
In an election, a candidate secures of the votes and is defeated by a majority of votes. The total number of votes recorded was ____.


Important Questions on Percentage
In an election between two candidates, the candidate who gets of the votes polled is defeated by votes. The number of votes polled by the winning candidate is _____.

In an election between two candidates, one got of the total valid votes and of the votes were invalid. If the total number of votes was , the number of valid votes that the other candidate got was:

In an election between two candidates, of the voters cast their votes, out of which of the votes were declared invalid. A candidate got votes which were of the total valid votes. The total number of voters enrolled in that election was _____.

of the electorate did not cast their votes in an election between two candidates and of the votes polled were found invalid. The successful candidate got of the valid votes and won by a majority of votes. The number of votes enrolled on the voter's list was _____.

Three candidates in an election received , and votes respectively. What percentage of the total votes did the winning candidate get?

The income of a broker remains unchanged though the rate of the commission is increased from to . The percentage of the slump in business is _____.

A man spends of his income. His income is increased.by and he increased his expenditure by . His savings are increased by _____.

The boys and girls in a school are in the ratio . If of the boys and of the girls are adults, the percentage of students who are minors is _____.
