The front that had been in opposition returned to power, unseating the government that had led the state.

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) alone won 61 seats — a landslide result — and its LDF front — an alliance, a group of parties that team up to fight an election together, and share power afterward if they win enough seats between them — took 95 seats in all.

Its nearest rival, the Indian National Congress, won only 24 seats — a collapse from the government it had led.

The party now leading the state had held only a small share of seats going into this election.

It went from 23 seats to 61 seats in a single election.

Even so, about 72.3% of registered voters turned out to cast a ballot — almost unchanged, down just -0.1 pp from last time.

A few numbers from this election stand out.

The tightest finish was at Nedumangad, Keralam, decided by just 85 votes — the margin, how far ahead the winner finished, over whoever came second.

The widest margin of the election was at Alathur, Keralam, where the winner finished 42.7% of the vote ahead of the runner-up.

Mankada, Keralam saw the highest turnout of the election — 83.9% of voters cast a ballot.

Nilambur, Keralam had the largest electorate of any seat that year, with 2,03,352 registered voters.

The party now leading the government traces back to the state's first elected administration.