Majority Party
Majority Party: A political party that receives a minimum percentage of the total vote in a jurisdiction or has sufficient strength to win control of a…
Definition
A political party that receives a minimum percentage of the total vote in a jurisdiction or has sufficient strength to win control of a government or constitute the principal opposition to the winning party.
Alternative Definitions
- Definition 2
This term has no uniform definition. The “po litical party to which the incumbent Governor belongs, if the incumbent Governor is a member of a principal political party. If the incumbent Governor is not a member of one of the two pr incipal political parties, ‘majority party’ means the principal political party whose candidate for Governor received the highest number of votes of any party candidate at the last preced ing general election.” Md. Election Code Ann. §1-101(cc). “[T]he political party whose member s hold the largest number of seats in the combined houses of the general assembly.” Tenn. Code §2-1-104(11). The party “whose candidates were elected to a majority of the c onstitutional offices of this state in the last preceding general election.” Ark. Code §7-1-101(13). Cf. MINORITY PARTY.