Elections / 2012 · House
Republicans held the most US House seats in 2012.
Across 435 districts, Democrats won 202, Republicans 233. Results are party-level here — candidate names appear on each state's page. Every state below links to its districts.
2012 US House elections
House balance
113th Congress
Republicans held the House.
Democratic201
Republican234
presidential vote, same yearD+3.9
Republicans held control — net −8.
2012House delegation lean
D+60R+60
Each state shaded by the partisan lean of its 2012 House delegation — the net of its Democratic and Republican seats. Hover for the split.
Delegation lean is (Democratic − Republican seats) ÷ total seats; an evenly split delegation reads neutral, and a one-seat state shades fully to its winner.
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 | — | |
| Alabama | 7 | 1 | 6 | — | |
| Arkansas | 4 | 0 | 4 | — | |
| Arizona | 9 | 5 | 4 | — | |
| California | 53 | 38 | 15 | — | |
| Colorado | 7 | 3 | 4 | — | |
| Connecticut | 5 | 5 | 0 | — | |
| Delaware | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | |
| Florida | 27 | 10 | 17 | — | |
| Georgia | 14 | 5 | 9 | — | |
| Hawaii | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | |
| Iowa | 4 | 2 | 2 | — | |
| Idaho | 2 | 0 | 2 | — | |
| Illinois | 18 | 12 | 6 | — | |
| Indiana | 9 | 2 | 7 | — | |
| Kansas | 4 | 0 | 4 | — | |
| Kentucky | 6 | 1 | 5 | — | |
| Louisiana | 6 | 1 | 5 | — | |
| Massachusetts | 9 | 9 | 0 | — | |
| Maryland | 8 | 7 | 1 | — | |
| Maine | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | |
| Michigan | 14 | 5 | 9 | — | |
| Minnesota | 8 | 5 | 3 | — | |
| Missouri | 8 | 2 | 6 | — | |
| Mississippi | 4 | 1 | 3 | — | |
| Montana | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | |
| North Carolina | 13 | 4 | 9 | — | |
| North Dakota | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | |
| Nebraska | 3 | 0 | 3 | — | |
| New Hampshire | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | |
| New Jersey | 12 | 6 | 6 | — | |
| New Mexico | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | |
| Nevada | 4 | 2 | 2 | — | |
| New York | 27 | 22 | 5 | — | |
| Ohio | 16 | 4 | 12 | — | |
| Oklahoma | 5 | 0 | 5 | — | |
| Oregon | 5 | 4 | 1 | — | |
| Pennsylvania | 18 | 5 | 13 | — | |
| Rhode Island | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | |
| South Carolina | 7 | 1 | 6 | — | |
| South Dakota | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | |
| Tennessee | 9 | 2 | 7 | — | |
| Texas | 36 | 12 | 24 | — | |
| Utah | 4 | 1 | 3 | — | |
| Virginia | 11 | 3 | 8 | — | |
| Vermont | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | |
| Washington | 10 | 6 | 4 | — | |
| Wisconsin | 8 | 3 | 5 | — | |
| West Virginia | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | |
| Wyoming | 1 | 0 | 1 | — |