How America Votes
1986 U.S. House election results for all 435 congressional districts, on the district boundaries used that year. Certified returns, presented as numbers only.
Democratic seats
258
Republican seats
177
Other / independent
0
District maps start with the 2022 boundaries; earlier cycles used districts that have since been redrawn. The seat results for 1986 are below.
Seats by state
| State | Democratic | Republican | Other | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 5 | 2 | — | 7 |
| Alaska | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Arizona | 1 | 4 | — | 5 |
| Arkansas | 3 | 1 | — | 4 |
| California | 27 | 18 | — | 45 |
| Colorado | 3 | 3 | — | 6 |
| Connecticut | 3 | 3 | — | 6 |
| Delaware | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Florida | 12 | 7 | — | 19 |
| Georgia | 8 | 2 | — | 10 |
| Hawaii | 1 | 1 | — | 2 |
| Idaho | 1 | 1 | — | 2 |
| Illinois | 13 | 9 | — | 22 |
| Indiana | 6 | 4 | — | 10 |
| Iowa | 2 | 4 | — | 6 |
| Kansas | 2 | 3 | — | 5 |
| Kentucky | 4 | 3 | — | 7 |
| Louisiana | 5 | 3 | — | 8 |
| Maine | 1 | 1 | — | 2 |
| Maryland | 6 | 2 | — | 8 |
| Massachusetts | 10 | 1 | — | 11 |
| Michigan | 11 | 7 | — | 18 |
| Minnesota | 5 | 3 | — | 8 |
| Mississippi | 4 | 1 | — | 5 |
| Missouri | 5 | 4 | — | 9 |
| Montana | 1 | 1 | — | 2 |
| Nebraska | — | 3 | — | 3 |
| Nevada | 1 | 1 | — | 2 |
| New Hampshire | — | 2 | — | 2 |
| New Jersey | 8 | 6 | — | 14 |
| New Mexico | 1 | 2 | — | 3 |
| New York | 20 | 14 | — | 34 |
| North Carolina | 8 | 3 | — | 11 |
| North Dakota | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Ohio | 11 | 10 | — | 21 |
| Oklahoma | 4 | 2 | — | 6 |
| Oregon | 3 | 2 | — | 5 |
| Pennsylvania | 12 | 11 | — | 23 |
| Rhode Island | 1 | 1 | — | 2 |
| South Carolina | 4 | 2 | — | 6 |
| South Dakota | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Tennessee | 6 | 3 | — | 9 |
| Texas | 17 | 10 | — | 27 |
| Utah | 1 | 2 | — | 3 |
| Vermont | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Virginia | 5 | 5 | — | 10 |
| Washington | 5 | 3 | — | 8 |
| West Virginia | 4 | — | — | 4 |
| Wisconsin | 5 | 4 | — | 9 |
| Wyoming | — | 1 | — | 1 |