1976 United States House of Representatives elections

1976 United States House of Representatives elections

← 1974 November 2, 1976 1978 →
All 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives 218 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Carl Albert (retired) John Rhodes Party Democratic Republican Leader since January 21, 1971 December 7, 1973 Leader's seat Oklahoma 3rd Arizona 1st Last election 291 seats 144 seats Seats won 292 143 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 41,474,890 31,380,535 Percentage 55.9% 42.3% Swing 1.6% 1.6%
Results:      Democratic hold      Democratic gain      Republican hold      Republican gain
Speaker before election Carl Albert Democratic Elected Speaker Tip O'Neil Democratic

The 1976 United States House of Representatives elections were elections for the United States House of Representatives on November 2, 1976, to elect members to serve in the 95th United States Congress. They coincided with Jimmy Carter's election as president. Carter's narrow victory over Gerald Ford had limited coattails, and his Democratic Party gained a net of only one seat from the Republican Party in the House. The result was nevertheless disappointing to the Republicans, who were hoping to win back some of the seats they lost in the wake of the Watergate scandal two years earlier.

This election was the last time Democrats or any party had a two-thirds supermajority in the House. It is also the last congressional election in which Democrats won a House seat in Wyoming.