The first repeat government
What happened
One party won again, even though its nearest rival out-polled it in vote share.
The Shiromani Akali Dal won 56 seats on its own, short of a majority.
The Indian National Congress took a larger 40.1% of the vote share — the slice of all ballots cast that went to one party or candidate.
What changed
The governing partnership held on to power for a second election in a row.
The SAD itself has now won 2 elections in a row.
On its own the party fell short of the 59-seat majority mark.
As before, the governing partnership's combined total reached 68 seats.
Notable numbers
A few numbers from the results stand out on their own.
The tightest finish of the election came at Phillaur, Punjab, decided by a margin of just 31 votes — how far ahead the winner finished, in votes, over whoever came second.
Turnout — the share of registered voters who actually cast a ballot — reached 78.3%, the highest this state had recorded to date.
Gill, Punjab was the state's largest constituency by registered voters, with 1,94,529 names on its rolls.
Ludhiana East, Punjab drew the most crowded field of the election, with 16 candidates on the ballot.
The backdrop
Punjab's contest in this period stayed a straight fight between the same two sides, much as it had before.