Question

Chapter :- PERCENT AND PERCENTAGE
Question (a) :- In an election , a candidate secured 58% of the votes polled and won the election by 18,336 votes. Find the total number of votes polled and the votes secured by each candidate

Question (b) :- In an election , a candidate secured 47% of votes polled and lost the election by 12,336 votes. Find the total votes polled and the votes secured by the winning candidate

Answer 1

question a: let the total no. of votes polled be x
the candidate secured= 58%of total votes polled
                                   =58% of x
now, 58% of x=18336
therefore, x=31613 votes

Answer 2

Answer:

Answer

Correct option is

D

1,14,600; 66,768 and 48,132

Since one candidate won 58% of the votes, the other won 100−58=42% of the votes.

Given,

100

58

×Total Votes−

100

42

×Total Votes=18,336

=>

100

16

×Total Votes=18,336

=>Total votes=1,14,600

So, the candiates won

100

58 ×1,14,600=66,468 and =

100 42

×1,14,600=48,132 votes