If United Russia were able to secure just under 50 per
cent of the popular vote in the party - list competition, along with the lower estimate of seats in the singe - mandate district races, it would end up with over 270 seats, more than it now holds.
For example, three Candidates A, B and C receive 60, 37, and 3 per
cent of the popular vote in State X. Because State X has 10 electoral votes, the candidate would receive 6, 4 and 0 electoral votes, respectively (see Table 1).
Fair enough for journalistic hyperbole, but this soaraway popular mandate boost has been just 0.7 per
cent of the popular vote in the many seats counted so far.
Not exact matches
Sky Sports» users
voted for Tottenham duo Dele Alli and Eric Dier as the most
popular choices
in midfield with 97 per
cent of respondents supporting the inclusion
of Alli.
The EDBC must also ensure, as far as practicable, that the redistribution is fair to prospective candidates and groups
of candidates, so that if candidates
of a particular group attract more than 50 per
cent of the
popular vote, including preferences, they will be elected
in sufficient numbers to enable a government to be formed (Constitution Act 1934 (SA) section 83 (1)-RRB-.
Before 3 May, officials were privately hoping for gains
of around 550 seats and a
popular vote share
in the region
of 40 per
cent.
A 23 per
cent yes
vote in a
popular vote against the background
of pretty much unanimous establishment resistance is a major achievement.
The following assumes, firstly, that no party has an overall majority (once Sinn Fein's abstention from the chamber is taken into account), and that
in spite
of the possibility that they could top the polls
in the
popular vote, that the Lib Dems will not win enough
votes to have the most seats
in the new Commons (they would need between 37 - 40 per
cent to be sure
of that happening).
He received 18 per
cent of the
vote, fighting off stiff competition from other
popular finalists such as «Ode to Escher 01» by Mick Ryan, taken
in the Jing An District
in Shanghai and «Bamboo Slum» taken by Mohammad Rakibal Hasan
in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Labour lost the
popular vote in Wales for the first time since the first world war, taking just 20.3 per
cent of the
vote.
Contrary to widespread belief, Labour's share
of the UK
popular vote increased by 1.4 percentage points between the 2010 and 2015 general elections (from 29 to 30.4 per
cent), despite the collapse
of Labour support
in Scotland.