Three-fifths of the members elected is the quorum necessary for passage or concurrence in either house of any fiscal bill.

The meeting proceeded immediately to business, there being at least 60 subscribers present fulfilling the necessary quorum.

Turnout was quite high; on 12 June 2011, turnout had reached 11.64% at midday, and 30.32% at 19.00, indicating that the necessary quorum would likely be reached.

He forced a new constitution through parliament without a reading and without the necessary quorum.

With a turnout of 23.31% / 23.84%, the referendums did not reach the necessary quorum of 50% voters, so were not valid.

The necessary quorum of 33.3 percent "was narrowly missed," he said.

During the 2011 Wisconsin protests, fourteen Democratic members of the Wisconsin Senate went to Illinois in order to bust the necessary 20-member quorum.

At that point, the March 13 assembly ended, in part because the necessary quorum was no longer present.

A new assembly was convened for April 11, 2012, but this one did not achieve the necessary quorum for action.

Although the necessary quorum of delegates was not reached, Gongarad Nkoua chose to withdraw at that point in favor of Bokamba-Yangouma.