But the odds that Labour will get an overall majority are just slightly better than even.
The centre-left failed to gain an overall majority at February's general election despite coming first.
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Without an overall majority, Labour will need the opposition's help to get their budget through the assembly.
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None of them anticipated that Labour would fail to win an overall majority in the Welsh Assembly.
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The legislation is expected to be approved by MSPs without any major issues, given the SNP's overall majority at Holyrood.
In Wales, Labour won 30 assembly seats, one short of the 31 needed to gain an overall majority.
But in 1992, they were way out, some indicating a Labour overall majority and others a hung Parliament.
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To have a strong, viable government Mr Blair could get by with an overall majority of 30-40 seats.
The Conservatives have retained the leadership of Cambridgeshire County Council, despite losing their overall majority in this month's election.
So the UKIP factor threatens to make it harder still for the Conservatives to secure their longed-for overall majority.
Her reward, in stark contrast to his, was an overall majority of 44.
These parties between them are expected to poll well in November's Egyptian parliamentary elections, possibly even achieving an overall majority.
However, the Conservatives failed to win an overall majority and had to work with opposition parties in order to govern.
Without an overall majority in the Senedd, Labour needs help from the opposition benches to get its spending plans approved.
Were the Tories to win a similar share of the vote next month, Labour's overall majority would be over 80.
But the birth of a new electoral alliance on the right could rob him once again of an overall majority.
Without an overall majority, the Labour Welsh government cannot rely on its own members alone to win votes in the chamber.
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That means that if the polls do not turn, Labour could enjoy an overall majority of even more than 289 seats.
If Labour polls 1% more of the popular vote than the Tories on May 1st, it could still have an overall majority.
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Irish voters have not given any party an overall majority since Fianna Fail won 84 seats out of a possible 148 in 1977.
Even though that would give Syriza the winner's bonus of 50 extra seats, it would still fall well short of an overall majority.
Moreover, to win an overall majority, Labour needs a swing of 4.3%, which is higher than it has achieved in any election since 1945.
Results are still coming in from Northern Ireland but the final overall majority for Labour will be 167 compared to 179 after the 1997 election.
If all his supporters voted for his Pheu Thai party then it would almost certainly win the election, even if not with an overall majority.
Yet if opinion polls prove correct, it will be Groundhog day for Canada, with the Conservatives again the largest party but lacking an overall majority.
Suppose, despite present form, Labour falls short of an overall majority.
The new referendum strategy, Mr Swinney reckons, gives the Nationalists the flexibility to get the referendum it wants, if it falls short of an overall majority.
Indeed, because the electoral system for the assembly makes it extremely difficult for any one party to win an overall majority, then every vote really does count.
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It means that the combined vote of Sinn Fein, the Social Democratic and Labour Party and the Alliance Party is one short of the overall majority needed.
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