plurality

Noun

• (in an election with more than 2 options) the number of votes for the candidate or party receiving the greatest number (but less that half of the votes)

• a large indefinite number
  • a battalion of ants
    
  • a multitude of TV antennas
    
  • a plurality of religions
    

• the state of being plural
  • to mark plurality, one language may add an extra syllable to the word whereas another may simply change the vowel in the existing final syllable
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  relative majority , battalion , large number , multitude , pack