Election Name: | 2014 Illinois House of Representatives election |
Country: | Illinois |
Type: | legislative |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2012 Illinois House of Representatives election |
Previous Year: | 2012 |
Next Election: | 2016 Illinois House of Representatives election |
Next Year: | 2016 |
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: | 71 |
Seats1: | 71 |
Popular Vote1: | 1,603,932 |
Percentage1: | 50.49% |
Swing1: | 0.86% |
Leader2: | Jim Durkin |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Leaders Seat2: | 82nd-Westchester |
Last Election2: | 47 |
Seats2: | 47 |
Popular Vote2: | 1,566,984 |
Percentage2: | 49.33% |
Swing2: | 1.48% |
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 2014 Illinois House of Representatives Elections were conducted on Tuesday, November 4, 2014. State Representatives are elected for two-year terms, with the entire House of Representatives elected every two years. Despite a small swing against the Democrats, there was no net seat change between the two major parties after this election. The Democrats maintained their three-fifths super-majority.
Illinois State House Elections, 2010 | |||||||||
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Party | Votes | Percentage | % Change | Candidates | Seats before | Seats after | +/– | ||
Democratic | 1,603,932 | 50.49% | align="right" | -0.86% | 90 | 71 | 71 | +/-0 | |
Republican | 1,566,984 | 49.33% | +1.48% | 75 | 47 | 47 | +/-0 | ||
Independent | 5,611 | 0.18% | align="right" | -0.23% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Write-Ins | 2,309 | 0.07% | +0.06% | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 3,176,527 | 100.00% | — | 172 | 118 | 118 | — |