Sentence examples for obtained a majority from inspiring English sources

Mr. Hamon finished third, and because no candidate obtained a majority, the runoff was held Friday.

The Bolsheviks obtained a majority in the Soviets of Petrograd and Moscow.

APRA, again a legal party, obtained a majority of seats in the lower house and half the seats in the Senate.

As predicted by political analysts, the government obtained a majority in Parliament with the support of the Socialist Left Party and the centrist coalition.

De Klerk led his party's campaign in South Africa's first all-race elections in April 1994, in which the ANC obtained a majority of seats in the new National Assembly.

"No candidate has obtained a majority and this is a very important step, therefore we must find a common understanding," he said.

To obtain a majority, a party needs to win three hundred and twenty-six seats.

Needing three hundred and twenty-six seats to obtain a majority in the House of Commons, the Conservatives ended up about twenty short.

For Prime Minister Stephen Harper, obtaining a majority was the overriding focus of his campaign.

Indeed, even if she manages to obtain a majority, her authority will have suffered.

Unable to obtain a majority in Parliament, he governed by emergency decrees.