Question

In an election between 2 parties, a candidate secured 48% of the votes and lost the election by 40 votes. Find the total number of votes polled.

• A. 1000
• B. 550
• C. 1200
• D. 800

Answer 1

The correct option is A

1000

Let the total number of votes polled be $x$ % of votes secured by losing candidate = 48% $\therefore$ % of votes secured by winning candidate = 100 - 48 = 52% As per question, $\frac{52x}{100}-\frac{48x}{100}$ = 40 $\Rightarrow 4x$ = 40 $\times$ 100 = 4000 $\Rightarrow x$ = 1000. The total number of votes polled = 1000.