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State Election Commissioners are independent persons not holding position or office in any Central or State Government organisations [13] Sri A.Shajahan IAS, is the Chief Election Commissioner of Kerala State Election Commission. [14] His period of service will be 5 years or attaining an age of 65 years whichever is earlier.
The Chief Election Commissioner of India (CEC) heads the Election Commission of India, a body constitutionally empowered to conduct free and fair elections.An election commissioner is appointed by the President of India on the recommendation of a three member selection committee headed by the Prime Minister of India and senior most election commissioner is appointed as chief election commissioner.
Gyanesh Kumar (born 27 January 1964) is a 1988-batch [1] retired Indian Administrative Service officer belonging to the Kerala cadre serving as 26th Chief Election Commissioner of India from 19th February 2025 onwards. He is the first CEC to be appointed under the provisions of the 2023 CEC and Other EC Appointment Act.
The elections for local self-government institutions, such as panchayats and municipalities, are conducted by the Kerala State Election Commission, which is an independent constitutional authority. Panchayat Elections is a term widely used in Kerala, India, for the polls that are held to select the Local Self-government Representatives.
State Election Commission consists of Chief Electoral Officer [2] and as many members and staff specified as are required by the Acts of respective State Governments. State Election Commissioners are independent persons not holding position or office in any Central or State Government organisations.
Chief Electoral Officer is a statutory authority created for representing Election Commission of India for conducting elections in states and union territories of India. Constitution of India with introduction of Article 324 made the powers of Chief Electoral Officer(India) independent.
The chief minister of Kerala is the chief executive of the Indian state of Kerala. De facto executive authority rests with the chief minister.Following elections to the Kerala Legislative Assembly, the state's governor usually invites the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats to form the chief minister, whose council of ministers are collectively responsible to the assembly.
In 1950, the Election Commission of India was established as a single member body. As per The Election Commissioner Amendment Act, 1989, the commission was made a multi-member body headed by a chief election commissioner and two other election commissioners, who were appointed to the commission for the first time on 16 October 1989. On 1 ...