In an election, there were only two candidates. One of the candidates secured 44% of the votes and is defeated by the other candidate by 1440 votes. If there were no invalid votes. then the total number of votes polled is:
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is option 2 i.e. 12000.
Let the total votes be x
If one of the candidates secured 44% of the votes then another candidate got 56% of the votes
Difference between votes = 1440
So,
⇒ 56% of x - 44% of x = 1440
⇒ 12% of x = 1440
⇒ 12/100 × x = 1440
⇒ x = (1440 × 100)/12
⇒ x = 12000