Election Commissioners
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SC to consider listing of plea seeking to restrain Centre from appointing new Election Commissioners
India | Mar 11, 2024, 01:10 PM ISTThe two positions in the poll panel were created after the retirement of Anup Chandra Pandey and the surprise resignation of Arun Goel.
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Sushil Chandra appointed Chief Election Commissioner, to assume charge today
India | Apr 13, 2021, 10:30 AM ISTChandra was appointed as an election commissioner on February 14, 2019, ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. He would demit office on May 14, 2022
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Mamata seeks SC-like collegium to appoint election commissioners
India | Jun 07, 2019, 10:23 PM ISTWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee demanded on Friday the setting up of a collegium on the lines of the Supreme Court to appoint election commissioners, asserting that the three nominated members of the poll panel should not be given the mandate to hold elections.
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CEC Nasim Zaidi favours collegium to choose ECs
National | May 31, 2015, 01:35 PM ISTNew Delhi: Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi favours a collegium type set up to choose the CEC and Election Commissioners who he says should have equal protection under the Constitution in the matter of removal.
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Know the three election commissioners who have successfully conducted 2014 LS polls
National | May 15, 2014, 07:07 AM ISTNew Delhi: Conducting free, fair and peaceful elections in a country like India is not an easy job. Yet our Election Commission has succeeded in ensuring successful completion of the entire election process that spread