Elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1976

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A total of 435 seats
Election results card: blue constituencies won by Democrats, red by Republicans; more intense colors for constituencies conquered by the other party

The 1976 election to the United States House of Representatives took place on November 2, 1976. The election was part of the general election to the 95th United States Congress that year, in which one-third of the US Senators were elected. At the same time, the presidential election of 1976 took place, which the Democrat Jimmy Carter won.

The number of MPs to be elected was 435. The distribution of seats was based on the 1970 census .

The elections did not result in any significant change in the majority structure in the House of Representatives. The Democrats gained one seat and now have 292 seats. That was 2 seats above the two-thirds majority. This was not achieved by any party in the subsequent elections until today (2016). Accordingly, the Republicans lost a seat and were unable to recover from their heavy losses in the 1974 elections. The poor election result for the Republicans was still due to the consequences of the Watergate affair and the pardon of 1974 resigned President Richard Nixon by his successor Gerald Ford , who was also voted out on November 2, 1976.

Election result

Total: 435 (435)

The results of the last election two years earlier are in brackets. Changes during the legislative period that do not affect the elections themselves are not included in these figures, but are noted in the article on the 95th Congress in the section on the members of the House of Representatives under the relevant names of the representatives. As a result, the sources sometimes contain different information, as changes during the legislative period were sometimes incorporated into the figures and sometimes not. The election result shown is based on the source below (Party Divisions).

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