List of Chief Election Commissioners of 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. The President of India appoints the Chief Election Commissioner and two Election Commissioners. They have tenure of six years, or up to the age of 65 years 2005.

S No.	Name	Office Tenure
1.	Sukumar Sen	21 March 1950-19 December 1958
2.	K.V.K. Sundaram	20 December 1958-30 September 1967
3.	S.P. Sen Verma	1 October 1967-30 September 1972
4.	Dr Nagendra Singh	1 October 1972-6 February 1973
5.	T. Swaminathan	7 February 1973-17 June 1977
6.	S.L. Shakdhar	18 June 1977-17 June 1982
7.	R.K. Trivedi	18 June 1982-31 December 1985
8.	R.V.S. Peri Sastri	1 January 1986-25 November 1990
9.	Smt V.S. Rama Devi	15 November 1990 to 12 December 1990
10.	T.N. Seshan	12 December 1990-11 December 1996(on leave vacancy of R.V.S. Peri Sastri)
11.	M.S. Gill	12 December 1996 - 13 June 2001
12.	J.M. Lyngdoh	14 June 2001 - 7 February 2004
13.	T.S. Krishna Murthy	8 February 2004 - 15 May 2005
14.	B.B. Tandon	16 May 2005 to present ill date