Elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1980

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A total of 435 seats
  • Dem . : 243
  • GOP : 192
  • Otherwise: 0

On November 4, 1980, the United States House of Representatives was elected. The election was part of the general election to the 97th United States Congress that year, which also elected a third of US Senators . The 1980 presidential election , won by Republican Ronald Reagan , also took place at the same time .

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

In the elections, the Republican upward trend that had begun two years earlier continued. With Ronald Reagan, they won the presidential elections and a majority in the Senate. In the House of Representatives they won 35 seats at the expense of the Democrats and now came to 192 seats. Despite the losses, the Democrats were able to maintain their absolute majority with their remaining 243 seats. It is noteworthy that the Republicans succeeded in gaining increasing numbers of votes in the classic southern states. For the first time since the time of Reconstruction , they achieved a majority in the state of South Carolina .

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 97th Congress in the section on the members of the House of Representatives under the appropriate 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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