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In a election a persons gets 58%of total votes cast and won by a majority of 2400 votes.what is the votes seccured by losser

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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.

December 20, 2019

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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

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