Republicans need a gain of 39 seats to win back control of the House and a pickup of 10 seats to regain a majority in the Senate.

共和党人需要增加39席才能赢得众议院多数，赢得参议院多数则需要增加10个席位。

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For his part, Mr Chávez claims that if the opposition were to gain a majority in the assembly, this would "accelerate the destabilisation of the country".

而对查韦斯来说，他表示如果反对派赢得议会的多数，这将加速国家的混乱。

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This promises to bring more pain for the LDP.The LDP and New Komeito will need to boost their joint tally of seats by 19 just to gain a majority in the chamber.

这预示着自民党会承受更多的伤痛。它与公明党必须使二者的联合席位数量增加19席，才能刚好在议院中赢得大多数席位。

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Republicans would need a 40-seat gain in November to take back majority control in the U.S.House of Representatives.

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

The PPP will gain a majority in the upper house, enabling it to block legislation for years to come.

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Whether the vote comes Tuesday or Wednesday, the proposal is expected to gain a majority of senators, but not reach the 60-vote threshold.

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Despite his victory in the presidential race, his National Action Party failed to gain a majority in the congressional elections and did even worse in last summer's elections at mid-term.

ECONOMIST: Mexico and the United States