Telangana held its own newly merged assembly election, and Congress won it in a landslide.

The Indian National Congress took 68 of the 105 seats on offer.

It polled 47.4% of the vote share — the slice of all ballots cast that went to one party or candidate.

Its nearest rival was the Peoples Democratic Front, a new front making its debut here, with 22 seats.

This vote covered only the newly merged Telangana region, not the whole of Andhra Pradesh.

Some of its constituencies used a multi-member design, where the same contest sent more than one MLA to the assembly.

20 of the 85 constituencies worked this way.

Congress had now won 2 elections in a row here, counting this one.

A few numbers from that election stand out.

The closest race of the election was in Alampur, Andhra Pradesh, decided by just 78 votes — the margin, how far ahead the winner finished, in votes, over whoever came second.

At the other extreme, Sultan Bazar, Andhra Pradesh saw the widest margin of the contest, with the winner ahead by 59.7% of the vote.

Turnout was highest in Madhira, Andhra Pradesh, where 77.5% of registered voters turned out to cast a ballot.

Nagarkurnool, Andhra Pradesh was the largest constituency by registered voters, with 1,17,388 names on the electoral roll.

This vote followed directly from Andhra Pradesh's own formation, when Telangana joined with the rest of the state.