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      Dilma has a majority in the Chamber of Deputies. Aécio, not yet.

      President Dilma's coalition elected 304 deputies, while Aécio Neves' (PSDB) group elected 128; "It's not a 3/5 majority, which guarantees the approval of constitutional amendments without negotiation with the opposition, but it's enough to approve bills and provisional measures," observes Tereza Cruvinel on her blog on 247; the columnist points out that even if all the parties in the coalition led by Marina Silva's PSB support Aécio in the second round and come to support a possible government led by the PSDB candidate, he would still have a parliamentary base of 180 deputies, "which would continue to require negotiations to expand it, attracting parties that currently support Dilma"; read the full article.

      President Dilma's coalition elected 304 deputies, while Aécio Neves' (PSDB) group elected 128; "It's not a 3/5 majority, which guarantees the approval of constitutional amendments without negotiation with the opposition, but it's enough to approve bills and provisional measures," observes Tereza Cruvinel, in her blog on 247; the columnist points out that, even if all the parties in the coalition led by Marina Silva's PSB support Aécio in the second round and come to support a possible government of the PSDB candidate, he would still have a parliamentary base of 180 deputies, "which would continue to require negotiations to expand it, attracting parties that currently support Dilma"; read the full article (Photo: Gisele Federicce)

      247 - The coalition supporting President Dilma Rousseff, who is running for reelection, was the only one to obtain an absolute majority of seats in the Chamber of Deputies (50% plus one, or more than 257 votes) in Sunday's elections. Together, the parties elected 304 federal deputies.

      On the other hand, Aécio Neves' (PSDB) coalition elected 128 deputies in the first round, "which will require him, if elected president, to do a lot of negotiation to at least double his support base with the entry of other parties into the government," observes Tereza Cruvinel, in a new column published in her blog no. 247.

      Tereza points out that even if all the parties in the coalition led by Marina Silva's PSB support Aécio in the second round and go on to support a potential government led by the PSDB candidate, he would still have a parliamentary base of 180 deputies, "which would still require negotiations to expand it, attracting parties that currently support Dilma."

      The journalist also believes that the increased fragmentation of political parties in the Chamber of Deputies, from 22 to 28 parties, was "one of the most harmful results of the election." She says governments will be forced to negotiate more to form a majority coalition, and "the parliamentary process also becomes more complicated, with difficulties in reaching agreements and voting on legislation."

      Read the full article at Dilma's coalition wins majority in the Chamber of Deputies: 304 representatives.