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Absolute majority
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An absolute majority (or, in American English, a supermajority voting requirement) is a voting system which usually requires that more than half of all the members of a group (including those absent and those present but not voting) must vote in favour of a proposition in order for it to be passed. In practical terms, it may mean that abstention from voting could be equivalent to a no vote.
Absolute majority can be contrasted with simple majority which only requires a majority of those actually voting to approve a proposition for it to be enacted.
Absolute majority voting is most often used to pass significant changes to constitutions or to by-laws in order to ensure that there is substantial support for a proposal.
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| Single member | Plurality · Majority · Absolute majority · Supermajority · Double majority |
| Multi-member (election threshold) | Hare quota · Droop quota · Imperiali quota · Hagenbach-Bischoff quota · Ross quota |