♤ Appointment issues:

o No prescribed qualifications in Constitution: Members are appointed without any defined criteria or processes.

o Appointments liable to politicization: At present, the appointment is done unilaterally by the government of the day, which raises the potential for partisan appointments, thus diluting its credibility.

♤ Security of tenure: The Constitution has not specified the term of the members of the Election Commission. Further, Election Commissioners are not given the same level of security of tenure as that of CEC.

♤ Post-retirement appointment: The Constitution has not debarred the retiring Election Commissioners from taking up an office of profit under the state or joining a political party after retirement.

♤ Financial autonomy: At present, the budget of ECI is not charged on Consolidated Fund of India which tends to reduce its independence and autonomy.