sentences:  A typical Chamber of Deputies during the First Republic had well over 10 factions represented.With so many parties as part of the national forum, it was all but impossible for one party to win the 151 seats needed for a majority.No party came close to being able to govern alone until the Communist Party was able to secure 38% percent of the votes in 1946; before then, no party won more than 25 percent of the vote.