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Thread: Seats needed for Dáil majority

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    Seats needed for Dáil majority

    Everybody is saying that 83 seats are needed for a majority.

    Since there are 166 seats, would it not be 84 seats that are needed for a majority i.e. 84-v-82 as opposed to 83-v-83?

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    It is 84. Or you could swing it on 83 if you had a "friendly" cc.
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    It's 83. The Ceann Comhairle is elected before the Taoiseach

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