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A majority of the votes cast. A safe seat is one that consistently votes for a particular party.
There's no threshold. They just need to get more votes than their opponents.
Navjot Singh Siddhu won the Amritsar Cons. seat
As of the 2006 elections, the US Senate was made up of 49 Democrats, 49 Republicans and two Independents. Both Independents caucus with the Democrats which means the Democrats control the Senate 51 - 49. FYI, the House of Representatives, as of the 2006 elections were made up of 233 Democrats and 202 Republicans, giving the Democrats the control of the House as well...
Lincoln never held a seat in the US Senate, but he ran for it in 1858 against Douglas.
Australia has 13 political parties that either have a seat in the senate or a seat in the house of reps. The biggest party is the Coalition.
Supposing the seat of government was transferred out of Rome, the Senate was reduced to a municipal body.
There were 35 US Senate seats voted upon in the November 2008 elections including 33 normally scheduled seats, 1 seat open by retirement, and 1 seat open due to the death of the seat's previous occupant.
The citizens of the state who vote for the candidate running for the senate seat.
The African American who won the first Senate seat was Hiram Rhoades Revels. He took the seat in 1870 and replaced Jefferson Davis.
Alan Keys
Yes, U.S. senators do not automatically lose their current seat when running for president. However, if they choose to run for president, they can continue serving in the Senate while campaigning. If a senator wins the presidential election, they would then vacate their Senate seat to assume the presidency. If they do not win, they retain their Senate position.