A new party leads, short of a majority
What happened
A different party now led the state's largest bloc of seats, though once again no single party could govern on its own.
Indian National Congress won 82 seats — short of the 145-seat majority mark.
Its ally in the Democratic Front, the Nationalist Congress Party, added 62 more — together just short of the 145-seat mark.
What changed
This was also the first election held after delimitation — the official redrawing of constituency boundaries, which happens every so often as India's population shifts.
INC took 82 seats this time, up from 69 in the previous election.
NCP led the state after the last election; this time it took 62 seats, second behind INC.
Notable numbers
A few numbers from the results stand out on their own.
The closest race: Kankavli, Maharashtra was decided by just 34 votes — the smallest margin, how far ahead the winner finished, in votes, over whoever came second, of any seat that year.
At the other extreme, Bhokar, Maharashtra was won by a margin of 70.9% of the vote — the widest of the election.
Turnout — the share of registered voters who actually cast a ballot — peaked in Karvir, Maharashtra, at 83.8%.
The single biggest electorate was Chinchwad, Maharashtra, with 3,91,857 registered voters.
The backdrop
The results continued to reflect the state's fragmented, multi-party landscape, familiar from recent elections.