Chief Election Commissioner
Recent Highlights
All Stories for Chief Election Commissioner
Will remote voting be a reality soon? Election Commission’s plan to increase voter turnout explained
Fp Explainers •The EC has noted migrants’ inability to travel back to their place of registration from cities where they are staying for education, employment and other purposes. It has decided to devise a new plan that may involve remote voting among other measures
Rajiv Kumar assumes charge as 25th Chief Election Commissioner
•The elections to the post of president and vice president, 2024 Lok Sabha polls and several Assembly elections will be conducted under the watch of Kumar, whose tenure is till February 2025
Rajiv Kumar appointed next CEC, to assume charge on 15 May
Fp Staff •Kumar took charge as the Election Commissioner on 1 September, 2020, prior to which he had been the chairman of the Public Enterprises Selection Board
Participation of women in Parliament less than desired, says Chief Election Commissioner
•Sushil Chandra expressed concern over the time lost due to disruptions in Parliament, saying this does not augur well for democracy
Sushil Chandra assumes charge as Chief Election Commissioner; to hold post till May 2022
•Under Chandra, the Election Commission will hold Assembly polls in Goa, Manipur, Uttarakhand, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh
Sushil Chandra appointed as next Chief Election Commissioner, to assume charge tomorrow
•Chandra was appointed as an election commissioner on 14 February, 2019, ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. He will demit office on 14 May, 2022.
EC faces uphill task in enforcing COVID-19 guidelines despite requisite powers, say former CECs
•Ex-CECs VS Sampath, OP Rawat, SY Quraishi said though it is challenging, but EC could take "demonstrative action" as postponing polls in a few constituencies and banning rallies "to show that it means business"
Delhi Assembly election: Protest sites like Shaheen Bagh ‘under watch’ ahead of polling day to ensure voters, personnel face no obstruction, observers tell EC
•Protest sites in Delhi are 'under watch' to ensure that the polling personnel or voters face no obstruction on 8 February, which is when the polling is scheduled to take place, observers deployed told the Election Commission on Monday.
Delhi Assembly Election 2020: EC bans Kapil Mishra from campaigning for 48 hours for posting controversial tweets
•Cracking the whip, the Election Commission on Saturday imposed a 48-hour campaigning ban on Kapil Mishra, BJP candidate from Delhi's Model Town constituency, over his controversial tweets
Maharashtra, Haryana election 2019: Farmer suicides, corruption, joblessness to be top Congress agenda in upcoming Assembly polls
•The Congress on Saturday said it will raise suicides by farmers and "pro-people" issues such as corruption and loss of jobs in the Assembly polls next month, that the governments in Maharashtra and Haryana are trying to deflect.