No single party could govern Maharashtra on its own after this election, and Congress, which had long governed the state, saw its own seat count collapse.

The Janata Party topped the poll with 99 of the 288 seats — short of a majority, a hung result.

The Indian National Congress fell to just 69 seats.

This was also the first election held on an enlarged map of constituencies across the state.

The change followed a delimitation — the official redrawing of constituency boundaries, which happens every so often as India's population shifts.

The number of seats in the assembly grew from 270 to 288.

The party that won hadn't even existed at the previous election, going from 0 seats to 99.

A few numbers from the count stand out.

The closest race: Hadgaon, Maharashtra was decided by just 6 votes — the margin, how far ahead the winner finished, in votes, over whoever came second.

At Ralegaon, Maharashtra, the winner's margin was the widest of the year, 71.4% of the vote.

Turnout was highest at Kagal, Maharashtra, where 83.7% of registered voters turned out to cast a ballot.

It was lowest at Kaij, Maharashtra, where just 39.1% of voters cast a ballot.

This election took place against a very different national political backdrop than the ones before it.