It isn't quite that simple, as the number of available electoral votes has varied widely as the US has grown. Thus, one cannot directly compare James Monroe's 231 - 1 in 1820 with FDR's 523 - 8 in 1936, or with Ronald Reagans' 525 - 13 in 1984.
Percentage-wise, however, Monroe is likely to hold the permanent record, with 99.996%.
Recently, if correct, California had the most electoral college votes with 55 votes.
No, Texas has the second most electoral votes, second to California.
California, with 55 electoral votes.
John Anderson
California (54 votes) 2000
Barack Obama received 69,498,516 votes to John McCain's 59,948,323 votes, 9,550,193 votes more.Barack Obama received 365 electoral votes; John McCain received 173 electoral votes. Obama received 192 more electoral votes, more than doubling John McCain.
Andrew Jackson was the leader in electoral votes and in popular votes in 1824 but he did not get the required majority of electoral votes and so the House decided the election as the constitution requires.
California we have 53 electoral votes.
Texas with 38 votes is second to California which has 55.
Electoral votes are the votes of Congress. California receives 55 electoral votes (the most of any state) because it has 53 representatives and two senators.
The most electoral votes the state of Virginia has ever had is 13. This occurred during the 1960, 1964, and 1968 presidential elections. Since then, Virginia has had 11 electoral votes, which is its current allocation.
By majority, if the candidate has most of Iowa's electoral votes lets say 21-20 then that candidate that had 21 got all the 41 electoral votes for that state.