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Question 1058310: Two persons contrsted an election of parliament. The winning candidate secured 57% of the total valid votes polled and won by a majority of 42,000 votes. The number of total votes polled is? Answer by jorel555(1290) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! If the winning candidate secured 57% of the votes, and won by a majority of 42000, then the opponent received 43% of the votes cast. Let n represent the total amount of votes cast. Then:
(57-43)% of n=42000
.14n=42000
n=300000
300000 total votes were cast. ☺☺☺☺
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