1992 United States House of Representatives elections

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1992 United States House of Representatives elections

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All 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives 218 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Tom Foley Bob Michel Party Democratic Republican Leader since June 6, 1989 January 3, 1981 Leader's seat Washington 5th Illinois 18th Last election 267 seats 167 seats Seats won 258 176 Seat change 9 9 Popular vote 48,654,189 43,812,063 Percentage 50.1% 45.1% Swing 2.0% 0.8%   Third party   Party Independent Last election 1 seat Seats won 1 Seat change Popular vote 1,255,726 Percentage 1.3%
Results:      Democratic hold      Democratic gain      Republican hold      Republican gain      Independent hold
Speaker before election Tom Foley Democratic Elected Speaker Tom Foley Democratic

The 1992 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 3, 1992, to elect U.S. Representatives to serve in the 103rd United States Congress. They coincided with the 1992 presidential election, in which Democrat Bill Clinton was elected president, defeating Republican incumbent President George H. W. Bush.

Despite this, however, the Democrats lost a net of nine seats in the House to the Republicans, in part due to redistricting following the 1990 census. This election was the first to use districts drawn up during the 1990 United States redistricting cycle on the basis of the 1990 census. The redrawn districts were notable for the increase in majority-minority districts, drawn as mandated by the Voting Rights Act. The 1980 census resulted in 17 majority-black districts and 10 majority-Hispanic districts, but 32 and 19 such districts, respectively, were drawn after 1990.^[1]

This was the first time ever that the victorious presidential party lost seats in the House in two consecutive elections. As of 2022^[update], this is the last congressional election in which Republicans won a House seat in Rhode Island, and the last time the Democrats won the House for more than two consecutive elections.