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Chief Election Commissioners Of India
Name Tenure
Sukumar Sen ...................................................................... 21 March 1950-19 December 1958
K.V.K. Sundaram ............................................................... 20 December 1958-30 September 1967
S.P. Sen Verma .................................................................... 1 October 1967-30 September 1972
Dr Nagendra Singh ........................................................... 1 October 1972-6 February 1973
T. Swaminathan ................................................................. 7 February 1973-17 June 1977
S.L. Shakdhar ..................................................................... 18 June 1977-17 June 1982
R.K. Trivedi ......................................................................... 18 June 1982-31 December 1985
R.V.S. Peri Sastri ................................................................. 1 January 1986-25 November 1990
Smt V.S. Rama Devi ........................................................... 26 November 1990-11 December 1990
T.N. Seshan ......................................................................... 12 December 1990-11 December 1996
M.S. Gill ............................................................................... 12 December 1996-13 June 2001
RS,.M. Lyngdoh ...................................................................... 14 June 2001 - 7 February 2004
T.S. Krishna Murthy .......................................................... 8 February 2004 - 15 May 2005
B.B. Tandon......................................................................... 16 May 2005 - 29 June 2006
N. Gopalaswamy ............................................................... 30 June 2006 - 20 April 2009
Navin Chawla .................................................................... 21 April 2009 - 29 July 2010
S.Y. Quraishi ....................................................................... 30 July 2010—10 June 2012
V. S. Sampath ...........................................................................10 June 2012 --15 January 2015
H. S. Brahma..............................................................................15 January 2015--18 April 2015
Nasim Zaidi............................................................................19 April 2015--(likely till) 12 July 2017
History of clashes
From the archives of "India Today"
1989: Rajiv Gandhi expands the EC by handpicking two members. Commits impropriety by announcing poll dates.
1990: V.P. Singh sacks two election commissioners saying they were partisan. S.S. Dhanoa challenges removal in the SC. Appeal is rejected.
1993: Narasimha Rao expands EC to rein in T.N. Seshan who approached SC. Apex Court upholds order. In Dhanoa and Seshan cases, court treats the commissioners as equals but says CEC had powers to recommend their removal. Battle renewed
2005: BJP objects to Chawla’s elevation as election commissioner, claiming he was partial to the Congress.
2006-07: Chawla and Gopalaswami lock horns over poll dates for Uttar Pradesh and Chawla’s decision to consult the MEA on Sonia Gandhi accepting a Belgian honour.
2008: CEC sends notice asking Chawla why he should not be sacked for being partisan. Finds Chawla’s reply unsatisfactory.
2009: Gopalaswami recommends to the President that Chawla be dismissed
