In an election, A received 27% of the votes and B received 125,982 votes. 19% did not cast their votes. Find the number of votes received by A.

The correct answer is 62,991.

Let the total number of registered voters in the election be represented by $x$.
From the given information:
1. 19% of the registered voters did not cast their votes. Therefore, the percentage of voters who did cast their votes is:
$100\%-19\%=81\%$
This means the total votes cast is $0.81x$.

2. A received 27% of the total registered votes. So, the number of votes received by A is:
$V_A=0.27x$

3. The remaining cast votes were received by B. Therefore, the percentage of total votes received by B is:
$81\%-27\%=54\%$
So, the number of votes received by B is:
$V_B=0.54x$

We are given that B received 125,982 votes. We can write this as an equation:
$0.54x=\mathrm{125,982}$
Solving for $x$:
$x=\frac{\mathrm{125,982}}{0.54}$
$x=\mathrm{233,300}$

Now, we can find the number of votes received by A:
$V_A=0.27\times \mathrm{233,300}$
$V_A=\mathrm{62,991}$

Thus, the number of votes received by A is 62,991.