1999 New Jersey General Assembly election

1999 New Jersey General Assembly election
November 2, 1999 (1999-11-02)
All 80 seats to the General Assembly
41 seats needed for a majority
Turnout31% ( 25pp)
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Jack Collins Joseph J. Roberts
Party Republican Democratic
Leader since January 9, 1996 January 12, 1998
Leader's seat 3rd (Gloucester City) 5th (Bellmawr)
Last election 48 32
Seats won 45 35
Seat change 3 3
Results:
     Democratic gain
     Republican hold      Democratic hold
Speaker before election

Jack Collins
Republican

Elected Speaker

Jack Collins
Republican

The 1999 New Jersey General Assembly elections were held on November 2, 1999, for all 80 seats in the lower house of the New Jersey Legislature. Republicans held a 48-32 majority in the lower house prior to the election. The members of the New Jersey Legislature are chosen from 40 electoral districts. Each district elects one state senator and two State Assembly members. New Jersey uses coterminous legislative districts for both its State Senate and General Assembly.

Democrats were able to flip one seat in the 4th and both in the 14th.

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