simple majority of votes

In other cases, the simple majority of votes given is enough.

The decision was made on a simple majority of votes cast.

The candidate securing a simple majority of votes wins the seat.

After the first three rounds, however, the requirement to elect a president is a simple majority of votes.

If a candidate received an absolute simple majority of votes, that candidate would be elected.

Parliament (the Fono) can also amend the constitution through a simple majority of votes in the house.

Other member states may require a lower majority of two-thirds, or even a simple majority of votes.

But when the environmentalists blocked the issuing of several reports, state officials changed the rules so that only a simple majority of votes was needed.

The new Constitution created the post of vice-president, to be elected with the president for a five-year term by a simple majority of votes.

The candidate who gets a simple majority of votes cast by the electorate who came to the polls is considered elected to the parliament.

Some favor a motion to defer action on the P.L.O., a measure which would need a simple majority of votes to pass.

Under the provisions of the 1982 Constitution executive power is exercised by a President elected for a four-year term by a simple majority of votes.

It must then be submitted to a referendum in which it is sufficient for it to be endorsed by a simple majority of votes cast.

The referendums on federal laws on tuberculosis and civil servants were both "optional" referendums, which required only a simple majority of votes in favour.

I have proposed that in addition to a simple majority of votes, at least half the population of the Member States of the eurozone must be represented.

For the municipal elections beginning in 2004, candidates for mayor and councilor run in separate lists, and mayors are elected by simple majority of votes.

The July referendum on the federal law on aged and bereavement insurance was an "optional" referendum, which required only a simple majority of votes in favour.

The Governor commissions as Premier the leader of the parliamentary political party that can command a simple majority of votes in the Legislative Assembly.

While Hewlett-Packard requires a simple majority of votes cast to approve the deal, Compaq required a majority of all possible votes.

Under a ruling by the Constitutional Court, the questions of confidence require only a simple majority of votes cast, so Mr. Yeltsin is likely to win.

If the measure passes the House of Representatives, which has a strong Democratic majority, it will then need a simple majority of votes in a November referendum.

Other Member States may require a lower majority of or, provided the shareholders present represent at least half of the subscribed capital, a simple majority of votes cast.

The proposal had been approved by a three-quarter majority in both houses of the Legislature, and required only a simple majority of votes in the referendum to be approved.

If a single candidate fails to get a simple majority of votes for their seat, then the top two candidates will face each other in a runoff election during the November general election.

Simple Majority Needed Under the General Assembly's rules of procedure a simple majority of votes cast is needed to repeal any resolution approved at a previous session.