Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2016
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110 seats in the Michigan House of Representatives 56 seats needed for a majority |
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| Turnout | 4,524,306 (60.36%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2016 Michigan House of Representatives elections was held on November 8, 2016, with partisan primaries to select the parties' nominees in the various districts on August 2, 2016. Members elected at the 2016 election serve in the 99th Michigan Legislature which convened on January 11, 2017.
Under the Michigan Constitution, members of the state Senate are able to serve only two four-years terms, and members of the House of Representatives are limited to three two-years terms. The following members were prevented by term-limits from seeking re-election to the House in 2016.
Over one-third of the House could not seek re-election because of term-limits, with the legislators who were elected in the 2010 mid-term elections, that saw the House Republican conference pick up 21 seats, the largest net gain for one party in an election since Michigan's newly constituted term-limits went into effect in 1992.
Following the primary elections on August 2, general election matchups and results in each district were as follows:
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