Uttarakhand State Election Commission

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Uttarakhand State Election Commission
Agency overview
Formed30 July 2001
Jurisdiction Uttarakhand
Headquarters Dehradun, Uttarakhand
Agency executive
  • Sushil Kumar, Chief Election Commissioner
Website sec.uk.gov.in

The Uttarakhand State Election Commission [1] is an autonomous, independent, constitutional and statutory authority of the Indian state of Uttarakhand. It was formed on 30 July 2001 under the Constitution of India through the provisions of the 73rd and 74th Amendments Act of 1992.

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List of State Election Commissioners

The following have held the post of the State Election Commissioner of Uttarakhand.

S. No.NameTerm of office [2]
1.Durgesh Joshi
IAS (Retd.)
30 June 200116 January 20053 years, 200 days
2.R. K. Verma
IAS (Retd.)
16 January 20053 April 20083 years, 78 days
3.Vipin Chandra Chandola
IAS (Retd.)
4 April 200817 September 20102 years, 166 days
4.Harish Chandra Joshi
IAS (Retd.)
18 September 201015 August 20132 years, 331 days
5.Subardhan
IAS (Retd.)
4 September 201318 June 20184 years, 287 days
6.Chandrashekhar Bhatt
IAS (Retd.)
11 July 201831 December 20235 years, 173 days
7.Sushil Kumar
IAS (Retd.)
29 August 2024Till date1 year, 94 days

Elections

As of 2025 the thirteen districts in Uttarakhand had conducted seven general elections.

YearElection Details
2003 First general elections Municipal general elections: January–February in all 13 districts
Panchayat general elections: February–April in 12 districts
2005First electionsPanchayat elections: September–October in Haridwar district
2008 Second general elections Municipal general elections: March–April 2008 in all 13 districts
Panchayat general elections: July–September in 12 districts
2010Second electionsPanchayat elections: December in Haridwar district
2013 Third general elections Municipal general elections: April in all 13 districts
2014 Fourth general elections Panchayat general elections: June in 12 districts [3]
2015Third electionsPanchayat elections: December–January in Haridwar district [4]
2018 Fifth general elections Municipal general elections: November in all 13 districts
2019 Sixth general elections Panchayat general elections: November in 12 districts
Municipal elections: July in Bajpur and Srinagar, November in Roorkee
2022Fourth electionsPanchayat elections: They were held in September in Haridwar district [5]
2025 Seventh general elections Municipal general elections: They were held in all 13 districts barring a few municipalities
Eighth general elections Panchayat general elections: They were held in July in 12 districts

Municipalities

Panchayats

See also

References

  1. "eUttranchal.com". www.euttranchal.com. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  2. RTI Manual sec.uk.gov.in
  3. Panchayat 2014 Adhisoochna sec.uk.gov.in
  4. Election notification sec.uk.gov.in
  5. Election notification sec.uk.gov.in