in an election between 2 candidates, one, candidate secured 47% of votes polled and lost by 12366 votes. find the total votes polled and the votes secured by the winning candidate.
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By the given data we can conclude that one of the candidates got 47% votes and the other one got 53% votes.
Hence the the candidate lost by 6% of the total votes.
Let total number of votes be X.
Thus
6% of X = 12366
X = (12366*100)/6
X = 206100
And since the winning candidate got 53% of the votes, the votes secured by the winning candidate are
53% of X = (53*206100)/100
Winning number of votes = 109233
Thus the total number of votes = 206100
The number of votes the winning candidate got = 109233
Hence the the candidate lost by 6% of the total votes.
Let total number of votes be X.
Thus
6% of X = 12366
X = (12366*100)/6
X = 206100
And since the winning candidate got 53% of the votes, the votes secured by the winning candidate are
53% of X = (53*206100)/100
Winning number of votes = 109233
Thus the total number of votes = 206100
The number of votes the winning candidate got = 109233
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