The two major parties are seen as unlikely to receive a majority of the vote even between the two of them.
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His one-time friend and now political enemy Gianfranco Fini called on him to resign at the weekend, saying "the government must understand that it is not credible, even if it wins in parliament by a vote, because with a majority of one vote you can survive but you can't govern".
Eric Garcetti, 42, and Wendy Greuel, 51 - both veterans of city hall - have been cited as mayoral candidates who might face each other in a run-off vote in May if no candidate wins a majority of the vote in Tuesday's election.
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Parliament could be dissolved early only if no government could be formed within 14 days of a simple majority vote of no confidence, or if two-thirds of MPs voted to trigger a general election.
The bill also sets out that Parliament could be dissolved early only if no government could be formed within 14 days of a simple majority vote of no confidence, or if two-thirds of MPs voted to trigger a general election.
The last time Mr Robb won a majority of the vote was more than a decade ago.
If he battles Obama for the heart and soul of Latinos, he still won't win a majority of the vote.
If he fails to win an outright majority of the vote, the two will square off in a runoff on July 23.
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If no presidential candidate wins a majority of the vote in the first round, a runoff will be held later this month.
Even now, most polls suggest that the conservatives and their likely post-election allies, the Free Democrats, will not win an absolute majority of the vote.
If no candidate gets a majority of the vote in the first round, the top two will progress to a runoff to be held June 16-17.
She is set to take over as mayor of Cape Town, the country's biggest city, where for the first time the DA won a majority of the vote.
This amendment has to receive a two-thirds (or more) majority of the vote in both the House and the Senate and then be ratified by the legislatures of 38 states before it can become part of the nation's fundamental law.
The job of conservatives is precisely to conserve worthwhile traditions, and a majority vote of 50% plus one is one of those.
The proposals, made up of more than 100 individual elements, will need to be approved by a majority vote of the council.
The uniform clause meant that a majority of states could not vote to heap 100% of the tax burden onto a minority of the states.
Unconfirmed reports suggested that the coalition did not receive a majority of the popular vote.
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Winning the presidency requires a majority of the electoral vote, regardless of who wins the popular vote.
Nonetheless, he predicts that an overwhelming majority of Jews will vote to re-elect the president in 2012.
Under the treaty, applicants will be chosen next spring at a summit, by qualified majority vote of all existing members of the Union.
Professor TIEFER: It would be a majority vote of the Senate to either totally refuse him or to start a process for deciding it.
Is this the reason that it is being offered as an executive agreement, which requires a simple majority vote of both houses of Congress?
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Mr. Obama, like previous Democratic presidential candidates, still won a majority of the Jewish vote, which made up 2% of the total turnout this year.
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White House officials say the FEC, by a majority vote of its six-member panel, has the existing authority to ban soft money, and that's what the president will push for.
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Her People's Alliance, which has a majority of only one vote in parliament, is divided over what policy to follow, and its members will themselves have to face an election next year.
He is the first Democrat since Jimmy Carter to win a majority of the popular vote, a vindication of his "50-state strategy" that even some in his own party once viewed as quixotic.
With most U.S. precincts tallied, the popular vote was 51.9% for Obama and 46.8% for McCain, making the Illinois senator the first Democrat to win a majority of the popular vote since 1976.
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