a) How many seats are needed for getting a majority to form the government in the state?

Question

After an election, different political parties got seats as shown below: 

Answer the following questions based on the above information. 

a) How many seats are needed for getting a majority to form the government in the state?

b) Which one emerged as the single largest party?

c) If you were the Governor, which party would you call first to form the government?

d) Can the single largest party form the government here? If not, what can be the alternatives to form the government?

Answer 1

a. To form the government in any state a political party should have more than 50% of the total seats. So in this state, more than 125 seats are needed.

b. Party B emerged as the single largest party.

c. If I am a governor, I would call party B to form the government and say to them to show their majority in a given time.

d. The coalition government is the alternative form.