Sentences with phrase «cent of the votes so»

The songwriter however failed to reach 40 per cent of the votes so will now have to compete in the runoff on 1st April against ex-government minister Carlos Alvarado Quesada, who was also once a singer in a rock band.

Not exact matches

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-.

Even so, May could have reacted to the 52 per cent vote to quit Europe by saying that she would hand the negotiations to a group of ministers who believed in this outcome and then put the result of the talks in due course to parliament and the people.

The Leave or so - called #Brexit option was victorious, with a margin of 52 per cent to 48 per cent across the country, although Scotland, Northern Ireland, London and some towns voted to remain.

«We are in the midst of Brexit negotiations so this election will provide a perfect opportunity for the 52 per cent to vote for Ukip, the only party wholeheartedly committed to a clean, quick and efficient Brexit.»

A recent YouGov survey showed that 48 per cent of those who voted Lib Dem were less inclined to do so again as a direct result of the rise in VAT.

The remaining 40 to 45 per cent of representatives for each body (the «additional members») are elected in large regional areas using a proportional representation system, so as to match every party's share of winning candidates to their votes share.

A committee of the European parliament voted to support proposals from the European commission to cut so - called roaming charges by up to 70 per cent.

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.

But it did so with a share of the UK vote, at 43.2 per cent, which does not remotely qualify as record - breaking.

The voting trend was the same in the various councils with only about 40 per cent of the registered voters coming out to cast their votes in the seven local councils so far declared.

While 81 per cent of the people who voted for Corbyn say they are «very» or «fairly» left - wing, a mere 15 per cent of potential Labour voters, and just 25 per cent of «weak» Labour supporters do so.

While 97 per cent of those who voted Remain said they would still do so again, only 86 per cent of those who voted Leave said they would again, suggesting some may be suffering «Bregret».

The gap between Ed and David Miliband in the final vote was the equivalent of about five MPs switching between the brothers, so the Trickett - Hoyle pact would account for 20 per cent of that result.

So far the DUP have five seats and a 33.64 per cent of the vote share with the Ulster Unionist Party getting 3 so far and Sinn Fein doing the samSo far the DUP have five seats and a 33.64 per cent of the vote share with the Ulster Unionist Party getting 3 so far and Sinn Fein doing the samso far and Sinn Fein doing the same.

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.

In 2012 (an election year), there was a similar arrangement for the purchase of outboard motors which turned out to be a vote - buying strategy so we live to see how this arrangement will work and help our fisher folk with the tremendous increase in fishing net which was GH cents 800.00 per bundle in 2008 but now GH cents 2,400.00 and pre-mix fuel which was GH cents 2.60 per gallon in 2008 but now GH cents 7.40.

So what will I do when I finally vote in the referendum on May 5th where on the one hand we have the incumbent First Past the Post System which we know at a national level to be unrepresentative and unfair as it returns governments with overwhelming majorities in the House of Commons even though they only have forty per cent of the vote or less, or AV which is not a representative system but more complicated with it's opaque results making it more open to election fraud or the suspicion of.

In doing so, he gained nearly 70 per cent of the votes among Americans under the age of 25.

By contrast, the next most popular choice, the Xoom gained 4 per cent of the votes (though at the time of the survey, it had only just gone on sale, so awareness may have risen since).

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.

In Ontario in 2007, 34.5 per cent of lawyers voted in the bencher election; in 2011, 37 per cent (15,592 lawyers) did so.

«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.