N-COUNT If a political party wins an overall majority in an election or vote, they get more votes than the total number of votes or seats won by all their opponents together. 压倒多数 [usu sing]
CiU won 62 of the 135 seats in the Catalan parliament, eight short of an overall majority.
CiU获得了加泰隆·尼亚议会135席中的62席，离成为绝对多数还差八个席位。
Yudhoyono may win an overall majority in next month's election, avoiding the need for a second round of voting in September, polls show.
有民间调查显示，尤多约诺可能会以绝大多数的优势赢得下月举行的大选，避免在九月举行第二轮选举。
Sweden's four-party centre-right alliance was returned in a general election, but provisional results suggested it was short of an overall majority.
瑞士四党中右联盟重返议会选举。目前结果表明，他们距离议会多数席位还有差距。
But he says a hung parliament - in which no party has the overall majority - seems increasingly likely.
VOA: standard.2010.04.23
The deal was made after a general election last week gave no party an overall majority in parliament.
VOA: standard.2010.05.13
The Conservatives won the most votes in last week's election and won the most seats in parliament, but they did not win an overall majority.
VOA: standard.2010.05.10
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