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?

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Calculate the margin by which the successful candidate won
Given,
Number of votes secured by the successful candidate $= 5, 77, 500$ .
Number of votes secured by his nearest rival $= 3, 48, 700$ .
Margin refers to the difference between two amounts. Thus, we need to calculate the difference between the number of votes gained by the winning candidate and his nearest rival.
Thus, the margin by which the successful candidate won $= 5, 77, 500 - 3, 48, 700$
$= 22, 88, 00$
Therefore, the successful candidate won by a margin of $22, 88, 00$ votes.

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