United States House of Representatives elections, 1996

Infobox Election
election_name = United States House of Representatives elections, 1996
country = United States
type = legislative
ongoing = no
previous_election = United States House of Representatives elections, 1994
previous_year = 1994
next_election = United States House of Representatives elections, 1998
next_year = 1998
seats_for_election = All 435 seats to the United States House of Representatives
election_date = November 5, 1996


leader1 = Newt Gingrich
party1 = Republican Party (United States)
leaders_seat1 = Georgia-6th
last_election1 = 236 seats
seats1 = 228
seat_change1 = -8
popular_vote1 =
percentage1 = 47.8
swing1 = -2.1%


leader2 = Dick Gephardt
party2 = Democratic Party (United States)
leaders_seat2 = Missouri-3rd
last_election2 = 198 seats
seats2 = 206
seat_change2 = +8
popular_vote2 =
percentage2 = 48.1%
swing2 = +4.1%
title = Speaker
before_election = Newt Gingrich
before_party = Republican Party (United States)
after_election = Newt Gingrich
after_party = Republican Party (United States)

The U.S. House election, 1996 was an election for the United States House of Representatives on November 5, 1996 which coincided with the re-election of Bill Clinton as President. Clinton's Democratic Party won a net of eight seats from the Republican Party, but the Republicans retained an overall majority in the House. This was also a rare instance in which the winning party in the House failed to win the popular vote.

Overall results

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Voting members

Key to party abbreviations: AI=American Independent, C=Constitution, D=Democratic, G=Green, I=Independent, IP=Independence Party, L=Libertarian, NL=Natural Law, R=Republican, Ref=Reform, T=U.S. Taxpayers Party.

Key to color code: Blue=Democratic pickup; Red=Republican pickup.

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Arkansas

Connecticut

Georgia

Illinois

Kansas

Maine

Michigan

Missouri

Nevada

New Mexico

North Dakota

Oregon

outh Carolina

Texas

Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

ee also

*105th United States Congress
*United States Senate elections, 1996
*United States presidential election, 1996