This was the territory's first direct election for its own Legislative Assembly, and the Janata Party came out ahead.

The Janata Party won 17 of the 30 seats on offer.

That gave it 1 seat more than the 16-seat mark needed for a majority.

Its closest rival, the People's Party of Arunachal, won 8 seats.

This inaugural contest drew a crowded field of contenders across the territory's constituencies.

86 candidates contested the territory's 30 constituencies.

3 parties ended up winning seats, and 5 more went to independent candidates.

In some constituencies, only one candidate stood, deciding the seat without a vote at all — an unopposed return, where no vote was needed to decide the winner.

2 of the territory's 30 constituencies were decided this way.

A few numbers from that first election stand out.

The closest race was in Toksing Taliha, Arunachal Pradesh, decided by a margin — how far ahead the winner finished, in votes, over whoever came second — of just 132 votes.

At the other end, Nyapin Palin, Arunachal Pradesh saw the widest margin of the night, with the winner ahead by 59.7% of the vote.

Turnout — the share of registered voters who actually cast a ballot — was highest in Basar, Arunachal Pradesh, at 87.3%.

It was lowest in Pongchau Wakka, Arunachal Pradesh, where just 29.0% of registered voters turned out.

This election followed the creation of a new, directly elected assembly.

Arunachal Pradesh chose its members under that arrangement for the first time.