Elections / 1982 · House

Democrats held the most US House seats in 1982.

Across 435 districts, Democrats won 269, Republicans 166. Results are party-level here — candidate names appear on each state's page. Every state below links to its districts.

1982 U.S. House elections

Democrats 269 +27218for control165 Republicans −27

435 voting seats, as elected in November 1982. The chamber is shown as voters returned it — seats vacated or members who changed party afterward are not reflected. DC’s delegate is non-voting and excluded.

Each of the 435 districts filled by the margin its winner carried · hover for the detail

Seats by state

Every row links to that state's district-by-district results.

State	Seats	Dem	Rep	Other	Delegation lean
Alaska	1	0	1	—	−100.0%
Alabama	7	5	2	—	+42.9%
Arkansas	4	2	2	—	+0.0%
Arizona	5	2	3	—	−20.0%
California	45	28	17	—	+24.4%
Colorado	6	3	3	—	+0.0%
Connecticut	6	4	2	—	+33.3%
Delaware	1	1	0	—	+100.0%
Florida	19	13	6	—	+36.8%
Georgia	10	9	1	—	+80.0%
Hawaii	2	2	0	—	+100.0%
Iowa	6	3	3	—	+0.0%
Idaho	2	0	2	—	−100.0%
Illinois	22	12	10	—	+9.1%
Indiana	10	5	5	—	+0.0%
Kansas	5	2	3	—	−20.0%
Kentucky	7	4	3	—	+14.3%
Louisiana	8	6	2	—	+50.0%
Massachusetts	11	10	1	—	+81.8%
Maryland	8	7	1	—	+75.0%
Maine	2	0	2	—	−100.0%
Michigan	18	12	6	—	+33.3%
Minnesota	8	5	3	—	+25.0%
Missouri	9	6	3	—	+33.3%
Mississippi	5	3	2	—	+20.0%
Montana	2	1	1	—	+0.0%
North Carolina	11	9	2	—	+63.6%
North Dakota	1	1	0	—	+100.0%
Nebraska	3	0	3	—	−100.0%
New Hampshire	2	1	1	—	+0.0%
New Jersey	14	9	5	—	+28.6%
New Mexico	3	1	2	—	−33.3%
Nevada	2	1	1	—	+0.0%
New York	34	20	14	—	+17.6%
Ohio	21	10	11	—	−4.8%
Oklahoma	6	5	1	—	+66.7%
Oregon	5	3	2	—	+20.0%
Pennsylvania	23	13	10	—	+13.0%
Rhode Island	2	1	1	—	+0.0%
South Carolina	6	3	3	—	+0.0%
South Dakota	1	1	0	—	+100.0%
Tennessee	9	6	3	—	+33.3%
Texas	27	22	5	—	+63.0%
Utah	3	0	3	—	−100.0%
Virginia	10	4	6	—	−20.0%
Vermont	1	0	1	—	−100.0%
Washington	8	5	3	—	+25.0%
Wisconsin	9	5	4	—	+11.1%
West Virginia	4	4	0	—	+100.0%
Wyoming	1	0	1	—	−100.0%

Source. MIT Election Data + Science Lab — 1982 US House returns, party-classified by literal ballot party · party-level district results. Real returns — nothing estimated.

Democratic	35,281,825	55.2%
Republican	27,714,733	43.4%
Other	884,300	1.4%
Margin	7,567,092	D+11.8