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    Question

    There were two candidate in an election. 15% of the

    total voters did not cast their votes whereas 10% of the casting votes were declared invalid. If the winning candidate received 60% of the total votes and won by 3,480 votes then find out the total number of Voters?
    A 5,000 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B 8,000 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C 6,000 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D 4,000 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None of these Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Let the total voters be 100 No. of votes casted = 85 No. of valid votes = 85 × (90 )/(100 ) = 76.5  Winning candidate got 60% of total votes = 60  Looser candidate got = 76.5 – 60 = 16.5 Difference between winning and looser candidate votes = 3,480  60 – 16.5 = 43.5  43.5 = 3,480  100 = 3,480/(43.5 )×100  = 8,000  Total number of voters = 8,000 

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