Elections / 1996 · House

Republicans held the most US House seats in 1996.

Across 422 districts, Democrats won 203, Republicans 217, others 2. Results are party-level here — candidate names appear on each state's page. Every state below links to its districts.

1996 U.S. House elections

Democrats 206 +2218for control227 Republicans −3

435 voting seats, as elected in November 1996. 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 · cyan outlines a district that flipped party · 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	2	5	—	−42.9%
Arkansas	4	2	2	—	+0.0%
Arizona	6	1	5	—	−66.7%
California	52	29	23	—	+11.5%
Colorado	6	2	4	—	−33.3%
Connecticut	6	4	2	—	+33.3%
Delaware	1	0	1	—	−100.0%
Florida	23	8	15	—	−30.4%
Georgia	11	3	8	—	−45.5%
Hawaii	2	2	0	—	+100.0%
Iowa	5	1	4	—	−60.0%
Idaho	2	0	2	—	−100.0%
Illinois	20	10	10	—	+0.0%
Indiana	10	4	6	—	−20.0%
Kansas	4	0	4	—	−100.0%
Kentucky	6	1	5	—	−66.7%
Louisiana	7	2	5	—	−42.9%
Massachusetts	10	10	0	—	+100.0%
Maryland	8	4	4	—	+0.0%
Maine	2	2	0	—	+100.0%
Michigan	16	10	6	—	+25.0%
Minnesota	8	6	2	—	+50.0%
Missouri	9	5	3	1	+22.2%
Mississippi	5	2	3	—	−20.0%
Montana	1	0	1	—	−100.0%
North Carolina	12	6	6	—	+0.0%
North Dakota	1	1	0	—	+100.0%
Nebraska	3	0	3	—	−100.0%
New Hampshire	2	0	2	—	−100.0%
New Jersey	13	6	7	—	−7.7%
New Mexico	3	1	2	—	−33.3%
Nevada	2	0	2	—	−100.0%
New York	31	20	11	—	+29.0%
Ohio	19	8	11	—	−15.8%
Oklahoma	6	0	6	—	−100.0%
Oregon	5	4	1	—	+60.0%
Pennsylvania	21	11	10	—	+4.8%
Rhode Island	2	2	0	—	+100.0%
South Carolina	6	2	4	—	−33.3%
South Dakota	1	0	1	—	−100.0%
Tennessee	9	4	5	—	−11.1%
Texas	17	11	6	—	+29.4%
Utah	3	0	3	—	−100.0%
Virginia	11	6	5	—	+9.1%
Vermont	1	0	0	1	+0.0%
Washington	9	3	6	—	−33.3%
Wisconsin	9	5	4	—	+11.1%
West Virginia	3	3	0	—	+100.0%
Wyoming	1	0	1	—	−100.0%

Source. MIT Election Data + Science Lab — 1996 US House returns, party-classified by literal ballot party · party-level district results. Real returns — nothing estimated.

Democratic	42,828,440	48.9%
Republican	42,349,744	48.4%
Other	2,329,404	2.7%
Margin	478,696	D+0.5