New Jersey General Assembly Elections, 2011

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All 80 seats in theNew Jersey General Assembly 41 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	27%[1] ( 20pp)
Majority party Minority party   Leader Sheila Oliver Alex DeCroce Party Democratic Republican Leader since January 12, 2010 January 12, 2004 Leader's seat 34th (East Orange) 26th (Parisippany-Troy Hills) Last election 47 33 Seats won 48 32 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 1,339,201 1,253,824 Percentage 51.2% 48.0% Swing 3.6% 3.9%
Results:      Democratic hold     Democratic gain      Republican hold
Speaker before election Sheila Oliver Democratic Elected Speaker Sheila Oliver Democratic

All 80 seats in the General Assembly were up for election this year. In eachLegislative 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 47 seats while the Republicans won 33 seats. These were the first elections to be held after the 2010 redistricting cycle.

Democrats gained one seat, by flipping a seat in the 4th district, which they had only lost two years prior.

• Jack Conners,District 7
• Joan M. Quigley,District 32
• Caridad Rodriguez,District 33
• Elease Evans,District 35
• Nellie Pou,District 35 (ran for State Senate)
• Kevin J. Ryan,District 36
• Joan Voss,District 38 (ran forBergen CountyFreeholder)

• Vincent J. Polistina,District 2 (ran for State Senate)
• Patrick Delany,District 8
• James Holzapfel,District 10 (ran for State Senate)
• Samuel D. Thompson,District 13 (ran for State Senate)

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Summary of the November 8, 2011 New Jersey General Assembly election results:^[4]

Parties		Candidates	Seats				Popular Vote
			2009	2011	+/-	Strength	Vote	%	Change
	Democratic	80	47	48	1	60%	1,339,201	51.2%	0.0%
	Republican	79	33	32	1	40%	1,253,824	48.0%	0.0%
	Green	2	0	0		0%	2,284	0.1%	0.0%
	Libertarian	4	0	0		0%	3,692	0.1%	0.0%
	Independent	10	0	0		0%	15,310	0.6%	0.0%
Total		176	80	80	0	100.0%	2,614,311	100.0%	-

Districts where the difference of total votes between the top-two parties was under 10%:

1. District 7, 3.6%
2. District 1, 5.6%%
3. District 16, 6.0%
4. District 11, 6.4%
5. District 3, 9.2%

Voters in each legislative district elect two members to theNew Jersey General Assembly.

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