CAT 2022 Slot 2 QA Question 12: In an election, there were four candidates and 80% of the registered voters casted their votes. One of the candidates received 30% of the casted votes while the other three candidates received the rem

Question

In an election, there were four candidates and 80% of the registered voters casted their votes. One of the candidates received 30% of the casted votes while the other three candidates received the rem

Accepted Answer

One candidate received 30% of the cast votes. The other 70% of the cast votes was split in the ratio $1 : 2 : 3$.

So, the highest share among those three candidates is:

$70\% 	imes \dfrac{3}{6} = 35\%$

Therefore, the winner received 35% of the cast votes and the second-highest candidate received