Overall Results
| Party | Seats | Seat percentage |
Vote percentage |
Popular vote |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Elected | Net Change |
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| Republican Party | 228 | 223 | 5 | 51.3% | 48.0% | 31,983,612 | ||
| Democratic Party | 206 | 211 | 5 | 48.5% | 47.1% | 31,391,834 | ||
| Libertarian Party | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 1.3% | 880,024 | |||
| Independent | 1 | 1 | 0.2% | 0.6% | 372,072 | |||
| Other parties | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 3.0% | 1,977,260 | |||
| Totals | 435 | 435 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 66,604,802 | |||
| Source: Election Statistics - Office of the Clerk | ||||||||
| Popular vote | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 48.02% | |||
| Democratic | 47.13% | |||
| Libertarian | 1.32% | |||
| Others | 3.53% | |||
| House seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 51.26% | |||
| Democratic | 48.51% | |||
| Others | 0.23% | |||
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