text: what is the defference between a plurality and a majority vote?   plurality means someone got the most votes with out getting a majority.  majority vote is 50% of te votes cast plus 1.    here's an example of each:  if 100 votes were cast and candidate e got 42 votes, candidate p got 28 votes and candidate z got 30 votes, candidate e would have a victory by plurality.  same race, candidate e gets 51 votes, candidate p gets 26 votes and candidate z gets 23 votes, candidate e wins with a majority of the votes cast.