Om Prakash Rawat recently appointed as the new Election Commissioner.

President Pranab Mukherjee appointed Om Prakash Rawat as the Election Commissioner. Rawat is an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the 1977 batch from Madhya Pradesh cadre.An official press release said the appointment would be with effect from the date he assumes office.

About Election Commission of India -Election Commissioner of India is a member of Election Commission of India, a body constitutionally empowered to conduct free and fair elections to the national and state legislatures. He is usually a member of the Indian Civil Service and mostly from the Indian Administrative Service.
Until 1989, the commission was a single member body, but later two additional Election Commissioners were added. Thus, the Election Commission currently consists of a Chief Election Commissioner and two Election Commissioners. The decisions of the commission are taken by a majority vote. Nasim Zaidi is the current Chief Election Commissioner and other two Election Commissioners are Achal Kumar Jyoti and Om Prakash Rawat. H.S.Brahma retired on 19th April,2015 . After then Dr.Nasim Zaidi took over as 20th Chief Election Commissioner.