Question

8% of the voters in an election did not cast their votes. In this election there were only two candidates. The winner by obtaining 48% of the total votes defeated his contestant by 1100 votes. The number of voters in election was

• A. 21000
• B. 23500
• C. 22000
• D. 27500

Answer 1

Answer:

D. 27500

let the total number of votes be 100 Number of uncast votes = 8 Number of votes polled = 92 Number of votes obtained by winner = 48 Number of votes obtained by looser = 92-48=44 the difference of win be 4 votes when difference be 1100 votes total voters=100/4 x 1100 = 27500