Hung again
What happened
The same party again finished with the most seats, but once more fell short of a majority.
The Indian National Congress won 211 of the 425 seats.
This was a hung house again — a result where no single party wins enough seats to govern alone.
Its vote share — the slice of all ballots cast that went to one party or candidate — was 33.7%.
What changed
Even though the top party stayed the same, the makeup of the assembly turned over almost completely since the last election.
306 of the 425 seats compared changed party.
The clearest shift ran from All India Bhartiya Jan Sangh to INC, which picked up 67 of those seats.
Notable numbers
A few numbers from that election stand out.
The closest race: Bindhuna, Uttar Pradesh was decided by just 4 votes — the narrowest margin, how far ahead the winner finished, in votes, over whoever came second, of any seat that year.
Chandpur, Uttar Pradesh recorded the highest turnout — the share of registered voters who actually cast a ballot — of any seat that year, at 76.1%.
Chhibramau, Uttar Pradesh had the largest electorate of any seat, with 1,33,524 registered voters.
Agra East, Uttar Pradesh drew the most candidates of any seat that year, 17 in total.
The backdrop
Beyond the top two parties, the assembly seated a range of smaller players.
12 parties won at least one seat, and independents added 18 more.