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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|6th Indian presidential election}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}<br /> {{Infobox election<br /> | election_name = 1974 Indian presidential election<br /> | country = India<br /> | type = presidential<br /> | ongoing = no<br /> | previous_election = 1969 Indian presidential election<br /> | previous_year = 1969<br /> | next_election = 1977 Indian presidential election<br /> | next_year = 1977<br /> | election_date = 17 August 1974<br /> | image1 = Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed 1977 stamp of India.jpg<br /> | nominee1 = &#039;&#039;&#039;[[Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed]]&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> | party1 = Indian National Congress<br /> | home_state1 = [[Assam]]<br /> | electoral_vote1 = &#039;&#039;&#039;754,113&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> | percentage1 = &#039;&#039;&#039;79.9%&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> | image2 = [[Image:No image.svg|x100px]]<br /> | nominee2 = [[Tridib Chaudhuri]]<br /> | party2 = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)<br /> | home_state2 = [[West Bengal]]<br /> | electoral_vote2 = 189,196<br /> | percentage2 = 20.1%<br /> | title = President<br /> | before_election = [[Varahagiri Venkata Giri]]<br /> | before_party = Independent (politician)<br /> | after_election = [[Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed]]<br /> | after_party = Indian National Congress<br /> }}<br /> The Election Commission of India held indirect 6th [[President of India|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.<br /> <br /> ==Electoral Change==<br /> 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.<br /> <br /> ==Results==<br /> Source: Web archive of Election Commission of India website&lt;ref&gt;http://164.100.47.5/presidentelection/6th.pdf Election Commission of India&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;http://www.aol.in/news-story/the-indian-president-past-winners-and-losers/2007061905199019000001 AOL news (Past and present Presidential Results)&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;<br /> |-<br /> !Candidate<br /> !Electoral Values<br /> |-<br /> |[[Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed]]<br /> |754,113<br /> |-<br /> |[[Tridib Chaudhuri]]<br /> |189,196<br /> |-<br /> |&#039;&#039;&#039;Total&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> |&#039;&#039;&#039;943,309&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> |-<br /> |}<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> &lt;references/&gt;<br /> <br /> {{Indian presidential elections}}<br /> <br /> {{#seo:<br /> |keywords=1974 elections in India, Presidential elections in India<br /> |description=<br /> }}<br /> <br /> [[Category:1974 elections in India]]<br /> [[Category:Presidential elections in India]]</div>

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