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.

1974 Indian presidential election

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RSP Nominee Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Tridib Chaudhuri Party INC(R) RSP Home state Assam West Bengal Electoral vote 754,113 189,196 Percentage 79.94% 20.06%

President before election Varahagiri Venkata Giri Independent Elected President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed INC

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.^[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

Results

Source: Web archive of Election Commission of India website^[2][3]

Candidate	Electoral Values
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed	754,113
Tridib Chaudhuri	189,196
Total	943,309

See also

• 1974 Indian vice presidential election