Question

in an election been contested by two candidates one got 15% of valid votes 20% of the votes were declared invalid how many votes did the other candidate get how won the election and by how much with the total number of votes polled 8500 how many votes were invalid?


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Answer 1

Total number of votes = 7500

20% votes were invalid.
Therefore, 80% votes were valid.
i.e., total valid votes
=
7500
×
80
100
=
7500
×
80
100


1st candidate got 55% of the total valid votes.
Hence 2nd candidate got 45% of the total valid votes

Therefore, valid votes that the 2nd candidate got
=
7500
×
80
100
×
45
100
=
75
×
4
5
×
45
=
75
×
4
×
9
=
300
×
9
=
2700
=
7500
×
80
100
×
45
100
=
75
×
4
5
×
45
=
75
×
4
×
9
=
300
×
9
=
2700




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