The most seats, but not the government
What happened
One party won more seats than any other, but did not end up leading the government that followed.
The Indian National Congress won 24 of the 54 seats.
The Janata Dal was next, with 11.
Even the largest party fell well short of the 28-seat majority mark, in a hung house — where no single party held enough seats to govern alone.
What changed
A different, smaller party ended up leading the new government, even though the party with the most seats did not.
The chamber was more fragmented than before, with 7 parties winning seats.
The JD was contesting for the first time, and immediately became the second-largest party.
Notable numbers
A few numbers from the results stand out.
The tightest race was Chingai, Manipur, decided by a margin — how far ahead the winner finished, in votes, over whoever came second — of just 6 votes.
At the other end, Tipaimukh, Manipur was won by 50.6% of the vote — the widest margin of the night.
Turnout — the share of registered voters who actually cast a ballot — peaked in Mao, Manipur, at 97.7%.
Mao, Manipur had the largest electorate of the night, with 32,457 people registered to vote.
The backdrop
Turnout in this election was the highest the state had recorded in any election up to that point.