2012 United States House of Representatives elections

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United States House of Representatives election legislative election

The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections were nationwide congressional contests in which all 435 seats in the U.S. House were up for election following the 2010 Census redistricting.

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Label Occurrences
2012 United States House of Representatives elections canonical 8
2012 United States elections 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States House of Representatives election ⓘ
legislative election ⓘ
appliesToCongressNumber 113th United States Congress ⓘ
ballotsCastFor candidates for U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
ballotType popular vote ⓘ
basedOn 2010 United States census ⓘ
surface form: 2010 United States Census
category 2012 elections in the United States ⓘ
United States House of Representatives elections by year ⓘ
chamber House of Representatives ⓘ
coincidedWith 2012 United States Senate elections ⓘ
2012 United States presidential election ⓘ
various state and local elections in 2012 ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Article I of the United States Constitution ⓘ
surface form: Article One of the United States Constitution
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
electionDate 2012-11-06 ⓘ
electionType congressional ⓘ
federal ⓘ
elects U.S. Representative ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Representatives
endOfTermForWinners 2015-01-03 ⓘ
followedBy 2014 United States House of Representatives elections ⓘ
follows 2010 United States House of Representatives elections ⓘ
includesElectionsIn District of Columbia ⓘ
U.S. territories with non-voting delegates ⓘ
all 50 U.S. states ⓘ
isRegularElection true ⓘ
language English (primary election language in most jurisdictions) ⓘ
legislativeBody United States House of Representatives ⓘ
levelOfGovernment federal legislative branch ⓘ
majorParty Democratic Party ⓘ
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)

Republican Party ⓘ
surface form: Republican Party (United States)
mediaCoverageBy national U.S. news organizations ⓘ
nonVotingDelegatesElected 6 ⓘ
numberOfCongressionalDistrictsContested 435 ⓘ
numberOfSeatsContested 435 ⓘ
occurredAfterRedistrictingCycle 2010 redistricting cycle ⓘ
occursEvery 2 years ⓘ
officeTermLength 2 years ⓘ
otherParty Green Party of the United States ⓘ
surface form: Green Party (United States)

Libertarian Party (United States) ⓘ
partOf 2012 United States House of Representatives elections self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 2012 United States elections
previousCongressNumber 112th United States Congress ⓘ
reasonForRedistricting reapportionment following 2010 Census ⓘ
redistrictingOccurredInMostStates true ⓘ
scope nationwide ⓘ
startOfTermForWinners 2013-01-03 ⓘ
totalVotingMembersElected 435 ⓘ
triggeredRedistrictingFrom 2010 United States census ⓘ
surface form: 2010 United States Census
voters United States citizens in congressional districts ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Texas's 33rd congressional district → firstElectionHeld → 2012 United States House of Representatives elections ⓘ
2012 United States Senate election in New York → sameDayAs → 2012 United States House of Representatives elections ⓘ
2010 United States House of Representatives elections → followedBy → 2012 United States House of Representatives elections ⓘ
TX-35 → firstElectionHeld → 2012 United States House of Representatives elections ⓘ
subject surface form: Texas's 35th congressional district
2010 United States redistricting cycle → usedFor → 2012 United States House of Representatives elections ⓘ
2012 United States House of Representatives elections → partOf → 2012 United States House of Representatives elections self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2012 United States elections
Marc Veasey → electedIn → 2012 United States House of Representatives elections ⓘ
Steve King → electedIn → 2012 United States House of Representatives elections ⓘ
6th congressional district of Florida → firstElectionInCurrentForm → 2012 United States House of Representatives elections ⓘ
subject surface form: Florida's 6th congressional district