| Election Name: | 2016 California State Assembly election |
| Country: | California |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2014 California State Assembly election |
| Previous Year: | 2014 |
| Next Election: | 2018 California State Assembly election |
| Next Year: | 2018 |
| Seats For Election: | All 80 seats in the California State Assembly |
| Majority Seats: | 41 |
| Image1: | Anthony Rendon official photo (cropped).jpg |
| Leader1: | Anthony Rendon |
| Party1: | California Democratic Party |
| Leader Since1: | March 7, 2016 |
| Leaders Seat1: | 63rd–Paramount |
| Last Election1: | 52 seats, 54.54% |
| Seats1: | 55 |
| Seat Change1: | 3 |
| Popular Vote1: | 7,929,866 |
| Percentage1: | 61.08% |
| Swing1: | 6.54% |
| Leader2: | Chad Mayes |
| Party2: | California Republican Party |
| Leader Since2: | January 4, 2016 |
| Leaders Seat2: | 42nd–Yucca Valley |
| Last Election2: | 28 seats, 44.32% |
| Seats2: | 25 |
| Seat Change2: | 3 |
| Popular Vote2: | 4,849,783 |
| Percentage2: | 37.36% |
| Swing2: | 6.96% |
| Speaker | |
| Before Election: | Anthony Rendon |
| Before Party: | California Democratic Party |
| After Election: | Anthony Rendon |
| After Party: | California Democratic Party |
The 2016 California State Assembly election was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, with the primary election held on June 7, 2016. Voters in the 80 districts of the California State Assembly elected their representatives. The elections coincided with the elections for other offices, including for U.S. President and the state senate.
Benefiting from the large Democratic turnout due to the general election, the California Democratic Party made gains by ousting three Republican incumbents in the 60th, 65th, and 66th districts, thus regaining the two-thirds supermajority that they had lost in the previous elections.
| California State Assembly election, 2016 Primary election — June 7, 2016 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Percentage | Candidates | Advancing to general | Seats contesting | ||
| Democratic | 4,463,500 | 62.45% | 123 | 86 | 75 | ||
| Republican | 2,582,229 | 36.13% | 107 | 68 | 64 | ||
| No party preference | 75,477 | 1.06% | 7 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Libertarian | 24,494 | 0.34% | 10 | 4 | 4 | ||
| American Independent | 1,873 | 0.03% | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Valid votes | 7,147,573 | 83.61% | — | — | — | ||
| Invalid votes | 1,400,728 | 16.39% | — | — | — | ||
| Totals | 8,548,301 | 100.00% | 248 | 159 | — | ||
| Voter turnout | 47.72% | ||||||
| California State Assembly election, 2016 General election — November 8, 2016 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats | +/– | ||
| Democratic | 7,929,866 | 61.08% | 55 | 3 | ||
| Republican | 4,849,783 | 37.36% | 25 | 3 | ||
| Libertarian | 130,798 | 1.01% | 0 | 0 | ||
| No party preference | 71,944 | 0.55% | 0 | 0 | ||
| Valid votes | 12,982,391 | 88.86% | — | — | ||
| Invalid votes | 1,628,118 | 11.14% | — | — | ||
| Totals | 14,610,509 | 100.00% | 80 | — | ||
| Voter turnout | 75.27% | |||||
| 55 | 25 | ||
| Democratic | Republican | ||
Source: Official results.[1] [2]
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