1986 United States House of Representatives elections information
House elections for the 100th U.S. Congress
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1986 United States House of Representatives elections
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November 4, 1986
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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 (retired)
Bob Michel
Party
Democratic
Republican
Leader since
January 4, 1977
January 3, 1981
Leader's seat
Massachusetts 8th
Illinois 18th
Last election
253 seats
181 seats
Seats won
258
177
Seat change
5
4
Popular vote
32,447,021
26,533,178
Percentage
54.3%
44.4%
Swing
2.2%
2.6%
Third party
Party
Conservative
Last election
1
Seats won
0
Seat change
1
Popular vote
58,712
Percentage
0.1%
Swing
0.1%
Results: Democratic hold Democratic gain Republican hold Republican gain
Speaker before election
Tip O'Neill
Democratic
Elected Speaker
Jim Wright
Democratic
The 1986 United States House of Representatives elections was held on November 4, 1986, to elect U.S. Representatives to serve in the 100th United States Congress. They occurred in the middle of President Ronald Reagan's second term in office, while he was still relatively popular with the American public. As in most mid-term elections, the president's party — in this case, the Republican Party — lost seats, with the Democratic Party gaining a net of five seats and cementing its majority. These results were not as dramatic as those in the Senate, where the Republicans lost control of the chamber to the Democrats.
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