# New York's 54th State Assembly district

New York's 54th State Assembly district is one of the 150 districts in the New York State Assembly. It has been represented by Erik Martin Dilan since 2015.

## Geography
### 2020s
#### 2022

District 54 is in Brooklyn. It encompasses Bushwick, Cypress Hills, and portions of East New York.

### 2010s

District 54 is in Brooklyn. It encompassed Cypress Hills and portions of Bed-Stuy, Bushwick, and East New York.

## Recent election results
### 2024

2024 New York State Assembly election, District 54 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Erik Dilan (incumbent) | 21,908 | 98.8 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 277 | 1.2 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 22,185 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2022

2022 New York State Assembly election, District 54 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Erik Dilan (incumbent) | 2,524 | 52.1 |
| | Democratic | Samy Olivares | 2,313 | 47.7 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 8 | 0.2 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 4,845 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Erik Dilan (incumbent) | 12,163 | 85.9 |
| | Republican | Khorshed Chowdhury | 1,932 | 13.6 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 65 | 0.5 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 14,160 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2020

2020 New York State Assembly election, District 54 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Erik Dilan (incumbent) | 29,619 | 85.6 |
| | Republican | Khorshed Chowdhury | 3,211 | 9.3 |
| | Green | Scott Hutchins | 1,693 | 4.9 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 52 | 0.2 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 34,575 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2018

2018 New York State Assembly election, District 54 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Erik Dilan (incumbent) | 22,659 | 95.2 |
| | Republican | Khorshed Chowdhury | 885 | |
| | Conservative | Khorshed Chowdhury | 198 | |
| | Total | Khorshed Chowdhury | 1,083 | 4.6 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 51 | 0.2 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 23,793 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2016

2016 New York State Assembly election, District 54 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Erik Dilan | 28,424 | |
| | Independence | Erik Dilan | 728 | |
| | Total | Erik Dilan (incumbent) | 29,152 | 95.0 |
| | Republican | Khorshed Chowdhury | 1,513 | 4.9 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 38 | 0.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 30,703 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2014

2014 New York State Assembly election, District 54 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Erik Dilan | 1,955 | 59.8 |
| | Democratic | Kimberly Council | 1,305 | 39.9 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 11 | 0.3 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 3,271 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Erik Dilan | 7,514 | 85.8 |
| | Working Families | Kimberly Council | 859 | 9.8 |
| | Republican | Khorshed Chowdhury | 289 | |
| | Conservative | Khorshed Chowdhury | 92 | |
| | Total | Khorshed Chowdhury | 381 | 4.3 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 7 | 0.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 8,761 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2012

2012 New York State Assembly election, District 54 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Rafael Espinal (incumbent) | 2,245 | 65.9 |
| | Democratic | Juan Rodriguez | 1,152 | 33.8 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 9 | 0.3 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 3,406 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Rafael Espinal | 23,959 | |
| | Conservative | Rafael Espinal | 283 | |
| | Total | Rafael Espinal (incumbent) | 24,242 | 96.5 |
| | Republican | Khorshed Chowdhury | 858 | 3.4 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 17 | 0.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 25,117 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2011 special

2011 New York State Assembly special election, District 54 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Rafael Espinal | 2,301 | |
| | Conservative | Rafael Espinal | 187 | |
| | United We Can | Rafael Espinal | 41 | |
| | Total | Rafael Espinal | 2,529 | 46.2 |
| | Working Families | Jesus Gonzalez | 1,894 | 34.6 |
| | Community First | Deidra Towns | 1,047 | 19.1 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 3 | 0.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 5,473 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2010

2010 New York State Assembly election, District 54 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Darryl Towns | 10,338 | |
| | Working Families | Darryl Towns | 482 | |
| | Total | Darryl Towns (incumbent) | 10,820 | 94.6 |
| | Republican | Khorshed Chowdhury | 489 | |
| | Conservative | Khorshed Chowdhury | 127 | |
| | Total | Khorshed Chowdhury | 616 | 5.4 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 3 | 0.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 11,439 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |