Question : Three candidates were participating in an election. The person in third place got 20% of the total votes while the difference between the votes of the winner and the first runner-up was 20% of the total votes. If the difference between the votes of the first runner-up and the second runner-up was 37,000, how many votes did the winner receive?
Option 1: 1,80,000
Option 2: 1,85,000
Option 3: 1,75,000
Option 4: 1,95,000
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Correct Answer: 1,85,000
Solution : Assume the total votes to be 100 units. The person in third place got 20% = 20 units Remaining = 100 – 20 = 80 units The difference in votes between the winner and the first runner-up = 20% of 100 = 20 units So, the number of votes the winner and the first runner-up received were 50 units and 30 units respectively. Given the difference of votes between the first and the second runner-up = 37000 Thus (30 – 20) units is equivalent to 37000 ⇒ 10 units is equivalent to 37000 votes ⇒ 1 unit is equivalent to 3700 votes So, the number of votes the winner received = 50 units = 3700 × 50 = 1,85,000 Hence, the correct answer is 1,85,000.
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Question : In an election contested between two candidates, 15% of the total voters did not cast their votes and 100 votes got disqualified. The candidate who won the election won by securing 45% of the total votes and won by a margin of 400 votes. Find the total number of voters.
Option 1: 6,000
Option 2: 3,600
Option 3: 10,000
Option 4: 3,500
Question : In a constituency, 90% of the total number of people on the electoral roll cast their votes during an election. 15% of the votes cast were declared invalid. Jeeta secured 60% of the valid votes. If Jeeta secured 91,800 valid votes, what was the total number of people on the electoral roll?
Option 1: 2,16,000
Option 2: 2,25,000
Option 3: 1,80,000
Option 4: 2,00,000
Question : Two candidates contested an election. One of them got 64% of the votes and won by 434 votes. What was the total number of votes polled?
Option 1: 1550
Option 2: 1345
Option 3: 1680
Option 4: 1684
Question : In an election between two candidates, a candidate who gets 76% of the total votes polled is elected by a majority of 1480 votes. What is the total number of votes polled? (Consider integral part only)
Option 1: 2800
Option 2: 1800
Option 3: 2846
Option 4: 1846
Question : In an election between three candidates, Arjun, Bhaskar, and Saral contested for a post. Arjun got 50% more votes than Saral and Saral got 2% fewer votes than Bhaskar. The difference between the votes won by Bhaskar and Saral is 1296. What is the half of the difference between the votes won by Arjun and Bhaskar?
Option 1: 3888
Option 2: 13988
Option 3: 7766
Option 4: 15228
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