Sentences with phrase «total number of votes»

There'd be no advantage to playing the percentages to maximise seats while losing on total number of votes.

This tells us that congressional apportionment rounds up for representation, though there appears to be some considerations required to make total number of voting representatives equal to 435.

Second, he fought and won an election in 1992 with the highest recorded total number of votes ever for the Conservatives.

(More than 100 ballots were disqualified, yet were included in the determination of the total number of votes needed for a victory.)

The final result of the poll showed that the total number of votes cast were 1,968 and while Eleka polled 1,191 his rival Prince Dayo Adeyeye scores 770.

Even though their positions in the political spectrum span from the left to the extreme right, the total number of votes won by these three parties amounted to nearly 6.5 million, against the Conservatives» 11.3 million.

And it indicates the irrelevance of the total number of votes cast.

Similarly in Florida, absentee balloting began only Tuesday, but already more than 2.5 million people — nearly one - third of the total number of votes cast in 2012 — have requested ballots.

2 % of the total number of votes cast for United States Representative in the last general election

The total number of votes were 1,968, while 7 were void.

This petition must contain signatures equaling at least 2 percent of the total number of votes cast for United States Representative in the most recent general election.

On May 12, 2015, Governor Mary Fallin (R) signed into law a bill that reduced the petition signature requirement for newly - qualifying political parties to 3 percent of the total number of votes cast for governor in the last general election.

Prior to the bill's enactment, newly - qualifying political parties were required to submit signatures equaling at least 5 percent of the total number of votes for governor.

In these circumstances the total number of votes the Lib Dems get matters.

In proportional - election systems, where political parties are represented in proportion to the total numbers of votes they receive, gerrymandering has little or less significance.

A new political party must submit a written declaration signed by registered voters equaling at least 1 percent of the total number of votes cast for governor at the last preceding gubernatorial election.

Generally speaking, candidates must collect signatures equaling at least 5 percent of the total number of votes cast for governor within the political unit at the last gubernatorial election, or a fixed total established by statute, whichever is less.

If a petition is circulated after redistricting and before the next gubernatorial election, the number of qualified electors in each district is equal to the total number of votes cast for governor statewide divided by the total number of districts.

The number of reports of allegations should also be seen in the context of the total number of votes - at the 2005 general election over twenty - seven million votes were cast.»

Last Democratic SC primary (2004), total number of votes cast: 292,383 Last Republican SC primary (2000), total number of votes cast: 565,704

As a result, the popular vote totals reflect the total number of votes cast for that party, and do not indicate the level of turnout, which is shown below.

For a state legislative office, the petition must be signed by registered electors equaling at least 2 percent of the total number of votes cast for the office in that particular district in the last general election.

For a statewide office, the petition must be signed by registered electors, which are defined as residents of the state eligible to vote for the petitioner, numbering at least 2 percent of the total number of votes cast for United States Representative in the last general election for the entire state.

For statewide partisan offices (including congressional offices), petitions must contain signatures equaling 3 percent of the total number of votes cast for the party's candidate for the same office in the last general election.

The total number of votes cast (two by each voter) was 3,506, and the margin of victory was 2.54 percent, or 89 votes.

Based on the information provided by each city, PetSafe will confirm the availability of land, civic leader support, population size and total number of votes to select 15 finalist communities, which will be announced June 13.

As it stands, women artists received less than 25 percent of the total number of votes cast; only two women had a place in the top 15.

This is equivalent to 5 % of the total number of votes that were cast for the Governor during... (more) February 6, 2012

In addition to the total number of votes a company received, we also considered the number of votes from current medical sales employees, as well as their comments, to determine the final list of winners and honorable mentions.

In addition to the total number of votes received, we also factored in the number of employees voting for their current employer, as well as their comments, to determine the final list of winners.

The Planned Parenthood Action Fund calculates a members» score by dividing the number of supportive votes over the last six years by the total number of votes taken by that member relating to women's health.

Royal LePage selects the winners of the contest based on how creative, original, informative, and compelling the entry is, in addition to the total number of votes.