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In the Presidency College two candidates contested a presidential election. `15%` of the voters did not vote and 41 votes were invalid.The elected contestant got 314 votes more than the other candidate. If the elected candidate got `45%` of the total eligible votes, which is equal to the no. of all the students of the college. The individual votes of each candidate are :

A

2250 and 1936

B

3568 and 3254

C

2442 and 2128

D

2457 and 2143

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