May 2005
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14. B.B. Tandon
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16 May 2005
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29 June 2006
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15. N. Gopalaswami
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30 June 2006
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20 April 2009
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16. Navin B. Chawla
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21 April 2009
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29 July 2010
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17. Dr. S.Y.Quraishi
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30 July 2010
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30 July 2010
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18. Shri V.S.Sampath
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11 June 2012
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15 Jan 2015
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19. Shri. H.S.Brahma
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16 Jan 2015
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18 April 2015
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