Election Commissioner of India

Election Commissioner of
the Republic of India

The Emblem of India

Government of India
Reports to Parliament
Seat Nirvachan Sadan, New Delhi, India
Appointer President of India
Term length 6 years
Inaugural holder Sukumar Sen
Website Election Commission of India

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.

Appointment and removal

The President of India based on a recommendation from the Government of India appoints the Election Commissioners. They have tenure of six years, or up to the age of 65 years, whichever is earlier. The Chief Election Commissioner can be removed from office only through impeachment by Parliament in a manner similar to that of a judge of the Supreme Court. On the other hand, other Election Commissioners can be removed by the President on recommendation of the Chief Election Commissioner.

Compensation

The salary and other conditions of service of the Election Commissioner are determined by the Parliament of India through "Election Commission (Condition of Service of Election Commissions And Transaction of Business) Act, 1991".

List of Election Commissioners

List of Chief Election Commissioners of India
S.No. Name From To
1Sukumar Sen (First EC)March 21,1950December 19,1958
2Kalyan Sundaram (Longest holding EC)19581967
3S. P. Sen Verma19671972
4Dr. Nagendra Singh19721973
5T. Swaminathan19731977
6S L Shakdher19771982
7R.K. Trivedi19821985
8R.V.S. Peri Sastri19861990
9V.S. Rama DeviNov 1990Dec 1990
10T.N. SeshanDec 19901996 (on leave vacancy of R.V.S. Peri Sastri)
11M.S. Gill19962001
12J.M. Lyngdoh20012004
13T. S. Krishnamurthy20042005
14B. B. Tandon20052006
15N. Gopalaswami20062009
16Navin Chawla20092010
17S. Y. Quraishi20102012
18V. S. Sampath20122015
19Harishankar Brahma20152015
20Nasim Zaidi20152017

References

    http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Nasim-Zaidi-takes-over-as-new-chief-election-commissioner/articleshow/46977291.cms

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