1984 United States House of Representatives elections

The 1984 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives on November 6, 1984, to elect members to serve in the 99th United States Congress. They coincided with the re-election of President Ronald Reagan in a landslide. This victory also yielded gains for Reagan's Republican Party in the House, where they picked up a net of sixteen seats from the Democratic Party. Despite Reagan's extremely large electoral victory, the Democrats nonetheless retained a commanding majority in the House and actually gained seats in the Senate. These elections were the last until 2020 when a member of a political party other than the Democrats, Republicans, or an independent had one or more seats in the chamber.

1984 United States House of Representatives elections
November 6, 1984
All 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives
218 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Tip O'Neill Bob Michel
Party Democratic Republican
Leader since January 4, 1977 January 3, 1981
Leader's seat Massachusetts 8th Illinois 18th
Last election 269 seats 165 seats
Seats won 253 181
Seat change 16 16
Popular vote 42,973,494 38,642,646
Percentage 52.1% 47.0%
Swing 3.1% 3.6%
  Third party
 
Party Conservative
Last election 1
Seats won 1
Seat change
Popular vote 117,872
Percentage 0.1%
Swing 0.1%
Results:
     Democratic hold      Democratic gain
     Republican hold      Republican gain
     Conservative hold
Speaker before election

Tip O'Neill
Democratic

 Elected Speaker

Tip O'Neill
Democratic

This would be the last time for eight years that the Democrats experienced a net loss of seats in the House.

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