2017 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election

2017 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election

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Needed to win: Majority of the votes cast 433 votes cast, 217 needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Candidate Paul Ryan Nancy Pelosi Party Republican Democratic Leader's seat Wisconsin 1st California 23rd Members' vote 239 189 Percentage 55.19% 43.65%   Candidate Others Members' vote 5 Percentage 1.15%
Speaker before election Paul Ryan Republican Elected Speaker Paul Ryan Republican

On January 3, 2017, the first day of the 115th United States Congress and two months after the 2016 U.S. House elections, the incoming members of the U.S. House of Representatives held an election for speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. This was the 125th U.S. speaker election since the office was created in 1789.

The, incumbent speaker House Republican leader Paul Ryan, received 239 votes, a majority of the chamber, and retained the speakership. House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi garnered 189 votes, with 5 more votes going to a scattering of others. As only 433 representatives in the 435-member House cast a vote (with two members not casting votes), 217 votes were necessary in order to win.