Question

Two candidates contest an election.A gets 35% of valid votes and is defeated by 9504 votes.Find total number of valid votes cast in election if 10% votes are invalid Also find the number of votes of B.

Answer 1

A = 35%
invalid votes =10%
valid votes = 90%
B = 55%
B-A = 55%-35% = 20%=9504
100% = 9504/20 × 100 = 9504 ×5 =4752055
TOTAL VOTES =47520
B = 55% = 26136

Answer 2

let total number of votes be 100
invalid votes is10.
valid votes is 100-10=90

A get = 9504×100/35
=271542.857


90=271542.857
1=271542.857
100=271542.857/90×100
=301714.2