1971 general · November 2, 1971
1971 New Jersey General Assembly election results, district by district
Every New Jersey General Assembly district in the 1971 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Control · 80 seats
After the electionD 40 · R 39 · 1 other
Races43
Changed party1
Unopposed0%0 races
Incumbents defeated8
Every district
D 40 · R 39 · Other 1
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| LD-1 | James R. Hurley · Joseph W. Chinnici (R) | 3.3 | |
| LD-2 | Steven P. Perskie · James A. Colasurdo (D) | 2.7 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-3A | Kenneth A. Black Jr. · H. Donald Stewart (REP) | 0.6 | |
| LD-3B | Francis J. Gorman · Kenneth A. Gewertz (D) | 3.2 | |
| LD-3C | William K. Dickey · Eugene Raymond III (R) | 5.9 | |
| LD-3D | John J. Horn · James Florio (D) | 9.0 | |
| LD-4A | Franklin H. Berry Jr. · James J. Mancini (R) | 1.4 | |
| LD-4B | Benjamin H. Mabie · Hkenneth Wilkie (R) | 9.0 | |
| LD-4C | Charles B. Yates · George H. Barbour (D) | 2.9 | |
| LD-5 | Joseph E. Robertson (R) | 1.9 | |
| LD-5A | John I. Dawes · Brian T. Kennedy (R) | 6.3 | |
| LD-5B | Eugene J. Bedell · Chester Apy (DEM) | 0.5 | |
| LD-6A | Karl Weidel · Walter E. Foran (R) | 4.6 | |
| LD-6B | Francis J. McManimon · S. Howard Woodson Jr. (D) | 3.3 | |
| LD-7 | Edwin A. Kolodziej (D) | 20.6 | |
| LD-7A | William J. Hamilton Jr. · Peter P. Garibaldi (DEM) | 0.1 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-7B | James Bornheimer · John H. Froude (D) | 1.6 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-7C | John J. Fay Jr. · Thomas J. Deverin (D) | 11.0 | |
| LD-8 | John H. Ewing · Millicent H. Fenwick (R) | 9.8 | |
| LD-9A | Joseph J. Higgins · Alexander J. Menza (D) | 6.4 | |
| LD-9B | C. Louis Bassano · Herbert H. Kiehn (R) | 2.0 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-9C | Peter J. McDonough · Arthur A. Manner (R) | 11.8 | |
| LD-10A | Josephine S. Margetts · Albert W. Merck (R) | 15.4 | |
| LD-10B | James P. Vreeland · Ann Klein (REP) | 3.9 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-11A | George C. Richardson · Ronald Owens (D) | 24.9 | |
| LD-11B | Anthony Imperiale · Frank G. Megaro (OTH) | 2.7 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-11C | Carl A. Orechio · John N. Dennis (R) | 7.1 | |
| LD-11D | Eldridge Hawkins · Peter G. Stewart (D) | 0.0 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-11E | Thomas H. Kean · Philip D. Kaltenbacher (R) | 12.1 | |
| LD-12 | David Friedland (D) | 15.7 | |
| LD-12A | Joseph A. Lefante · David A. Wallace (D) | 10.8 | |
| LD-12B | Michael P. Esposito · William G. Wilkerson (D) | 10.7 | |
| LD-12C | Christopher J. Jackman · Silvo J. Failla (D) | 1.5 | |
| LD-13A | Peter J. Russo · Harold A. Pareti (R) | 0.3 | |
| LD-13B | Byron Baer · Albert Burstein (D) | 1.8 | |
| LD-13C | C. Gus Rys · John A. Spizziri (R) | 6.2 | |
| LD-13D | Charles E. Reid · Richard W. Dekorte (R) | 13.2 | |
| LD-13E | Robert C. Veit · Edward H. Hynes (REP) | 0.1 | |
| LD-14 | Vincent Pellecchia · John J. Sinsimer (D) | 4.1 | |
| LD-14A | Herbert C. Klein (D) | 5.4 | FlippedIncumbent lost |
| LD-14B | William H. Hicks (D) | 28.1 | |
| LD-14C | John F. Evers (R) | 17.9 | |
| LD-15 | Robert E. Littel · Walter C. Keoghdwyer (R) | 2.8 |
New Jersey General Assembly
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner