Question

in an election, Mohan, Sohan and Rohan scored 8500 votes, 7600 votes and 3400 votes respectively and 500 votes were invalid. What was the percentage of votes scored by each and what percentage of votes were valid?

Answer 1

Mohan = 8500

Sohan = 7600

Rohan = 3400

Invalid = 500

Find the total votes:

Total votes = 8500 + 7600 + 3400 + 500 = 20000

Find the percentage of votes by each of them:

Mohan = 8500/20000 x 100 = 42.5%

Sohan = 7600/20000 x 100 = 38%

Rohan - 500/20000 x 100 = 17%

Total number of valid votes = 42.5 + 38 + 17 = 97.5%

Answer: Mohan had 42.5%, Sohan had 38%, Rohan had 17%. There are a total of 97.5% valid votes altogether.

Answer 2

Total number of votes is 20,000 (8500 + 7600 + 3400 + 500).

Mohan scored 42.5% (8500 votes)

Sohan scored 38.0% (7600 votes)

Rohan scored 17.0% (3400 votes)

Of the total votes, 97.5% were valid.