When voting fails to produce the two-thirds majority required for a new pontiff, the smoke is black.
The defense authorization bill flopped with a 240-156 vote, 24 short of the two-thirds majority required to override a veto.
The amendment received the support of a majority, though it fell short of the two-thirds majority required for constitutional changes.
Parliament is due to vote for a new president next March, and Pasok is unlikely to command the three-fifths majority required.
Napolitano easily surpassed the simple majority required to be elected Saturday afternoon.
Sample counts by reputable observers and polling companies showed Mr Fujimori ahead, but with less than the absolute majority required for outright victory.
House of Representatives votes on the resolution - simple majority required.
Conversely, at Sedgley Working Men's Club, which, like many in the Midlands, has already given women equal rights, the committee is pessimistic about the chances of securing the two-thirds majority required to alter the constitution.
The government victory in the Lok Sabha came about after MPs from the regional Bahujan Samaj Party and the Samajwadi Party walked out ahead of the vote, bringing down the majority required for them to win.
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Most crucially, it has still not been decided whether the two-thirds majority required for a conviction means two-thirds of the 24 Senate seats (two of which are vacant), or two-thirds of the 22 sitting senators, a distinction that could be critical.
Thompson needs to get at least two Democratic votes to get a two-thirds majority, required for any grant of immunity.
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He could revive a proposal the king firmly rejected some weeks ago: to form a new government based on an absolute majority instead of the required two-thirds majority.
The House of Representatives passed the amendment by more than the two-thirds required majority last year.
Congress would vote on each increase, but a two-thirds majority would be required to block them.
Mr Cubas's opponents lack the two-thirds majority in Congress required to remove him.
The vote in the House of Laity, at 64%, was just short of the required majority - six more "yes" votes were needed.
Traditionally a two-thirds majority had been required for election.
Consequently, the right answer for Turkey, for the United States and for their shared interests, is to have the Turkish parliament swiftly reconsider its vote and approve the resolution by the required majority.
Over the past decade the majority of older people who required care in Belfast used the private sector.
While approval required a simple majority, the measure faced one obstacle -- if two-thirds of the voters in at least three of Iraq's 18 provinces rejected it, the vote would have failed.
So, with support from the PO and the SLD, Mr Kaczynski should not have any problem in gathering the two-thirds majority (307 votes) required to dissolve the Sejm and force an early election.
By repealing the mandatory good faith bargaining and exclusive representation restrictions, businesses would no longer be required to recognize majority supported unions, bargain on specific topics, and cover a complete bargaining unit with a union contract.
At a previous meeting in 2010, similar restrictions fell just short of the required-two thirds majority.
But at the recent conference they failed to win the required two-thirds majority.
It enabled the president to amend the constitution by the required two-thirds majority, legitimising his 1999 coup and subsequent orders.
But it is not certain whether her proposal will get the required two-thirds majority in Parliament to make it law.
In the past, China's insurers were required to put the majority of their investments into low-risk debt securities like government bonds.
The center-left Congress party won 121 seats, more than the 113 required for a simple majority, the Election Commission of India's website showed.
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