Background
After the death of the sitting president, Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, on 11 February 1977, [2] [3] the vice-president B. D. Jatti took charge as acting President. [4] An election to the office of President was required to be held within 6 months of the date of the vacancy.
The Electoral College consisted of the members of Lok Sabha (524), Rajya Sabha (232) and 22 state Legislative Assemblies (3776), all together totalling 4532 electors. [4]
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