No single party or alliance won enough seats to govern on its own in this election, leaving the result hung.

The Rashtriya Janata Dal won the most seats, 124 of the 324 on offer, but fell well short of a majority.

Its nearest rival, the Bharatiya Janata Party, took 67 seats.

The party that had governed Bihar for the previous term saw its support collapse.

Seats moved from the Janata Dal to the RJD more than any other pairing, 94 of them changing hands this way.

Turnout also rose to 61.7% of registered voters casting a ballot, the highest share Bihar had recorded to that point.

A few numbers from this result are worth knowing on their own.

The closest race: Sitamarhi, Bihar was decided by just 35 votes — the margin, how far ahead the winner finished, in votes, over whoever came second.

At the other extreme, Siwan, Bihar saw the widest margin of the election, with the winner finishing 65.4% of the vote ahead of the runner-up — measured as a share of the vote rather than in votes.

Even with the most seats, the RJD took only 28.3% of the vote share — the slice of all ballots cast that went to one party or candidate.

Patna West, Bihar had the largest pool of registered voters of any seat that year, 3,67,332 in all.

This election capped a stretch of Bihar assembly results that swung between wide majorities and closely divided houses.