A narrow change of government
What happened
Power changed hands, though only by a narrow margin.
The Naga People's Front won 26 of the 60 seats.
The Indian National Congress was close behind with 23 seats.
Even so, the runner-up actually won a slightly larger share of the vote — 36.3% against the winner's 33.6%.
What changed
This was a change of government, but a modest one, not a rout.
The NPF had held just 19 seats the previous election; this time it won 26.
The outgoing INC finished second rather than collapsing outright.
7 seats moved directly from the INC to the NPF.
Notable numbers
A few numbers from this election stand out.
The tightest fight was in Tseminyu, Nagaland, decided by just 66 votes — the margin, how far ahead the winner finished, in votes, over whoever came second.
At the other extreme, Northern Angami-Ii, Nagaland was won by 65.1% of the vote over the runner-up — the widest margin of the election, measured as a share of the vote rather than in votes.
Thonoknyu, Nagaland drew the most crowded field of the election, with 9 candidates on the ballot.
Ghaspani-I, Nagaland was the state's largest constituency by registered voters, with 58,926 electors on its rolls.
The backdrop
A new party also broke into the state's assembly for the first time this election.
NCP won a seat in Nagaland for the first time.