Election Commission Of India Head Name
Election commissioners of india are members of election commission of india a body constitutionally empowered to conduct free and fair elections in india to the national and state legislatures.
Election commission of india head name. Salient features advantages and key facts. The chief election commissioner is a body constitutionally empowered to conduct free and fair elections to the national and state legislatures and of president and vice president. Election commission is the federal body of india which is enacted under the provisions of the constitution responsible for monitoring and administering all the electoral processes of india.
On 2 december 2018 shri sunil arora assumed the office as the 23rd chief election commissioner of india succeeding shri om prakash rawat. Until 1989 the commission was a single member body but later two additional election commissioners were added. Election commission organised an open hackathon on 3 june 2017 to attempt hacking of electronic voting machine used by the commission in various indian elections.
His tenure was from 21 march 1950 to 19 december 1958. Commission formed description ministry department website 1. The ncp and cpi m were the only two parties that registered for the event but none of them participated.
Atomic energy commission of india. February 16 2019 the president has appointed sushil chandra as the new election commissioner. Rawat as chief election commissioner cec.
Plan and implement various measures on sound technical and economic principles and free from all non essential restrictions or needlessly elastic. The chief election commissioner heads the election commission of india. National recruitment agency nra.
The election commissioners are usually retired ias or irs officers. Election commission ensures the conduct of members pre elections during elections and post. Sukumar sen was the first chief election commissioner of indian.