2013 New Jersey General Assembly election

2013 New Jersey General Assembly election

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All 80 seats in the New Jersey General Assembly
41 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Sheila Oliver
(stepped down)
Jon Bramnick
Party Democratic Republican
Leader since January 12, 2010 January 17, 2012
Leader's seat 34th (East Orange) 21st (Westfield)
Last election 48 32
Seats won 48 32
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 1,828,078 1,907,361
Percentage 48.7% 50.7%
Swing Decrease 2.5% Increase 2.7%

Results:
     Democratic hold      Democratic gain
     Republican hold      Republican gain

Speaker before election

Sheila Oliver
Democratic

Elected Speaker

Vincent Prieto
Democratic

All 80 seats in the General Assembly were up for election this year. In each Legislative district, there are two people elected; the top two winners in the general election are the ones sent to the Assembly. Typically, the two members of each party run as a team in each election. After the previous election, Democrats captured 48 seats while the Republicans won 32 seats.

Democrats flipped one seat in the 2nd district and Republicans flipped one in the 1st district, leaving the balance of power unchanged at 48–32, despite Democrats losing the popular vote. This remains the last election in which the party that won control of the General Assembly did not win a majority of votes.