Article 324 of the Constitution provides that the power of superintendence, direction, and control of elections to parliament, state legislatures, the office of the president of India, and the office of vice-president of India shall be vested in the election commission.

1) Independent Election Commission In India, elections are conducted by the Election Commission (EC). The Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) is appointed by the President of India.

President appoints Shri Sushil Chandra as the Chief Election Commissioner in the Election Commission of India.

Shri Sushil Chandra has assumed charge as the new Election Commissioner (EC) of India today on 15th of February 2019 and joins the Commission with Chief Election Commissioner Shri Sunil Arora and Election Commissioner Shri Ashok Lavasa.

List of Chief Election Commissioners

Mr. Sunil Arora, Chief Election Commissioner of India and Chairman A-WEB addressing participants of International Virtual Election Visitors Programme 2021 for the assembly elections of Assam Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal.

Shri H.S. Brahma assumed charge as Election Commissioner of India on 25th August, 2010. He is retired Indian Administrative Service officer of Andhra Pradesh State cadre (1975 Batch). He has held various senior level posts in the Government of India and State Government prior to the present posting.

Electronic Voting is the standard means of conducting elections using Electronic Voting Machines, sometimes called “EVMs” in India. The use of EVMs and electronic voting was developed and tested by the state-owned Electronics Corporation of India and Bharat Electronics in the 1990s.