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1978 United States House of Representatives elections

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House elections for the 96th U.S. Congress

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 2025, this was the last midterm election where the Democrats managed to maintain a majority in the House of Representatives under a Democratic president, the last midterm election in which a registered third party member[b] was elected, and the last time overall in which any party won at least 270 House seats.

382 incumbent members sought reelection, but 5 were defeated in primaries and 19 defeated in the general election for a total of 358 incumbents winning.

↓ 277 1 157 Democratic C Republican Parties Seats Popular vote Previous
election This
election +/- Strength Vote % Change Democratic 292 277 15 63.7% 29,317,222 53.7% 2.2% Republican 143 157 14 36.1% 24,464,665 44.8% 2.5% Independents 350,898 0.6% 0.2% American Independent 74,765 0.1% Conservative 0 1 1 0.2% 74,531 0.1% Libertarian 64,310 0.1% U.S. Labor 45,866 0.1% Liberal 44,807 0.1% Peace and Freedom 39,017 0.1% 0.1% American 34,110 0.1% 0.1% Socialist Workers 19,530 <0.1% Prohibition 9,992 <0.1% Communist 9,261 <0.1% La Raza Unida 7,185 <0.1% Liberty Union 6,505 <0.1% Peoples Independent Coalition 5,396 <0.1% Workers 2,709 <0.1% Socialist Labor 2,434 <0.1% Aloha Democratic 2,095 <0.1% Betsy Ross 1,629 <0.1% Socialist 978 <0.1% United Labor 712 <0.1% Others 5,305 <0.1% 0.3% Total 435 435 0 100.0% 54,583,922 100.0% -

Source: Election Statistics - Office of the Clerk

Popular vote Democratic 53.71% Republican 44.82% Others 1.47% House seats Democratic 63.68% Republican 36.32% House seats by party holding plurality in state

  80.1-100% Democratic

  80.1-100% Republican

  60.1-80% Democratic

  60.1-80% Republican

  Up to 60% Democratic

  Up to 60% Republican

  6+ Democratic gain

  6+ Republican gain

  3-5 Democratic gain

  3-5 Republican gain

  1-2 Democratic gain

  1-2 Republican gain

  no net change

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(November 2019) District Incumbent Party First
elected Result Candidates North Dakota at-large Mark Andrews Republican 1963 Incumbent re-elected.

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