Results Summary
| Parties | Total Seats | Popular Vote | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Incumbents | Not up | This election | Result | +/- | Vote | % | ||||||
| Up | Re-elected | Held | Gained | Lost | ||||||||
| Democratic Party | 54 | 40 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 56 | 2 | 17,199,567 | 45.49% | |
| Republican Party | 44 | 24 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 42 | 2 | 19,821,203 | 52.42% | |
| Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 318,238 | 0.84% | ||||
| Conservative | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 42,348 | 0.11% | ||||
| Others | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 470,090 | 1.24% | ||||
| Total | 100 | 66 | 34 | 21 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 100 | 37,809,098 | 100.0% | ||
Source: Election Statistics - U.S. House of Representatives, Office of the Clerk
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