absolute majority
-
a number of votes constituting more than half of the number cast.
-
a number of voters constituting more than half of the number registered.
- Compare simple majority.
Words Nearby absolute majority
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use absolute majority in a sentence
Helmut Kohl, Germany’s longest-running leader, never had an absolute majority.
Butterfly Effect: Merkel’s Last Act Shows Democracy at Work | Charu Kasturi | September 28, 2021 | OzyIn the absolute majority of cases, Google algorithm updates are too small to notice.
8 major Google algorithm updates, explained | Sponsored Content: SEO PowerSuite | October 13, 2020 | Search Engine LandHouse rules require an absolute majority of members voting to choose a speaker.
The House normally requires an absolute majority of 218 but, because of vacancies, that number is currently 217.
Texas requires candidates to win an absolute majority in a primary, so the two will face off in a late-July runoff.
Mitt Romney Clinches GOP Nomination & More Texas Primary Results | Ben Jacobs | May 30, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
He amazed everyone by winning an historic absolute majority of the statewide vote.
The election resulted in giving an absolute majority to neither the party members nor the supporters of the government.
Japan | VariousThe reporter on the election of the 16th proposed declaring all those candidates elected who had received an absolute majority.
History of the Commune of 1871 | P. LissagaryYet we find that those so assessed form an absolute majority of the whole.
In these elections the Mensheviki and the Socialist-Revolutionists everywhere gained an absolute majority.
Bolshevism | John SpargoIn practice the requirement of the presence of an absolute majority of members is sometimes disregarded.
The Governments of Europe | Frederic Austin Ogg
British Dictionary definitions for absolute majority
-
a number of votes totalling over 50 per cent, such as the total number of votes or seats obtained by a party that beats the combined opposition: Compare relative majority
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse