1974 Indian presidential election
The Election Commission of India held indirect sixthpresidential elections of India on 17 August 1974.Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed , fromAssam with 765,587 votes won over his nearest rivalTridib Chaudhuri , fromWest Bengal who got 189,196 votes.
During the 1974 elections, there was a change in the electoral college. It now had 521 from theLok Sabha , 230 from theRajya Sabha and 3654 from the State assemblies.
The election schedule was announced by theElection Commission of India on 16 July 1974.[ 1]
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
Source: Web archive of Election Commission of India website[ 2] [ 3]
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