2016 New York State Assembly election

2016 New York State Assembly election

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150 seats from the New York State Assembly
75 seats needed for a majority
Turnout53.04%[1]
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Carl Heastie Brian Kolb Fred Thiele[b]
Party Democratic Republican Independence
Leader's seat 83rd district 131st district 1st district
Seats before 105 42 1
Seats after 106[a] 43 1
Seat change Increase 1 Increase 1 Steady
Popular vote 3,851,654 2,041,214 181,577
Percentage 58.12% 30.80% 2.74%

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Diana Richardson
(Joined Democratic Caucus)
Angela Wozniak
(retired)
Party Working Families Conservative
Leader's seat 43rd district 143rd district
Seats before 1 1
Seats after 0 0
Seat change Decrease 1 Decrease 1
Popular vote 169,524 306,448
Percentage 2.56% 4.62%

Results:
     Democratic hold      Democratic gain
     Republican hold      Republican gain
     Independence hold

Speaker before election

Carl Heastie
Democratic

Speaker

Carl Heastie
Democratic

The 2016 New York State Assembly elections were held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, with the primary election on September 13, 2016. Voters in the 150 districts of the New York State Assembly elected their representatives. The elections coincided with the elections for other offices, including for U.S. President, the U.S. Senate and the state senate.

  1. ^ "NYS Board of Elections Enrollment by County, Voters Registered as of November 1, 2016" (PDF). elections.ny.gov.


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