Three candidates contested an election and received 500, 7632 and 11628 votes respectively. What percentage of the total votes did the winning candidate get? Choose one: A) 57% B) 60% C) 58.8% D) 90% E) 80%
total votes are 19760 ( sum of votes obtained by 3 candidates)   percentage of the total votes recd by the winning candidate = 100*11628/19760 = 58.8%   ANSWER:58.8%
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Three candidates contested an election and received 500, 7632 and 11628 votes respectively. What percentage of the total votes did the winning candidate get?