Elections were held again in 1991; no party won an absolute majority.
It's a question of whether the biggest party gets an absolute majority or not.
They took an absolute majority at the 2003 election, but lost it again in 2007.
However, the coalition won only 48pc of the vote, which is not an absolute majority.
Election is by absolute majority which, after a second round if necessary.
An absolute majority of 89 then agreed it should be put to the people.
This led to an absolute majority with only three votes against.
If there is a party with an absolute majority in the lower house it will form the government.
Someone or some group wants a different Court, one with an absolute conservative majority.
It is certain to be him, even if his party does not have an absolute majority by then.
The Conservatives have had an overall majority on the council since 1978.
He called an early general election in the hope of gaining an overall majority.
The government was elected in October 1974 with an overall majority of three.
The electorate decided not to give any one party an overall majority.
A: One in which no single party has an overall majority.
To have an overall majority a party needs to win 326 seats.
Although the Conservatives did not win an overall majority, their administration continued.
This meant they held 27 seats and had an overall majority of 7.
If no single party were to win an overall majority, then the Queen might have real power to choose a government.
In 2011 the Conservatives lost their overall majority and control of the council.
It seems certain that neither will win an outright majority on Sunday.
Many critical votes are won in the government's favor without an outright majority.
In large part due to this, it is nearly impossible for one party to win an outright majority.
Neither side has an outright majority in the 324-member assembly.
But he plays down the prospect of getting an outright majority.
The opposition led the election, but did not gain an outright majority.
Indeed, no single party is expected to claim an outright majority.
No candidate received an outright majority in the first round vote held on May 30.
It will also be the first since 1979 in which none of the parties is expected to gain an outright majority.
They've stayed that way because outright majority has been given with the help of the council's single independent.