At an election between two candidates, the candidate who got 66 % of the votes casted won by 3072 votes. Find the total number of the voters on the voting list if 80% people casted their vote and there were no invalid votes.
Correct Answer: Option B
The winning candidate gets 66 % of the votes cast and the losing candidate gets (100 - 66 = 34%) of the votes casted.
Thus , the gap between the two is (66 - 34 = 32%) of the votes cast = 3072 votes .
Thus, the total votes cast = \(\frac{{3072}}{{32}} \times 100 = 9600\)
Since, this is 80 % of the total number of voters on the voting list,
Hence, the total number of voters on the voting list = \(\frac{{9600}}{{80}} \times 100 = 12000.\)
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