The BJP returns to power, again
The Bharatiya Janata Party returned to power in Rajasthan's latest assembly election.
The BJP returns to power, again
What happened
Indian National Congress lost, and the opposition returned to power with a working majority.
Bharatiya Janata Party won 115 of the 200 seats on offer.
That was 14 more seats than it needed for a majority.
INC finished second with 70 seats.
What changed
Not every constituency in Rajasthan went to the polls on the same day this time.
1 constituency's election was deferred and held separately, so 199 seats are compared here.
56 seats swung from INC to BJP, the largest single movement of the election.
In total, 119 of the seats compared changed which party held them.
Notable numbers
A few numbers from this election are worth knowing on their own.
The closest race: Kotputli, Rajasthan was decided by a margin of just 321 votes — how far ahead the winner finished, in votes, over whoever came second.
Kushalgarh (St), Rajasthan recorded the highest turnout — the share of registered voters who actually cast a ballot — of any seat, at 88.7%.
Jhotwara, Rajasthan stood out twice over: it had both the largest electorate of any seat, 4,29,027 registered voters, and the most candidates on the ballot, 18.
Statewide, 1.0% of voters chose NOTA — "None of the Above" — a ballot option letting voters formally reject every candidate on offer.
The backdrop
This was a straightforward change of government, with the incoming party clearing a majority on its own.