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 Popular vote 1,828,078 1,907,361 Percentage 48.7% 50.7% Swing 2.5% 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.