1970 United States House of Representatives elections

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The 1970 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives held on November 3, 1970, to elect members to serve in the 92nd United States Congress. They occurred in the middle of Richard M. Nixon's first term as president. His party, the Republican Party, lost a net of 12 seats to the Democratic Party, which thereby increased its majority in the House.

Pursuant to the Uniform Congressional District Act, this was the first House election since the 1930 elections in which all 50 states used a single-member-district system to elect representatives instead of using at-large congressional districts.

Overall results

401 incumbent members sought reelection, but 10 were defeated in primaries and 12 defeated in the general election for a total of 379 incumbents winning.Template:Sfn

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Summary of the November 3, 1970, election results

Parties		Seats				Popular Vote
Parties		1968	1970	Change	Strength	Vote	%	Change
Template:Party color cell	Democratic Party	243	255	Template:Increase 12	58.6%	29,080,212	53.6%	Template:Increase 3.4%
Template:Party color cell	Republican Party	192	180	Template:Decrease 12	41.4%	24,352,657	44.9%	Template:Decrease 3.6%
Template:Party color cell	Conservative Party	——	——	——	——	230,180	0.4%	Template:Steady
Template:Party color cell	American Independent Party	——	——	——	——	132,992	0.2%	Template:Decrease 0.1%
Template:Party color cell	Independent	——	——	——	——	122,430	0.2%	Template:Increase 0.1%
Template:Party color cell	Liberal Party	——	——	——	——	67,696	0.1%	Template:Steady
Template:Party color cell	National Democratic Party	——	——	——	——	67,228	0.1%	Template:Steady
Template:Party color cell	Constitution Party	——	——	——	——	46,100	0.1%	Template:Steady
Template:Party color cell	Peace and Freedom Party	——	——	——	——	40,763	0.1%	Template:Steady
Template:Party color cell	Socialist Workers Party	——	——	——	——	9,675	<0.1%	Template:Steady
Template:Party color cell	Raza Unida Party	——	——	——	——	7,085	<0.1%	Template:Steady
Template:Party color cell	A Public Party	——	——	——	——	5,774	<0.1%	Template:Steady
Template:Party color cell	Right to Life Party	——	——	——	——	5,342	<0.1%	Template:Steady
Template:Party color cell	Dodd Independent Party	——	——	——	——	5,062	<0.1%	Template:Steady
Template:Party color cell	Liberty Union Party	——	——	——	——	4,315	<0.1%	Template:Steady
Template:Party color cell	Urban Tax Reform Party	——	——	——	——	3,675	<0.1%	Template:Steady
Template:Party color cell	American Party	——	——	——	——	2,759	<0.1%	Template:Steady
Template:Party color cell	Common Peoples' Party	——	——	——	——	1,727	<0.1%	Template:Steady
Template:Party color cell	Buffalo Party	——	——	——	——	1,724	<0.1%	Template:Steady
Template:Party color cell	Iowa New Party	——	——	——	——	1,262	<0.1%	Template:Steady
Template:Party color cell	Socialist Labor Party	——	——	——	——	973	<0.1%	Template:Steady
Template:Party color cell	For the People Party	——	——	——	——	823	<0.1%	Template:Steady
Template:Party color cell	The O'Hara Bill Party	——	——	——	——	518	<0.1%	Template:Steady
Template:Party color cell	Communist Party	——	——	——	——	374	<0.1%	Template:Steady
Template:Party color cell	Progressive Labor Socialist Party	——	——	——	——	208	<0.1%	Template:Steady
Template:Party color cell	Others	——	——	——	——	67,331	0.1%	Template:Increase 0.1%
Total		435	435	0	100.0%	54,258,885	100.0%	——
Source: Election Statistics – Office of the Clerk

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House seats by party holding plurality in state
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1970 United States House of Representatives elections

Overall results

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