Election Commissioner of India Current Affairs, GK & News

Matdata Junction

October 4, 2022

The Chief Election Commissioner of India Rajiv Kumar launched the radio series “Matdata Junction”. Key facts Matdata Junction is a year-long voter awareness programme launched jointly by the Election Commission of India (ECI) and the All India Radio (AIR). This radio series has a total of 52 episodes. It was produced by the ECI in ..

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Sushil Chandra: Next Chief Election Commissioner

April 13, 2021

Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra recently took over as the new Chief Election Commissioner of India. About Sushil Chandra Sushil Chandra was appointed as the Chief Election Commissioner by the President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind. He was appointed as the Election Commissioner along with Ashok Lavasa and Arora in 2019. He will oversee the ..

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US Elections: How does US count its votes? Why is it taking so long?

November 5, 2020

The United States 59th Quadrennial Presidential Election was held on November 3, 2020. However, the election verdict of the country still remains inconclusive. How are elections supervised in US? All the three elections in the US, that is, for the federal, local and state are directly organised by the ruling governments of the individual state. ..

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Ashok Lavasa Appointed as Vice-President of ADB

July 15, 2020

Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa has been appointed as the Vice-President for the private sector operations and public-private partnerships by the Asian Development Bank. Mr Lavasa has served as Finance Secretary, Secretary of the Ministry of Environment and Forests etc. in the past. He is going to succeed Mr Diwakar Gupta, who is going to superannuate ..

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Indian CEC assumes charge as AWEB Chairman

September 4, 2019

The Chief Election Commissioner of India, Shri Sunil Arora took charge as the Chairman of the Association of World Election Bodies(AWEB). India will hold the chairmanship of the AWEB  for the duration of 2019-21. India has inherited the chairmanship from Romania. What has happened? In a ceremony, the AWEB flag was handed over to the ..

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Sushil Chandra appointed as Election Commissioner (EC) of India

February 15, 2019

Sushil Chandra, an IRS-IT officer of the 1980 batch, has assumed charge as the new Election Commissioner (EC) of India on 15th of February 2019. Prior to joining ECI, he was the Chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT).With his appointment, the Commission now has Sunil Arora as the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) ..

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