The Election Commission of India held indirect seventh presidential elections of India on 6 August 1977. Even though 37 candidates filed their nominations, 36 of them were rejected, leading to Neelam Sanjiva Reddy being one of the two Presidents of India winning unopposed.http://164.100.47.5/presidentelection/7th.pdf Election Commission of India
Background After the death of the sitting president, Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, on 11 February 1977, the vice-president B. D. Jatti took charge as acting President. 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.
Schedule The election schedule was announced by the Election Commission of India on 4 July 1977.
S.No.Poll EventDate1. Last Date for filing nomination 18 July 19772. Date for Scrutiny of nomination 19 July 19773. Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination 21 July 19774. Date of Poll 6 August 19775. Date of Counting NA See also 1979 Indian vice presidential election References