diff --git a/cluster/reconcile.go b/cluster/reconcile.go
index 787115d1..927dc5a7 100644
--- a/cluster/reconcile.go
+++ b/cluster/reconcile.go
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ func reconcileEtcd(ctx context.Context, currentCluster, kubeCluster *Cluster, ku
 		}
 	}
 	// handle etcd member delete
-	if err := deleteEtcdMembers(ctx, currentCluster, kubeCluster, kubeClient, clientCert, clientKey, etcdToDelete); err != nil {
+	if err := deleteEtcdMembers(ctx, currentCluster, kubeCluster, kubeClient, svcOptionData, clientCert, clientKey, etcdToDelete); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	// handle etcd member add
@@ -238,11 +238,20 @@ func addEtcdMembers(ctx context.Context, currentCluster, kubeCluster *Cluster, k
 	return nil
 }
 
-func deleteEtcdMembers(ctx context.Context, currentCluster, kubeCluster *Cluster, kubeClient *kubernetes.Clientset, clientCert, clientKey []byte, etcdToDelete []*hosts.Host) error {
+func deleteEtcdMembers(ctx context.Context, currentCluster, kubeCluster *Cluster, kubeClient *kubernetes.Clientset, svcOptionData map[string]*v3.KubernetesServicesOptions, clientCert, clientKey []byte, etcdToDelete []*hosts.Host) error {
 	log.Infof(ctx, "[reconcile] Check etcd hosts to be deleted")
+	etcdNodePlanMap := make(map[string]v3.RKEConfigNodePlan)
+	for _, etcdMapHost := range kubeCluster.EtcdHosts {
+		svcOptions, err := kubeCluster.GetKubernetesServicesOptions(etcdMapHost.DockerInfo.OSType, svcOptionData)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		etcdNodePlanMap[etcdMapHost.Address] = BuildRKEConfigNodePlan(ctx, kubeCluster, etcdMapHost, svcOptions)
+	}
+
 	for _, etcdHost := range etcdToDelete {
 		etcdHost.IsEtcd = false
-		if err := services.RemoveEtcdMember(ctx, etcdHost, kubeCluster.EtcdHosts, currentCluster.LocalConnDialerFactory, clientCert, clientKey); err != nil {
+		if err := services.RemoveEtcdMember(ctx, etcdHost, kubeCluster.EtcdHosts, currentCluster.LocalConnDialerFactory, clientCert, clientKey, etcdNodePlanMap); err != nil {
 			log.Warnf(ctx, "[reconcile] %v", err)
 			continue
 		}
diff --git a/services/etcd.go b/services/etcd.go
index 6186cca7..f4a20598 100644
--- a/services/etcd.go
+++ b/services/etcd.go
@@ -195,8 +195,8 @@ func AddEtcdMember(ctx context.Context, toAddEtcdHost *hosts.Host, etcdHosts []*
 	return nil
 }
 
-func RemoveEtcdMember(ctx context.Context, etcdHost *hosts.Host, etcdHosts []*hosts.Host, localConnDialerFactory hosts.DialerFactory, cert, key []byte) error {
-	log.Infof(ctx, "[remove/%s] Removing member [etcd-%s] from etcd cluster", ETCDRole, etcdHost.HostnameOverride)
+func RemoveEtcdMember(ctx context.Context, toDeleteEtcdHost *hosts.Host, etcdHosts []*hosts.Host, localConnDialerFactory hosts.DialerFactory, cert, key []byte, etcdNodePlanMap map[string]v3.RKEConfigNodePlan) error {
+	log.Infof(ctx, "[remove/%s] Removing member [etcd-%s] from etcd cluster", ETCDRole, toDeleteEtcdHost.HostnameOverride)
 	var mID string
 	removed := false
 	for _, host := range etcdHosts {
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ func RemoveEtcdMember(ctx context.Context, etcdHost *hosts.Host, etcdHosts []*ho
 			continue
 		}
 		for _, member := range members {
-			if member.Name == fmt.Sprintf("etcd-%s", etcdHost.HostnameOverride) {
+			if member.Name == fmt.Sprintf("etcd-%s", toDeleteEtcdHost.HostnameOverride) {
 				mID = member.ID
 				break
 			}
@@ -221,13 +221,28 @@ func RemoveEtcdMember(ctx context.Context, etcdHost *hosts.Host, etcdHosts []*ho
 			logrus.Debugf("Failed to list etcd members from host [%s]: %v", host.Address, err)
 			continue
 		}
-		removed = true
-		break
+		etcdMemberDeletedTime := time.Now()
+		// Need to health check after successful member remove (especially for leader re-election)
+		// We will check all hosts to see if the cluster becomes healthy
+		var healthError error
+		_, _, healthCheckURL := GetProcessConfig(etcdNodePlanMap[host.Address].Processes[EtcdContainerName], host)
+		logrus.Infof("[remove/%s] Checking etcd cluster health on [etcd-%s] after removing [etcd-%s]", ETCDRole, host.HostnameOverride, toDeleteEtcdHost.HostnameOverride)
+		logrus.Debugf("[remove/%s] healthCheckURL for checking etcd cluster health on [etcd-%s] after removing [%s]: [%s]", ETCDRole, host.HostnameOverride, toDeleteEtcdHost.HostnameOverride, healthCheckURL)
+		healthError = isEtcdHealthy(localConnDialerFactory, host, cert, key, healthCheckURL)
+		if healthError == nil {
+			logrus.Infof("[remove/%s] etcd cluster health is healthy on [etcd-%s] after removing [etcd-%s]", ETCDRole, host.HostnameOverride, toDeleteEtcdHost.HostnameOverride)
+			etcdHealthyTime := time.Now()
+			diffTime := etcdHealthyTime.Sub(etcdMemberDeletedTime)
+			logrus.Debugf("Total time between etcd member deleted and etcd cluster healthy is: [%s]", diffTime)
+			removed = true
+			break
+		}
+		logrus.Warn(healthError)
 	}
 	if !removed {
-		return fmt.Errorf("Failed to delete etcd member [etcd-%s] from etcd cluster", etcdHost.HostnameOverride)
+		return fmt.Errorf("Failed to delete etcd member [etcd-%s] from etcd cluster", toDeleteEtcdHost.HostnameOverride)
 	}
-	log.Infof(ctx, "[remove/%s] Successfully removed member [etcd-%s] from etcd cluster", ETCDRole, etcdHost.HostnameOverride)
+	log.Infof(ctx, "[remove/%s] Successfully removed member [etcd-%s] from etcd cluster", ETCDRole, toDeleteEtcdHost.HostnameOverride)
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/services/etcd_util.go b/services/etcd_util.go
index ae6f80a7..aaca193b 100644
--- a/services/etcd_util.go
+++ b/services/etcd_util.go
@@ -44,7 +44,9 @@ func isEtcdHealthy(localConnDialerFactory hosts.DialerFactory, host *hosts.Host,
 	logrus.Debugf("[etcd] check etcd cluster health on host [%s]", host.Address)
 	var finalErr error
 	var healthy string
-	for i := 0; i < 3; i++ {
+	// given a max election timeout of 50000ms (50s), max re-election of 77 seconds was seen
+	// this allows for 18 * 5 seconds = 90 seconds of re-election
+	for i := 0; i < 18; i++ {
 		dialer, err := getEtcdDialer(localConnDialerFactory, host)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -67,12 +69,12 @@ func isEtcdHealthy(localConnDialerFactory hosts.DialerFactory, host *hosts.Host,
 			time.Sleep(5 * time.Second)
 			continue
 		}
-		// log in debug here as we don't want to log in warn on every iteration
-		// the error will be logged in the caller stack
-		logrus.Debugf("[etcd] etcd host [%s] reported healthy=%s", host.Address, healthy)
+		// Changed this from Debug to Info to inform user on what is happening
+		logrus.Infof("[etcd] etcd host [%s] reported healthy=%s", host.Address, healthy)
 		if healthy == "true" {
 			return nil
 		}
+		time.Sleep(5 * time.Second)
 	}
 	if finalErr != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("[etcd] host [%s] failed to check etcd health: %v", host.Address, finalErr)