What is a minority govenment?

Answer 1

A Government that is formed when no single party has won a majority of seats.
Generally 'minority government' refers to an executive branch that does not wield majority power in the legislative branch.

This is seen in three-party countries with parliamentary democracy form of government, where the executive branch is chosen by the party winning the most seats in Parliament. If no party wins a majority, often two parties that are somewhat similar in their goals will unite to pick a government (executive branch) acceptable to both. If there are many parties it may occur that no party or coalition group gains a majority.

It could also refer to the fairly common situation in the US where the president is elected by the voters directly, not selected by the winning legislative party; the president and the congress may be different parties, making it much harder for the president to govern according to his (or his party's) priorities.
A Government that is formed

when no single party has won a majority of seats.

Answer 2

A minorty government is one that does not have majority.

For example, imagine three political parties, A, B and C. An election is held, Party A gets 40% of the votes, Party B gets 30% and Party C also gets 30%.

Party A is therefore elected, but despite winning, only 40% of the voters actually voted for them. They therefore do not have majority. What it means is, it may now be introducing changes to the law, that only 4 out of 10 people in the country supports.

Imagine there were only two parties. If Party A gets 60% and Party B gets 40%. Party A is elected, and has majority, and the things they do (in theory) have the support of 6/10 people in the country.

Answer 3

determined by each state as a % of votes received