A brand-new party swept to power, ending Congress's uninterrupted hold on the state assembly.

The Janata Party won 75 of the 90 seats on offer, a landslide by any measure.

That was 29 seats more than it needed for a majority.

The nearest tally behind it came from Independent candidates, who won 7 seats between them.

This was also the first election held under an enlarged assembly, after delimitation — the official redrawing of constituency boundaries, which happens every so often as India's population shifts — added new seats.

Haryana's assembly grew from 81 seats to 90.

The party that won hadn't even existed at the previous election, going from 0 seats to 75.

A few numbers from the results are worth knowing on their own.

The closest race was in Rewari, Haryana, decided by a margin — how far ahead the winner finished, in votes, over whoever came second — of just 86 votes.

At the other extreme, Assandh, Haryana saw the widest margin of the night, with the winner ahead by 59.9% of the vote.

Turnout — the share of registered voters who actually cast a ballot — peaked in Chhachhrauli, Haryana, reaching 74.3%.

Jatusana, Haryana had the largest number of registered voters of any seat that year, at 81,681.

This bigger assembly followed a nationwide redrawing of constituency boundaries.