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simple majority

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simple majority

Fifty-one percent of the voting members or shares. Contrast with supermajority.



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By Ngor Arol Garang October 26, 2009 (KHARTOUM) -- The Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM), after a series of meetings, disowned two third voters turnout required for South succession from North saying simple majority of participants at the referendum should determine the fate of southern Sudan.
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4 required a two-thirds majority to pass and did not receive a simple majority of votes among the state superintendents or their representatives.
 
 
 
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