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(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a number of votes totalling over 50 per cent, such as the total number of votes or seats obtained by a party that beats the combined opposition Compare relative majority

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absolute majority - (elections) more than half of the votes

majority

election - a vote to select the winner of a position or political office; "the results of the election will be announced tonight"

relative quantity - a quantity relative to some purpose

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Parliamentary Speaker Aziz Dweik: The 10th Palestinian Government, headed by the Palestinian prime minister, brother Ismail Haniyeh, has gained the absolute majority of the votes of the Legislative Council members .

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If these English-speaking economies were to forge a policy alliance with Japan, they would command an absolute majority of 51.

Introducing "Grassley--Baucus": forget Schumer-Graham. This new U.S. ... by Zoakos, Criton M. / The International Economy

This is something that the absolute majority of inhabitants of Russia understand and it may well serve as a unifying idea for the peoples of this country as well as the basis for constructive decisions aimed at the further strengthening of Russia's economic and defense might.

Physical and geographic features of Russia's defense space by Lysukhin, N.Ya. / Military Thought

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