United States House of Representatives elections, 1976

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November 2, 1976

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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	John Rhodes
Party	Democratic	Republican
Leader's seat	Massachusetts-11th	Arizona-1st
Last election	291 seats	144 seats
Seats won	292	143
Seat change	1	1
Popular vote	41,474,890	31,380,535
Percentage	55.9%	42.3%
Swing	1.6%	1.6%

Speaker before election

Carl Albert
Democratic

Elected Speaker

Tip O'Neil
Democratic

Carl Albert
Democratic

Tip O'Neil
Democratic

The 1976 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1976 which coincided with Jimmy Carter's election as President. Carter's narrow victory over Gerald Ford had limited coattails, and his Democratic Party gained a net of only one seat from the Republican Party in the House. This election is notable for being the last time any party had a veto-proof majority in the House.

Summary of the November 2, 1976 United States House of Representatives election results

Source: Election Statistics - Office of the Clerk

Key to party abbreviations: AI=American Independent, D=Democratic, I=Independent, PF=Peace and Freedom, R=Republican

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