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United States 2000 House of Representatives election

What was the result of the 2000 House of Representatives election in the United States?

Republican Party won 221 of 435 seats with 47.3% of the vote.

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  • 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 221 of 435 seats with 47.3% of the vote.

  • Republican Party 221 −2 seats 47.3% −0.7 points
  • Democratic Party 212 +1 seat 47.0% −0.1 points
  • Libertarian Party 0 0 seats 1.6% +0.3 points
  • Natural Law Party 0 0 seats 0.5% +0.2 points
  • Green Party 0 0 seats 0.3% +0.2 points
  • Independence Party 0 0 seats 0.2% +0.1 points
  • Reform Party 0 0 seats 0.2% −0.2 points
  • Constitution Party 0 0.1%
  • 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 1998 House of Representatives election, party by party.

218 of 435 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 47.3%

    Share of the vote won by Republican Party

    Republican Party won 221 of 435 seats. A majority needs 218.

  2. +1 seats

    Seats gained by Democratic Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1998. Republican Party lost 2 seats.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Republican Party221−247.3−0.746,750,175
Democratic Party212+147.0−0.146,411,559
Write-ins and scattered votes1.7+0.51,670,467
Libertarian Party001.6+0.31,610,292
Independents0.7+0.1683,098
Other parties0.5−0.3457,199
Natural Law Party000.5+0.2443,896
Green Party000.3+0.2279,158
Independence Party000.2+0.1194,474
Reform Party000.2−0.2176,709
Constitution Party00.1122,936
Other members2+1

± is the change against the United States 1998 House of Representatives election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Republican Party 46,750,175
  • Democratic Party 46,411,559
  • Write-ins and scattered votes 1,670,467
  • Libertarian Party 1,610,292
  • Independents 683,098
  • Other parties 457,199
  • Natural Law Party 443,896
  • Green Party 279,158
  • Independence Party 194,474
  • Reform Party 176,709
  • Constitution Party 122,936
  • Other members

Source: Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 2000", 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 0.3 points of the vote.

Time and source Data as of

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