1974 Indian presidential election
The Election Commission of India held indirect sixth presidential elections of India on 17 August 1974. Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed , from Assam with 765,587 votes won over his nearest rival Tridib Chaudhuri , from West Bengal who got 189,196 votes.
Electoral change
During the 1974 elections, there was a change in the electoral college. It now had 521 from the Lok Sabha , 230 from the Rajya Sabha and 3654 from the State assemblies.
Schedule
The election schedule was announced by the Election Commission of India on 16 July 1974.
S.No.
Poll Event
Date
1.
Last Date for filing nomination
30 July 1974
2.
Date for Scrutiny of nomination
31 July 1974
3.
Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination
2 August 1974
4.
Date of Poll
17 August 1974
5.
Date of Counting
20 August 1974
Results
Source: Web archive of Election Commission of India website
See also
References
"Background material related to Election to the office of President of India 2017" . Election Commission of India . Retrieved 30 January 2022.http://164.100.47.5/presidentelection/6th.pdf Election Commission of India
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