In 2011, when then US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited India, she referred to the Election Commission of India (ECI), as the “Gold Standard” in election management worldwide.
The ECI, a constitutional body, started work on January 25, 1950, one day before the Constitution of India came into force on January 26, 1950. It owes its existence to Article 324 of the Constitution.
The first Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) was Sukumar Sen who served from 1950 to 1958. He supervised two Lok Sabha elections, in 1951-1952, and in 1957. Conducting an election in such a vast. . .
