| Tenure | Chief Election Commissioner |
| March 21, 1950 - December 19, 1958 | Sukumar Sen |
| December 20, 1958 - September 30, 1967 | K. V. K. Sundaram |
| October 1, 1967 - September 30, 1972 | S. P. Sen Verma |
| October 1, 1972 - February 6, 1973 | Dr. Nagendra Singh |
| February 7, 1973 - June 17, 1977 | T. Swaminathan |
| June 18, 1977 - June 17, 1982 | S. L. Shakdhar |
| June 18, 1982 - December 31, 1985 | R. K. Trivedi |
| January 1, 1986 - November 25, 1990 | R. V. S. Peri Sastri |
| November 26, 1990 - December 11, 1990 | Mrs. V. S. Rama Devi |
| December 12, 1990 - December 11, 1996 | T. N. Seshan |
| December 12, 1996 - June 13, 2001 | M. S. Gill |
| June 13, 2001 - February 7, 2004 | J. M. Lyngdoh |
| February 8, 2004 - May 15, 2005 | T. S. Krishnamurthy |
| May 16, 2005 - June 29, 2006 | B. B. Tandon |
| June 30, 2006 - April 20, 2009 | N. Gopalaswami |
| April 21, 2009 - July 29, 2010 | Navin Chawla |
| July 30, 2010 - June 10, 2012 | S. Y. Quraishi |
| June 11, 2012 - Present | V. S. Sampath |
