Waec Model Questions Vol1 2024 Government Question 33

A national political party conducts its primary election using a weighted delegate system from five zones. The zones and their numbers of delegates are: - Zone 1 - 120 delegates - Zone 2 - 80 delegates - Zone 3 - 100 delegates - Zone 4 - 60 delegates - Zone 5 - 40 delegates The weight assigned to each zone equals its proportion of the total national population, which are: - Zone 1 - 30 % - Zone 2 - 20 % - Zone 3 - 25 % - Zone 4 - 15 % - Zone 5 - 10 % Candidate X received the following raw votes from delegates: - Zone 1 - 70 - Zone 2 - 45 - Zone 3 - 55 - Zone 4 - 30 - Zone 5 - 20 Compute the total weighted vote percentage obtained by Candidate X and state whether he surpasses the 50 % threshold required to win the primary.