The largest party held its position again, extending a run that stretched back years, in a hung house.

The Indian National Congress won 24 seats.

That was 2 more than at the last election.

Its vote share — the slice of all ballots cast that went to one party or candidate — edged up +2.0 pp.

By now, the largest party's hold on first place had become a genuine pattern.

It has now finished first in 4 elections in a row.

The runner-up had a rougher time: the biggest flip of the election sent seats from Hill People Union to Independent.

6 seats shifted that way.

A few numbers from this election are worth knowing on their own.

The tightest race was Nongshken, Meghalaya, decided by a margin — how far ahead the winner finished, in votes, over whoever came second — of just 45 votes.

The most one-sided contest was Rongchugiri, Meghalaya, won by 37.1% of the vote.

Turnout — the share of registered voters who actually cast a ballot — was highest in Nongbah-Wahiajer, Meghalaya, at 91.6%.

The field kept fragmenting further: HPSD, AHLC(AM), MPP, and PDI all won seats in the assembly for the very first time this election.

Regional parties kept forming through these years; one of the oldest had been contesting since the state's first election.