No single party won enough seats to form a government on its own this time.

That left Gujarat with a hung house — a result where no single party wins enough seats to govern alone.

The Janata Dal, running as the National Front, edged ahead with the most seats, 70 in all.

Its nearest rival, the Bharatiya Janata Party, was close behind with 67 seats.

Support for the party that had led the previous government collapsed this time, opening the field to two newer parties.

57 seats moved from the Indian National Congress to the BJP alone — the largest shift between any two parties that year.

The JD itself was contesting for the first time under that name.

A few numbers from the results stand out.

The tightest finish was Limdi, Gujarat, decided by a margin — how far ahead the winner finished, in votes, over whoever came second — of just 170 votes.

At the other extreme, Kutiyana, Gujarat was the most lopsided contest of the year, won by 74.9% of the vote.

Turnout — the share of registered voters who actually cast a ballot — peaked in Vagra, Gujarat, reaching 72.9%.

Chorasi, Gujarat had the largest electorate of any seat that year, with 4,20,045 people on the rolls.

The coalition strategy that had powered that party's rise in the previous decade had also drawn opposition within the state.