Election Name: | 2006 Illinois House of Representatives election |
Country: | Illinois |
Type: | legislative |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2004 Illinois House of Representatives election |
Previous Year: | 2004 |
Next Election: | 2008 Illinois House of Representatives election |
Next Year: | 2008 |
Seats For Election: | All 118 seats in the Illinois House of Representatives |
Majority Seats: | 60 |
Leader1: | Michael Madigan |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Leaders Seat1: | 22nd-Chicago |
Last Election1: | 65 |
Seats1: | 66 |
Seat Change1: | 1 |
Popular Vote1: | 1,701,735 |
Percentage1: | 53.03% |
Swing1: | 2.32% |
Leader2: | Tom Cross |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Leaders Seat2: | 97th-Oswego |
Last Election2: | 53 |
Seats2: | 52 |
Seat Change2: | 1 |
Popular Vote2: | 1,454,770 |
Percentage2: | 45.85% |
Swing2: | 2.12% |
Speaker | |
Posttitle: | Speaker-Elect |
Before Election: | Michael Madigan |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Election: | Michael Madigan |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The Illinois House of Representatives elections of 2006 determined the membership of the lower house of the 95th General Assembly. The Democratic Party increased its Majority.
Illinois State House of Representatives Elections, 2006 | ||||||||
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Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats before | Number of Candidates | Seats after | +/– | ||
Democratic | 1,701,735 | 53.64% | 65 | 91 | 66 | +1 | ||
Republican | 1,454,770 | 45.85% | 53 | 84 | 52 | align="right" | -1 | |
Green | 65,647 | 0.50% | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
Independent | 49 | 0.00% | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 3,172,566 | 100.00% | 118 | 184 | 118 | 0 |