Power in the territory changed hands again, and this time it went to a clear winner.

The Indian National Congress won 20 of the 30 seats on offer, a landslide by any measure.

That gave it 4 seats more than the 16-seat mark needed for a majority.

Its nearest rival, the Peoples Conference, won 8 seats.

The outgoing government's own support fell away almost entirely.

The previous election's leading party, the People's Conference, collapsed.

3 parties ended up winning seats that year, with a further 2 going to independents.

1 seat was won without a contest — an unopposed return, where only one candidate stood, so no vote was needed to decide it.

A few numbers from that election stand out.

The tightest race of the night was in Aizawal North, Mizoram, decided by a margin — how far ahead the winner finished, in votes, over whoever came second — of just 2 votes.

At the other end, Phuldungsei, Mizoram saw the widest margin of the night, with the winner ahead by 19.5% of the vote.

About 87.5% of registered voters turned out to cast a ballot in Kawnpui, Mizoram, the highest of any seat in the territory that year.

The most crowded ballot was in Sangau, Mizoram, where 9 candidates stood.

This election was still held under the union territory arrangement Mizoram had operated under since it began.