A fourth straight win, still short of a majority
What happened
Indian National Congress won again, but not quite enough to govern on its own.
The INC won 89 of the 184 seats on offer.
That left it short of the 93 seats needed for a majority — a hung house, where no single party wins enough seats to govern alone.
Its closest rival, the Swatantra Party, won 48 seats.
What changed
This election followed a fresh, nationwide redrawing of constituency boundaries, a process called delimitation — the official redrawing of constituency boundaries, which happens every so often as India's population shifts.
The number of seats in the assembly grew from 176 to 184.
Even so, this was INC's 4th straight win in the state.
Notable numbers
A few numbers from that election stand out.
The closest race: Gudha, Rajasthan was decided by just 53 votes, the narrowest margin — how far ahead the winner finished, in votes, over whoever came second — anywhere in the state that year.
At the other extreme, Lasadia, Rajasthan had the widest margin of the election, with 63.9% of the vote separating the winner from the runner-up.
The highest turnout of the election was in Kumher, Rajasthan, where 79.4% of registered voters turned out to cast a ballot.
The most populous constituency was Jayal, Rajasthan, with 89,325 registered voters on its rolls.
The backdrop
This kept the same party in office, without a change of government.