2017 Westchester County Board of Legislators elections


2017 Westchester County Board of Legislators election
November 7, 2017
All 17 seats on the Westchester County Board of Legislators
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Party Democratic Republican Conservative
Last election 9 7 1
Seats won 12 4 1
Seat change 3 3
Popular vote 123,701 55,310 8,117
Percentage 65.39% 29.24% 4.29%
Swing 6.71% 6.81% 0.11%

The 2017 Westchester County Board of Legislators elections were held on 7 November 2017 in conjunction with the 2017 Westchester County Executive election. The elections resulted in major gains for the Democratic Party with the party flipping three previously Republican seats and control of the County Legislature from a Republican led Coalition. Benjamin Boykin became chair of the board and Catherine Parker Majority leader. Lohud attributed the major Democratic gains in heavily Democratic Westchester County as a reaction to the election of Donald Trump at the 2016 United States presidential election. The Democratic vote increased 6.71% as compared with the 2015 board of legislator elections. Democrats gained one seat they had previously left uncontested, the Peekskill based District 1 in addition to winning Districts 2 and 10 with their vote share increasing 8.13% and 5.48% respectively.

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