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{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Achal Kumar Jyoti
|image = File:Shri Achal Kumar Joti taking charge as the Chief Election Commissioner of India (CEC), in New Delhi on July 06, 2017 (1) (cropped).jpg
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|1|23|df=y}}
|office = 21st [[Chief Election Commissioner of India ]]
|predecessor = [[Syed Nasim Ahmad Zaidi]]
|president = [[Pranab Mukherjee]],
[[Ram Nath Kovind]]
|profession =
|residence = [[New Delhi, India]]
|office1=[[Election Commissioner of India]]|president1 = [[Pranab Mukherjee]]|1blankname1 = Chief Election Commissioner|1namedata1 = [[Syed Nasim Ahmad Zaidi]]|termstart=6 July 2017|termstart1=13 May 2015|termend=23 January 2018|termend1=5 July 2017|birth_name=Achal Kumar Jyoti|birth_place=[[Punjab, India]]|office2=[[Chief Secretary (India)|Chief Secretary]] of [[Gujarat]]|1blankname2 = Chief Minister |1namedata2 = [[Narendra Modi]]|termend2=31 January 2013|termstart2=31 December 2009|occupation=[[Indian Administrative Service|Retired IAS officer]]|native_name=|successor=[[Om Prakash Rawat]]
|alma_mater =
}}
'''Achal Kumar Jyoti''' (born 23 January 1953) is a retired 1975 [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS officer]] of [[Gujarat]] cadre who served as 21st [[Chief Election Commissioner of India]] from 6 July 2017 to 23 January 2018.

== Education ==
Achal Kumar Jyoti has graduate ([[Bachelor of Science|BSc]]) and [[Postgraduate education|postgraduate]] ([[Master of Science|MSc]]) degrees in [[Chemistry]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://supremo.nic.in/ERSheetHtml.aspx?OffIDErhtml=9959&PageId=|title=Achal Kumar Jyoti - Executive Record Sheet|website=Department of Personnel and Training, [[Government of India]]|access-date=1 September 2017}}</ref><ref name=":9">{{Cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN56_06072017.pdf|title=Shri Achal Kumar Joti takes over as new CEC|date=6 July 2017|website=[[Election Commission of India]]|access-date=5 September 2017}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/ecj.aspx|title=Chief Election Commissioner - Shri A K Joti|website=[[Election Commission of India]]|access-date=1 September 2017}}</ref>

==Career==
Apart from serving as the Chief Election Commissioner of India.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/achal-kumar-joti-appointed-as-next-chief-election-commissioner-4734888/|title=Achal Kumar Joti appointed as next Chief Election Commissioner|date=4 July 2017|website=[[The Indian Express]]|access-date=2 September 2017}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/achal-kumar-joti-takes-over-as-new-chief-election-commissioner/article19223783.ece|title=Achal Kumar Joti takes over as new Chief Election Commissioner|date=6 July 2017|website=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=2 September 2017}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=https://thewire.in/154368/achal-kumar-joti-appointed-next-chief-election-commissioner/|title=Former Chief Secretary of Gujarat Achal Kumar Joti Appointed Next Chief Election Commissioner|date=4 July 2017|website=[[The Wire (India)|The Wire]]|access-date=2 September 2017}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2017/jul/06/achal-kumar-jyoti-takes-over-as-new-chief-election-commissioner-1624976.html|title=Achal Kumar Jyoti takes over as new Chief Election Commissioner|date=6 July 2017|website=[[The Indian Express]]|access-date=2 September 2017}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/india-chief-election-commissioner-achal-kumar-jyoti-to-take-charge-on-july-6/1/992727.html|title=India's new Chief Election Commissioner Achal Kumar Jyoti to take charge on July 6|date=3 July 2017|editor-last=Borgohain|editor-first=Sonalee|website=[[India Today]]|access-date=2 September 2017}}</ref><ref name=":7">{{Cite web|url=http://www.news18.com/news/india/achal-kumar-joti-appointed-as-next-chief-election-commissioner-1451587.html|title=Achal Kumar Joti Appointed as Next Chief Election Commissioner|date=5 July 2017|website=[[News18]]|access-date=2 September 2017}}</ref><ref name=":8">{{Cite web|url=http://www.firstpost.com/india/achal-kumar-joti-appointed-as-cec-heres-all-you-need-to-know-about-former-chief-secretary-of-gujarat-3776033.html|title=Achal Kumar Joti appointed as CEC: Here's all you need to know about former chief secretary of Gujarat|date=4 July 2017|website=[[Firstpost]]|access-date=2 September 2017}}</ref> Achal Kumar Jyoti served as one of the Election Commissioners in the Election Commission of India before his appointment as the Chief Election Commissioner of India.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5" /><ref name=":6" /><ref name=":7" /><ref name=":8" />

He has also served in key positions for both Gujarat and Union Governments, like as the [[Chief Secretary (India)|Chief Secretary]] of [[Gujarat]], Additional Chief Secretary (General Administration), [[Principal Secretary (India)|Principal Secretary]] (Finance), managing director of [[Sardar Sarovar Dam|Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam]], Secretary (Industries), Secretary (Revenue), Secretary (Water Supplies) and as the [[District collector|District Magistrate and Collector]] of [[Kheda]], [[Panchmahal district|Panchmahals]], [[Surendranagar]] districts in [[Government of Gujarat|Gujarat Government]],<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":9" /><ref name=":1" /> and as the Chairman of [[Kandla Port|Kandla Port Trust]] in the [[Government of India|Union Government]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":9" /><ref name=":1" />

He's been involved in 16 state assembly elections as an election commissioner, including five as chief election commissioner and a presidential and a vice presidential electon.

==Controversies==
During the elections to the legislative assemblies of [[2017 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|Himachal Pradesh]] and
[[2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|Gujarat]] in November-December 2017, Jyoti delayed the announcement of the dates for the Gujarat election, despite that in 2012, the dates for both states were announced on the same day. Jyoti later clarified that [[2017 Gujarat flood|flood]] relief work in Gujarat was the reason for delay. However, [[NDTV]] after speaking to the officials of the flood affected districts,found out that the flood relief work was completed weeks ago and his claim was false.[https://indianexpress.com/article/india/election-commission-himachal-pradesh-elections-17-gujarat-elections-date-schedule-congress-bjp-virbhadra-singh-vijay-rupani-4887853/][https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/flood-relief-delayed-gujarat-election-dates-this-is-what-officials-say-1766803]

During the [[Gujarat Assembly]] elections that were held in December 2017, the Election Commission Of India (ECI) issued a notice to [[Rahul Gandhi]] for violating the model code of conduct, by appearing for an interview with a Gujarati News Channel. While the [[Indian National Congress]] claimed that ECI ignored the sitting Prime Minister, [[Narendra Modi]] along with [[Amit Shah]] (BJP Party chief) and [[Arun Jaitley]] ([[Minister of Finance (India)|Finance Minister]]) for violating Code of conduct on several occasions.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/no-fir-against-rahul-gandhi-says-election-commission/1/1110449.html|title=Notice, not FIR, issued to Rahul Gandhi, says Election Commission|date=14 December 2017|website=India Today|language=en-US|publication-place=[[New Delhi]]|access-date=21 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/gujarat-assembly-elections-2017-what-about-pm-asks-congress-after-election-commission-notice-to-rahu-1787526|title=What About PM, Asks Congress After Election Commission Notice To Rahul Gandhi|date=14 December 2017|work=[[NDTV]]|access-date=21 January 2018|editor-last=Sanyal|editor-first=Anindita|publication-place=[[New Delhi]]}}</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
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* [https://supremo.nic.in/ERSheetHtml.aspx?OffIDErhtml=9959&PageId= Executive Record Sheet as maintained by Department of Personnel and Training of Government of India]

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