Question

There were only two condidates in an election.one got 62% votes and was selected by a margin of 144 votes.Find the total no. of votes cast?

Answer 1

find the difference between the two candidates share of the vote as a percentage.

100–62 = 38

62 - 38 = 24

Now we must work out how many votes one percent is. We do this by dividing the total number of votes in the margin of difference by the percentage of votes in the margin of difference.

144 / 24 = 6

Now we multiply this number by one hundred to get the total number of votes.

6 * 100 = 600

There you have it, six hundred votes in total.