In an election, there were only two candidates for the post of president . The winning candidate got 53% of the total votes. his opponent got 31000 votes which represented 31% of the total votes . find (i) the number of votes and
(ii) the winning margin.
(i) now let's assume total votes =y
given 31% of y=31000
31×y100
=31000
y=100,000
so total votes are =100,000
(ii) winning candidate got =53×100,000100
=53,000
winning margin =53000−31000=22000