In an assembly election, a candidate got 60% of the total valid votes. 2% of the total votes were declared invalid. If the total number of voters is 1,50,000, then find the number of valid votes polled in favour of that candidate.

90,000 78,000 86,400 88,200

88,200

Total votes = 150000 Valid votes = 150000 × \(\frac{100-2}{100}\) = 147000 votes of winner = 147000 × \(\frac{60}{100}\) = 88200