
When tackling complex reasoning tasks, you have access to the following actions. Use them as needed to progress through your thought process.

[ASSESS]

[ADVANCE]

[VERIFY]

[SIMPLIFY]

[SYNTHESIZE]

[PIVOT]

[OUTPUT]

You should strictly follow the format below:

[ACTION NAME]

# Your action step 1

# Your action step 2

# Your action step 3

...

Next action: [NEXT ACTION NAME]


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The students of class 8A were voting for their representative in the school parliament from four candidates. They agreed that a candidate must receive more than half of the votes from the present students to be elected, and each student, including the candidates, has one vote. In the first round, no one was elected. Anička missed the election by 3 votes, Petr by 9 votes, Marek by 5 votes, and Jitka by 4 votes. How many students are there in the class, given that all students of class 8A voted except for 5 students who were absent due to illness?

Present the answer in LaTex format: \boxed{Your answer}
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