Sukumar Sen is the first Chief Election Commissioner of India. Under his leadership, the Election Commission successfully administered and oversaw independent India’s first two general elections, in 1951–52 and in 1957. He also served as the first Chief Election Commissioner in Sudan. The list of Chief Election Commissioners of India is given below
| Chief Election Commissioners of India | Tenure |
| Sukumar Sen | 1950 – 1958 |
| Kalyan Sundaram | 1958 – 1967 |
| S. P. Sen Verma | 1967 – 1972 |
| Nagendra Singh | 1972 – 1973 |
| T. Swaminathan | 1973 – 1977 |
| S.L. Shakdher | 1977 – 1982 |
| R.K Trivedi | 1982 – 1985 |
| R.V.S Peri Sastri | 1986 – 1990 |
| V.S. Ramadevi | 1990 – 1990 |
| T.N Seshan | 1990 – 1996 |
| M.S Gill | 1996 – 2001 |
| James Michael Lyngdoh | 2001 – 2004 |
| T. S. Krishnamurthy | 2004 – 2005 |
| B. B. Tandon | 2005 – 2006 |
| N. Gopalaswami | 2006 – 2009 |
| Navin Chawla | 2009 – 2010 |
| S. Y. Quraishi | 2010 – 2012 |
| V. S. Sampath | 2012 – 2015 |
| Harishankar Brahma | 2015 – 2015 |
| Nasim Zaidi | 2015 – 2017 |
| Achal Kumar Jyoti | 2017 – 2018 |
| Om Prakash Rawat | 2018 – 2018 |
| Sunil Arora | 2018 – 2021 |
| Sushil Chandra | 2021 – 2022 |
| Rajiv Kumar | May 2022 – November 2022 |
| Arun Goel | November 2022 – Incumbent |
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