COMMISSION AT A GLANCE

Organisational Setup
Date of Setup of Commission 23rd April,1994
First Commissioner Mr. R.D. Sonker
  (April 23rd, 1994 to Dec 9th,1996)
Second Commissioner Dr. YashPal Singh
  (Dec 10th, 1996 to Dec 9th 2001)
Third Commissioner Sri. Aparrmita Prassad Singh
  (Dec 10th, 2001  to May 31th 2007)
Fourth Commissioner Sri. Rajendra Bhonwal
  (June 1st, 2007 to April 4th, 2012)
Current Commissioner Sri S. K. Agarwal
Tenure of the current Commissioner (April 11th, 2012 onwards)
Officials
No. of Class-I Officers 4
No. of Class-II Officers 11
No. of Class-III Employees 287
No. of Class-IV Employees 93
Election Details
No. of Districts 75
No. of Gereral Election held by the Commission till date Three
First Gereral Election after setup of Commission Year,1995
0 a) Panchayat - April,1995 (Plains) & Oct/Nov,1996 (Hills)
0 b) Urban Local Body - Nov, 1995 (Plains)
Second General Election Year,2000
0 a) Panchayats - Jun, 2000 (Plains)
0 b) Urban Local Body - Nov, 2000
Third General Election Year,2005
 

a) Panchayats - Aug-Oct, 2005

0

b) Urban Local Body - Oct, 2006

Fourth General Election Year,2010
 

a) Panchayats - Sep-Oct, 2010

 

b) Urban Local Body - Yet to be conducted

Name of Panchayat & Local Body I) Panchayats
0 1-Gram Panchayat (Village Panchayat)
0 2-Kshetra Panchayat (Middle level Panchayat)
0 3-Zila Panchayat (District Panchayat)
0 II) Urban Local Body
0 1- Nagar Nigam (Municipal Corporation)
0 2- Nagar Palika Parishad (Municipal Council)
0 3- Nagar Panchayat (Town Panchayat)
No. of Rural Voters 11.1 Crore
No. of Rural Polling Stations 178010
No. of Urban Voters 2.90 Crore
No. of Urban Polling Stations 33797
Periodicity of holding General Elections
(Panchayats & Local Bodies )
Every Five Year
Time of holding bye-elections Within 6 months from the vacancy
Intensive Revision of Voter List Every Five Year
Summary Revision of Voter List Every Year