Question

In an election between two candidates a & b, one got 65% of the total valid votes, 20% of the votes were invalid. If the total number of votes was 7500, the number of valid votes that the other candidate got, was:

1. 2700
2. 2100
3. 3000
4. 3100
5. None of these 

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : 2100

Given,  

 In an election between two candidates a & b, one got 65% of the total valid votes, 20% of the votes were invalid. If the total number of votes was 7500.

Calculations:

Number of valid votes = 80% of 7500 = 6000.

Valid votes polled by other candidate = 35% of 6000 

= 35/100 × 6000 = 2100

∴ The required answer is 2100