At least half of the entire electorate has to vote Yes in the referendum in order for it to be valid (771,893).

The members are not elected to constituencies and represent the entire electorate.

This translates into at least 35 million adult citizens, or about the entire potential electorate of France.

A constitution proposed under a military revolution in 1980 was rejected by a vote of the entire electorate.

Instead it required that 40% of the entire Scottish electorate, not just those who voted, had to vote yes.

Referendum - A direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a piece of legislation.

By the mid-1790s the society had around 3,000 members, which was then more than the entire electorate of Scotland.

Those groups represented between a quarter and a third of the entire electorate that year.

The expected result of the referendum was on the balance, since 40% of the entire electorate had to vote yes in order to make the change.

The members of this chamber are elected at large by the entire electorate.