1984 United States House of Representatives elections information
House elections for the 99th U.S. Congress
1984 United States House of Representatives elections
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November 6, 1984
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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
Bob Michel
Party
Democratic
Republican
Leader since
January 4, 1977
January 3, 1981
Leader's seat
Massachusetts 8th
Illinois 18th
Last election
269 seats
165 seats
Seats won
253
181
Seat change
16
16
Popular vote
42,973,494
38,642,646
Percentage
52.1%
47.0%
Swing
3.1%
3.6%
Third party
Party
Conservative
Last election
1[a]
Seats won
1[a]
Seat change
Popular vote
117,872
Percentage
0.1%
Swing
0.1%
Results: Democratic hold Democratic gain Republican hold Republican gain Conservative hold
Speaker before election
Tip O'Neill
Democratic
Elected Speaker
Tip O'Neill
Democratic
The 1984 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives on November 6, 1984, to elect members to serve in the 99th United States Congress.[1] They coincided with the re-election of President Ronald Reagan in a landslide. This victory also yielded gains for Reagan's Republican Party in the House, where they picked up a net of sixteen seats from the Democratic Party. Despite Reagan's extremely large electoral victory, the Democrats nonetheless retained a commanding majority in the House and actually gained seats in the Senate. These elections were the last until 2020 when a member of a political party other than the Democrats, Republicans, or an independent had one or more seats in the chamber.
This would be the last time for eight years that the Democrats experienced a net loss of seats in the House.
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