Plurality

The number of votes cast for a winning candidate if the number is not more than one half of the total votes cast. Such a result may only occur if there are more than two candidates running in the given election.

An example of a plurality result: In 1992, William Clinton won the state of Nevada with a plurality of 189,148 votes (37.36%). George H.W. Bush received 175,828 votes (34.73%) and H. Ross Perot received 132,580 votes (26.19%) (See Nevada 1992 Summary Results).