Question : 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.
Option 1: 90,000
Option 2: 78,000
Option 3: 86,400
Option 4: 88,200
Correct Answer: 88,200
Solution :
Total votes = 150000
Invalid votes = 2% of the total votes
The winner got = 60% of the valid votes
Total valid votes = $150000 \times \frac{100−2}{100}$ = $150000 \times \frac{98}{100} = 147000$
$\therefore$ Votes polled in favor of the candidate = $\frac{60}{100}\times147000 = 88200$
Hence, the correct answer is 88,200.
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