1788–1789 United States House of Representatives election in New Hampshire explained

New Hampshire law required a winning candidate to receive votes from a majority of voters (16.7% of votes). No candidate won such a majority on the first ballot, so a second ballot was held February 2, 1789.

District	Result	Candidates
		Pro-Administration win. First place winner chose not to serve before the start of the Congress. A special election was held June 22, 1789.	nowrap rowspan=3	Benjamin West (Pro-Administration) 15.4% Samuel Livermore (Anti-Administration) 14.6% Paine Wingate (Pro-Administration) 13.4% Abiel Foster (Pro-Administration) 8.0% John Sullivan 7.1% Nicholas Gilman (Pro-Administration) 5.6% Joshua Atherton 5.2% Nathaniel Peabody 5.1% Peirse Long 4.4% Benjamin Bellows 3.4% Others 17.9% : Benjamin West (Pro-Administration) 33.0% Samuel Livermore (Anti-Administration) 26.2% Nicholas Gilman (Pro-Administration) 19.5% Abiel Foster (Pro-Administration) 19.5% John Sullivan 1.9%
		Anti-Administration win.
		Pro-Administration win.

See also

• 1789 New Hampshire's at-large congressional district special election
• 1788 and 1789 United States House of Representatives elections