Central Idea

In a very rare event, the Parliament passed the women’s reservation bill with a near-unanimous 2/3^rd Majority Votes.
Rajya Sabha gave the green light in an absolute majority vote.
In Lok Sabha, 454 members voted in favour of the bill that seeks to reserve one-third of seats to women in central and state legislatures.

Types of Majority Votes

	Description	Examples of Use
Absolute Majority	More than 50% of the total membership of the house.	Formation of government at the Center and States.
Effective Majority	More than 50% of the effective strength of the house (total strength minus vacancies).	Removal of Vice-president in RS, Speaker/Deputy Speaker removal.
Simple Majority	More than 50% of the members present and voting.	Passing Ordinary/Money/Financial bills, Confidence Motion, etc.
Special Majority	All majorities other than absolute, effective, or simple majority.	Constitutional amendment bills, National emergency approval, etc.
Types of Special Majority:
Article 249	2/3rd members present and voting.	Empowering Parliament to make laws in the state list.
Article 368	2/3rd members present and voting + more than 50% of the total strength of the house.	Constitutional amendment bills not affecting federalism.
Article 368 + State Ratification	2/3rd members present and voting + more than 50% of state legislatures by a simple majority.	Constitutional amendment bills affecting federalism.
Article 61	2/3rd members of the total strength of the house.	Impeachment of the Indian President.