In an election with only two contesting candidates, 15% of the voters did not turn up to vote, and 50 voters cast invalid votes. It is known that 44% of all the voters in the voting list voted for the winner. lf the winner got 200 votes mote than the other candidate, then the number of voters in the voting list is
Explanation:
Let the total number of voters in the list be 100x.
Total voters who voted is 85% = 85x Invalid votes = 50 ∴ Valid votes = 85x - 50
Winner gets 44% of total votes = 44x ∴ Second candidates gets = 85x - 50 - 44x = 41x - 50 votes
Given in the question 44x - (41x - 50) = 200 ⇒ 3x + 50 = 250 ⇒ 3x = 150 ⇒ x = 50
∴ Number of voters in the voting list = 100x = 5000.
Hence, 5000.
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