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.
Seats by state
Every row links to that state's district-by-district results.
| State | Seats | Dem | Rep | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | 1 | 0 | 1 | — |
| Alabama | 7 | 2 | 5 | — |
| Arkansas | 4 | 2 | 2 | — |
| Arizona | 6 | 1 | 5 | — |
| California | 52 | 29 | 23 | — |
| Colorado | 6 | 2 | 4 | — |
| Connecticut | 6 | 4 | 2 | — |
| Delaware | 1 | 0 | 1 | — |
| Florida | 23 | 8 | 15 | — |
| Georgia | 11 | 3 | 8 | — |
| Hawaii | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| Iowa | 5 | 1 | 4 | — |
| Idaho | 2 | 0 | 2 | — |
| Illinois | 20 | 10 | 10 | — |
| Indiana | 10 | 4 | 6 | — |
| Kansas | 4 | 0 | 4 | — |
| Kentucky | 6 | 1 | 5 | — |
| Louisiana | 7 | 2 | 5 | — |
| Massachusetts | 10 | 10 | 0 | — |
| Maryland | 8 | 4 | 4 | — |
| Maine | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| Michigan | 16 | 10 | 6 | — |
| Minnesota | 8 | 6 | 2 | — |
| Missouri | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| Mississippi | 5 | 2 | 3 | — |
| Montana | 1 | 0 | 1 | — |
| North Carolina | 12 | 6 | 6 | — |
| North Dakota | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Nebraska | 3 | 0 | 3 | — |
| New Hampshire | 2 | 0 | 2 | — |
| New Jersey | 13 | 6 | 7 | — |
| New Mexico | 3 | 1 | 2 | — |
| Nevada | 2 | 0 | 2 | — |
| New York | 31 | 20 | 11 | — |
| Ohio | 19 | 8 | 11 | — |
| Oklahoma | 6 | 0 | 6 | — |
| Oregon | 5 | 4 | 1 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 21 | 11 | 10 | — |
| Rhode Island | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| South Carolina | 6 | 2 | 4 | — |
| South Dakota | 1 | 0 | 1 | — |
| Tennessee | 9 | 4 | 5 | — |
| Texas | 17 | 11 | 6 | — |
| Utah | 3 | 0 | 3 | — |
| Virginia | 11 | 6 | 5 | — |
| Vermont | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Washington | 9 | 3 | 6 | — |
| Wisconsin | 9 | 5 | 4 | — |
| West Virginia | 3 | 3 | 0 | — |
| Wyoming | 1 | 0 | 1 | — |