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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.
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 Election Commission of India was a single member body till 1989 when two election commissioners were appointed to aid the chief election commissioner. [4] While the office has always been an important one in the machinery of the Indian political process, it gained significant public attention during the tenure of T.N. Seshan , from 1990 to ...
He was appointed 18th Cabinet Secretary, the senior-most position in the Indian civil service hierarchy, in 1989 [9] and later served as a member of Planning Commission. [6] [5] He was appointed as the 10th Chief Election Commissioner and served from 12 December 1990 to 11 December 1996.
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.
Om Prakash Rawat (born 2 December 1953) is a retired 1977 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the Madhya Pradesh cadre who served as 22nd Chief Election Commissioner of India. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He has also served as one of the two Election Commissioners of India and the Public Enterprise Secretary of India.