1974 Indian vice presidential election

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1974 Indian vice presidential election
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  1969 27 August 1974 1979  
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Nominee Basappa Danappa Jatti Niral Enem Horo
Party INC(R) Jharkhand Party
Home state Karnataka Bihar
Electoral vote521141
Percentage78.70%21.30%

Vice President before election

Gopal Swarup Pathak
Independent

Elected Vice President

Basappa Danappa Jatti
INC(R)

The 1974 Indian vice presidential election was held on 27 August 1974. B. D. Jatti defeated his opponent, Niral Enem Horo to become the fifth vice president of India. [1]

Contents

There were some changes in the law regarding vice-presidential elections, as follows:

Result

Result of the Indian vice-presidential election, 1974
Candidate
Party
Electoral Votes
% of Votes
B. D. Jatti INC(R) 52178.70
Niral Enem Horo Jharkhand Party 14121.30
Total662100.00
Valid Votes66298.51
Invalid Votes101.49
Turnout67287.61
Abstentions9512.39
Electors767

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