Composition
The Assembly is dominated by the Democrats, who currently hold a 51-seat supermajority in the chamber. The Assembly's one-man, one-vote apportionment strongly favors the state's traditional Democratic strongholds of New York City (where the Democrats hold all but two seats), the urban areas of Western New York, and the Capital District. The Democrats have controlled the Assembly since 1975.
| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates Majority Conference) | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Independence | Republican | Vacant | ||
| End of previous legislature | 105 | 2 | 42 | 149 | 1 |
| Begin | 98 | 1 | 50 | 149 | 1 |
| February 16, 2011 | 51 | 150 | 0 | ||
| April 2011 | 96 | 148 | 2 | ||
| May 2011 | 94 | 146 | 4 | ||
| June 8, 2011 | 93 | 145 | 5 | ||
| June 30, 2011 | 92 | 144 | 6 | ||
| September 6, 2011 | 50 | 143 | 7 | ||
| September 13, 2011 | 98 | 149 | 1 | ||
| November 8, 2011 | 51 | 150 | 0 | ||
| November 28, 2011 | 50 | 149 | 1 | ||
| December 31, 2011 | 96 | 49 | 146 | 4 | |
| March 20, 2012 | 100 | 150 | 0 | ||
| June 30, 2012 | 99 | 149 | 1 | ||
| Latest voting share | 67.1% | 32.9% | |||
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