In an election between two candidates, a candidate who gets 40% of total votes is defeated by 1500 votes. The number of votes polled by the winning candidate is :

a. 6000
b. 10000
c. 22500
d. 45000

• total votes be x
  40% of x =60% of x - 1500
  therefore,
  20% of x=1500
  i.e 60% of x =1500*3=4500
• 8 years agoHelpfull: Yes(4) No(0)
• Let 100 votes
  40% 1st candidate
  Therefore 60% 2nd candidate
  But
  40=15000
  Then
  60=?
  ?=60x15000/40
  ?= 22500
• 8 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(2)
• Let the total votes be 100,
  
  loser = 40%, winner = 60%, difference in the votes = 1500
  
  i.e, in 100 votes, 40 for loser and 60 for winner
  
  difference is 20 votes
  
  20 ------> 100, if the difference is 20, then total votes will be 100
  therefore, 1500 ----> x
  
  so total votes x = 7500,
  
  40% of 7500 = 3000 looser votes
  60% of 7500 = 4500 winner votes
• 7 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(0)
• i think the ans is 6000
• 6 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(0)
• I think defeated by 15000 votes.
  then,
  Let total no of vote=x
  according to the question candidate who got 40% vote,defeated by 15000 votes
  that means(no of votes of winner-no of votes for losser=15000)
  ((60*x)/100)-(40*x)/100)=15000
  after solving we got x=75000
  no of vote polled by winning candidate=((3*75000)/5)=45000
• 5 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(0)