New Delhi: Election Commissioner VS Sampath was on Wednesday appointed the new Chief Election Commissioner who will preside over the next Lok Sabha general elections in 2014.
62-year-old Sampath will take over as CEC after incumbent SY Quraishi demits office on June 10. The government went ahead and named the 1973-batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre. President Pratibha Patil cleared his appointment on Wednesday evening, official sources said. (PTI)