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In an election contested by two parties, Party D secured12% of the total votes more than Party R. If party R got 132,000 votes, by how many votes did it lose the election?
A. 24,000
B. 36,000
C. 168,000
D. 300,000
E. 20,000

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Mohammad Younis Malik  (10 years ago)

Let total % of votes secured by D = x
Therefore, by R = ( x - 12)%
As there are only two parties,
Thus,
x + (x - 12) = 100
x = 56%
Therefore, R got (56 - 12) = 44%
By question, R got = 132,000
i.e; 44% (T) = 132,000
T = 3000,00
Now, Party R lost by 12% (T)
= 36,000

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sunny tripathi  (11 years ago)

Let the percentage of the total votes secured by Party D be x%
Then the percentage of total votes secured by Party R = (x – 12)%

As there are only two parties contesting in the election, the sum total of the votes secured by the two parties should total up to 100%

i.e., x + x – 12 = 100
2x – 12 = 100
or 2x = 112 or x = 56%.

If Party D got 56% of the votes, then Party got (56 – 12) = 44% of the total votes.

44% of the total votes = 132,000
i.e., = 132,000
ð T = = 300,000 votes.

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