In an election between 2 candidates the winning candidate got 55 of the valid votes 5 of the total v...........

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In an election between 2 candidates, the winning candidate got 55% of the valid votes. 5% of the total votes were invalid. If the

total number of votes polled were 10000, then how many votes were obtained by the losing candidate?

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SSC MTS 26th July 2022 Shift-3

4425

4625

4275

4550

- Total votes polled: 10,000

- Invalid votes: 5% of 10,000 = 500

- Valid votes = Total votes - Invalid votes = 10,000 - 500 = 9,500

- Winning candidate received 55% of valid votes = 55% of 9,500 = 5,225

- Losing candidate’s votes = Valid votes - Winning candidate’s votes = 9,500 - 5,225 = 4,275

?? Option 3: 4,275 is the correct answer.

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