Name | Office Tenure |
| Harilal J. Kania | 26 January 1950-6 November 1951 |
| M. Patanjali Sastri | 7 November 1951-3 January 1954 |
| Mehar Chand Mahajan | 4 January 1954-22 December 1954 |
| B.K. Mukherjea | 23 December 1954-31 January 1956 |
| S.R. Das | 1 February 1956-30 September 1959 |
| Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha | 1 October 1959-31 January 1964 |
| P.B. Gajendragadkar | 1 February 1964-15 March 1966 |
| A.K. Sarkar | 16 March 1966-29 June 1966 |
| K. Subba Rao | 30 June 1966-11 April 1967 |
| K.N. Wanchoo | 12 April 1967-24 February 1968 |
| M. Hidayatullah | 25 February 1968-16 December 1970 |
| J.C. Shah | 17 December 1970-21 January 1971 |
| S.M. Sikri | 22 January 1971-25 April 1973 |
| A.N. Ray | 26 April 1973-27 January 1977 |
| M.H. Beg | 28 January 1977-21 February 1978 |
| Y.V. Chandrachud | 22 February 1978-11 July 1985 |
| Prafullachandra Natvarlal Bhagwati | 12 July 1985-20 December 1986 |
| R.S. Pathak | 21 December 1986-18 June 1989 |
| E.S. Venkataramiah | 19 June 1989-17 December 1989 |
| S. Mukharjee | 18 December 1989-25 September 1990 |
| Ranganath Mishra | 26 September 1990-24 November 1991 |
| K.N. Singh | 25 November 1991-12 December 1991 |
| M.H. Kania | 13 December 1991-17 November 1992 |
| L.M. Sharma | 18 November 1992-11 February 1993 |
| M.N. Venkatachaliah | 12 February 1993-24 October 1994 |
| A.M. Ahmadi | 25 October 1994-24 March 1997 |
| J.S. Verma | 25 March 1997-17 January 1998 |
| M.M. Punchhi | 18 January 1998-9 October 1998 |
| A.S. Anand | 10 October 1998 – 11 January 2001 |
| Sam Piroj Bharucha | 11 January 2001 – 06 May 2002 |
| B.N. Kripal | 06 May 2002 – 08 November 2002 |
| G.B Pattanaik | 08 November 2002 – 19 December 2002 |
| V.N. Khare | 19 December 2002 – 02 May 2004 |
| S. Rajendra Babu | 02 May 2004 – 01 June 2004 |
| R.C. Lahoti | 01 June 2004 – 01 November 2005 |
| Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal | 1 November 2005-13 January 2007 |
| K. G. Balakrishnan | 13 January 2007-11 May 2010 |
| S. H. Kapadia | 12 May 2010 – 28 Sep 2012 |
| Altamas Kabir | 29 September 2012- 18 July 2013 |
| P. Sathasivam | 19 July 2013- Incumbent |
List of Chief Election Commissioners of India
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