Raju, Ravi and Ashok contested an election. 5% votes polled were invalid. Raju got 30% of the total votes. Ravi got 32% of the total votes. The winner got 5136 more votes than the person who received the least number of votes. Find the total number of votes polled.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
Let the total number of votes be 100x
5% of votes polled were invalid = 5x votes
Raju got 30% of the total votes = 30x votes
Ravi got 32% of the total votes = 32x votes
Ashok got = 100 - (30 + 32 + 5) = 33x votes
Raju got the least no. of votes and Ashok got the highest no. of votes.
Difference between votes got by Raju and Ashok = 3x
3x = 5136
1x = 1712
100x = 171200