Give you a statement and table with its title in Markdown format, please determine whether the statement is supported or refuted by, or is unrelated to the table. It'a binary classification problem, you should choose the answer between supported and refuted. Table cells in one row are seperated by '|', and different rows are seperated by '
'.

Table:
| district | incumbent | party | first elected | result | candidates |
| new york 3 | jonathan ward | democratic - republican | 1814 | retired democratic - republican hold | caleb tompkins (dr) 56.8% abraham odell (f) 42.8% |
| new york 6 | james w wilkin | democratic - republican | 1815 ( special ) | re - elected | james w wilkin (dr) 55.4% james burt (f) 44.6% |
| new york 7 | samuel r betts | democratic - republican | 1814 | retired democratic - republican hold | josiah hasbrouck (dr) 51.7% john sudam (f) 48.2% |
| new york 10 | hosea moffitt | federalist | 1812 | retired federalist hold | john p cushman (f) 54.9% thomas turner (dr) 44.9% |
| new york 11 | john w taylor | democratic - republican | 1812 | re - elected | john w taylor (dr) 53.4% elisha powell (f) 46.6% |
| new york 13 | john b yates | democratic - republican | 1814 | retired democratic - republican hold | thomas lawyer (dr) 54.9% william beekman (f) 45.1% |
| new york 17 | westel willoughby , jr | federalist | 1814 | retired democratic - republican gain | thomas h hubbard (dr) 51.5% simeon ford (f) 48.4% |
| new york 18 | moss kent | federalist | 1812 | retired federalist hold | david a ogden (f) 50.4% ela collins (dr) 49.5% |
Title:
united states house of representatives elections , 1816
Statement:
the democratic - republicans held lower than 50% of the new york house seats heading the election in 1816
Answer:
refuted