2012 New York State Assembly election

2012 New York State Assembly election
November 6, 2012 (2012-11-06)
150 seats from the New York State Assembly
75 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Sheldon Silver Brian Kolb Fred Thiele
Party Democratic Republican Independence
Leader since February 11, 1994 April 6, 2009 October 2009
Leader's seat 65th district 131st district 1st district
Seats before 100 49 1
Seats after 105 44 1
Seat change 5 5
Results:
     Democratic gain
     Democratic hold      Republican hold
     Independence hold
Speaker before election

Sheldon Silver
Democratic

Speaker

Sheldon Silver
Democratic


The 2012 New York State Assembly elections were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012, with the primary election on September 13, 2012. Voters in the 150 districts of the New York State Assembly elected their representatives. Districts were redrawn as a result of the 2010 United States census. The elections coincided with the elections for other offices, including for President, US Senate, Congress, and the state senate. Assembly Democrats won 105 of the chamber's 150 seats on election day, while Republicans won 44 seats and Independence party member Fred Thiele won 1 seat.


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