1986 United States House of Representatives elections

The 1986 United States House of Representatives elections was held on November 4, 1986, to elect U.S. Representatives to serve in the 100th United States Congress. They occurred in the middle of President Ronald Reagan's second term in office, while he was still relatively popular with the American public. As in most mid-term elections, the President's party — in this case, the Republican Party — lost seats, with the Democratic Party gaining a net of five seats and cementing its majority. These results were not as dramatic as those in the Senate, where the Republicans lost control of the chamber to the Democrats.

1986 United States House of Representatives elections
November 4, 1986
All 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives
218 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Tip O'Neill
(did not seek re-election)		 Bob Michel
Party Democratic Republican
Leader since January 4, 1977 January 3, 1981
Leader's seat Massachusetts 8th Illinois 18th
Last election 253 seats 181 seats
Seats won 258 177
Seat change 5 4
Popular vote 32,447,021 26,533,178
Percentage 54.3% 44.4%
Swing 2.2% 2.6%
  Third party
 
Party Conservative
Last election 1
Seats won 0
Seat change 1
Popular vote 58,712
Percentage 0.1%
Swing 0.1%
Results:
     Democratic hold      Democratic gain
     Republican hold      Republican gain
Speaker before election

Tip O'Neill
Democratic

 Elected Speaker

Jim Wright
Democratic

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