Percentage
- In an assembly election, a candidate got 55% of the total valid votes. 2% of the total votes were declared invalid. If the total number of voters is 104000, then the number of valid votes polled in favour of the candidate is:
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Number of valid votes
= 104000 × 98 = 101920 100
∴ Valid votes received by the candidate= 101920 × 55 = 56056 100 Correct Option: D
Number of valid votes
= 104000 × 98 = 101920 100
∴ Valid votes received by the candidate= 101920 × 55 = 56056 100
- Two candidates contested in an election. One got 60% of the votes and won by 1600 votes. What is the number of votes polled ?
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If the number of votes polled be x, then
x × 20 = 1600 100 ⇒ x = 1600 × 100 = 8000 20
Aliter : Using Rule 26,
Total number of votes= 50 × 1600 = 8000 50 - 60
(–ve sign will be neglected)Correct Option: B
If the number of votes polled be x, then
x × 20 = 1600 100 ⇒ x = 1600 × 100 = 8000 20
Aliter : Using Rule 26,
Total number of votes= 50 × 1600 = 8000 50 - 60
(–ve sign will be neglected)
- In an election, three candidates contested. The first candidate got 40% votes and the second got 36% votes. If total number of votes polled were 36000, find the number of votes got by the 3rd candidate.
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Vote percentage of third candidate
= 100 – 40 – 36 = 24%
∴ Votes got by third candidate= 36000 × 24 = 8640 100 Correct Option: B
Vote percentage of third candidate
= 100 – 40 – 36 = 24%
∴ Votes got by third candidate= 36000 × 24 = 8640 100
- Two persons contested an election of Parliament. The winning candidate secured 57% of the total votes polled and won by a majority of 42,000 votes. The number of total votes polled is
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Total votes polled = x
∴ (57 – 43)% of x = 42000⇒ x × 14 = 42000 100 ⇒ x = 42000 × 100 = 300000 14
Aliter : Using Rule 26,
Total number of votes= 50 × 42000 = 300000 50 - 57
(–ve sign will be neglected)Correct Option: C
Total votes polled = x
∴ (57 – 43)% of x = 42000⇒ x × 14 = 42000 100 ⇒ x = 42000 × 100 = 300000 14
Aliter : Using Rule 26,
Total number of votes= 50 × 42000 = 300000 50 - 57
(–ve sign will be neglected)
- In an election, a candidate who gets 84 % of the votes is elected by a majority of 476 votes. What is the total number of votes polled ?
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Total number of votes polled = x
∴ x × 84 - x × 16 = 476 100 100 ⇒ 68x = 476 100 ⇒ x = 475 × 100 = 700 68
Aliter : Using Rule 26,
Total number of votes= 50 × 476 50 - 84 = 50 × 476 = 700 34
(–ve sign will be neglected)Correct Option: D
Total number of votes polled = x
∴ x × 84 - x × 16 = 476 100 100 ⇒ 68x = 476 100 ⇒ x = 475 × 100 = 700 68
Aliter : Using Rule 26,
Total number of votes= 50 × 476 50 - 84 = 50 × 476 = 700 34
(–ve sign will be neglected)
