United States 2018 House of Representatives election
What was the result of the 2018 House of Representatives election in the United States?
Democratic Party won 235 of 434 seats with 52.9% of the vote.
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- 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 : Democratic Party won 235 of 434 seats with 52.9% of the vote.
- Democratic Party 235 +41 seats 52.9% +5.6 points
- Republican Party 199 −42 seats 44.3% −4.1 points
- Libertarian Party 0 0 seats 0.7% −0.6 points
- Green Party 0 0 seats 0.2% −0.2 points
- Constitution Party 0 0 seats 0.0% 0.0 points
- Seats won
- Change on the previous election at the right
- Share of the vote
- Share at the previous election
- Change in points at the right
Changes are against the United States 2016 House of Representatives election, party by party.
Key numbers
52.9%
Share of the vote won by Democratic Party
Democratic Party won 235 of 434 seats. A majority needs 218.
+41 seats
Seats gained by Democratic Party
The largest gain in seats compared with 2016. Republican Party lost 42 seats.
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | 235 | +41 | 52.9 | +5.6 | 60,319,623 |
| Republican Party | 199 | −42 | 44.3 | −4.1 | 50,467,181 |
| Other parties | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | −0.5 | 1,560,149 |
| Libertarian Party | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | −0.6 | 758,492 |
| Independents | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | −0.2 | 576,660 |
| Green Party | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | −0.2 | 247,021 |
| Write-ins and scattered votes | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 64,081 |
| Constitution Party | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 23,624 |
± is the change against the United States 2016 House of Representatives election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Democratic Party 60,319,623
- Republican Party 50,467,181
- Other parties 1,560,149
- Libertarian Party 758,492
- Independents 576,660
- Green Party 247,021
- Write-ins and scattered votes 64,081
- Constitution Party 23,624
Source: Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 2018", 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.
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.
How do the votes compare with the seats?
- Democratic Party52.9% of votes54.1% of seats
- Republican Party44.3% of votes45.9% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 1.8 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); Democratic Party led Republican Party by 8.6 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