In this case if 5 thousand people cast their vote, a winning candidate must have collected 2,500 votes plus 1 vote which can be 2,501 votes in order to be declared overall winner.
When a candidate fails to obtain the majority of votes cast, an election re-run will be conducted between the top two contenders.
Take this example, Say we have a situation where there are five votes.
Surely we all agree that 3 out of 5 constitute a simple majority.
However that "50 percent plus one" rule states that three does not suffice!
It says we must have at least 3.5 votes for a majority, and so when fractional votes are impossible then 4 out of 5 are needed to achieve its kind of majority.
The idea is a very slim majority is still a winning majority in some cases.
A 50-50 vote would be a tie, so 50 percent plus 1 would win.
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