Question : Three candidates contested an election and won 1136, 7636, and 11628 votes, respectively. What percentage of the total votes did the winning candidate get?
Option 1: 45
Option 2: 49
Option 3: 33
Option 4: 57
Correct Answer: 57
Solution : Three candidates contested an election and won 1136, 7636, and 11628 votes. Highest votes = 11628 Total number of votes polled =1136 + 7636 + 11628 = 20400 So, Required percentage $=\frac{11628}{20400} \times 100= 57 \%$ Hence, the correct answer is 57.
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Question : In an election between two candidates, the difference between the candidates who won and lost was 2,500 votes. The candidate who won got 75% of the votes, and there were no invalid votes. The total number of votes polled by the losing candidate was:
Option 1: 1875
Option 2: 5000
Option 3: 1250
Option 4: 3750
Question : In an election between two candidates, 30% of the electorate did not cast their votes. 20% of the votes polled were found invalid. The winning candidate got 64% of the valid votes and won by a majority of 3136 votes. Find the number of voters enrolled in the voter list.
Option 1: 20000
Option 2: 25000
Option 3: 24000
Option 4: 30000
Question : In an election between two candidates, 65% of the voters cast their votes, out of which 3% of the votes were decided to be invalid. A candidate got 81,965 votes, which is 65% of the total valid votes. What is the total number of votes enrolled in that election?
Option 1: 2,00,000
Option 2: 1,90,000
Option 3: 2,15,000
Option 4: 1,85,000
Question : In an election between two candidates, a candidate secured 60% of the valid votes and is elected by a majority of 180 votes. The total number of valid votes is:
Option 1: 1200
Option 2: 1000
Option 3: 800
Option 4: 900
Question : In an election between two candidates, 85% of the voters cast their votes, out of which 4% of the votes were declared invalid. A candidate got 6,936 votes which was 85% of the valid votes. Find the total number of voters enrolled in that election.
Option 1: 10,500
Option 2: 10,800
Option 3: 10,000
Option 4: 10,700
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