In a municipal election three candidates, Santosh, Ravi, and Vipin, contested and the valid votes they got were in the ratio of 11 : 4 : 9. If the winner defeated his nearest rival by 8350 voles, then how many valid voles were polled in that election?

1,00,200

Santosh : Ravi : Vipin

  11       :  4     :   9

⇒ (11 - 9)units = 8350

⇒ 2 units = 8250 votes,

⇒ 1 unit = 4175 votes,

⇒ (11 + 4 + 9) x 4175 = 24 x 4175 = 1,00,200 votes.