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2018 United States House of Representatives elections

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All 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives[a]
218 seats needed for a majority
Turnout53.1%[1] Decrease 1.7 pp
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Nancy Pelosi Paul Ryan
(retired)
Party Democratic Republican
Leader since January 3, 2003 October 29, 2015
Leader's seat California 12th Wisconsin 1st
Last election 194 seats, 48.0%[2] 241 seats, 49.1%[2]
Seats won 270 165[c]
Seat change Increase 75[b] Decrease 75[d]
Popular vote 72,263,510[3] 50,483,741[3]
Percentage 57.4% 40.1%
Swing Increase 9.4% Decrease 9%

Results:
     Democratic hold      Democratic gain
     Republican hold      Republican gain

Speaker before election

Paul Ryan
Republican

Elected Speaker

Nancy Pelosi
Democratic


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  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2018 voter turnout was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b Leamon, Eileen J.; Bucelato, Jason, eds. (December 2017). Federal Elections 2016: Election Results for the U.S. President, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives (PDF). Washington, D.C.: Federal Election Commission.
  3. ^ a b Johnson, Cheryl L. (February 28, 2019). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 2018". Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved April 27, 2019.