Absolute
- > 50% of total membership of house
- eg. formation of government at center and states
Effective Majority
- > 50% of effective strength of house (total strength - vacancies)
- eg. removal of VP, speaker, deputy speaker
Simple Majority
- more than 50% of members present and voting
- eg. ordinary, money, financial bills, confidence motion
Special Majority
- CAA, National emergency approval etc
Special Majority under Article 249
- 2/3 members present and voting
- empowers Parl to make laws in state list
Special Majority under Article 368
- 2/3 present and voting + more than 50% of total strength of house
- CAA (which don’t affect freedom)
Special Majority under Article 368 + State Ratification
- 2/3 members present and voting + > 50% SLA by simple majority
- CAA affecting federalism
Special Majority under Article 61
- 2/3 member of total strength of house