CFR > Title 29 - Labor > SUBTITLE B—Regulations Relating to Labor > CHAPTER IV—OFFICE OF LABOR-MANAGEMENT STANDARDS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (parts 401 to 471) > SUBCHAPTER A—LABOR-MANAGEMENT STANDARDS (parts 401 to 453) > PART 452—GENERAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE ELECTION PROVISIONS OF THE LABOR-MANAGEMENT REPORTING AND DISCLOSURE ACT OF 1959 > SUBPART I—Election Procedures; Rights of Members (§452.96 to §452.134) > 452.117—Majority of votes not required for election.

452.117—Majority of votes not required for election.

A labor organization may by its constitution and bylaws provide for the election of the candidate who receives the greatest number of votes, although he does not have a majority of all the votes cast. Alternatively, it may provide that where no candidate receives a majority of all the votes cast, a run-off election be held between the two candidates having the highest vote. Similarly, a labor organization conducting an election to choose five members of an executive board may designate as elected from among all the nominees the five candidates who receive the highest vote.