How America Moves

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

StateDemocraticRepublicanOtherSeats
Alabama527
Alaska11
Arizona145
Arkansas314
California271845
Colorado336
Connecticut336
Delaware11
Florida12719
Georgia8210
Hawaii112
Idaho112
Illinois13922
Indiana6410
Iowa246
Kansas235
Kentucky437
Louisiana538
Maine112
Maryland628
Massachusetts10111
Michigan11718
Minnesota538
Mississippi415
Missouri549
Montana112
Nebraska33
Nevada112
New Hampshire22
New Jersey8614
New Mexico123
New York201434
North Carolina8311
North Dakota11
Ohio111021
Oklahoma426
Oregon325
Pennsylvania121123
Rhode Island112
South Carolina426
South Dakota11
Tennessee639
Texas171027
Utah123
Vermont11
Virginia5510
Washington538
West Virginia44
Wisconsin549
Wyoming11
Results compiled from certified state returns by the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (CC0); district boundaries from the U.S. Census Bureau. Numbers only, no interpretation. Election results and migration data are separate datasets; this site does not connect one to the other.