Sentence examples for sweeping majority from inspiring English sources

They were also instrumental in the parliamentary elections in 2000, which gave the reformists a sweeping majority in parliament.

Last month, Abkhazia held presidential elections, where the incumbent, Sergey Bagapsh was re-elected with a sweeping majority for another five years.

The best they could hope for, analysts said, was to prevent Mr. Rajapaksa's party from winning a sweeping majority that would allow it to rewrite the Constitution.

The Republican minority said even the sweeping majority report is simplistic as it ignores a credit bubble that went beyond US housing, and indeed beyond US borders.

Riding a wave of disaffection at Ms Mayawati's autocratic rule, his Samajwadi (Socialist) party unexpectedly won a sweeping majority in elections for the state assembly in March.

Hugo Chavez has a six-year presidential term, a new Constitution drawn up to his specifications and a sweeping majority in the National Assembly.

The dominant political figure in the 1950s was Eisenhower, a popular president twice elected with sweeping majorities.

The measure passed by sweeping majorities in Congress, with the support of many legislators who usually vote against legislation favored by groups seeking to overturn Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion.

It was the latest in a series of setbacks that illustrate just how far the party's fortunes have fallen since President Obama came to office more than a year ago, sweeping big majorities into the House and Senate with him.

For the last five months, he has enjoyed unprecedented political dominance, after an election where the SNP defied the logic of Holyrood's semi-proportional system by winning an absolute majority, sweeping into power with nearly 50% of the vote.

The other two coalition partners, the Pasok socialists and the conservative New Democracy, have a sweeping parliamentary majority and do not need Karatzaferis's 16 votes.