Chief Election Commissioners of India: Election Commission is to supervise and control all matters relating to elections to the parliament and state assemblies as well as the division of the president and vice-president (Art. 324). The election commission could contain the Chief Election Commissioner and such other election commissioner since the president could appoint from time to time, when another election commissioner is appointed, the chief election commissioner shall be the Chairman of the Election Commission. The Chief Election Commissioner cannot be removed from office except in precisely the exact same way and on the very same grounds as a judge of the Supreme Court (Art. 324). In India, elections have been conducted through an independent agency called the Election Commission. Art. 324 of the Indian Constitution states,

(1) The Superintendence, direction and control, the preparation of the electoral rolls for, and the conduct of all elections to the Parliament, state legislature and the elections to the office of the President and the Vice-President held under the Indian Constitution shall be vested in the commission.

(2) The Election Commission shall consist of the Chief Election Commissioner, and such number of other election commissioners if any, as the President may from time to time fix and the appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and the other Election Commissioners shall subject to the provisions of any law made in the behalf by Parliament be made by the President. Until 1989, the Election Commission was a one-member commission. In 1989, the President appointed two election commissioners, but after two and half months the President’s notification was withdrawn and the newly appointed election commissioners were removed from office.

The then Chief Election Commissioner, T.N. Sheshan challenged the Govt. decision to appoint two Election Commissioners in Supreme Court. The Supreme Court, however, declared that “the question whether it is necessary to appoint other Election Commissioner besides the CEC is for the Govt. to decide and it is not a justiciable matter.

Questions to ask Election Commissioners of India

Who is the current chief election commissioner of India? – Om Prakash Rawat
Who is the present Chief Election Commission of India 2018?  – Om Prakash Rawat
Who is the first election commissioner of India?  – Sukumar Sen
Who is the first woman to become chief election commissioner of India?  – V. S. Ramadevi

List of Chief Election Commissioners of India–