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unusual facts about Majority Rule


Golden Bull of 1356

Secondly, the Bull prescribed that four votes would always suffice to elect a new King; as a result, three Electors could no longer block the election, and the principle of majority voting was explicitly stated for the first time in the Empire.



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Consolidated Gold Fields

This ultimately resulted in the release of Nelson Mandela in 1990 and the handover of power to majority rule: the events are described in the 2009 television film "Endgame".

Devlin Commission

The Devlin Commission was a commission of inquiry set up in 1959 under the chairmanship of Mr. Justice Devlin, later Lord Devlin, after African opposition to the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, particularly its farming and rural conservation policies, and demands for progress towards majority rule promoted by the Nyasaland African Congress under its leader Dr Hastings Banda led to widespread disturbances in Nyasaland and some deaths.

Indian Councils Act 1909

Muslims had expressed serious concern that a ‘first past the post’ British type of electoral system would leave them permanently subject to Hindu majority rule.

Still Sickly Business

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