2012 Illinois House of Representatives election

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2012 Illinois House of Representatives election
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All 118 seats in the Illinois House of Representatives
60 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
  Michael Madigan Cropped.png Tom Cross.jpg
Leader Michael Madigan Tom Cross
Party Democratic Republican
Leader's seat22nd-Chicago 84th-Oswego
Last election6454
Seats won7147
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 7Decrease2.svg 7
Popular vote2,294,4022,137,826
Percentage51.35%47.85%
SwingIncrease2.svg 0.73%Decrease2.svg 0.16%
Illinois State House 2012 Results.svg
Illinois State House 2012 Vote Share Map.svg
Results:
     Democratic gain     Republican gain
     Democratic hold     Republican hold
Vote Share:
     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
     50–60%     60–70%     >90%
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. [1] The votes were as close as to the previous election, but the Democrats were able to win "3/5 of the seats in the House of Representatives (a supermajority in Illinois)". [2]

Contents

Overview

Illinois State House Elections, 2010
PartyVotesPercentageCandidatesSeats
before		Seats
after		+/–
Democratic 2,294,40251.35%876471+7
Republican 2,137,82647.85%785447-7
Independent 18,3920.41%1000
10th District Unity Party15,0070.34%1000
Constitution 1,4830.03%1000
Write-Ins6290.01%12000
Totals4,467,739100.00%180118118—

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Governing [3] Safe DOctober 24, 2012

References

  1. ↑ "Illinois Constitution - Article IV". www.ilga.gov. Retrieved August 1, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Illinois House of Representatives elections, 2012". Ballotpedia. Retrieved August 1, 2023.
  3. ↑ Daigneau, Elizabeth; Jacobson, Louis (October 23, 2012). "The Latest Chamber-by-Chamber Analysis of the 2012 State Legislative Elections". Governing. Archived from the original on February 24, 2021. Retrieved July 13, 2024.
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