Barrow, a real estate developer, was an unknown figure in Gambian politics until very recently.

In fact, the ratio of federal to national votes in the ECB is 1 2.5.

So the ratio of central to regional votes is 1 0.7.

78 percent of the votes, and to give you an idea of the landslide, the next highest name pulled in three. Okay?

The referendum can be considered to be a success the turnout was more than 92 per cent, with a 90 per cent yes vote and an 8 per cent no vote.

This explains why someone like Mubarak always received over 90 of the vote, albeit amid indifferent turnout.

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.

In the 1989 elections, both the Sri Lanka Freedom Party and United National Party wanted the IPKF to withdraw, and they got 95 percent of the vote.

A November 2001 referendum that lifted presidential term limits and would extend the term in office from five to seven years was supported by 98.4 of the voters.

The remaining 12 seats are filled from nationwide party lists on a top down basis and based on the proportion of the total vote each party received.

This shouldn't be surprising just last month, a study published by The Guardian showed that Global Voices has a 51 contribution rate from women, consistent over time. The article praised Global Voices for its diversity, noting

Beppe Grillo s populist Five Star Movement emerged with 25 of the popular vote the highest support for any single party.

That 29 is about 15 more than populist right wing parties get in very good years (for them) in other European countries.

At the November 2000 elections, boycotted by the opposition, Aristide was again elected president, with more than 90 of the vote, on a turnout of around 50 according to international observers.

In the South Province, where the independence movement was split into several lists, no representative received the required 5 per cent of the vote necessary for a seat.9

One remembers Hitler, who, while his own party did not quite get 50 of the vote, could base his seizure of power on a parliamentary majority.

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Nationalist polled only 31.9 of the votes cast with parties supporting the union polling 59.6 .

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This enabled Labor to take the seat for the first time in its history, on 50.5 percent of the two party preferred vote, a swing of 7.1 percent.

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Number of ballot papers 191 Number of invalid ballots 0 Number of valid ballots 191 Abstentions 4 Number of members voting 187 Required majority of members present and voting 125

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