United States 1998 House of Representatives election
What was the result of the 1998 House of Representatives election in the United States?
Republican Party won 223 of 435 seats with 48.0% of the vote.
United States- Held:
- Final result
- Office of the Clerk of the House, read 4 November 2026
Which party won the most seats?
Final results from the Office of the Clerk of the House, read : Republican Party won 223 of 435 seats with 48.0% of the vote.
- Republican Party 223 48.0%
- Democratic Party 211 47.1%
- Libertarian Party 0 1.3%
- Reform Party 0 0.4%
- Natural Law Party 0 0.3%
- Independence Party 0 0.1%
- Green Party 0 0.1%
- Independent American Party 0 0.1%
- Seats won
- Share of the vote
- Republican Party223
- Democratic Party211
- Other members1
Key numbers
48.0%
Share of the vote won by Republican Party
Republican Party won 223 of 435 seats. A majority needs 218.
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | % | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Republican Party | 223 | 48.0 | 31,983,612 |
| Democratic Party | 211 | 47.1 | 31,391,834 |
| Libertarian Party | 0 | 1.3 | 880,024 |
| Write-ins and scattered votes | 1.2 | 773,568 | |
| Other parties | 0.8 | 528,240 | |
| Independents | 0.6 | 372,072 | |
| Reform Party | 0 | 0.4 | 239,173 |
| Natural Law Party | 0 | 0.3 | 195,015 |
| Independence Party | 0 | 0.1 | 78,042 |
| Green Party | 0 | 0.1 | 70,932 |
| Independent American Party | 0 | 0.1 | 45,206 |
| U.S. Taxpayers Party | 0 | 0.1 | 32,203 |
| Socialist Workers Party | 0 | 0.0 | 14,881 |
| Other members | 1 |
Votes by party
- Republican Party 31,983,612
- Democratic Party 31,391,834
- Libertarian Party 880,024
- Write-ins and scattered votes 773,568
- Other parties 528,240
- Independents 372,072
- Reform Party 239,173
- Natural Law Party 195,015
- Independence Party 78,042
- Green Party 70,932
- Independent American Party 45,206
- U.S. Taxpayers Party 32,203
- Socialist Workers Party 14,881
- Other members
Source: Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 3, 1998", public information that may be copied with this citation. We worked out each share.
A share is a party's votes over all the votes the Clerk counts for the House, write-ins included.
In some states the votes for a candidate who stood unopposed are not counted, as the Clerk's footnote to its table says, so the votes and shares of the parties in this election are lower than a full count. The seats are not affected.
Votes are counted on each party's own ballot line. A candidate who stood on the lines of more than one party (in New York, Connecticut and South Carolina) has the votes of the extra lines under Other parties, so the Democratic and Republican totals can be a little lower than counts that add the lines together.
Seats are the Clerk's count at the time of the election: a seat that was vacant then is not counted.
Other members won their seats outside the two big parties; the Clerk's table of seats does not say which column of votes they stood in.
How the result is shaped
The effective number of parties by votes is 2.2; Republican Party led Democratic Party by 0.9 points of the vote.
Time and source Data as of
Sources
- Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives: Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election, 1998 to 2024. Public information, copied with the citation. Shares worked out by us. (source). Licence: Office of the Clerk of the House: public information, which may be copied with the citation