The state's Sikkim Sangram Parishad won every single seat in the assembly, extending its hold on power without losing any ground.

The SSP took all 32 of the 32 seats on offer, a landslide result.

Its nearest rival, the Indian National Congress, won just 0 seats of its own.

This was less a shift than a continuation: the same party that had dominated the last election won again, only more completely.

Only 2 of the 32 constituencies compared changed which party held them from the previous election.

About 69.4% of registered voters turned out to cast a ballot, a share that also rose from the previous election.

A few numbers from the result stand out.

Loosing Pachekhani, Sikkim was the tightest race, decided by just 293 votes — the margin, how far ahead the winner finished over whoever came second.

Statewide, the INC won 18.1% of the vote share — the slice of all ballots cast that went to one party or candidate — but not a single seat.

At the other extreme, Damthang, Sikkim saw the widest margin of the night, with the winner ahead by 88.5%.

Turnout peaked in Assam-Lingjey Bl, Sikkim, where 78.1% of registered voters cast a ballot.

The party that won this election was the same one formed a few years earlier by the state's previous leadership.