The List of Election Commissioners in India:
The Chief Election Commissioner heads the Election Commission of India, a body constitutionally empowered to conduct free and fair elections to the national and state legislatures. Chief Election Commissioner of India is usually a member of the Indian Civil Service and mostly from the Indian Administrative Service.The President of India appoints the Chief Election Commissioner.
| Sukumar Sen | 1950 to 1958 |
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| K.V.K.Sundaram | 1958 to 1967 |
| S.P.Sen Verma | 1967 to 1972 |
| Dr.Nagendra Singh | 1972 to 1973 |
| T.Swaminathan | 1973 to 1977 |
| S.L.Shakdhar | 1977 to 1982 |
| R.K.Trivedi | 1982 to 1985 |
| R.V.S.Peri Sastri | 1986 to 1990 |
| Smt.V.S.Rama Devi | 1990 to 1990 |
| T.N.Seshan | 1990 to 1996 |
| M.S.Gill | 1996 to 2001 |
| J.M.Lyngdoh | 2001 to 2004 |
| T.S.Krishna Murthy | 2004 to 2005 |
| B.B.Tandon | 2005 to 2006 |
| N.Gopalaswamy | 2006 to 2009 |
| Naveen Chawla | 2009 to 2010 |
| S.Y.Quraishi | 2010-2012 |
| V.S.Sampath | 2012 – Till date |