Indian National Congress held onto power in Mysore's newly enlarged assembly, winning comfortably again.

The INC won 150 of the 208 seats on offer.

That left it 45 seats past what it needed for a majority.

Its nearest rival was once again a scatter of independent candidates, with 35 seats.

This was the first election held on Mysore's enlarged map, after neighbouring Kannada-speaking areas merged into the state.

Delimitation — the official redrawing of constituency boundaries, which happens every so often as India's population shifts — reshaped the assembly ahead of the vote.

It grew from 99 seats to 208.

6 of the new seats were unopposed returns — seats where only one candidate stood, so no vote was needed to decide them.

A few numbers from that first enlarged election stand out.

The closest race: Jewargi, Mysore was decided by a margin — how far ahead the winner finished, in votes, over whoever came second — of just 100.

At the other extreme, the winner in Haveri, Mysore won by 76.2% of the vote over the runner-up.

The largest electorate was in Challakere, Mysore, where 1,13,172 people were registered to vote.

The most crowded contest was in Honnali, Mysore, where 8 candidates stood.

This election followed a major reorganisation of state boundaries across southern India.