United States 2020 House of Representatives election
What was the result of the 2020 House of Representatives election in the United States?
Democratic Party won 222 of 434 seats with 50.3% 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 222 of 434 seats with 50.3% of the vote.
- Democratic Party 222 −13 seats 50.3% −2.6 points
- Republican Party 212 +13 seats 47.2% +3.0 points
- Libertarian Party 0 0 seats 0.7% +0.1 points
- Green Party 0 0 seats 0.1% −0.2 points
- Constitution Party 0 0 seats 0.1% 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 2018 House of Representatives election, party by party.
Key numbers
50.3%
Share of the vote won by Democratic Party
Democratic Party won 222 of 434 seats. A majority needs 218.
+13 seats
Seats gained by Republican Party
The largest gain in seats compared with 2018. Democratic Party lost 13 seats.
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | 222 | −13 | 50.3 | −2.6 | 77,122,690 |
| Republican Party | 212 | +13 | 47.2 | +3.0 | 72,466,576 |
| Other parties | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | −0.1 | 1,982,993 |
| Libertarian Party | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | +0.1 | 1,100,639 |
| Independents | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | −0.2 | 431,984 |
| Write-ins and scattered votes | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 158,554 |
| Green Party | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | −0.2 | 90,121 |
| Constitution Party | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 77,848 |
± is the change against the United States 2018 House of Representatives election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Democratic Party 77,122,690
- Republican Party 72,466,576
- Other parties 1,982,993
- Libertarian Party 1,100,639
- Independents 431,984
- Write-ins and scattered votes 158,554
- Green Party 90,121
- Constitution Party 77,848
Source: Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 3, 2020", 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 Party50.3% of votes51.2% of seats
- Republican Party47.2% of votes48.8% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 1.7 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.1 by votes and 2.0 by seats; Democratic Party led Republican Party by 3.0 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