One party won more seats than any had before in the state, but came up just short of a majority of its own.

The Indian National Congress won 30 of the 60 seats — its best result yet.

That still fell just short of the 31-seat majority mark — a hung house, where no single party held enough seats to govern alone.

Even with the same party finishing on top, the individual results underneath shifted a great deal from last time.

The single biggest shift sent 9 seats from the Independent to the INC.

Turnout — the share of registered voters who actually cast a ballot — also rose, up +4.9 pp from the previous election.

A few numbers from that election are worth a look on their own.

The tightest race was Moirang, Manipur, decided by a margin — how far ahead the winner finished, in votes, over whoever came second — of just 26 votes.

At the other end, Tamenglong, Manipur was the most one-sided contest, won by 22.9% of the vote.

Turnout peaked in Kangpokpi, Manipur, at 92.7%.

The most crowded ballot was Kumbi, Manipur, where 12 candidates stood.

Turnout in this election was higher than in any before it, up to that point in the state's history.