Same seats, a new opposition
What happened
Indian National Congress held on to power again, against a brand-new opposition.
The INC won 48 of the 81 seats on offer.
That was 7 seats more than it needed for a majority.
Its nearest rival, the Vishal Haryana Party, took 16 seats and 14.9% of the vote share — the slice of all ballots cast that went to one party.
What changed
INC's own seat count did not move at all between the two elections.
It won 48 seats the first time and 48 again this time.
The independent vote saw a sharp collapse, with 11 of the seats it had won going to the INC instead.
Its vote share still rose, by +2.5 pp, even with an unchanged seat count.
Notable numbers
A few numbers from that election stand out.
The closest race: Gharaunda, Haryana was decided by a margin — how far ahead the winner finished, in votes, over whoever came second — of just 12 votes.
At the other extreme, Naraingarh, Haryana saw the widest margin of the count, with the winner ahead by 49.5% of the vote.
Turnout — the share of registered voters who actually cast a ballot — peaked at Kaithal, Haryana, reaching 70.8% there.
The largest electorate of any seat was at Faridabad, Haryana, where 70,045 voters were registered.
The backdrop
The state's first assembly, elected in 1967, did not run its full course.