The first instance of the Election Commission being a multi-member body (specifically three-member) was in 1989.
The Election Commission was converted Into ‘Three Members Commission’ in the following year:
Asked in UPPSC Upper Mains 2006 · Topic: Election Commission (Composition, Appointment, Tenure, and Removal of Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners)
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