1970 United States House of Representatives elections

The 1970 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives held on November 3, 1970, to elect members to serve in the 92nd United States Congress. They occurred in the middle of Richard M. Nixon's first term as president. His party, the Republican Party, lost a net of 12 seats to the Democratic Party, which thereby increased its majority in the House.

Pursuant to the Uniform Congressional District Act, this was the first House election since the 1930 elections in which all 50 states used a single-member-district system to elect representatives instead of using at-large congressional districts.

Overall results 401 incumbent members sought reelection, but 10 were defeated in primaries and 12 defeated in the general election for a total of 379 incumbents winning.

+ ↓ 255 180 Democratic Republican

Summary of the November 3, 1970, election results Parties Seats Popular Vote 1968 1970 Change Strength Vote % Change Democratic Party 243 255 12 58.6% 29,080,212 53.6% 3.4% Republican Party 192 180 12 41.4% 24,352,657 44.9% 3.6% Conservative Party —— —— —— —— 230,180 0.4% American Independent Party —— —— —— —— 132,992 0.2% 0.1% Independent —— —— —— —— 122,430 0.2% 0.1% Liberal Party —— —— —— —— 67,696 0.1% National Democratic Party —— —— —— —— 67,228 0.1% Constitution Party —— —— —— —— 46,100 0.1% Peace and Freedom Party —— —— —— —— 40,763 0.1% Socialist Workers Party —— —— —— —— 9,675 <0.1% Raza Unida Party —— —— —— —— 7,085 <0.1% A Public Party —— —— —— —— 5,774 <0.1% Right to Life Party —— —— —— —— 5,342 <0.1% Dodd Independent Party —— —— —— —— 5,062 <0.1% Liberty Union Party —— —— —— —— 4,315 <0.1% Urban Tax Reform Party —— —— —— —— 3,675 <0.1% American Party —— —— —— —— 2,759 <0.1% Common Peoples' Party —— —— —— —— 1,727 <0.1% Buffalo Party —— —— —— —— 1,724 <0.1% Iowa New Party —— —— —— —— 1,262 <0.1% Socialist Labor Party —— —— —— —— 973 <0.1% For the People Party —— —— —— —— 823 <0.1% The O'Hara Bill Party —— —— —— —— 518 <0.1% Communist Party —— —— —— —— 374 <0.1% Progressive Labor Socialist Party —— —— —— —— 208 <0.1% Others —— —— —— —— 67,331 0.1% 0.1% Total 435 435 0 100.0% 54,258,885 100.0% —— Source: Election Statistics – Office of the Clerk

Special elections

Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

California

One Democratic seat was lost to Republicans. Democrats, therefore, retained a 20–18 margin over Republicans.

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

! | Dan Rostenkowski | | Democratic | 1958

1970 United States House of Representatives elections

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