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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.
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.
The election schedule was announced by the Election 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]
