Question

N an election, 20% voters did not participate. The winning candidate got 76% of the total votes casted and he won by 46,800 votes. Find the total number of voters.

Answer 1

solution

let total no of votes= x

no. of votes for winning candidate=76%

no of votes not voted=20%

no of votes for losing candidate=100-76-20= 4%

76%-4%=72%

72% of x = 46800

72/100* x= 46800

x= 46800*100/72

= 65000 votes in total