2016 North Carolina House of Representatives election

2016 North Carolina House of Representatives election

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All 120 seats in the North Carolina House of Representatives
61 seats needed for a majority
Turnout68.98%
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Tim Moore Larry Hall
Party Republican Democratic
Leader since January 14, 2015 January 1, 2013
Leader's seat 111th - Kings Mountain 29th - Durham
Last election 74 46
Seats before 74 45[a]
Seats won 74 46
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 2,150,258 1,929,943
Percentage 52.01% 46.68%

Results:
     Democratic hold      Democratic gain
     Republican hold      Republican gain

Speaker before election

Tim Moore
Republican

Elected Speaker

Tim Moore
Republican

An election was held on November 8, 2016, to elect all 120 members to North Carolina's House of Representatives. The election coincided with elections for other offices, including U.S. President, U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, state governor and state senate. The primary election was held on March 15, 2016.

There was no change in the composition of the House (compared to the results of the 2014 elections) as Republicans retained their three-fifths supermajority, winning 74 seats compared to 46 seats for the Democrats.[1]


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  1. ^ Tomsic, Michael (November 9, 2016). "GOP Maintains Supermajority In NC Legislature". WFAE. Charlotte, U.S.A. Retrieved November 26, 2018.