The Chief Election Commissioner and the two Election Commissioners who are usually retired IAS officers draw salaries and allowances at par with those of the Judges of the Supreme Court of India as per the Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners (Conditions of Service) Rules, 1992.
The Commission is served by its Secretariat located in New Delhi. At the state level, Election Commission is assisted by the Chief Electoral Officer of the State, who is an IAS officer of Principal Secretary Rank. At the district and constituency levels, the District Magistrates (in their capacity as District Election Officers), Electoral Registration Officers and Returning Officers perform election work.
Shri Sushil Chandra - Current Election Commissioner
S.No | Name | No. Of Years |
1 | Sukumar Sen | 1950-1958 |
2 | Kalyan Sundaram | 1958-1967 |
3 | Sp Sen verma | 1967-1972 |
4 | Nagendra Singh | 1972-1973 |
5 | T.Swaminathan | 1973-1977 |
6 | S.L Shakdhar | 1977-1982 |
7 | R.k. Trivedi | 1982-1985 |
8 | R.V.S. Peri Sastri | 1986-1990 |
9 | V.S. Ramadevi | 1990 |
10 | T.N. Seshan | 1990-1996 |
11 | M.S. Gill | 1996-2001 |
12 | J.M. Lyngdoh | 2001-2004 |
13 | T.S. Krishnamurthy | 2004-2005 |
14 | B.B. Tandon | 2005-2006 |
15 | N. Gopalaswamy | 2006-2009 |
16 | Navin Chawla | 2009-2010 |
17 | S.Y. Quraishi | 2010-2012 |
18 | V.S. Sampath | 2012-2015 |
19 | H.S. Brahma | 2015 |
20 | Nazim Zaidi | 2015-2017 |
21 | Achal Kumar Jyoti | 2017-2018 |
22 | Om Prakash Rawat | 23rd January - 1st December 2018 |
23 | Sunil Arora | 2 December 2018 - Till Date |
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