Question : In an assembly election, a candidate got 60% of the total valid votes. 2% of the total votes were declared invalid. If the total number of voters is 1,50,000, then find the number of valid votes polled in favour of that candidate.
Option 1: 90,000
Option 2: 78,000
Option 3: 86,400
Option 4: 88,200
Correct Answer: 88,200
Solution :
Total votes = 150000
Invalid votes = 2% of the total votes
The winner got = 60% of the valid votes
Total valid votes =
Hence, the correct answer is 88,200.