1984 United States House of Representatives elections

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All 435 seats in theUnited States House of Representatives 218 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Tip O'Neill Bob Michel Party Democratic Republican Leader since January 4, 1977 January 3, 1981 Leader's seat Massachusetts 8th Illinois 18th Last election 269 seats 165 seats Seats won 253 181 Seat change 16 16 Popular vote 42,973,494 38,642,646 Percentage 52.1% 47.0% Swing 3.1pp 3.6pp   Third party   Party Conservative Last election 1[a] Seats won 1[a] Seat change Popular vote 117,872 Percentage 0.1% Swing 0.1pp
Results:      Democratic hold     Democratic gain      Republican hold     Republican gain      Conservative hold
Speaker before election Tip O'Neill Democratic ElectedSpeaker Tip O'Neill Democratic

The1984 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for theUnited States House of Representatives on November 6, 1984, to elect members to serve in the99th United States Congress.^[1] They coincided with there-election ofPresidentRonald Reagan in a landslide. This victory also yielded gains for Reagan'sRepublican Party in the House, where they picked up a net of sixteen seats from theDemocratic Party. Despite Reagan's extremely large electoral victory, the Democrats nonetheless retained a commanding majority in the House and actuallygained seats in the Senate. These elections were the last until 2020 when a member of a political party other than the Democrats, Republicans, or an independent had one or more seats in the chamber.

This would be the last time foreight years that the Democrats experienced a net loss of seats in the House.

411 incumbent members sought reelection, but 3 were defeated in primaries and 16 defeated in the general election for a total of 392 incumbents winning.^[2]

Party		Seats			Seat percentage	Vote percentage	Popular vote
		Last election (1982)	This election	Net change
	Democratic Party	269	253	16	58.2%	52.1%	42,973,494
	Republican Party	165	181	16	41.6%	47.0%	38,642,646
	Libertarian Party	0	0		0.0%	0.3%	275,865
	Independent	0	0		0.0%	0.2%	121,187
	Conservative Party	1	1		0.2%	0.1%	117,872
	Peace and Freedom Party	0	0		0.0%	0.1%	61,543
	Others	0	0		0.0%	0.3%	229,231
Total		435	435	0	100.0%	100.0%	82,421,838
Source:Election Statistics - Office of the Clerk

Twenty-two representatives retired. Sixteen of those seats were held by the same party, six seats changed party.

Nine Democrats retired. Four of those seats were held by Democrats and five were won by Republicans.

Twelve Republicans retired. Eleven of those seats were held by Republicans and one was won by a Democrat.

1. Alabama 1:Jack Edwards. Was succeeded bySonny Callahan.
2. Illinois 13:John N. Erlenborn. Was succeeded byHarris Fawell.
3. Illinois 14:Tom Corcoran: torun for U.S. Senate. Was succeeded byJohn E. Grotberg.
4. Kansas 3:Larry Winn. Was succeeded byJan Meyers.
5. Michigan 5:Harold S. Sawyer. Was succeeded byPaul B. Henry.
6. New York 30:Barber Conable. Was succeeded byFred J. Eckert.
7. North Carolina 9:James G. Martin: torun for Governor of North Carolina. Was succeeded byAlex McMillan.
8. Texas 6:Phil Gramm: torun for U.S. Senate. Was succeeded byJoe Barton.
9. Texas 22:Ron Paul: torun for U.S. Senate. Was succeeded byTom DeLay.
10. Utah 2:David Daniel Marriott: torun for Governor of Utah. Was succeeded byDavid Smith Monson.
11. Virginia 7:J. Kenneth Robinson. Was succeeded byD. French Slaughter Jr.
12. Washington 1:Joel Pritchard. Was succeeded byJohn Miller.

1. Arkansas 2:Ed Bethune: torun for U.S. Senate. Was succeeded byTommy F. Robinson.

Three Democrats lost renomination.

1. Indiana 1:Katie Hall lost to challengerPete Visclosky.
2. Pennsylvania 11:Frank Harrison lost to challengerPaul Kanjorski.
3. Texas 23:Abraham Kazen lost to challengerAlbert Bustamante.

There were three special elections to the98th Congress in 1984, two of which were held on the same day as the general election for the next term.

Elections are sorted here by date then district.

Livingston, Boggs, Moore, Breaux and Long were re-elected when they received more than 50% of the vote in the Sept. 29 jungle primaries. Tauzin, Breaux and Huckaby were automatically re-elected without having to appear on a ballot.