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 1 | michael forbes | republican | 1994 | re - elected | michael forbes (r) 54.72% nora bredes (d) 45.28% |
| new york 6 | floyd flake | democratic | 1986 | re - elected | floyd flake (d) 84.85% jorawar misir (r) 15.14% |
| new york 7 | thomas manton | democratic | 1984 | re - elected | thomas manton (d) 71.07% rose birtley (r) 28.93% |
| new york 11 | major owens | democratic | 1982 | re - elected | major owens (d) 91.95% claudette hayle (r) 8.04% |
| new york 22 | gerald solomon | republican | 1978 | re - elected | gerald solomon (r) 60.48% steve james (d) 39.52% |
| new york 25 | jim walsh | republican | 1988 | re - elected | jim walsh (r) 55.11% marty mack (d) 44.89% |
| new york 27 | bill paxon | republican | 1988 | re - elected | bill paxon (r) 59.88% thomas fricano (d) 40.12% |
| new york 29 | john lafalce | democratic | 1974 | re - elected | john lafalce (d) 61.99% david callard (r) 38.01% |
Title:
united states house of representatives elections , 1996
Statement:
there is equal number of incumbents from republican and democratic party
Answer:
supported