Two candidates X and Y contested an election. 80% of voters cast their vote and there were no invalid votes. There was no NOTA (None of the above) option. X got 56% of the votes cast and won by 1440 votes. What is the total number of voters in the voters list?

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Aicharya · Accepted Answer

Let total voters = x, so votes cast = 0.8x. X got 56% and Y got 44% of the cast votes, so X won by (56 - 44)% = 12% of cast votes. Thus $0.12 	imes 0.8x = 1440$, giving $x = 1440/0.096 = 15000$.

Two candidates X and Y contested an election. 80% of voters cast their vote and there were no invalid votes.…

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