Illinois House of Representatives elections, 2012

For the 2012 Illinois Senate elections, see Illinois Senate elections, 2012.
Illinois House of Representatives elections, 2012
Illinois
November 6, 2012
All 118 seats in the Illinois House of Representatives
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Michael Madigan Tom Cross
Party Democratic Republican
Leader's seat 22nd-Chicago 84th-Oswego
Last election 64 54
Seats won 71 47
Seat change Increase 7 Decrease 7
Popular vote 2,294,402 2,137,826
Percentage 51.35% 47.85%
Swing Increase 0.73% Decrease 0.16%
Speaker before election

Michael Madigan
Democratic

 Speaker-Elect

Michael Madigan
Democratic

The 2012 Elections for the Illinois House of Representatives was conducted on Tuesday, November 6, 2012. State Representatives are elected for two-year terms, with the entire House of Representatives up for a vote every two years. The share of votes remained very similar from the last election, but the Democrats were able to win back several seats, due in part to their near complete control of the state's redistricting process after the 2010 census, allowing them to win 3/5 of the seats in the House of Representatives (a supermajority in Illinois).

Overview

Illinois State House Elections, 2010
Party Votes Percentage Candidates Seats
before		 Seats
after		 +/–
Democratic 2,294,402 51.35% 87 64 71 +7
Republican 2,137,826 47.85% 78 54 47 -7
Independent 18,392 0.41% 1 0 0 0
10th District Unity Party 15,007 0.34% 1 0 0 0
Constitution 1,483 0.03% 1 0 0 0
Write-Ins 629 0.01% 12 0 0 0
Totals 4,467,739 100.00% 180 118 118 —

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