Congress wins again, on new boundaries
What happened
The state's Indian National Congress held on to power again, in another landslide win.
The INC won 203 of the 270 seats on offer.
That was 67 seats more than it needed for a majority.
Its nearest rival this time was the Peasants and Workers Party of India, with just 19 seats.
What changed
This was the first election held on freshly redrawn constituency boundaries.
The redraw is called delimitation — the official redrawing of constituency boundaries, which happens every so often as India's population shifts.
The number of seats in the state assembly grew from 264 to 270.
New parties won seats here for the first time, among them RPI, BJS, and SSP.
Notable numbers
A handful of numbers from that election are worth knowing.
The tightest finish was in Adyar, Maharashtra, decided by a margin — how far ahead the winner finished, in votes, over whoever came second — of just 149 votes.
Even after winning 75.2% of the seats, the INC took only 47.0% of the vote share — the slice of all ballots cast that went to one party or candidate.
Turnout — the share of registered voters who actually cast a ballot — was highest in Aurangabad East, Maharashtra, reaching 92.8%.
The most crowded contest was in Nagpur West, Maharashtra, where 15 candidates were on the ballot.
The backdrop
This election followed the same regional reorganization that had created the state.