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. At the time of the general election, there were two vacancies: One in the 5th District resulting from Democrat Angel Fuentes's resignation on June 30, 2015, and one in the 24th District resulting from Republican Alison Littell McHose's resignation on October 17, 2015.

Ultimately, four Democrats defeated four incumbent Republicans leading to the Democrats controlling 52 of 80 seats in the 2016–17 Assembly session, the highest percentage they held since 1979. Democrats flipped both seats in the 11th district, and one each in the 16th and the 1st.

The 22% turnout was the lowest recorded in recent state history.

Incumbents not seeking re-election Democratic Gilbert Wilson, District 5 (ran for Camden County Sheriff) Linda Stender, District 22 Jason O'Donnell, District 31 Carmelo Garcia, District 33 (lost party support for renomination)

Republican Alison Littell McHose, District 24

Overall results Summary of the November 3, 2015 New Jersey General Assembly election results: + ↓ 52 28 Democratic Republican

Parties Candidates Seats Popular Vote 2013 2015 +/- Strength Vote % Change Democratic 78 48 52 4 65% 1,111,320 53.3% 0.0% Republican 79 32 28 4 35% 958,085 45.9% 0.0% Green 8 0 0 0% 8,643 0.4% 0.0% Libertarian 2 0 0 0% 1,180 0.1% 0.0% Independent 8 0 0 0% 6,891 0.3% 0.0%Total 175 80 80 0 100.0% 2,086,119 100.0% -

Summary of results by district Legislative District Incumbent PartyElected Assembly Member Party1st1st rowspan="2" Sam Fiocchi Republican R. Bruce Land Democrat Bob Andrzejczak Democrat Bob Andrzejczak Democratic2nd2nd rowspan="2" Vince Mazzeo Democrat Vince MazzeoDemocrat Chris A. Brown RepublicanJohn ArmatoDemocrat3rd3rd rowspan="2" John J. Burzichelli Democrat John J. Burzichelli Democrat Adam Taliaferro Democrat Adam Taliaferro Democrat4th4th rowspan="2" Paul D. Moriarty Democrat Paul D. Moriarty Democrat Gabriela Mosquera Democrat Gabriela Mosquera Democrat5th5th rowspan="2" Angel Fuentes Democrat Arthur Barclay Democrat Marianne Holly Cass Democrat Patricia Egan Jones Democrat6th6th rowspan="2" Louis Greenwald Democrat Louis Greenwald Democrat Pamela Rosen Lampitt Democrat Pamela Rosen Lampitt Democrat7th7th rowspan="2" Herb Conaway Democrat Herb Conaway Democrat Troy Singleton Democrat Troy Singleton Democrat8th8th rowspan="2" Maria Rodriguez-Gregg Republican Ryan Peters Republican Christopher J. Brown Republican Jean Stanfield Republican9th9th rowspan="2" Brian E. Rumpf Republican Brian E. Rumpf Republican DiAnne Gove Republican DiAnne Gove Republican10th10th rowspan="2" Gregory P. McGuckin Republican Gregory P. McGuckin Republican David W. Wolfe Republican David W. Wolfe Republican11th11th rowspan="2" Mary Pat Angelini Republican Eric Houghtaling Democrat Caroline Casagrande Republican Joann Downey Democrat12th12th rowspan="2" Ronald S. Dancer Republican Ronald S. Dancer Republican Robert D. Clifton Republican Robert D. Clifton Republican13th13th rowspan="2" Declan O'Scanlon Republican Declan O'Scanlon Republican Amy Handlin Republican Amy Handlin Republican14th14th rowspan="2" Wayne DeAngelo Democrat Wayne DeAngelo Democrat Daniel R. Benson Democrat Daniel R. Benson Democrat15th15th rowspan="2" Elizabeth Maher Muoio Democrat Elizabeth Maher Muoio Democrat Reed Gusciora Democrat Reed Gusciora Democrat16th16th rowspan="2" Donna Simon Republican Andrew Zwicker Democrat Jack Ciattarelli Republican Jack Ciattarelli Republican17th17th rowspan="2" Joseph Danielsen Democrat Joseph Danielsen Democrat Joseph V. Egan Democrat Joseph V. Egan Democrat18th18th rowspan="2" Nancy Pinkin Democrat Nancy Pinkin Democrat Patrick J. Diegnan Democrat Patrick J. Diegnan Democrat19th19th rowspan="2" Craig Coughlin Democrat Craig Coughlin Democrat John Wisniewski Democrat Yvonne Lopez Democrat20th20th rowspan="2" Annette Quijano Democrat Annette Quijano Democrat Jamel Holley Democrat Jamel Holley Democrat21st21st rowspan="2" Jon Bramnick Republican Jon Bramnick Republican Nancy Munoz Republican Nancy Munoz Republican22nd22nd rowspan="2" Linda Stender Democrat James J. Kennedy Democrat Jerry Green Democrat Jerry Green Democrat23rd23rd rowspan="2" Erik Peterson Republican Erik Peterson Republican John DiMaio Republican John DiMaio Republican24th24th rowspan="2" Parker Space Republican Parker Space Republican Alison Littell McHose Republican Gail Phoebus Republican25th25th rowspan="2" Tony Bucco Republican Tony Bucco Republican Michael Patrick Carroll Republican Michael Patrick Carroll Republican26th26th rowspan="2" BettyLou DeCroce Republican BettyLou DeCroce Republican Jay Webber Republican Jay Webber Republican27th27th rowspan="2" John F. McKeon Democrat John F. McKeon Democrat Mila Jasey Democrat Mila Jasey Democrat28th28th rowspan="2" Cleopatra Tucker Democrat Cleopatra Tucker Democrat Ralph R. Caputo Democrat Ralph R. Caputo Democrat29th29th rowspan="2" Eliana Pintor Marin Democrat Eliana Pintor Marin Democrat L. Grace Spencer Democrat L. Grace Spencer Democrat30th30th rowspan="2" Sean T. Kean Republican Sean T. Kean Republican Dave Rible Republican Dave Rible Republican31st31st rowspan="2" Charles Mainor Democrat Angela V. McKnight Democrat Jason O'Donnell Democrat Nicholas Chiaravalloti Democrat32nd32nd rowspan="2" Angelica M. Jimenez Democrat Angelica M. Jimenez Democrat Vincent Prieto Democrat Vincent Prieto Democrat33rd33rd rowspan="2" Raj Mukherji Democrat Raj Mukherji Democrat Carmelo Garcia Democrat Annette Chaparro Democrat34th34th rowspan="2" Thomas P. Giblin Democrat Thomas P. Giblin Democrat Sheila Oliver Democrat Sheila Oliver Democrat35th35th rowspan="2" Shavonda E. Sumter Democrat Shavonda E. Sumter Democrat Benjie E. Wimberly Democrat Benjie E. Wimberly Democrat36th36th rowspan="2" Gary Schaer Democrat Gary Schaer Democrat Marlene Caride Democrat Marlene Caride Democrat37th37th rowspan="2" Gordon M. Johnson Democrat Gordon M. Johnson Democrat Valerie Huttle Democrat Valerie Huttle Democrat38th38th rowspan="2" Joseph Lagana Democrat Joseph Lagana Democrat Tim Eustace Democrat Tim Eustace Democrat39th39th rowspan="2" Holly Schepisi Republican Holly Schepisi Republican Robert Auth Republican Robert Auth Republican40th40th rowspan="2" Scott Rumana Republican Scott Rumana Republican David C. Russo Republican Christopher DePhillips Republican

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

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List of races District 1 • District 2 • District 3 • District 4 • District 5 • District 6 • District 7 • District 8 • District 9 • District 10 • District 11 • District 12 • District 13 • District 14 • District 15 • District 16 • District 17 • District 18 • District 19 • District 20 • District 21 • District 22 • District 23 • District 24 • District 25 • District 26 • District 27 • District 28 • District 29 • District 30 • District 31 • District 32 • District 33 • District 34 • District 35 • District 36 • District 37 • District 38 • District 39 • District 40 Voters in each legislative district elect two members to the New Jersey General Assembly.

District 1

|- style="background-color:#F6F6F6" ! style="background-color: #3333FF" | | colspan="6" | One Democratic gain from Republican

District 2

|- style="background-color:#F6F6F6" ! style="background-color: white" | | colspan="6" | One Democratic and one Republican hold

District 3

District 4

District 5

Incumbent Angel Fuentes originally ran in the Democratic primary but withdrew his candidacy in June 2015 when he became a deputy county clerk in Camden County. Fuentes and Marianne Holly Cass were replaced on the Democratic ballot by Arthur Barclay and Pat Jones and Ralph Williams was replaced by Keith Walker on the Republican ticket.

District 6

Robert Esposito originally won a spot on the Republican ticket in the general election but was replaced on the ballot by Claire Gustafson.

District 7

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District 9

District 10

District 11

|- style="background-color:#F6F6F6" ! style="background-color: #3333FF" | | colspan="6" | Two Democratic gains from Republican

District 12

Anthony Washington originally won a spot on the Democratic ticket in the general election but was replaced on the ballot by Robert P. Kurzydlowski.

District 13

District 14

District 15

District 16

On election night, the returns initially showed incumbent Republican Donna Simon ahead of Democrat Andrew Zwicker. That night, Zwicker delivered a concession speech though later returns that night put him ahead of Simon. After all provisional ballots were counted in the four counties comprising the district, Simon conceded on November 16. Zwicker is the first Democrat to ever represent the 16th legislative district.

|- style="background-color:#FFFFFF" ! style="background-color: #3333FF" | | colspan="6" | One Republican hold, one Democratic gain from Republican

District 17

District 18

District 19

Reyes Ortega originally won a spot on the Republican ticket in the general election but was replaced on the ballot by Jesus Varela.

District 20

District 21

District 22

District 23

District 24

District 25

District 26

District 27

District 28

District 29

District 30

Jimmy Esposito originally won a spot on the Democratic ticket in the general election but was replaced on the ballot by Lorna Phillipson.

District 31

District 32

District 33

District 34

Louis Rodriguez originally won a spot on the Republican ticket in the general election but withdrew his candidacy from the general election due to a federal job.

District 35

District 36

District 37

District 38

Anthony Cappola initially dropped out of the race on October 1 following the discovery of a controversial satirical book entitled Outrageous! written by Cappola. Bergen County Republicans picked attorney Fernando Alonso to replace Cappola on the ballot pending the allowance of the replacement candidate on the ballot. The Republicans unexpectedly dropped the effort to have the candidate replaced on October 13 and Cappola later announced his intention to continue in the race.

District 39

District 40

See also 2015 New Jersey elections

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