Question

In an election, the successful candidate registered 5,77,500 votes and his nearest rival secured 3,48,700 votes. By what margin did the successful candidate win the election?

Answer 1

The successful candidate clearly got more votes than his nearest rival. The margin of victory will be the difference of their votes.

$\begin{array}{cc}\text{Number of votes secured by the successful candidate}& =5,77,500\\ \text{Number of votes secured by his nearest rival}& =3,48,700\\ \text{Difference}& =2,28,800\end{array}$

Therefore, the successful candidate won by a margin of $2,28,800$ votes.