1986 United States House of Representatives elections

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The 1986 United States House of Representatives elections were midterm congressional contests during Ronald Reagan’s presidency that determined the partisan makeup of the House for the 100th United States Congress.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States House of Representatives election
midterm election
appliesToLegislativeBody United States House of Representatives
ballotType secret ballot
country United States of America
surface form: United States
determinedCompositionOf 100th United States Congress
electionForChamber lower house of the United States Congress
electionType legislative
electoralSystem single-member districts
followedBy 1988 United States House of Representatives elections
follows 1986 United States House of Representatives elections self-linksurface differs
surface form: 1984 United States House of Representatives elections
hasEndTime 1986-11-04
hasMajorParty Democratic Party
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)

Republican Party
surface form: Republican Party (United States)
hasScope nationwide
hasStartTime 1986-11-04
hasVoterEligibility United States citizens meeting federal voting requirements
includesElectionsIn District of Columbia
all 50 U.S. states
isMidtermRelativeTo 1984 United States presidential election
isPartOfElectionCycle biennial United States federal elections
isRegularElection true
legislativeTermEnd 1989-01-03
legislativeTermStart 1987-01-03
legislatureAfterElection 100th United States Congress
surface form: United States House of Representatives, 100th Congress
legislatureBeforeElection 99th United States Congress
surface form: United States House of Representatives, 99th Congress
locatedInTimeZone United States time zones
nextCongress 100th United States Congress
numberOfSeatsContested 435
occursDuring presidency of Ronald Reagan
officeContested voting member of the United States House of Representatives
partOf 1986 United States elections
1986 United States House of Representatives elections self-linksurface differs
surface form: United States midterm elections, 1986
previousCongress 99th United States Congress
supervisingBody Federal Election Commission
votingMethod first-past-the-post

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100th United States Congress electionForHouseMembers 1986 United States House of Representatives elections
Peter DeFazio electedIn 1986 United States House of Representatives elections
1986 United States House of Representatives elections partOf 1986 United States House of Representatives elections self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: United States midterm elections, 1986
1986 United States House of Representatives elections follows 1986 United States House of Representatives elections self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 1984 United States House of Representatives elections
1986 United States Senate elections coincidedWith 1986 United States House of Representatives elections