Question

In an election two candidates participated, the winner got 60% of the total valid votes, 30% of the votes were declared as invalid. If the total number of votes was 8000, the number of valid votes that the other candidate got was.
1. 2440
2. 2140
3. 2340
4. 2240
5. 2540

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : 2240

Given:

Total valid votes = 60%

Invalid votes = 30%

Total numbers of vote = 8000.

Concept used:

Total valid vote = total votes - invalid votes

Calculation:

Total number of votes = 8000 

Given that 30% of Percentage votes were invalid

⇒ Valid votes = 70%

Total valid votes = 8000 × (70/100) 

⇒ Valid vote = 5600

1st candidate got 60% of the total valid votes. 

Hence the 2nd candidate should have got 40% of the total valid votes 

⇒ Valid votes that 2nd candidate got = total valid votes x (40/100) 

⇒ 5600 × (40/100)

⇒ 2240

∴ The valid votes of 2nd candidate is 2240