Six years of central rule end at the ballot box
What happened
Jammu & Kashmir held its first assembly election in years, and the state's dominant party returned to power comfortably.
The Jammu & Kashmir National Conference won 57 of the state's 87 seats — a landslide by seat share.
That left it 13 seats clear of the 44-seat majority mark.
Its nearest rival, the Bharatiya Janata Party, took 8 seats.
What changed
The assembly itself grew, and JKN came back far stronger than before.
The chamber grew from 76 to 87 seats.
The JKN won 57 of them, up from 40 last time.
Turnout — the share of registered voters who actually cast a ballot — shifted sharply, by -20.9 pp from the previous election.
Notable numbers
A few numbers from the results stand out.
The closest race was in Nobra, Jammu & Kashmir, decided by a margin — how far ahead the winner finished, in votes, over whoever came second — of just 83.
Turnout peaked in Kargil, Jammu & Kashmir, reaching 79.7%.
Jammu West, Jammu & Kashmir was the largest constituency by registered voters, with 1,15,286 names on the rolls.
The most crowded contest was Kathua, Jammu & Kashmir, where 14 candidates stood.
The backdrop
This was the state's first assembly election since a long spell of central rule.