Deputy Election Commissioner Current Affairs, GK & News

Former Chief Election Commissioner TN Seshan passed away

November 11, 2019

Tirunellai Narayana Iyer Seshan, the man behind several electoral reforms passed away due to a cardiac arrest. He was 87 years old and was not well for the past couple of years. He was the 10th Chief Election Commissioner (CEC). He served between 1990 and 1996 About TN Seshan TN Seshan was a 1955 batch ..

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Recommendations of Committee to revisit the Section 126 of the Representation of the People Act

January 16, 2019

The Committee headed Deputy Election Commissioner Umesh Sinha has submitted the report on revisiting the section 126 of the Representation of the People Act. The committee had nine officers from the Election Commission and one nominated member each from I&B Ministry, Law Ministry, IT Ministry, National Broadcasters Association and Press Council of India. Recommendations of ..

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Chandra Bhushan Kumar appointed as Deputy Election Commissioner

March 31, 2018

Government has appointed senior bureaucrat Chandra Bhushan Kumar as Deputy Election Commissioner. He will have tenure of five years. Bhushan is 1995 batch IAS officer of Union Territories Cadre. Election Commissioners Election commission is multi member body and currently has three members including Chief Election Commissioner (CEC). They all are appointed by the President for ..

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