List of Chief Election Commissioners of India till date
| Name | Tenure |
| Sukumar Sen | 21 March 1950 - 19 Dec. 1958 |
| K.V.K. Sundaram | 20 Dec. 1958 - 30 Sept. 1967 |
| S.P. Sen Verma | 1 Oct. 1967 – 30 Sept. 1972
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| Dr.Nagendra Singh | 1 Oct. 1972 – 6 Feb. 1973 |
| T. Swaminathan | 7 Feb. 1973 – 17 June 1977 |
| S.L. Shakdhar | 18 June 1977 – 17 June 1982 |
| R.K. Trivedi | 18 June 1982 – 31 Dec. 1985 |
| R.V.S. Peri Shastri | 1 Jan. 1986 – 25 Nov. 1990 |
| Smt. V.S. Rama Devi | 26 Nov. 1990 – 11 Dec. 1990 |
| T.N. Seshan | 12 Dec. 1990 – 11 Dec. 1996 |
| M.S. Gill | 12 Dec. 1996 – 13 June 2001 |
| J.M. Lyngdoh | 13 June 2001 – 8 Feb. 2004 |
| T.S. Krishna Murthy | 8 Feb. 2004 – 15 May 2005 |
| B.B. Tandon | 16 May 2005 – 29 June 2006 |
| N. Gopalaswami | 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 Jan. 2015 |
| H.S. Brahma | 15 Jan. 2015 – Till date |
