Question

A candidate gets 71 % of votes and wins the election by 756 votes. If there are two candidates then the total number of votes is

• A. 1,800
• B. 1,850
• C. 1,860
• D. 1,890

Answer 1

The correct option is A 1,800

Winning candidate got 71 % and losing candidate got 29%
$⟹$ winning condidate won by $(71-29)$%
ie. by 42% of votes.
$\therefore$ 42 % of total votes $=756$
$⟹$ Total votes $=756\times \frac{100}{42}=1800$