Who Forms the Government in a Hung Assembly: The Governor's Call

In a hung house, the Governor picks who is invited to form the government first, but the Assembly floor decides who survives.

The Sarkaria order of precedence puts pre-poll alliances ahead of the single largest party and post-poll coalitions.

The Bommai verdict made the floor test the only valid test of majority, not the Governor's personal opinion.

Courts have struck down dissolutions and reversed wrong calls, but the Governor still controls timing and sequence.

Watch the pro-tem speaker, the deadline for the trust vote, and whether voting is by show of hands or division.