21.   Elections in France are usually held in two rounds, unless a single party or coalition wins an absolute majority of the votes in the first, qualifying round.

22.   Golkar is set to extend its absolute majority of the House of Representatives, which has little influence on government.

23.   He failed to win an absolute majority, forcing him into a run-off race with Ammiano, a write-in candidate who finished second.

24.   In that vote, the president fell just shy of an absolute majority, forcing a runoff with Toledo.

25.   Incumbents and other major candidates often garner an absolute majority at the October open primary, eliminating the need for a contested general election.

26.   It is certain to be him, even if his party does not have an absolute majority by then.

27.   It has lost its absolute majority in Congress.

28.   Investors had expected the PP to win an absolute majority in the March vote.

29.   It would also gain an absolute majority in the Senate, the Chamber of Deputies and the State Legislature.

30.   Nor had the ruling party ever lost its absolute majority in the Chamber of Deputies.