In Math Idol, there was a total of 5219000 votes cast for four potential Idols. The winner received 22000 more votes than the 2nd place contestant, 30000 more than the 3rd place contestant, and 73000 more than the 4th place contestant. How many votes did the winner receive?
(A) 1273500
(B) 1263000
(C) 1306000
(D) 1336000
(E) 1346500
Since each number of votes in this problem is a multiple of 1000 , we consider the number of thousands of votes that each potential Idol received, to make the numbers easier with which to work.

There was a total of 5219 thousand votes cast.

Suppose that the winner received $x$ thousand votes. Then his opponents received $x-22, x-30$ and $x-73$ thousand votes.

Equating the total numbers of thousand of votes,

$$
\begin{aligned}
x+(x-22)+(x-30)+(x-73) & =5219 \\
4 x-125 & =5219 \\
4 x & =5344 \\
x & =1336
\end{aligned}
$$

Therefore, the winner received 1336000 votes.

ANSWER: (D)