Sentence examples for plurality of votes from inspiring English sources

The first is for individuals: candidates who win a plurality of votes get seats.

The two directors Jana is seeking to replace will be elected by a plurality of votes.

General elections shall be determined by a plurality of votes cast.

In the majoritarian systems of Britain and America, winners of districts take all, with a plurality of votes.

Ecevit formed a new government, and in April 1999 his Democratic Left Party won a plurality of votes.

In 1982, in a referendum offering six options, the option of commonwealth status won a plurality of votes.

Then, as now, majorities in parliament have been secured on the back of small pluralities of votes when campaigns have focused on a single issue.

Thus, the general election was a three-way affair, with Pryce taking a plurality of 110,390 votes (44.1%), Cordray taking 94,907 votes (37.9%) and Linda Reidelbach taking 44,906 votes (17.9%).

The two are expected to face an uphill fight, but under old corporate rules they could have survived as directors with only a plurality of the vote since negative votes were merely registered as votes withheld from ratification.

In the final count, McEwen won 33,219 votes to Miller's 32,922, a plurality of 297 votes.

This gadfly irritation can be negated in the future with a simple rule: the winner of a state's electoral votes must have a clear majority, not just a plurality, of all votes cast.