1978 United States House of Representatives elections
type: Thing
type: Event
type: Q1656682
type: Q40231
type: Election
type: SocietalEvent
label: Wahlen zum Repräsentantenhaus der Vereinigten Staaten 1978 @de
label: 1978년 미국 하원의원 선거 @ko
description: House elections for the 96th U.S. Congress
first leader: Tip O'Neill
second leader: John Jacob Rhodes
start date: 1978-11-07
title: 1978 United States House of Representatives elections
subject: Category:Ed Markey
subject: Category:Dan Quayle
subject: Category:Jamie Whitten
subject: Category:John Conyers
subject: Category:1978 United States House of Representatives elections
subject: Category:Geraldine Ferraro
subject: Category:Presidency of Jimmy Carter
subject: Category:John Dingell
after election: Tip O'Neill
after party: Democratic Party
before election: Tip O'Neill
before party: Democratic Party
election date: 1978-11-07
election name: 1978
leader since: 1977-01-04
leader since: 1973-12-07
leaders seat: Massachusetts's 8th congressional district
majority seats: 218
ongoing: no
percentage: 0.1
percentage: 53.7
percentage: 44.8
popular vote: 74531
popular vote: 24464665
popular vote: 29317777
previous election: 1976
previous year: 1976
seat change: 1
seat change: 14
seat change: 15
seats for election: All 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives
swing: 2.2
swing: 2.5
flag year: 1960
barwidth: 710
country: United States
image: John Jacob Rhodes .jpg
image: File:Tip O'Neill 1978 .jpg
image size: 160
last election: 0
last election: 143
last election: 292
leader: Tip O'Neill
leader: John Jacob Rhodes
map caption: Results:
map image: 1978
map size: 320
next election: 1980
next year: 1980
party: Conservative Party of New York State
party: Democratic Party
party: Republican Party
seats: 1
seats: 157
seats: 277
title: Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
title: House seats
title: Popular vote
titlebar: #ddd
type: legislative
width: 900