In an election between two candidates Pooja and Komal, 18% of voters did not cast the vote and 500 casted votes were declared invalid. Komal got 77% of the total valid votes and won by 10800 votes. Find the number of voters that did not participate in the voting.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
let total votes = 100%
18% of voters did not cast the vote
so Casted votes = 82% out of these votes 500 are invalid
winner votes : looser
( 77% : 23% ) of 82% - 500
( 54% ) of 82% - 500
54 % → 10800
100 % → 20000
Now → 82% of total = 20000 + 500
18% of total = \(\frac{20500}{82}\) x 18
Did not cast their votes = 4500