List of Chief Election Commissioner of India-

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 01 October 1967-30 September 1972
4. Dr Nagendra Singh 01 October 1972-6 February 1973
5. T. Swaminathan 07 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 01 January 1986-25 November 1990
9. Smt V.S. Rama Devi  26 November 1990-11 December 1990
10. T.N. Seshan 12 December 1990-11 December 1996
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 08 February 2004 - 15 May 2005
14. B.B. Tandon 16 May 2005 - 29 June 2006
15. N. Gopalaswamy 30 June 2006 - 20 April 2009
16. Navin Chawla 21 April 2009 - 29 July 2010
17. S.Y. Qureshi 30 July – Incumbent