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Miscellaneous·2022·Easy

Two candidates X and Y contested an election. 80% of voters cast their vote and there were no invalid votes. There was no NOTA (None of the above) option. X got 56% of the votes cast and won by 1440 votes. What is the total number of voters in the voters list?

Two candidates X and Y contested an election. 80% of voters cast their vote and there were no invalid votes. There was no NOTA (None of the above) option. X got 56% of the votes cast and won by 1440 votes. What is the total number of voters in the voters list?

Options

  1. a.

    15000

    Correct answer
  2. b.

    12000

  3. c.

    9600

  4. d.

    5000

Explanation

Since there are only two candidates, if X got 56%, Y got 44%. Difference is of 12%. Now, Difference is given as 1440 (12% of votes casted). Therefore, total casted votes = 12000 Now, only 80% voted, so total voters = 12000/.80 = 15000

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