1978 United States House of Representatives elections information
House elections for the 96th U.S. Congress
1978 United States House of Representatives elections
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November 7, 1978
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All 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives 218 seats needed for a majority
Majority party
Minority party
Leader
Tip O'Neill
John Rhodes
Party
Democratic
Republican
Leader since
January 4, 1977
December 7, 1973
Leader's seat
Massachusetts 8th
Arizona 1st
Last election
292 seats
143 seats
Seats won
277
157
Seat change
15
14
Popular vote
29,317,777
24,464,665
Percentage
53.7%
44.8%
Swing
2.2%
2.5%
Third party
Party
Conservative
Last election
0 seats
Seats won
1[a]
Seat change
1
Popular vote
74,531
Percentage
0.1%
Swing
Results: Democratic hold Democratic gain Republican hold Republican gain Conservative gain
Speaker before election
Tip O'Neill
Democratic
Elected Speaker
Tip O'Neill
Democratic
The 1978 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives on November 7, 1978, to elect members to serve in the 96th United States Congress. They occurred in the middle of Democratic President Jimmy Carter's term, amidst an energy crisis and rapid inflation. The Democratic Party lost a net of 15 seats to the Republican Party, and thus lost their two-thirds supermajority, but still maintained a large 277-seat majority.
As of 2024, this was the last midterm election where the Democrats managed to maintain a majority in the House of Representatives under a Democratic president and the last midterm election in which a registered third party member[b] was elected.
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