Sentence examples for vote and control from inspiring English sources

He has a big majority too: his party, the African National Congress (ANC), won nearly 70% of the vote and control of all nine of the country's provinces in an election two weeks ago.

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Since a disputed election in December, the island has been riven between Marc Ravalomanana, a yoghurt tycoon who won the vote and controls the mountains, and Didier Ratsiraka, who ruled the country for more than two decades and still controls the coast.

Malone holds 4% of the equity and 33% of the vote and controls the board.

Longer-term solutions rest on an overhaul of the bankruptcy code and debt agreements to award votes and control based on net economic exposure, rather than the nominal amount of debt owned.

Only in the wake of the Vietnam War and the Watergate scandal was the DSG able to obtain such fundamental reforms as roll-call votes and control of the flow of legislation to the House floor by the majority.

By 1981, the war in South Jersey was over: Florio became the Party's gubernatorial candidate — he lost in the general election, to Kean, by fewer than two thousand votes — and controlled Camden's Democratic organization.

3. The dispute goes to the new House of Representatives, where the Constitution calls for a state-by-state vote and Republicans control a majority of the state delegations.

This is much more difficult: Jana will need to make a compelling case to get this vote and pass control of the entire company to these new directors.

In 2008, the governing coalition had its worst-ever showing, winning only 51 percent of the vote and losing control of five of Malaysia's 13 states.

Okada asserts his children's actions violated company rules, and his daughter Hiromi now wants to reverse her vote and return control of the Universal shares (and therefore Universal) to Okada.