United States House election, 1984

United States House of Representatives elections, 1984

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November 6, 1984

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All 435 seats to the United States House of Representatives
218 seats were needed for a majority

	Majority party	Minority party

Leader	Tip O'Neill	Bob Michel
Party	Democratic	Republican
Leader's seat	Massachusetts-11th	Illinois-18th
Last election	269 seats	166 seats
Seats won	253	182
Seat change	16	16
Popular vote	42,973,494	38,734,908
Percentage	52.1%	47.0%
Swing	3.1%	3.6%

Results:

Democratic hold

Democratic pickup

Republican hold

Republican pickup

Speaker before election

Tip O'Neill
Democratic

Elected Speaker

Tip O'Neill
Democratic

The 1984 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1984 which coincided with the re-election of President Ronald Reagan in a landslide. This victory also yielded gains for Reagan's Republican Party in the House, where they picked up a net of sixteen seats from the Democratic Party. The Democrats nonetheless retained a commanding majority in the House and gained seats in the Senate.

Twenty-two representatives retired. Sixteen of those seats were held by the same party, six seats changed party.

Nine Democrats retired. Four of those seats were held by Democrats and five were won by Republicans.

Twelve Republicans retired. Eleven of those seats were held by Republicans and one were won by Democrats.

Three Democrats lost renomination.

Thirteen Democrats lost re-election.

Three Republicans lost re-election.

Key to party abbreviations: AI=American Independent, C=Constitution, D=Democratic, G=Green, I=Independent, IP=Independence Party, L=Libertarian, PF=Peace and Freedom, R=Republican.

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