Congress's landslide comeback
What happened
Congress kept firm control of the state assembly, extending a dominant run in Maharashtra politics.
The Indian National Congress won 222 of the 270 seats on offer — a landslide result.
That was 86 seats more than it needed for a majority.
The next-largest bloc was Independent candidates, with 23 seats between them.
What changed
This was also Congress's third straight win in Maharashtra, part of a run of victories stretching back to the state's earliest elections.
The party's own seat count climbed from 203 to 222, its best result in the state up to that point.
About 58.5% of registered voters turned out to cast a ballot, a share that slipped slightly from the previous election.
Notable numbers
A few numbers from the count stand out.
The closest race: Adyar, Maharashtra was decided by just 90 votes — the narrowest margin, how far ahead the winner finished, in votes, over whoever came second, of any seat that year.
At the other extreme, Patan, Maharashtra was won by the widest margin of the year, 96.9% of the vote separating the top two finishers.
Turnout ranged widely across the state: Pusad, Maharashtra recorded the highest, at 81.0%.
Gangakhed, Maharashtra recorded the lowest, at just 26.9%.
The backdrop
This election took place early in Maharashtra's history as a state, not long after it was carved out of the old Bombay State.