A hung house, and a new challenger
What happened
No party won a majority this year, leaving a hung house — a result where no single party wins enough seats to govern alone.
The Haryana Vikas Party won 33 of the 90 seats on offer, the most of any single party.
A brand-new party, the Social Action Party, finished close behind with 24 seats in its first election.
What changed
Support scattered across several parties rather than consolidating behind any single winner.
72 of the state's 90 seats changed hands from the previous election.
The single largest movement was 15 seats shifting from the Indian National Congress to the SLAP, the new party that finished as runner-up.
Notable numbers
A few numbers from the results are worth knowing on their own.
The closest race was in Gharaunda, Haryana, decided by a margin — how far ahead the winner finished, in votes, over whoever came second — of just 11 votes, one of the tightest finishes anywhere that year.
At the other extreme, Loharu, Haryana saw the widest margin of the night, with the winner ahead by 44.3% of the vote.
Turnout — the share of registered voters who actually cast a ballot — peaked in Rori, Haryana, reaching 84.0%.
Mewla Maharajpur, Haryana had the largest electorate of any seat that year, with 2,78,786 people on the rolls.
The backdrop
This election also saw new parties enter the state's politics for the first time.
SLAP and AIIC(T) both won seats in Haryana's assembly for the first time this year.