Democrats gained 6 seats in this election, although Republicans narrowly won the popular vote and won a 241–194 majority. Republicans suffered net losses in both houses of Congress, despite winning the presidency, a first for either party since the 2000 elections. This was also the first election since 2000 in which the winning presidential party lost House seats.
As of 2024, this is the last time Republicans won a majority of seats in Colorado, Virginia, Michigan and Pennsylvania, and the most recent election cycle in which Republicans won a House seat in Maine or any state in the New England region, or won every house seat in Kansas.
Results summary
Federal
Source: "Election Statistics – Office of the Clerk". Note: does not include blank and over/under votes which were included in the official results.
Per states
Maps
Results shaded according to winning candidate's share of vote
Popular vote by states
House votes by party holding plurality in state
Retiring incumbents
Forty-two Representatives declined to seek re-election in 2016, divided into eighteen Democrats and twenty-four Republicans.
This table shows the primary dates for regularly-scheduled elections. It also shows the type of primary. In an "open" primary, any registered voter can vote in any party's primary. In a "closed" primary, only voters registered with a specific party can vote in that party's primary. In a "top-two" primary, all candidates run against each other regardless of party affiliation, and the top two candidates advance to the second round of voting (in Louisiana, a candidate can win the election by winning a majority of the vote in the first round). All of the various other primary types are classified as "hybrid." Alaska in 2008 provides one example of a hybrid primary: the Democratic Party allowed unaffiliated voters to vote in its primary, while the Republican Party only allowed party members to vote in its primary.[4]
RIndicates a state that requires primary run-off elections under certain conditions.
Special elections
These elections were for the remainder of the term ending January 3, 2017. Sorted by date, then by state, then by district.
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