A bigger house, a bigger win
What happened
Congress held onto power comfortably, in the first election after the territory became a full state.
The Indian National Congress won 37 of the 60 seats on offer, a landslide by any measure.
That was 6 seats more than the 31-seat mark needed for a majority.
Its closest rival, the Janata Dal, won 11 seats.
What changed
This was the territory's first election as a full state of India, with a much larger assembly to fill.
The house grew from 30 seats to 60.
4 parties ended up winning seats, and 11 more went to independent candidates.
The JD was contesting for the first time, and immediately became the next-largest party.
Notable numbers
A few numbers from the results stand out.
The tightest race of the night was in Nari-Koyu, Arunachal Pradesh, decided by a margin — how far ahead the winner finished, in votes, over whoever came second — of just 6 votes.
At the other end, Tuting-Yingkiong, Arunachal Pradesh saw the widest margin, with the winner ahead by 62.0% of the vote.
Turnout — the share of registered voters who actually cast a ballot — peaked in Lekang, Arunachal Pradesh, at 85.9%.
Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh had the largest electorate of any seat that year, with 28,559 registered voters.
The backdrop
This election followed a major change in the territory's status within India.
Arunachal Pradesh had only recently become a full state of the country.
Arunachal Pradesh became a full state of India on 20 February 1987, ending fifteen years as a Union Territory (renamed from the North-East Frontier Agency in January 1972). The Legislative Assembly's strength rose from 33 to 60 seats, first used in the 1990 general election.