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DEFINITION of 'Voting Shares'. Shares that give the stockholder the right to vote on matters of corporate policy making as well as who will compose the members of the board of directors. (Investopedia)

A controlling interest is an ownership interest in a corporation with enough voting stock shares to prevail in any stockholders' motion. A majority of voting shares (over 50%) is always a controlling interest. When a party holds less than the majority of the voting shares, other present circumstances can be looked at to determine whether that party is still considered to hold a controlling ownership interest. (Wikipedia)

A minority interest, which is also referred to as noncontrolling interest (NCI), is ownership of less than 50% of a company's equity by an investor or another company. For accounting purposes, minority interest is a fractional share of a company amounting to less than 50% of the voting shares. (Investopedia)