Question

in an election where there are two candidates only. the candidate who gets 43%of the vote is rejected by a margin of 420 votes. the total number of votes polled was?

Answer 1

First candidate got =43%

And rejected by a margin of votes

It means the other candidate get 420 more votes then 43%


So =43%+43%=86%

100%-86%=14%

14%=420 votes

1%=420/14=30votes


So total votes =100x30=3000votes

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