A. 21000
B. 2200
C. 23500
D. 27500
Explanation:
Let the total number of voters be x
Votes cast = 92 % of x = (92/100 × x) = 23x/25
Votes in favour of winning candidate = 48/100 × x
= 12x/25
Votes polled by defeated candidate = (23x/25 – 12x/25)
= 11x/25 12x/25 – 11x/25 = 1100
=> 12x – 11x = 27500
=> x = 27500
Related Mcqs:
- In an election between two candidates 75 % of the voters cast their votes. Out of which 2 % of the voters were declared invalid. A candidate got 9261 votes which were 75 % of the total valid votes. The total number of voters enrolled in that election was:__________?
A. 10000
B. 16400
C. 16800
D. 18000 - In an election between two candidates. One got 55 % of the total valid votes. 20 % of the votes were invalid. If the total number of votes was 7500. The number of valid votes that the other candidate got was_________?
A. 2700
B. 2900
C. 3000
D. 3100 - 10 % of the electorate did not cast their votes in an election between two candidates. 10 % of the votes polled were found invalid. The successful candidate got 54 % of the valid votes and won by a majority of 1620 votes. The number of voters enrolled on the voter’s list was___________?
A. 25000
B. 33000
C. 35000
D. 40000 - In an election between two candidates A and B, the number of valid votes received by A exceeds those received by B by 15% of the total number of votes polled. If 20% of the votes polled were invalid and a total of 8720 votes were polled, then how many valid votes did B get?
A. 2160
B. 2420
C. 2834
D. 3150
E. None of these - There were two candidates in an election. Winner candidate received 62% of votes and won the election by 288 votes. Find the number of votes casted to the winning candidate?
A. 456
B. 744
C. 912
D. 1200 - In an election between two candidates, the candidate who gets 30 % of the votes polled is defeated by 15000 votes. The number of votes polled by the winning candidate is:________?
A. 11250
B. 15000
C. 26250
D. 37500 - In an election only two candidates contested. A candidate secured 70% of the valid votes and won by a majority of 172 votes. Find the total number of valid votes?
A. 430
B. 570
C. 480
D. 520
E. None of these - A candidate got 35% of the votes polled and he lost to his rival by 2250 votes. How many votes were cast?
A. 7500
B. 5000
C. 6000
D. 3500 - Three candidates in an election received 1136, 7636 and 11628 votes respectively. What percentage of the total votes did the winning candidate get?
A. 11. 6 %
B. 60 %
C. 76. 4 %
D. None of these - Three candidates contested an election and received 1136, 7636 and 11628 votes respectively. What percentage of the total votes did the winning candidate get?
A. 57%
B. 60%
C. 65%
D. 90%
