United States House of Representatives elections, 1968

Infobox Election
election_name = United States House of Representatives elections, 1968
country = United States
type = legislative
ongoing = no
previous_election = United States House of Representatives elections, 1966
previous_year = 1966
next_election = United States House of Representatives elections, 1970
next_year = 1970
seats_for_election = All 435 seats to the United States House of Representatives
election_date = November 5, 1968


leader1 = John McCormack
party1 = Democratic Party (United States)
leaders_seat1 = Massachusetts-12th
last_election1 = 247 seats
seats1 = 243
seat_change1 = -4
popular_vote1 =39,178,066
percentage1 = 50.0%
swing1 = -0.5%


leader2 = Gerald Ford
party2 = Republican Party (United States)
leaders_seat2 = Michigan-5th
last_election2 = 187 seats
seats2 = 192
seat_change2 = +5
popular_vote2 =37,068,791
percentage2 = 48.2%
swing2 = +0.2%
title = Speaker
before_election = John McCormack
before_party = Democratic Party (United States)
after_election = John McCormack
after_party = Democratic Party (United States)

The U.S. House elections, 1968 were elections for the United States House of Representatives in 1968 which coincided with Richard M. Nixon's election as President. Nixon's narrow victory yielded only limited gains for his Republican Party, which picked up a net of five seats from the Democratic Party. The Democrats nonetheless retained a majority in the House.

Overall results

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* Democratic - 39,178,066
* Republican - 37,068,791,
* Other - 1,627,060
* TOTAL - 77,873,917

California

ee also

*91st United States Congress
*United States Senate elections, 1968
*United States presidential election, 1968