In an election,the number of candidates is $1$ more than the number of persons to be elected. If the voters can cast their votes in $254$ ways,find the number of candidates. ($A$ voter cannot cast more votes than the number of persons to be elected.)

  • A
    $7$
  • B
    $10$
  • C
    $8$
  • D
    $6$

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