each province has 80 senate seats.
how many senate seats does each province have?
80
in the 2018 elections, republicans sought to defend the senate majority that they had maintained since the 2014 senate elections. thirty-five of the 100 senate seats were up for election, including all 33 class 1 senate seats. class 2 senate seats in minnesota and mississippi each held special elections to fill vacancies. the class 1 senate elections were for terms lasting from january 2019 to january 2025 while the class 2 special elections were for terms ending in january 2021. 24 of the seats up for election were held by democrats, two of the seats up for election were held by independents caucusing with the democrats and nine of the seats up for election were held by republicans. three republican incumbents did not seek election in 2018 while all democratic and independent incumbents sought another term. 42 republican senators and 23 democratic senators were not up for election.
2018 united states elections
while the assembly's apportionment strongly favors new york city, buffalo, rochester and the capital district, the senate's apportionment strongly favors the more conservative upstate. however, the republicans have lost many senate seats in recent years because of the aforementioned political realignments of the new york city suburbs, long island and syracuse. even when the democrats won control of the state senate in 2008, they only won five seats in the upstate and two seats on long island.





















































section::::state electoral history.:referendums.
elections in new york (state)