Presuming we are talking about the United States of America, then the answer is that the House of Representatives decides the election from among the top three candidates in a special vote in which each state delegation gets a single vote. ( The senate then chooses the vice-president.)
The president of the United States is elected to office by the electoral college as opposed to popular vote. Any candidate who wins the presidency has to have a majority of at least 270 electoral votes. If no candidate receives a majority, the election will need to be decided via a procedure outlined in the Twelfth Amendment of the Constitution.
Senate, if I'm correct.
If no candidate for the presidency wins a simple majority of the total number of electoral votes, the decision is made by the U.S. House of Representatives. Each state delegation in the House gets one vote to choose the president from the three candidates with the most electoral votes.
Answer this question… a loss in the popular vote and a majority in the electoral college.
a majority (270)
The Presidency is decided by the House of Representatives.
The candidate who receives a majority of electoral votes (270) wins the Presidency. The number 538 is the sum of the nation's 435 Representatives, 100 Senators, and 3electorsgiven to the District of Columbia. Every four years, voters go to the polls and select a candidate for President and Vice-President.
Congress.
electoral college vote
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The Electoral College
The winning candidate has to have a simple majority of votes from the electoral college. In other words, the candidate will only need to win by ONE electoral vote to become the president. He must receive a simple majority of the 535 votes in the electoral college.