Language: C++

#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <algorithm>

int main()
{
    int n;
    std::cin >> n;
    n /= 2;

    std::vector<int> e(n);
    std::vector<int> o(n);

    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
        std::cin >> e[i];
        std::cin >> o[i];
    }

    std::sort(std::begin(e), std::end(e));
    std::sort(std::begin(o), std::end(o));

    int es = 0;
    std::vector<std::pair<int, int>> emode;
    for (int i = 1; i < n; i++) {
        if (e[i-1] != e[i]) {
            emode.push_back(std::make_pair(i-1-es, e[i-1]));
            es = i;
        }
    }

    es = 0;
    std::vector<std::pair<int, int>> omode;
    for (int i = 1; i < n; i++) {
        if (o[i-1] != o[i]) {
            omode.push_back(std::make_pair(i-1-es, o[i-1]));
            es = i;
        }
    }

    std::sort(std::begin(emode), std::end(emode), std::greater<int>());
    std::sort(std::begin(omode), std::end(omode), std::greater<int>());

    int ans = 0;

    if (emode[0].first != omode[0].first) {
        ans = (n - emode[0].second) + (n - omode[0].second);
    }
    else {
        if (emode.size() == 1 && omode.size() == 1) {
            ans = n;
        }
        else if (emode.size() == 1) {
            ans = (n - emode[0].second) + (n - omode[1].second);
        }
        else if (omode.size() == 1) {
            ans = (n - omode[0].second) + (n - emode[1].second);
        }
        else {
            if (emode[0].second >= omode[0].second) {
                ans = (n - emode[0].second) + (n - omode[1].second);
            } 
            else {
                ans = (n - omode[0].second) + (n - emode[1].second);
            }
        }
    }

    std::cout << ans << std::endl;

    return 0;
}

Compiler output:
In file included from /usr/include/c++/14/bits/stl_algobase.h:71,
                 from /usr/include/c++/14/string:51,
                 from /usr/include/c++/14/bits/locale_classes.h:40,
                 from /usr/include/c++/14/bits/ios_base.h:41,
                 from /usr/include/c++/14/ios:44,
                 from /usr/include/c++/14/ostream:40,
                 from /usr/include/c++/14/iostream:41,
                 from a.cc:1:
/usr/include/c++/14/bits/predefined_ops.h: In instantiation of 'constexpr bool __gnu_cxx::__ops::_Iter_comp_iter<_Compare>::operator()(_Iterator1, _Iterator2) [with _Iterator1 = __gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<std::pair<int, int>*, std::vector<std::pair<int, int> > >; _Iterator2 = __gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<std::pair<int, int>*, std::vector<std::pair<int, int> > >; _Compare = std::greater<int>]':
/usr/include/c++/14/bits/stl_algo.h:1777:14:   required from 'void std::__insertion_sort(_RandomAccessIterator, _RandomAccessIterator, _Compare) [with _RandomAccessIterator = __gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<pair<int, int>*, vector<pair<int, int> > >; _Compare = __gnu_cxx::__ops::_Iter_comp_iter<greater<int> >]'
 1777 |           if (__comp(__i, __first))
      |               ~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/usr/include/c++/14/bits/stl_algo.h:1817:25:   required from 'void std::__final_insertion_sort(_RandomAccessIterator, _RandomAccessIterator, _Compare) [with _RandomAccessIterator = __gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<pair<int, int>*, vector<pair<int, int> > >; _Compare = __gnu_cxx::__ops::_Iter_comp_iter<greater<int> >]'
 1817 |           std::__insertion_sort(__first, __first + int(_S_threshold), __comp);
      |           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/usr/include/c++/14/bits/stl_algo.h:1908:31:   required from 'void std::__sort(_RandomAccessIterator, _RandomAccessIterator, _Compare) [with _RandomAccessIterator = __gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<pair<int, int>*, vector<pair<int, int> > >; _Compare = __gnu_cxx::__ops::_Iter_comp_iter<greater<int> >]'
 1908 |           std::__final_insertion_sort(__first, __last, __comp);
      |           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/usr/include/c++/14/bits/stl_algo.h:4805:18:   required from 'void std::sort(_RAIter, _RAIter, _Compare) [with _RAIter = __gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<pair<int, int>*, vector<pair<int, int> > >; _Compare = greater<int>]'
 4805 |       std::__sort(__first, __last, __gnu_cxx::__ops::__iter_comp_iter(__comp));
      |       ~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
a.cc:40:14:   required from here
   40 |     std::sort(std::begin(emode), std::end(emode), std::greater<int>());
      |     ~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/usr/include/c++/14/bits/predefined_ops.h:158:30: error: no match for call to '(std::greater<int>) (std::pair<int, int>&, std::pair<int, int>&)'
  158 |         { return bool(_M_comp(*__it1, *__it2)); }
      |                       ~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In file included from /usr/include/c++/14/string:49:
/usr/include/c++/14/bits/stl_function.h:394:7: note: candidate: 'constexpr bool std::greater<_Tp>::operator()(const _Tp&, const _Tp&) const [with _Tp = int]'
  394 |       operator()(const _Tp& __x, const _Tp& __y) const
      |       ^~~~~~~~
/usr/include/c++/14/bits/stl_function.h:394:29: note:   no known conversion for argument 1 from 'std::pair<int, int>' to 'const int&'
  394 |       operator()(const _Tp& __x, const _Tp& __y) const
      |                  ~~~~~~~~~~~^~~
/usr/include/c++/14/bits/predefined_ops.h: In instantiation of 'bool __gnu_cxx::__ops::_Val_comp_iter<_Compare>::operator()(_Value&, _Iterator) [with _Value = std::pair<int, int>; _Iterator = __gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<std::pair<int, int>*, std::vector<std::pair<int, int> > >; _Compare = std::greater<int>]':
/usr/include/c++/14/bits/stl_algo.h:1757:20:   required from 'void std::__unguarded_linear_insert(_RandomAccessIterator, _Compare) [with _RandomAccessIterator = __gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<pair<int, int>*, vector<pair<int, int> > >; _Compare = __gnu_cxx::__ops::_Val_comp_iter<greater<int> >]'
 1757 |       while (__comp(__val, __next))
      |              ~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/usr/include/c++/14/bits/stl_algo.h:1785:36:   required from 'void std::__insertion_sort(_RandomAccessIterator, _RandomAccessIterator, _Compare) [with _RandomAccessIterator = __gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<pair<int, int>*, vector<pair<int, int> > >; _Compare = __gnu_cxx::__ops::_Iter_comp_iter<greater<int> >]'
 1785 |             std::__unguarded_linear_insert(__i,
      |             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~
 1786 |                                 __gnu_cxx::__ops::__val_comp_iter(__comp));
      |                                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/usr/include/c++/14/bits/stl_algo.h:1817:25:   required from 'void std::__final_insertion_sort(_RandomAccessIterator, _RandomAccessIterator, _Compare) [with _RandomAccessIterator = __gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<pair<int, int>*, vector<pair<int, int> > >; _Compare = __gnu_cxx::__ops::_Iter_comp_iter<greater<int> >]'
 1817 |           std::__insertion_sort(__first, __first + int(_S_threshold), __comp);
      |           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/usr/include/c++/14/bits/stl_algo.h:1908:31:   required from 'void std::__sort(_RandomAccessIterator, _RandomAccessIterator, _Compare) [with _RandomAccessIterator = __gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<pair<int, int>*, vector<pair<int, int> > >; _Compare = __gnu_cxx::__ops::_Iter_comp_iter<greater<int> >]'
 1908 |           std::__final_insertion_sort(__first, __last, __comp);
      |           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/usr/include/c++/14/bits/stl_algo.h:4805:18:   required from 'void std::sort(_RAIter, _RAIter, _Compare) [with _RAIter = __gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<pair<int, int>*, vector<pair<int, int> > >; _Compare = greater<int>]'
 4805 |       std::__sort(__first, __last, __gnu_cxx::__ops::__iter_comp_iter(__comp));
      |       ~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
a.cc:40:14:   required from here
   40 |     std::sort(std::begin(emode), std::end(emode), std::greater<int>());
      |     ~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/usr/include/c++/14/bits/predefined_ops.h:240:30: error: no match for call to '(std::greater<int>) (std::pair<int, int>&, std::pair<int, int>&)'
  240 |         { return bool(_M_comp(__val, *__it)); }
      |                       ~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/usr/include/c++/14/bits/stl_function.h:394:7: note: candidate: 'constexpr bool std::greater<_Tp>::operator()(const _Tp&, const _Tp&) const [with _Tp = int]'
  394 |       operator()(const _Tp& __x, const _Tp& __y) const
      |       ^~~~~~~~
/usr/include/c++/14/bits/stl_function.h:394:29: note:   no known conversion for argument 1 from 'std::pair<int, int>' to 'const int&'
  394 |       operator()(const _Tp& __x, const _Tp& __y) const
      |                  ~~~~~~~~~~~^~~
/usr/include/c++/14/bits/predefined_ops.h: In instantiation of 'bool __gnu_cxx::__ops::_Iter_comp_val<_Compare>::operator()(_Iterator, _Value&) [with _Iterator = __gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<std::pair<int, int>*, std::vector<std::pair<int, int> > >; _Value = std::pair<int, int>; _Compare = std::greater<int>]':
/usr/include/c++/14/bits/stl_heap.h:140:48:   required from 'void std::__push_heap(_RandomAccessIterator, _Distance, _Distance, _Tp, _Compare&) [with _RandomAccessIterator = __gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<pair<int, int>*, vector<pair<int, int> > >; _Distance = long int; _Tp = pair<int, int>; _Compare = __gnu_cxx::__ops::_Iter_comp_val<greater<int> >]'
  140 |       while (__holeIndex > __topIndex && __comp(__first + __parent, __value))
      |                                          ~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/usr/include/c++/14/bits/stl_heap.h:247:23:   required from 'void std::__adjust_heap(_RandomAccessIterator, _Distance, _Distance, _Tp, _Compare) [with _RandomAccessIterator = __gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<pair<int, int>*, vector<pair<int, int> > >; _Distance = long int; _Tp = pair<int, int>; _Compare = __gnu_cxx::__ops::_Iter_comp_iter<greater<int> >]'
  247 |       std::__push_heap(__first, __holeIndex, __topIndex,
      |       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  248 |                        _GLIBCXX_MOVE(__value), __cmp);
      |                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/usr/include/c++/14/bits/stl_heap.h:356:22:   required from 'void std::__make_heap(_RandomAccessIterator, _RandomAccessIterator, _Compare&) [with _RandomAccessIterator = __gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<pair<int, int>*, vector<pair<int, int> > >; _Compare = __gnu_cxx::__ops::_Iter_comp_iter<greater<int> >]'
  356 |           std::__adjust_heap(__first, __parent, __len, _GLIBCXX_MOVE(__value),
      |           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  357 |                              __comp);
      |                              ~~~~~~~
/usr/include/c++/14/bits/stl_algo.h:1593:23:   required from 'void std::__heap_select(_RandomAccessIterator, _RandomAccessIterator, _RandomAccessIterator, _Compare) [with _RandomAccessIterator = __gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<pair<int, int>*, vector<pair<int, int> > >; _Compare = __gnu_cxx::__ops::_Iter_comp_iter<greater<int> >]'
 1593 |       std::__make_heap(__first, __middle, __comp);
      |       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/usr/include/c++/14/bits/stl_algo.h:1868:25:   required from 'void std::__partial_sort(_RandomAccessIterator, _RandomAccessIterator, _RandomAccessIterator, _Compare) [with _RandomAccessIterator = __gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<pair<int, int>*, vector<pair<int, int> > >; _Compare = __gnu_cxx::__ops::_Iter_comp_iter<greater<int> >]'
 1868 |       std::__heap_select(__first, __middle, __last, __comp);
      |       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/usr/include/c++/14/bits/stl_algo.h:1884:27:   required from 'void std::__introsort_loop(_RandomAccessIterator, _RandomAccessIterator, _Size, _Compare) [with _RandomAccessIterator = __gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<pair<int, int>*, vect