Manipur's newest party holds on to power
What happened
No party came close to a majority — a hung house, where no single party wins enough seats to govern alone.
Manipur State Congress Party won 23 of the 60 seats, the most of any party but short of a majority.
Indian National Congress finished second, with 11 seats.
What changed
The party with the most seats was contesting under its own name for the first time, in an assembly split many ways.
It won just 23 seats itself, in a field where 11 different parties took at least one seat each.
About 89.0% of registered voters turned out to cast a ballot, little changed from the previous election.
Notable numbers
A few numbers from the count stand out.
The closest race, Tipaimukh, Manipur, was decided by a margin of just 14 votes — how far ahead the winner finished, in votes, over whoever came second.
At Keirao, Manipur, 95.7% of registered voters turned out — the highest of any seat that year.
Chingai, Manipur saw the lowest turnout, just 56.1% of registered voters casting a ballot.
Contests were crowded: an average of 6.7 candidates stood in every seat, 401 in all across the state.
The backdrop
Manipur's assembly stayed just as divided as before, with no party able to govern entirely on its own.