Building a coalition isn't purely about mathematics.
Numbers do not make a government: their mandate to rule does. Just remember Pedro Sanchez in Spain who became Prime Minister in June 2018 despite his party holding only 84 seats. Almost a year passed before he went to the polls to cement his mandate.
....Nor is it purely about policy.
Governments aren't always composed of ideological bedfellows. Just look at Israel, where . . .
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