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Kerala State Election Commission is an autonomous and constitutional body constituted in Indian state of Kerala for ensuring that elections are conducted in a free, fair and unbiased way. Constitution of India with provisions as per Article 243K and 243 ZA and Article 324 ensures creation and safeguarding of the powers of State Election ...
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 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.
Kumar in his address on the 13th National Voters’ Day acknowledged that the biggest asset of the Election Commission of India is the trust gained due to its professional conduct of elections over the years. He elaborated that while electors in India have increased from about 17 crores in 1951 to over 94 crores now and while the voter turnout ...
Chief Justice of the Republic of India: Sanjiv Khanna: 11 November 2024 Speaker of Lok Sabha: Om Birla: 19 June 2019 [4] Chief Election Commissioner: Gyanesh Kumar: 19 February 2025 Comptroller and Auditor General: K.Sanjay Murthy 21 November 2024 Chairperson of Union Public Service Commission: Preeti Sudan: 1 August 2024 Attorney General: R ...
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.
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.
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.