Question

In a certain election, 92% of the total voters cast their votes and the winning candidate got elected with 75% of the votes polled. What percent of the number of total votes did he get?

• A. 57%
• B. 69%
• C. 67%
• D. 72%

Hint:

To find the percentage of total votes received by the winner, multiply the percentage of votes polled by the percentage of votes the candidate received.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

Let the total number of voters be \( N \). The total votes cast are 92% of \( N \), so the total votes cast are \( 0.92N \). The winning candidate got 75% of the votes polled, which is \( 0.75 \times 0.92N = 0.69N \). Thus, the winning candidate got \( 0.69N \) votes out of the total \( N \) votes, which is 69%. Therefore, the winning candidate received 69% of the total votes, corresponding to option (2).