Question

Notwithstanding the fact that many of his friends voted for him, he failed to be elected. (Begin: In...)

Answer 1

In spite of many of friends' votes, he failed to be elected.

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Answer 2

Answer :

In spite of getting many votes from his friends, he failed to be elected.

or

In spite of many of his friends voting for him, he failed to be elected.

This question is based on sentence transformation.

Here, the given sentence is to be transformed by using the word/s given in brackets and without changing the meaning.

Cambridge English Dictionary defines 'in spite of' as '(used before one fact that makes another fact surprising) despite.'