Question

In an election between two candidates, the candidates who gets 30% of the votes polled is defeated by 15000 votes. The number of votes polled by the winning candidate is :

Answer 1

.diff..b/w2 Candidates = 70%-30%

= 40%

Let total votes be x

Xx40/100 = 15000

x = 15000x100/40=37500

Votes for winning candidate

37500x70 / 100 = 26250