Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

______ was present in the hall took part in the voting process.

Whoever

The correct option to fill in the blank is whoever.

The sentence is about the people who took part in the voting process. The word "whoever" means any person who. It is the most appropriate word to use in this context because it refers to all the people who were present in the hall.

The other options are not as appropriate.

• Whichever means any one of two or more things that are possible. This does not make sense in the context of the sentence because there is only one group of people who were present in the hall.
• **Wherever" means in or to whatever place. This does not make sense in the context of the sentence because the sentence is not about a place.
• **Whatever" means anything that. This does not make sense in the context of the sentence because the sentence is not about anything.