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1970 United States House of Representatives elections

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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.

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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.

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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.[1]

255 180
Democratic Republican

Summary of the November 3, 1970, election results

Parties Seats Popular Vote
1968 1970 Change Strength Vote % Change
Democratic Party 243 255 Increase 12 58.6% 29,080,212 53.6% Increase 3.4%
Republican Party 192 180 Decrease 12 41.4% 24,352,657 44.9% Decrease 3.6%
Conservative Party —— —— —— —— 230,180 0.4% Steady
American Independent Party —— —— —— —— 132,992 0.2% Decrease 0.1%
Independent —— —— —— —— 122,430 0.2% Increase 0.1%
Liberal Party —— —— —— —— 67,696 0.1% Steady
National Democratic Party —— —— —— —— 67,228 0.1% Steady
Constitution Party —— —— —— —— 46,100 0.1% Steady
Peace and Freedom Party —— —— —— —— 40,763 0.1% Steady
Socialist Workers Party —— —— —— —— 9,675 <0.1% Steady
Raza Unida Party —— —— —— —— 7,085 <0.1% Steady
A Public Party —— —— —— —— 5,774 <0.1% Steady
Right to Life Party —— —— —— —— 5,342 <0.1% Steady
Dodd Independent Party —— —— —— —— 5,062 <0.1% Steady
Liberty Union Party —— —— —— —— 4,315 <0.1% Steady
Urban Tax Reform Party —— —— —— —— 3,675 <0.1% Steady
American Party —— —— —— —— 2,759 <0.1% Steady
Common Peoples' Party —— —— —— —— 1,727 <0.1% Steady
Buffalo Party —— —— —— —— 1,724 <0.1% Steady
Iowa New Party —— —— —— —— 1,262 <0.1% Steady
Socialist Labor Party —— —— —— —— 973 <0.1% Steady
For the People Party —— —— —— —— 823 <0.1% Steady
The O'Hara Bill Party —— —— —— —— 518 <0.1% Steady
Communist Party —— —— —— —— 374 <0.1% Steady
Progressive Labor Socialist Party —— —— —— —— 208 <0.1% Steady
Others —— —— —— —— 67,331 0.1% 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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One Democratic seat was lost to Republicans. Democrats, therefore, retained a 20–18 margin over Republicans.

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