Two candidates fought an election. One of them got 64% of the total votes and won with 992 votes. What was the total number of votes polled ?
Two candidates fought an election. One of them got 64% of the total votes and won with 992 votes. What was the total number of votes polled ?
(a) 1500 (b) 1580 (c) 1550 (d) Cannot be determined (e) None of these
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(e) Votes obtained by winner candidate = 64%
Votes obtained by loser candidate
= (100 – 64) = 36%
Difference of votes = (64 – 36) = 28%
According to question,
Total votes = 992 x 100/28 = 3542
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