The party that had lost power at the previous election won it back.

The Indian National Congress won 62 of the 117 seats on offer.

That was on 35.8% of the vote share — the slice of all ballots cast that went to one party or candidate.

The Shiromani Akali Dal followed with 41 seats.

This was a sharp reversal from the previous election.

It went from 14 seats then to 62 now.

That was a gain of 48 seats since the previous election.

Turnout — the share of registered voters who actually cast a ballot — slipped -2.6 pp from the previous election.

A few numbers from the results stand out on their own.

The tightest finish of the election came at Mansa, Punjab, decided by a margin of just 44 votes — how far ahead the winner finished, in votes, over whoever came second.

Patiala Town, Punjab saw the widest margin of the election, with the winner finishing 53.5% of the vote ahead of the runner-up.

Ludhiana Rural, Punjab was the state's largest constituency by registered voters, with 3,54,861 names on its rolls.

Ludhiana Rural, Punjab drew the most crowded field of the election, with 16 candidates on the ballot.

The contest that year also drew a notable number of independent candidates outside the main parties.

9 of them won seats in their own right.