A change of government
What happened
This election replaced the state's Bharatiya Janata Party with a new one.
The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha won 30 of the 81 seats.
That gave it a clear lead over the BJP, which won 25 seats.
Even so, its own vote share was just 18.7% — the slice of all ballots cast that went to one party or candidate.
What changed
For the first time in this run of elections, BJP lost its lead in seats.
The JMM took over, leading a new alliance — a group of parties that team up to fight an election together and share power afterward.
Its Jharkhand Mahagathbandhan allies reached 47 seats in all.
It also lost despite drawing more of the vote share than the party that replaced it: 33.4% against 18.7%.
Notable numbers
A few numbers from the results stand out on their own.
Simdega, Jharkhand saw the tightest fight of the election, decided by a margin — how far ahead the winner finished, in votes, over whoever came second — of just 285 votes.
Nala, Jharkhand recorded the highest turnout of the election, 78.6% — the share of registered voters who actually cast a ballot.
At the other end, Majhganon, Jharkhand was the widest win of the night, with a margin of 35.9% of the vote.
Bokaro, Jharkhand was the largest constituency by registered voters, with 5,26,660 on its rolls.
The backdrop
A new governing alliance took over after this election.