A candidate got 56500 votes election and won by his opponent by a margin of 3000 votes. if there were only two candidates, find the percentage of votes obtained by the defeated candidates
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Candidate got = 56500 votes
Defeated candidate got = 56500−3000 = 53500 votes
Total votes = 56500 + 53500 = 110,000
% votes got by defeated candidate = 53500 × 100
110000
= 48.63%
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