Sentences with phrase «popular vote threshold»
It is key to note that not all candidates who run for office will receive electoral votes, as they will need to meet a popular vote threshold specific to each state.
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The voting threshold necessary to prompt the exit process was never actually decided at all as such prior to the referendum, but assumptions were made by politicians and journalists about what would be politically acceptable to an emergent notion of popular sovereignty.
The threshold level of votes had been set at 2.5 % (For the purposes of this example) Points to note include In an FPTP election, Party A, with 335 MPs would have a clear majority over all the other parties combined, and thus would be the single party of government, despite the fact that they only won 35.2 % of the popular vote, and almost 2/3 of voters voted for other parties.
If a party has no MPs elected but achieves a popular vote that exceeds a predetermined threshold the party would be represented in the House by reason of the «Automatic election» provision by a single MP with a single vote.