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State Election Commission, Tripura was constituted on 26th April 1994 under Article 243K and 243ZA pursuant to the 73rd & 74th Amendments to the Constitution of India, which are significant milestones in the direction of establishing and strengthening democratic decentralized administration through Local-Self Governance by ensuring that elections to the Local Bodies are held, and in a free, fair and impartial manner. Since its inception, the Commission has been functioning with the help of skeleton staff drawn from different departments of the state.

Incumbency Table of State Election Commissioner, Tripura.

Sl. No. Name of Officer Period
From To
1 Shri J. P. Gupta, IAS 22.12.1993 30.12.1998
2 Shri B. B. Senapati, IAS 31.12.1998 30.12.2001
3 Shri A. B. Paul, IAS 31.12.2001 27.02.2004
4 Shri G. K. Rao, IAS 28.02.2004 3.11.2004
5 Shri B. K. Chakraborty, IAS 04.11.2004 20.07.2005
6 Dr G. S. G. Ayyanger, IAS 21.07.2005 21.08.2008
7 Shri Y. P. Singh, IAS 22.08.2008 20.02.2012
8 Shri G. K. Rao, IAS 21.02.2012 15.04.2013
9 Shri Kishore Ambuly, IAS 16.04.2013 14.10.2013
10 Shri Y. Kumar, IAS 15.10.2013 14.11.2015
11 Shri S. K. Rakesh. IAS 15.01.2015 12.10.2015
12 Shri G. K. Rao, IAS 13.10.2015 11.09.2019 
13 Shri M. L. Dey, IAS 04.12.2019 19.10.2023 
14 Shri Saradindu Chaudhuri, IAS 17.11.2023 Continued.
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