The 1970 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives held on November 3, 1970, to elect members to serve in the 92nd United States Congress. They occurred in the middle of Richard M. Nixon's first term as president. His party, the Republican Party, lost a net of 12 seats to the Democratic Party, which thereby increased its majority in the House. Many viewed the results of the 1970 election as an indication of public fatigue over the ongoing Vietnam War as well as the fallout from the Kent State Massacre.

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1970 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 John McCormack (retired) Gerald Ford Party Democratic Republican Leader since January 10, 1962 January 3, 1965 Leader's seat Massachusetts 9th Michigan 5th Last election 243 seats 192 seats Seats won 255 180 Seat change 12 12 Popular vote 29,080,212 24,352,657 Percentage 53.6% 44.9% Swing 3.4% 3.6%
Results:      Democratic hold      Democratic gain      Republican hold      Republican gain
Speaker before election John McCormack Democratic Elected Speaker Carl Albert Democratic

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This was the first House election in which all 50 states used a single-member-district system to elect representatives instead of using at-large congressional districts.^{[clarification needed]}

Summary of the November 3, 1970, election results

Parties		Seats				Popular Vote
		1968	1970	Change	Strength	Vote	%	Change
	Democratic Party	243	255	12	58.6%	29,080,212	53.6%	3.4%
	Republican Party	192	180	12	41.4%	24,352,657	44.9%	3.6%
	Conservative Party	——	——	——	——	230,180	0.4%
	American Independent Party	——	——	——	——	132,992	0.2%	0.1%
	Independent	——	——	——	——	122,430	0.2%	0.1%
	Liberal Party	——	——	——	——	67,696	0.1%
	National Democratic Party	——	——	——	——	67,228	0.1%
	Constitution Party	——	——	——	——	46,100	0.1%
	Peace and Freedom Party	——	——	——	——	40,763	0.1%
	Socialist Workers Party	——	——	——	——	9,675	<0.1%
	Raza Unida Party	——	——	——	——	7,085	<0.1%
	A Public Party	——	——	——	——	5,774	<0.1%
	Right to Life Party	——	——	——	——	5,342	<0.1%
	Dodd Independent Party	——	——	——	——	5,062	<0.1%
	Liberty Union Party	——	——	——	——	4,315	<0.1%
	Urban Tax Reform Party	——	——	——	——	3,675	<0.1%
	American Party	——	——	——	——	2,759	<0.1%
	Common Peoples' Party	——	——	——	——	1,727	<0.1%
	Buffalo Party	——	——	——	——	1,724	<0.1%
	Iowa New Party	——	——	——	——	1,262	<0.1%
	Socialist Labor Party	——	——	——	——	973	<0.1%
	For the People Party	——	——	——	——	823	<0.1%
	The O'Hara Bill Party	——	——	——	——	518	<0.1%
	Communist Party	——	——	——	——	374	<0.1%
	Progressive Labor Socialist Party	——	——	——	——	208	<0.1%
	Others	——	——	——	——	67,331	0.1%	0.1%
Total		435	435	0	100.0%	54,258,885	100.0%	——
Source: Election Statistics – Office of the Clerk

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One Democratic seat was lost to Republicans. Democrats, therefore, retained a 20–18 margin over Republicans.