In an election contested between two candidates, 15% of the total voters did not cast their votes and 100 votes got disqualified. The candidate who won the election won it by securing 45% of the total votes and won by a margin of 400 votes. Find the total number of voters?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
Let the total votes be 100x
valid votes = 85% of x - 100
Valid votes = 85x - 100
Winner got = 45%of x
Looser got = 45% of x - 400
According to the question,
85x - 100 = 45%of x + 45%of x - 400
85x - 100 = 45x + 45x - 400
5x = 300
x = 60
100x = 6000