Election Commissioner Sunil Arora is set to head the poll panel after incumbent O.P. Rawat demits office on December 1, official sources said on Monday.
A former Rajasthan-cadre IAS officer of 1980 batch, Arora will take over as the new Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) on December 2.
Rawat will demit office a day earlier as he turns 65.
The EC is in the middle of holding Assembly elections in five states.
Rawant tenure as CEC came at a time when the Election Commission was under criticism for recommending to diqualify 20 Aam Aadmi Party MLAs for holding "office of profit".
"As CEC, my priority will be to have a continuity of delivering free, fair and credible elections through the engagement of all stakeholders and to build consensus on poll reforms," Rawat had said on his first day as CEC.
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Born on December 2, 1953, Rawat is a 1977 batch IAS officer from Madhya Pradesh cadre.
During his three-decade-long career, among other posts he has served as Principal Secretary to then Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Babu Lal Gaur from 2004 and 2006.
(Agencies)
