Sentences with phrase «per cent of the popular vote»

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-.

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).

Mr Danczuk has criticised the strategy of Douglas Alexander, Mr Miliband's campaign co-ordinator, to rely on securing 35 per cent of the popular vote.

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.

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).

The populist - and popular - pledge to soak the richest five per cent of earners while protecting everyone else has allowed them to pledge vote - winning funding for cash - starved schools and hospitals and the party's headline vow to axe tuition fees.

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.

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).

Rising discounts were least popular with 4 per cent of the vote.

The more recent series The Good Wife, an unquestionable first choice for Toronto lawyer Bill Trudell, was fourth-most popular lawyer show with 11 per cent of votes, according to the survey.