Question

14% of the voters in an election did not cast their votes. In the election, there were only two candidates. The winner by obtaining 46% of the total votes defeated his contestant by 810 votes. The total number of voters in the election were

Answer 1

Solution

let total no of votes =x

no of votes for winning candidate=46%

no of voters not participated=14%

no of votes for losing candidate=100-46-14= 40%

won by= 810votes

46-40=6%=810

6% of x = 810

6/100* x =810

x=100*810/6

=13500 votes