Question

in an election between two candidates, one, candidates 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.​

Answer 1

Answer:

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