1983 general · June 21, 1983
1983 New Jersey General Assembly election results, district by district
Every New Jersey General Assembly district in the 1983 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Democrats controlled the chamber · 80 seats
After the electionD 44 · R 36
Races40
Changed party0
Unopposed0%0 races
Incumbents defeated2
Every district
D 44 · R 36
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| LD-1 | Joseph W. Chinnici · Guy F. Muziani (R) | 0.2 | |
| LD-2 | J. Edward Kline · Dolores G. Cooper (R) | 4.9 | |
| LD-3 | Martin A. Herman · Thomas A. Pankok (D) | 3.9 | |
| LD-4 | Anthony S. Marsella · Dennis L. Riley (D) | 9.9 | |
| LD-5 | Wayne R. Bryant · Francis J. Gorman (D) | 17.4 | |
| LD-6 | John A. Rocco · Thomas J. Shusted (R) | 4.5 | |
| LD-7 | Barbara F. Kalik · Thomas P. Foy (D) | 8.6 | |
| LD-8 | C. William Haines · Robert J. Meyer (R) | 11.9 | |
| LD-9 | John T. Hendrickson Jr. · Jorge A. Rod (R) | 11.1 | |
| LD-10 | John Paul Doyle · Marlene Lynch Ford (D) | 2.1 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-11 | Joseph A. Palaia · Anthony M. Villane Jr. (R) | 8.5 | |
| LD-12 | John O. Bennett · Marie A. Muhler (R) | 9.1 | |
| LD-13 | William E. Flynn · Jacqueline Walker (D) | 3.0 | |
| LD-14 | Joseph L. Bocchini Jr. · Joseph D. Patero (D) | 5.7 | |
| LD-15 | Gerard S. Naples · John S. Watson (D) | 10.9 | |
| LD-16 | Walter J. Kavanaugh · John S. Penn (R) | 14.0 | |
| LD-17 | David C. Schwartz · Angela L. Perun (D) | 14.1 | |
| LD-18 | Thomas H. Paterniti · Frank M. Pelly (D) | 6.4 | |
| LD-19 | George J. Otlowski · Alan J. Karcher (D) | 6.8 | |
| LD-20 | Thomas J. Deverin · Thomas Long (D) | 19.4 | |
| LD-21 | Chuck Hardwick · Edward K. Gill (R) | 2.3 | |
| LD-22 | Maureen Ogden · Bob Franks (R) | 16.3 | |
| LD-23 | Richard Zimmer · Karl Weidel (R) | 17.1 | |
| LD-24 | Robert E. Littel · Garabed Haytaian (R) | 19.5 | |
| LD-25 | Rodney P. Frelinghuysen · Arthur R. Albohn (R) | 9.8 | |
| LD-26 | Dean Gallo · Ralph A. Loveys (R) | 17.2 | |
| LD-27 | Harry McEnroe · Mildred Barry Garvin (D) | 22.7 | |
| LD-28 | Michael F. Adubato · James Zangari (D) | 19.8 | |
| LD-29 | Willie B. Brown · Eugene H. Thompson (D) | 33.0 | |
| LD-30 | A. Joseph Fortunato · Stephen Adubato Jr. (D) | 1.3 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-31 | Joseph V. Doria Jr. · Joseph Charles Jr. (D) | 29.4 | |
| LD-32 | Paul Cuprowski · Anthony P. Vainieri (D) | 14.8 | |
| LD-33 | Robert A. Ranieri · Nicholas J. Larocca (D) | 14.3 | |
| LD-34 | Newton Miller · Gerald Zecker (R) | 2.7 | |
| LD-35 | John A. Girgenti · Vincent Pellecchia (D) | 21.3 | |
| LD-36 | Robert P. Hollenbeck · Richard F. Visotcky (D) | 9.1 | |
| LD-37 | Byron Baer · D. Bennett Mazur (D) | 12.0 | |
| LD-38 | Louis F. Kosco · William P. Schuber (R) | 3.2 | |
| LD-39 | John W. Markert · John Rooney (R) | 6.8 | |
| LD-40 | Walter Kern · Nicholas R. Felice (R) | 17.9 |
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