Question

In an election, Congress secure 10%

of the total voters more than Non-
Congress (consider only two parties in
the election and everyone voting), If
non-congress got 126000 votes, by
how many votes did it loss the
election?
[2012]
22.000​

Answer 1

28000

Explanation:

We have already been told it's a two party affair, so, if Congress has 10% more votes than Non Congress, then we know that total votes secured is

Congress, 55%

Non Congress, 45%

Now, is Non Congress got 126000 votes, then the total number of votes they lost is the total number of votes Congress won. We find this out by saying

Let total votes cast be represented as x

If Non Congress got 45% of total votes, then total votes got by Non Congress is 0.45x

0.45x = 126000

x = 126000 / 0.45

x = 280000

This means that the total number of votes cast is 280000.

Total number of votes lost by Non Congress is

Total votes lost = total views cast - total votes won

Total votes lost = 280000 - 126000

Total votes lost = 154000

Now we're asked to find how many votes the lost the election with. This is simply the difference between the votes won by both parties

154000 - 126000 = 28000