The current Incumbent Chief Election Commissioner is Rajiv Kumar who entered office on 15 May 2022. Till now, 25 people have served as Chief Election Commissioners of India.
| S.No. | Name | Period of office (Start and End date) | |
| 1 | Sukumar Sen | 21-Mar-50 | 19-Dec-58 |
| 2 | Kalyan Sundaram | 20-Dec-58 | 30-Sep-67 |
| 3 | S. P. Sen Verma | 1-Oct-67 | 30-Sep-72 |
| 4 | Nagendra Singh | 1-Oct-72 | 6-Feb-73 |
| 5 | T. Swaminathan | 7-Feb-73 | 17-Jun-77 |
| 6 | S. L. Shakdhar | 18-Jun-77 | 17-Jun-82 |
| 7 | R. K. Trivedi | 18-Jun-82 | 31-Dec-85 |
| 8 | R. V. S. Peri Sastri | 1-Jan-86 | 25-Nov-90 |
| 9 | V. S. Ramadevi | 26-Nov-90 | 11-Dec-90 |
| 10 | T. N. Seshan | 12-Dec-90 | 11-Dec-96 |
| 11 | M. S. Gill | 12-Dec-96 | 13-Jun-01 |
| 12 | James Michael Lyngdoh | 14-Jun-01 | 7-Feb-04 |
| 13 | T. S. Krishnamurthy | 8-Feb-04 | 15-May-05 |
| 14 | B. B. Tandon | 16-May-05 | 29-Jun-06 |
| 15 | N. Gopalaswami | 30-Jun-06 | 20-Apr-09 |
| 16 | Navin Chawla | 21-Apr-09 | 29-Jul-10 |
| 17 | S. Y. Quraishi | 30-Jul-10 | 10-Jun-12 |
| 18 | V. S. Sampath | 11-Jun-12 | 15-Jan-15 |
| 19 | Harishankar Brahma | 16-Jan-15 | 18-Apr-15 |
| 20 | Nasim Zaidi | 19-Apr-15 | 5-Jul-17 |
| 21 | Achal Kumar Jyoti | 6 July 2017 | 22-Jan-18 |
| 22 | Om Prakash Rawat | 23-Jan-18 | 1-Dec-18 | 23 | Sunil Arora | 2 December 2018 | 12 April 2021 |
| 24 | Sushil Chandra | 13 April 2021 | 14 May 2022 |
| 25 | Rajiv Kumar | 15 May 2022 | Incumbent |