Congress won a wide majority in Bihar's assembly election.

The Indian National Congress took 196 of the 324 seats on offer, a landslide result with room to spare.

That gave it 33 more seats than it needed for a majority.

Its nearest rival, the Lok Dal, trailed with just 46 seats.

A new opposition party entered Bihar's assembly for the first time this election, finishing as the runner-up.

The LKD became the second-largest party in the house, with 46 seats to its name.

Turnout eased slightly to 55.4% of registered voters casting a ballot, a marginal dip from the previous election.

A few numbers from this result are worth knowing on their own.

The closest race: Tundi, Bihar was decided by just 24 votes — the margin, how far ahead the winner finished, in votes, over whoever came second.

At the other extreme, Shikarpur, Bihar saw the widest margin of the election, with the winner finishing 72.2% of the vote ahead of the runner-up — measured as a share of the vote rather than in votes.

Even with such a wide seat majority, the INC won only 39.3% of the vote share — the slice of all ballots cast that went to one party or candidate.

Atri, Bihar recorded the highest turnout of the election, with 84.9% of registered voters casting a ballot.

Bihar's party landscape was still shifting after the political splits of the previous decade, with several new and renamed parties competing for seats.