It elevated an unknown, unqualified reformer named Jimmy Carter to president and produced 61 Democratic seats in the Senate along with a Democratic House majority of two-thirds.
The process of choosing a new pope involves cardinals from across the world gathering in Rome where they will then carry out a series of secret ballots until one of their number receives a majority of two-thirds of the votes.
Among its nine initiatives, California offered a proposition that could reduce government gridlock by lowering the minimum needed for the legislature to approve a state budget, making it a simple majority instead of a two-thirds majority.
Californians also voted to let their state legislature pass budgets with a simple majority, instead of a two-thirds majority, while keeping a two-thirds requirement for any tax increase.
The amendment received the support of a majority, though it fell short of the two-thirds majority required for constitutional changes.
He could revive a proposal the king firmly rejected some weeks ago: to form a new government based on an absolute majority instead of the required two-thirds majority.
To do so, they must win either a majority of votes overall or take a two-thirds majority in three out of the 18 provinces.
Any amendment requires the approval of three-quarters of the states, plus a two-thirds majority in both houses of Congress.
Most crucially, it has still not been decided whether the two-thirds majority required for a conviction means two-thirds of the 24 Senate seats (two of which are vacant), or two-thirds of the 22 sitting senators, a distinction that could be critical.
Normally, a majority vote - two-thirds of the vote - would be enough to elect the president.
Parliament could be dissolved early only if no government could be formed within 14 days of a simple majority vote of no confidence, or if two-thirds of MPs voted to trigger a general election.
The bill also sets out that Parliament could be dissolved early only if no government could be formed within 14 days of a simple majority vote of no confidence, or if two-thirds of MPs voted to trigger a general election.
Gender equality in education is a major global concern, but despite commitments to international gender goals, the majority of out-of-school children, and two-thirds of illiterate adults are female.
Analysts say that though chances of an opposition victory are slim, it may extend its 2008 electoral gains when it wrested 82 of 222 seats in Parliament, leaving the ruling front short of a two-thirds majority for the first time and won five of Malaysia's 13 states.
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The defense authorization bill flopped with a 240-156 vote, 24 short of the two-thirds majority required to override a veto.
Electronic signature legislation, which would put electronic signatures on legal par with written signatures, failed in the House this week when a 234-122 vote fell four votes shy of the two-thirds majority needed for approval.
The most popular candidate, former trade unionist and ex-Senate speaker, Franco Marini, fell well short of the two-thirds majority needed.
The first vote will be held that afternoon, and then continue over the following days until one of the contenders gains the two-thirds majority that means he is elected head of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics.
But, because of the highly cautious structures of the established Church, a two-thirds majority was needed in all three houses of its General Synod to effect change.
Declaring a state of war in Macedonia would need more than two-thirds majority approval -- or 81 of parliament's 120 deputies.
According to the Italian Constitution, a two-thirds majority of the electors is needed in the first three rounds of voting.
The vast majority of English learners, more than two-thirds at the elementary school level, were born in the United States.
Appointed usually for nine years, ICC judges must be elected by a two-thirds majority of the court's 108 member states.
However, the motion, which needed a two-thirds majority of delegates, passed comfortably.
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He blamed a "handful of votes amongst the laity" for the failure to secure the requisite two-thirds majority in each house of the tricameral legislative body.
In addition to giving the legislature's upper house this direct role in treaty-making, the Framers enshrined in the Constitution a high threshold for such consent: Not just a simple majority but fully two-thirds of the Senate must give their approval for any treaty to be ratified.
The measure to allow women to be bishops passed in the synod's Houses of Bishops and Clergy on 20 November, but failed to gain the required two-thirds majority in the House of Laity.
The bill fell one vote shy of the two-thirds majority an amendment to the Constitution requires.
Mr Orban has been able to push through changes because of the two-thirds majority that Fidesz and its allies enjoy in parliament.
With population growth and urbanization continuing, disenfranchisement can only increase unless new seats are created, which would require the support of a two-thirds majority in parliament.
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