| Election Name: | 2012 Montana House of Representatives election |
| Country: | Montana |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2010 Montana House of Representatives election |
| Previous Year: | 2010 |
| Next Election: | 2014 Montana House of Representatives election |
| Next Year: | 2014 |
| Seats For Election: | All 100 seats of the Montana House of Representatives |
| Majority Seats: | 51 |
| Registered: | 681,608[1] 4.65% |
| Turnout: | 72.18% 15.82% |
| Image1: | No image.svg |
| Image1 Size: | 120px |
| Leader1: | Mark Blasdel |
| Party1: | Montana Republican Party |
| Leaders Seat1: | 10th district |
| Last Election1: | 68 |
| Seats1: | 61 |
| Seat Change1: | 7 |
| Popular Vote1: | 256,265 |
| Percentage1: | 57.58% |
| Swing1: | 3.38% |
| Image2 Size: | 120px |
| Leader2: | Chuck Hunter |
| Party2: | Montana Democratic Party |
| Leaders Seat2: | 79th district |
| Last Election2: | 32 |
| Seats2: | 39 |
| Seat Change2: | 7 |
| Popular Vote2: | 180,446 |
| Percentage2: | 40.54% |
| Swing2: | 2.99% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Speaker | |
| Before Election: | Mike Milburn |
| Before Party: | Montana Republican Party |
| After Election: | Mark Blasdel |
| After Party: | Montana Republican Party |
An election was held on November 6, 2012 to elect all 100 members to Montana's House of Representatives. The election coincided with elections for other offices, including U.S. President, U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, Governor and State Senate. The primary election was held on June 5, 2012.
Republicans retained control of the House despite a net loss of seven seats, winning 61 seats compared to 39 seats for the Democrats.
Statewide results of the 2012 Montana House of Representatives election:[2]
| Party | Candi- dates | Votes | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | +/– ! | No. | +/– ! | % | ||||
| 94 | 256,265 | 57.58% | 3.38% | 61 | 7 | 61.00% | |||
| 83 | 180,446 | 40.54% | 2.99% | 39 | 7 | 39.00% | |||
| 3 | 4,371 | 0.98% | 0.81% | 0 | 0.00% | ||||
| 7 | 4,012 | 0.90% | 0.31% | 0 | 0.00% | ||||
| Total | 187 | 445,094 | 100.00% | 100 | 100.00% | ||||
Results of the 2012 Montana House of Representatives election by district:[2]
| scope=col rowspan=3 | District | scope=col colspan=2 | Democratic | scope=col colspan=2 | Republican | scope=col colspan=2 | Others | scope=col rowspan=3 | Total Votes | scope=col rowspan=3 | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope=col colspan=2 style="background:" | ! | scope=col colspan=2 style="background:" | ! | scope=col colspan=2 | |||||||
| scope=col data-sort-type="number" | Votes ! | scope=col data-sort-type="number" | % ! | scope=col data-sort-type="number" | Votes ! | scope=col data-sort-type="number" | % ! | scope=col data-sort-type="number" | Votes ! | scope=col data-sort-type="number" | % |
| - | - | 3,165 | 100.00% | - | - | 3,165 | Republican Hold | ||||
| - | - | 4,183 | 100.00% | - | - | 4,183 | Republican Hold | ||||
| 1,996 | 43.73% | 2,333 | 51.12% | 235 | 5.15% | 4,564 | Republican Hold | ||||
| 2,832 | 54.23% | 2,390 | 45.77% | - | - | 5,222 | Democratic GAIN | ||||
| 1,484 | 25.28% | 4,387 | 74.72% | - | - | 5,871 | Republican Hold | ||||
| 2,117 | 33.13% | 4,273 | 66.87% | - | - | 6,390 | Republican Hold | ||||
| 1,288 | 31.01% | 2,865 | 68.99% | - | - | 4,153 | Republican Hold | ||||
| 1,527 | 40.42% | 2,251 | 59.58% | - | - | 3,778 | Republican Hold | ||||
| 1,912 | 32.55% | 3,962 | 67.45% | - | - | 5,874 | Republican Hold | ||||
| 1,550 | 25.20% | 4,602 | 74.80% | - | - | 6,152 | Republican Hold | ||||
| 1,777 | 33.39% | 3,545 | 66.61% | - | - | 5,322 | Republican Hold | ||||
| 1,712 | 40.31% | 2,535 | 59.69% | - | - | 4,247 | Republican Hold | ||||
| 1,289 | 24.47% | 3,978 | 75.53% | - | - | 5,267 | Republican Hold | ||||
| 1,431 | 29.25% | 2,408 | 49.22% | 1,053 | 21.52% | 4,892 | Republican Hold | ||||
| 1,969 | 57.66% | 1,446 | 42.34% | - | - | 3,415 | Democratic GAIN | ||||
| 1,934 | 66.83% | 960 | 33.17% | - | - | 2,894 | Democratic GAIN | ||||
| 1,959 | 45.34% | 2,362 | 54.66% | - | - | 4,321 | Republican Hold | ||||
| 1,752 | 33.93% | 3,412 | 66.07% | - | - | 5,164 | Republican Hold | ||||
| 1,979 | 43.13% | 2,609 | 56.87% | - | - | 4,588 | Republican Hold | ||||
| 1,657 | 48.38% | 1,768 | 51.62% | - | - | 3,425 | Republican Hold | ||||
| 2,032 | 55.44% | 1,633 | 44.56% | - | - | 3,665 | Democratic Hold | ||||
| 1,638 | 53.65% | 1,415 | 46.35% | - | - | 3,053 | Democratic Hold | ||||
| 1,780 | 60.59% | 1,158 | 39.41% | - | - | 2,938 | Democratic Hold | ||||
| 849 | 41.37% | 1,203 | 58.63% | - | - | 2,052 | Republican Hold | ||||
| 2,571 | 50.73% | 2,497 | 49.27% | - | - | 5,068 | Democratic GAIN | ||||
| 2,391 | 70.84% | - | - | 984 | 29.16% | 3,375 | Democratic Hold | ||||
| - | - | 3,172 | 100.00% | - | - | 3,172 | Republican Hold | ||||
| - | - | 3,514 | 100.00% | - | - | 3,514 | Republican Hold | ||||
| - | - | 3,664 | 100.00% | - | - | 3,664 | Republican Hold | ||||
| - | - | 4,068 | 100.00% | - | - | 4,068 | Republican Hold | ||||
| 1,986 | 100.00% | - | - | - | - | 1,986 | Democratic Hold | ||||
| 2,409 | 100.00% | - | - | - | - | 2,409 | Democratic Hold | ||||
| 1,667 | 45.72% | 1,979 | 54.28% | - | - | 3,646 | Republican Hold | ||||
| 1,594 | 45.21% | 1,932 | 54.79% | - | - | 3,526 | Republican Hold | ||||
| 1,529 | 34.12% | 2,952 | 65.88% | - | - | 4,481 | Republican Hold | ||||
| - | - | 3,488 | 100.00% | - | - | 3,488 | Republican Hold | ||||
| - | - | 3,745 | 100.00% | - | - | 3,745 | Republican Hold | ||||
| 1,847 | 42.87% | 2,461 | 57.13% | - | - | 4,308 | Republican Hold | ||||
| - | - | 4,225 | 100.00% | - | - | 4,225 | Republican Hold | ||||
| 3,121 | 100.00% | - | - | - | - | 3,121 | Democratic Hold | ||||
| 1,359 | 56.32% | 1,054 | 43.68% | - | - | 2,413 | Democratic GAIN | ||||
| 2,610 | 100.00% | - | - | - | - | 2,610 | Democratic Hold | ||||
| 1,161 | 25.13% | 3,459 | 74.87% | - | - | 4,620 | Republican Hold | ||||
| 1,605 | 38.47% | 2,567 | 61.53% | - | - | 4,172 | Republican Hold | ||||
| 1,299 | 28.54% | 3,252 | 71.46% | - | - | 4,551 | Republican Hold | ||||
| - | - | 5,762 | 100.00% | - | - | 5,762 | Republican Hold | ||||
| 2,182 | 42.68% | 2,930 | 57.32% | - | - | 5,112 | Republican Hold | ||||
| 1,722 | 41.24% | 2,454 | 58.76% | - | - | 4,176 | Republican Hold | ||||
| 1,949 | 61.70% | 1,210 | 38.30% | - | - | 3,159 | Democratic Hold | ||||
| 1,858 | 45.31% | 2,243 | 54.69% | - | - | 4,101 | Republican Hold | ||||
| 1,985 | 67.49% | 956 | 32.51% | - | - | 2,941 | Democratic Hold | ||||
| 2,122 | 61.78% | 1,313 | 38.22% | - | - | 3,435 | Democratic Hold | ||||
| 1,621 | 47.04% | 1,825 | 52.96% | - | - | 3,446 | Republican Hold | ||||
| 1,931 | 58.69% | 1,359 | 41.31% | - | - | 3,290 | Democratic Hold | ||||
| 1,924 | 36.85% | 3,297 | 63.15% | - | - | 5,221 | Republican Hold | ||||
| - | - | 4,255 | 100.00% | - | - | 4,255 | Republican Hold | ||||
| 1,998 | 29.50% | 4,775 | 70.50% | - | - | 6,773 | Republican Hold | ||||
| 1,889 | 41.48% | 2,665 | 58.52% | - | - | 4,554 | Republican Hold | ||||
| 2,514 | 48.56% | 2,663 | 51.44% | - | - | 5,177 | Republican Hold | ||||
| 1,538 | 30.65% | 3,480 | 69.35% | - | - | 5,018 | Republican Hold | ||||
| - | - | 4,487 | 100.00% | - | - | 4,487 | Republican Hold | ||||
| 2,431 | 53.69% | 2,097 | 46.31% | - | - | 4,528 | Democratic GAIN | ||||
| 3,567 | 51.02% | 3,425 | 48.98% | - | - | 6,992 | Democratic GAIN | ||||
| 3,708 | 63.03% | 2,175 | 36.97% | - | - | 5,883 | Democratic Hold | ||||
| 2,298 | 69.91% | 989 | 30.09% | - | - | 3,287 | Democratic Hold | ||||
| 3,270 | 68.58% | 1,498 | 31.42% | - | - | 4,768 | Democratic Hold | ||||
| - | - | 5,548 | 100.00% | - | - | 5,548 | Republican Hold | ||||
| - | - | 4,724 | 100.00% | - | - | 4,724 | Republican Hold | ||||
| - | - | 5,642 | 100.00% | - | - | 5,642 | Republican Hold | ||||
| 2,347 | 36.87% | 3,182 | 49.98% | 837 | 13.15% | 6,366 | Republican Hold | ||||
| - | - | 3,311 | 57.17% | 2,481 | 42.83% | 5,792 | Republican Hold | ||||
| 1,186 | 25.43% | 3,477 | 74.57% | - | - | 4,663 | Republican Hold | ||||
| 2,788 | 66.10% | 1,430 | 33.90% | - | - | 4,218 | Democratic Hold | ||||
| 2,675 | 54.75% | 2,211 | 45.25% | - | - | 4,886 | Democratic GAIN | ||||
| 2,875 | 72.91% | 1,068 | 27.09% | - | - | 3,943 | Democratic Hold | ||||
| 2,827 | 100.00% | - | - | - | - | 2,827 | Democratic Hold | ||||
| 2,418 | 43.16% | 3,184 | 56.84% | - | - | 5,602 | Republican Hold | ||||
| 2,116 | 47.80% | 2,311 | 52.20% | - | - | 4,427 | Republican Hold | ||||
| 3,027 | 62.07% | 1,850 | 37.93% | - | - | 4,877 | Democratic Hold | ||||
| 2,273 | 44.50% | 2,835 | 55.50% | - | - | 5,108 | Republican Hold | ||||
| 2,919 | 72.76% | 1,093 | 27.24% | - | - | 4,012 | Democratic Hold | ||||
| 2,789 | 54.11% | 2,365 | 45.89% | - | - | 5,154 | Democratic Hold | ||||
| 1,866 | 36.42% | 3,257 | 63.58% | - | - | 5,123 | Republican Hold | ||||
| 1,496 | 26.88% | 3,632 | 65.27% | 437 | 7.85% | 5,565 | Republican Hold | ||||
| 1,573 | 51.81% | 1,463 | 48.19% | - | - | 3,036 | Democratic Hold | ||||
| 3,126 | 69.39% | 1,379 | 30.61% | - | - | 4,505 | Democratic Hold | ||||
| 1,277 | 23.32% | 3,749 | 68.45% | 451 | 8.23% | 5,477 | Republican Hold | ||||
| 1,815 | 36.93% | 2,883 | 58.66% | 217 | 4.42% | 4,915 | Republican Hold | ||||
| 1,670 | 29.30% | 3,657 | 64.16% | 373 | 6.54% | 5,700 | Republican Hold | ||||
| - | - | 3,552 | 72.98% | 1,315 | 27.02% | 4,867 | Republican Hold | ||||
| 2,232 | 49.50% | 2,277 | 50.50% | - | - | 4,509 | Republican GAIN | ||||
| 3,712 | 66.59% | 1,862 | 33.41% | - | - | 5,574 | Democratic Hold | ||||
| 3,475 | 65.14% | 1,860 | 34.86% | - | - | 5,335 | Democratic Hold | ||||
| 3,271 | 64.07% | 1,834 | 35.93% | - | - | 5,105 | Democratic Hold | ||||
| 3,006 | 63.52% | 1,726 | 36.48% | - | - | 4,732 | Democratic Hold | ||||
| 3,088 | 66.57% | 1,551 | 33.43% | - | - | 4,639 | Democratic Hold | ||||
| 3,166 | 65.75% | 1,649 | 34.25% | - | - | 4,815 | Democratic Hold | ||||
| 3,472 | 58.45% | 2,468 | 41.55% | - | - | 5,940 | Democratic Hold | ||||
| 3,792 | 66.63% | 1,899 | 33.37% | - | - | 5,691 | Democratic Hold | ||||
| 2,049 | 44.02% | 2,606 | 55.98% | - | - | 4,655 | Republican Hold | ||||
| Total | 180,446 | 40.54% | 256,265 | 57.58% | 8,383 | 1.88% | 445,094 |