Electing France took only one ballot, as France had more than half of the votes in the first round.

Moreover, for the first time a run off will be required if no candidate emerges from the first round of the presidential election with at least 50 of the national vote and 25 of the vote in 24 counties.

Only one Trotskyite candidate received more than 4 of the vote, while the rest including the French Communist party, which for more than 30 years received a stable 20 of the vote gained less than 2 .

Instead of gaining an absolute majority, as they had expected, they won 21.9 of the vote, resulting in 88 seats.

In a second attempt, on 29 June 2004, when observers were considering the possibility of new congressional elections, Mrs. Thémereau finally received the required vote to be elected President, as did Mrs. Gorodey to be elected Vice President, this being the first time the Territorial Government has been led by two women.13

With the current electoral system, it is the leader of the party gaining a plurality of the votes in the Parliamentary elections who gets appointed Prime Minister.

On the far right, Marine Le Pen s National Front, the political heir of French fascism, won 18 , the party s best result ever.

Thus, if the Democrats demonstrate a minimum of compassion, sensitivity, and realism, they can count on a 7 advantage in the popular vote.

In the first round of the French presidential election, the far left, a motley collection of anti capitalists and radical environmentalists garnered 14 of the vote.

We continued talking during coffee and lunch.

Syria Untold posts will be edited by Global Voices editors and translated by volunteer translators, as part of GV's interest in highlighting citizen voices and grassroots initiatives.

Meanwhile, in Hong Kong, Singapore, and China, there are calls for extending university programs so that students can obtain a broad, liberal education, in the hope that graduates will be more inclined to experiment and innovate.

They are wrong.

In the case of a tie vote for a remaining seat, there will be a restricted ballot limited to those candidates that have obtained an equal number of votes.

At a time of growing concern about climate change, Europeans should be made aware of the long term destruction done to a precious and fragile habitat for the sake of a short term high.

Originally posted on Rising Voices.

President Chen agreed to a recount.

Related Global Voices Online articles

Global Voices is taking to the virtual airwaves!

It is republished on Global Voices in two parts with permission.

GV How did you get to contribute to Global Voices?

Get to know more about our volunteers by reading our series of GV community member profiles, and learn more about volunteering for Global Voices here.

More precisely, it gets as many votes in the Electoral College as it would have if it were a state, but no more votes than the state with the fewest votes, which is currently three (e.g.

GV What s your day job outside of GV?

The ballot will include dozens of competing parties, most of which will not win parliamentary seats, owing to a 2005 electoral law requiring at least 4 of the national vote to enter the Chamber of Deputies (the lower house) and 8 on a regional basis to enter the Senate.

Almost 2,000 children in Gaza have dropped out of school in the last five months.

That was my first article on Global Voices.

So we built a simple website Global Voices Online.

Global Voices

Global Voices

April 20, 2014 (used with his permission).

I should also like to thank the tellers for their assistance.

In previous Tunisian presidential referenda, Bin Ali routinely received 99 of the vote he now got 96 .

In Latin American countries, on the other hand, an all or nothing attitude seems to prevail, with 50.1 of the popular vote regarded as being sufficient to stage a revolution of sentiment, if not of policy.

The 2006 Mexican elections had a fierce competition, the electoral results showed a minimal difference between the two most voted candidates and such difference was just about the 0.58 of the total vote.

Viktor Yushchenko has been elected with 52 of the popular vote. His opponent received 44 .

If a vote is equally divided on a matter other than an election, the proposal shall be regarded as rejected.

If a vote is equally divided on matters other than elections, the proposal shall be regarded as rejected.

If a vote is equally divided on a matter other than an election, the proposal shall be regarded as having been rejected.

GV And as the staff representative to the board?

I want a guitar.

We have to get results.

Could we have a fork?

Limited access to credit

Gubernatorial elections this November will force Kurdish political contenders to offer opposing programs, and some candidates will seek electoral advantage via populist calls for independence.