Sentence examples for clinch a majority from inspiring English sources

There are 2,286 delegates to the Republican National Convention, of which 1,144 are required to clinch a majority.

But party strategists reckon they need to win at least 45% to clinch a majority of the seats in Congress.

Though the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party was unable to clinch a majority in Delhi, elsewhere it won massive victories.

It is unclear which candidate the opposition would vote in as prime minister should it clinch a majority of the 300 seats up for grabs in the election.

To clinch a majority in Parliament, Mr. Sirisena needs to secure just over half of its 225 seats to form a new government with Mr. Rajapaksa's party.

If that is the count after Illinois votes, Mr. Romney would require only 46 percent of the remaining delegates to clinch a majority (he was won about 55 percent so far), and only 39 percent to clinch a plurality.

Under the model's default settings — that he will win 56 percent of the remaining delegates, plus or minus 15 percent — Mr. Romney has a 91 percent chance of clinching a majority and a 99 percent chance of clinching a plurality.

This strategy buries even the pretence of anti-establishmentarianism.He has since softened his stance a bit, but he has also vowed to stay in the race until Mr Romney clinches a majority.

Unfortunately for Romney, it may be too late to adopt that strategy, as Obama has come close to clinching a majority of the state's electorate in recent surveys.

Romney clinched a majority of the delegates with a win in the Texas primary on May 29.

Hillary Clinton celebrated the historic nature of her victory Tuesday night, after she clinched a majority of pledged delegates in the Democratic presidential primary.