Sentence examples for needed majority from inspiring English sources

Foreign Minister Antonio Segni, 70, a Catholic conservative, received 354 votes, 92 short of a needed majority.

But at 12 50 this morning, the Senate voted 22-12 vote for the override, falling two votes shy of the needed majority.

The leading challenger, Marc Ravalomanana, fell short of the needed majority, and a runoff was scheduled between him and the incumbent, Didier Ratsiraka.

The government got 96 votes of the 195 deputies present in the 200-seat legislature, two short of a needed majority.

Mr. Villaraigosa is facing the longtime city attorney, James K. Hahn, also a Democrat, in a nonpartisan runoff on June 5, after finishing first in the primary last month but failing to win the needed majority in a crowded field.

Mr Siniora could not muster the needed majority of three-quarters of MPs, due to a controversial alliance forged by Hizbullah, which is backed by Syria and Iran, with Michel Aoun, a Christian general who fought Syria during the civil war, was then exiled, and returned last year to head a populist, largely Christian party.

For a democratic union of two countries to survive, it needs majority support in both countries.

"We don't need majority ownership to work with the banks," he said, arguing that federal agencies have enough supervisory power to nurse banks back to full health.

(Approval can require just a board vote, or may also need majority support from the homeowners -- it depends on state rules and the goal of the assessment).

History has proven minorities need majority group leaders on their side to see change.

First of all, you need majority agreement by the affected parties in order to even have a plan to present.