Question

in an election being contacted by two candidates one candidate got 15% the valid votes 20% of the votes were declared invalid how many votes did the other candidate that who won the election and by how much total number of votes polled works 8500 how many votes were invalid​

Answer 1

Answer

invalid votes = 1700

other candidate won = 5780 votes

he won by 4760 votes

Step-by-step explanation:

Total votes polled = 8500

20% were invalid = 20/100 * 8500 = 1700

so 6800 are valid votes

candidate 1 got 15% valid votes 15/100 * 6800 = 1020.

other candidate got 6800 - 1020 = 5780 votes

he won by 4760 votes.