In a village three people contested for the post of village Pradhan. Due to their own interest, all the voters voted and no one vote was invalid. The losing candidate got 30\% votes. What could be the minimum absolute margin of votes by which the winning candidate led by the nearest rival, if each candidate got an integral per cent of votes? [SBI Jr. Associates (Pre.) Exam, 2016]
(a)4
(b)2
(c)1
(d)None of these
Answer
Answer (as printed): B
Explanation
Let total votes in village = 100 Losing candidate got votes = 30\% of $100=30$ votes Winner's and nearer rival's votes $$=100-\frac{30}{100} \times 100=70$$ ∴ If both get equal votes then, it should be, 35. ∴ Minimum difference between winner and nearer rival $$=(36-34)=2$$
Explanation as extracted from the printed page; notation may be imperfect.