Sentences with phrase «cent of the vote if»

In terms of straight projected seats, Labour could even get a majority with just 34 per cent of the vote if the Liberal Democrats do really well.

A YouGov poll for the Evening Standard showed the Conservatives would be neck - and - neck with Labour in the polls on 37 per cent of the vote if they were led by Mr Johnson.

Not exact matches

That shareholder cap can only be changed if the company's constitution is changed which requires a 75 per cent majority of those voting.

Note: The House of Representatives is expected to vote this week (and possibly even today) on the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act, the Senate bill that reauthorizes the Child Nutrition Act and which will, if passed, increase school food funding by 6 cents per meal.

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-.

Only ten per cent of the electorate would vote Liberal Democrat if there was an election tomorrow, according to the latest figures.

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.

If, after losing the primary, she runs in the fall as the nominee of the union - backed Working Families Party, Nixon could pull 5 - 10 per cent of the general election vote.

And if that person is Jeremy Corbyn, with a YouGov poll for The Times finding that Corbyn would beat Andy Burnham, by 53 % per cent to 47 % the final round of voting, then the Labour party will descend into a civil war accompanied by a gleeful right wing press continually raising the ghosts of Michael Foot, Tony Benn and other more recent signifiers of Labour's «hard left» history.

However, if he claims to be a democrat, he can not defend a system which, in Scotland, in 2003 for example, gave his party 41 per cent of the seats in local councils on 32.6 per cent of the votes.

Speaking to TV3, Mr Vanderpuye accused the NPP candidate of starting the fight and vowed to vacate his seat if Bannerman is able to get more than 35 per cent of the votes.

Indeed, this is a proper vote - winner for Ken, since 13 per cent of Boris voters say they're more likely to vote for the former mayor if Boris increases fares by seven per cent as planned in 2012.

In just under a week, Jeremy Corbyn will almost certainly be re-elected as Leader of the Labour Party — and, if all the credible indications we have are correct, perhaps by a wider margin than the 60 per cent or so of the votes that he received last year.

If the Council of Ministers is now asking for the increase to be cut from 6 per cent to 2.9 per cent, the Parliament may still gets its way in the end, keeping the increase to the 6 per cent it voted for.

If the NPL vote was substantial — say six to eight per cent — it could have the effect of reinstating the current coalition or even produce a majority Conservative government, unless UKIP manages to do on the right what I have suggested a NPL might do on the left.

«On a uniform swing across the country, the Tories would get 278 MPs if they scoop 37 per cent of the vote.

That means that the parties whose seat shares exceed their vote shares (the Conservatives, Labour, the SNP, the DUP, and — fractionally — Sinn Féin and the SDLP) collectively hold 24 per cent of the seats in the House of Commons more than they would if they were represented in exact proportion to their votes — that is, about 156 seats more.

If no single candidate gets more than 50 per cent of the vote, the second choices for the candidate at the bottom are redistributed.

Although 40 per cent is regarded as the «election winning» mark, the weighting of the electoral system means today's poll would result in a hung parliament if translated into votes.

A YouGov poll yesterday found ten per cent of voters would be more likely to vote Labour in the next general election if Mr Hain were deputy prime minister.

Leave voters are more likely to say they will show up — 79 per cent say they are certain to vote if the referendum was held today — whereas 72 per cent of Remain voters say the same.

The law that brings in fixed - term parliaments «will also provide for dissolution if 55 per cent or more of the House votes in favour», according to the coalition agreement.

An error - free campaign (if such a thing can exist) might have pushed Labour's share of the vote up from 35 to 36 per cent.

The petitioners further argued that if the results of the 10,119 polling stations were annulled, President Mahama's votes would have reduced by 2,622,551, which would have, in turn, beaten down the results declared by the Electoral Commission in his favour, to 41.79 per cent.

Well, if the proponents of the change looked at UK election results they would see there are large numbers of seats where the incumbents already receive at least 50 per cent of the votes.

If you are sitting on more than 50 per cent of the vote, you are not even affected.

If any one of them can get 15 per cent of the overall vote they should be home and dry.

If no - one gets more than 50 per cent of first choices, the candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated and second preferences are redistributed between the other candidates until someone gets a majority.

If no - one gets more than 50 per cent of first choices, the candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated and second preferences are redistributed between the other candidates.

Candidates standing for election were required to post a # 5,000 deposit, which was returned if they received at least 5 per cent of the vote.

It is also a key part of making progress in Scotland — a November 2014 Survation poll found 27 per cent of SNP voters would be more likely to vote Labour if we committed to publicly owned Scottish rail services.

Nearly a quarter of Lib Dems — 22 per cent — would be more likely to vote Conservative if Boris led the party.»

If as many as 45 per cent of them vote for independence today, the matter will not rest.

Ipsos Mori found that 52 per cent of Scots would vote for the SNP if there was a Westminster election tomorrow, compared with just 23 per cent for Labour.

It doesn't require a majority of all owners to pass it, just the majority of a 25 - per - cent quorum, and the bylaw can be voted in by proxy if the owners and investors so choose.

(3) If a collective agreement is or has been in operation, no employee shall strike unless a strike vote is taken 30 days or less before the collective agreement expires or at any time after the agreement expires and more than 50 per cent of those voting vote in favour of a strike.

(2) If the Board determines that 40 per cent or more of the individuals in the bargaining unit proposed in the application for certification appear to be members of the union at the time the application was filed, the Board shall direct that a representation vote be taken among the individuals in the voting constituency.

(c) if the Board directs that a representation vote be taken and more than 50 per cent of the ballots cast in the representation vote are cast in favour of the trade unions on whose behalf the application was brought, the Board shall certify the trade unions as the bargaining agent of the employees in the bargaining unit and shall issue one certificate that is confined to the industrial, commercial and institutional sector and another certificate in relation to all other sectors in the appropriate geographic area or areas; and

(14) If on the taking of the representation vote more than 50 per cent of the ballots cast are cast in opposition to the trade union, the Board shall declare that the trade union that was certified or that was or is a party to the collective agreement, as the case may be, no longer represents the employees in the bargaining unit.

(d) subject to section 11.1, the Board shall certify the trade union as bargaining agent of the employees in the bargaining unit if more than 50 per cent of the ballots cast in the representation vote by the employees in the bargaining unit are cast in favour of the trade union; and

(2) The Board shall not certify the trade union as bargaining agent and shall dismiss the application for certification if 50 per cent or less of the ballots cast in the representation vote by the employees in the bargaining unit are cast in favour of the trade union.

«What the NDP would like to do is move to a card - only system so, if a union is capable of getting more than 50 per cent of the employees from the bargaining unit to sign cards, there would be an automatic certification without a vote,» says Michael Howcroft, partner with Blake Cassels & Graydon LLP in Vancouver.