Chief Election Commissioner of India

The following is the list of held the post of the Chief Election Commissioner of India with duration details:

Chief Election Commissioners Held the post
1
Sukumar Sen 21-Mar-1950 to 19-Dec-1958
2
K. V. K. Sundaram  20-Dec-1958 to 30-Sep-1967
3
S. P. Sen Verma  1-Oct-1967 to 30-Sep-1972
4
Dr. Nagendra Singh  1-Oct-1972 to 6-Feb-1973
5
T. Swaminathan  7-Feb-1973 to 17-Jun-1977
6
S. L. Shakdhar  18-Jun-1977 to 17-Jun-1982
7
R. K. Trivedi  18-Jun-1982 to 31-Dec-1985
8
R. V. S. Peri Sastri  1-Jan-1986 to 25-Nov-1990
9
V. S. Ramadevi  26-Nov-1990 to 11-Dec-1990
10
T. N. Seshan  12-Dec-1990 to 11-Dec-1996
11
M. S. Gill  12-Dec-1996 to 13-Jun-2001
12
J. M. Lyngdoh  14-Jun-2001 to 7-Feb-2004
13
T. S. Krishnamurthy  8-Feb-2004 to 15-May-2005
14
B. B. Tandon  16-May-2005 to 29-Jun-2006
15
N. Gopalaswami  30-Jun-2006 to 20-Apr-2009
16
Navin Chawla  21-Apr-2009 to 29-Jul-2010
17
Shahabuddin Yaqoob Quraishi  30-Jul-2010 – till date