They have to win an outright majority of electoral votes to capture the White House.
But preliminary results made it clear that no group will win an outright majority in parliament.
And Mr Guterres's cabinet of relative lightweights cannot rely on an outright majority in parliament.
His party holds an unassailable lead in the opinion polls, yet not enough for an outright majority.
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With the conservatives enjoying an outright majority in both houses, there is little chance of any significant amendments.
This means that Mr Fujimori's original 52-seat minority has been transformed into an outright majority in the 120-seat house.
With no outright majority in the Senedd, the Labour Welsh government will need opposition votes to get the budget approved.
While opinion polls predict that Mr. Sharif's PML-N will garner the most seats, it is unlikely to win an outright majority.
Labour won power at the last assembly election in May 2011, although it fell one seat short of an outright majority.
In the October 2010 elections to succeed President Lula, she narrowly failed to win an outright majority in the first round.
His supporters are hoping that she will fail to win an outright majority next week, forcing a second round of voting.
If he fails to win an outright majority of the vote, the two will square off in a runoff on July 23.
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Yet, despite popular dissatisfaction with New Democracy, the polls suggest that Pasok may not win an outright majority in the 300-seat parliament.
For the first time it won an outright majority of votes to retain its control of Cape Town, the country's second-biggest city.
If no one wins an outright majority on January 16th, the two leading vote-catchers will face a second round on February 6th.
But Miss Megawati's party failed to get an outright majority and her presidential ambitions will also depend on the backing of the army.
This is crucial, because the winning side would then have its tally of seats increased to ensure that it had an outright majority.
In 1955 the Tories won an outright majority of seats and votes in Scotland, the only party that has done so since the war.
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But he said exit polls showed he would win an outright majority, enabling him to avoid a runoff and urge opposition leaders to work with him.
Artur Mas has repeatedly cited Scotland in his campaign, calling for an outright majority like that enjoyed by the SNP to ensure that a referendum happens.
If Mr Kan were forced into a new general election, analysts say it is likely that neither the DPJ nor the LDP would win an outright majority.
The presidential election in Cyprus will go to a second round on 24 February after frontrunner Nicos Anastasiades fell short of the 50% needed for an outright majority.
After the last general election, he wangled a deal with the winning Social Democrats, led by Milos Zeman, who had failed to secure an outright majority in parliament.
But it could draw enough voters away from Chancellor Angela Merkel's center-right coalition to force her into an alliance with the opposition or give the opposition an outright majority.
If his party cannot garner an outright majority, its likely coalition partner is Labour, the traditional third party of Irish politics which may just pip Fianna Fail this time around.
The vote went to a run-off after the Mr Kufuor established a clear lead in the first round earlier in December - 48% to Mr Mills's 41% - but failed to secure an outright majority.
Even if his PML-N does not have an outright majority, its projected margin of victory suggests it will be in a much stronger position than the PPP was at the head of the outgoing coalition.
Russia received nine votes in the first round of voting and an outright majority of 13 in the second round, while Qatar obtained an outright majority of 14 in the fourth round of voting for 2022.
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