<Tr> <Td> ₹ 250,000 (US $3,800) monthly </Td> </Tr> <P> The following have held the post of the Chief Election Commissioner of India . </P> <Table> List of Chief Election Commissioners <Tr> <Th> No . </Th> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Took office </Th> <Th> Left office </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sukumar Sen </Td> <Td> 21 March 1950 </Td> <Td> 19 December 1958 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Kalyan Sundaram </Td> <Td> 20 December 1958 </Td> <Td> 30 September 1967 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> SP Sen Verma </Td> <Td> 1 October 1967 </Td> <Td> 30 September 1972 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Nagendra Singh </Td> <Td> 1 October 1972 </Td> <Td> 6 February 1973 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> T. Swaminathan </Td> <Td> 7 February 1973 </Td> <Td> 17 June 1977 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> S.L. Shakdhar </Td> <Td> 18 June 1977 </Td> <Td> 17 June 1982 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> R.K. Trivedi </Td> <Td> 18 June 1982 </Td> <Td> 31 December 1985 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> R.V.S. Peri Sastri </Td> <Td> 1 January 1986 </Td> <Td> 25 November 1990 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> V.S. Ramadevi </Td> <Td> 26 November 1990 </Td> <Td> 11 December 1990 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> T.N. Seshan </Td> <Td> 12 December 1990 </Td> <Td> 11 December 1996 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> M.S. Gill </Td> <Td> 12 December 1996 </Td> <Td> 13 June 2001 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 12 </Td> <Td> J.M. Lyngdoh </Td> <Td> 14 June 2001 </Td> <Td> 7 February 2004 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 13 </Td> <Td> T.S. Krishnamurthy </Td> <Td> 8 February 2004 </Td> <Td> 15 May 2005 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 14 </Td> <Td> B.B. Tandon </Td> <Td> 16 May 2005 </Td> <Td> 29 June 2006 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 15 </Td> <Td> N. Gopalaswami </Td> <Td> 30 June 2006 </Td> <Td> 20 April 2009 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 16 </Td> <Td> Navin Chawla </Td> <Td> 21 April 2009 </Td> <Td> 29 July 2010 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 17 </Td> <Td> S.Y. Quraishi </Td> <Td> 30 July 2010 </Td> <Td> 10 June 2012 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 18 </Td> <Td> V.S. Sampath </Td> <Td> 11 June 2012 </Td> <Td> 15 January 2015 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 19 </Td> <Td> H.S. Brahma </Td> <Td> 16 January 2015 </Td> <Td> 18 April 2015 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 20 </Td> <Td> Nasim Zaidi </Td> <Td> 19 April 2015 </Td> <Td> 5 July 2017 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 21 </Td> <Td> Achal Kumar Jyoti </Td> <Td> 6 July 2017 </Td> <Td> 22 January 2018 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 22 </Td> <Td> Om Prakash Rawat </Td> <Td> 23 January 2018 </Td> <Td> Incumbent </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> No . </Th> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Took office </Th> <Th> Left office </Th> </Tr>

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