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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Before hearing the poll results, Mr Major and Mr Kinnock voiced their confidence that they would win with an overall majority .
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If Labour took all 42, it would still be 13 seats short of an overall majority .
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Ladbrokes are offering 55-1 against Party Politics winning today and Labour having an overall majority in the election.
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More than double, 65 percent, would prefer the Tories or Labour to have an overall majority .
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The Conservatives won 330 seats, against 287 for Labour, and an overall majority of 30.
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The government was elected in October 1974 with an overall majority of three.
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The Tories therefore would fall 12 seats short of an overall majority .
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To have an overall majority a party needs to win 326 seats.