2016 North Carolina House of Representatives election

An election was held on November 8, 2016 to elect all 120 members to North Carolina's House of Representatives. The election coincided with elections for other offices, including U.S. President, U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, state governor and state senate. The primary election was held on March 15, 2016.

2016 North Carolina House of Representatives election

November 8, 2016 (2016-11-08)
All 120 seats in the North Carolina House of Representatives 61 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	68.98%
Majority party Minority party   Leader Tim Moore Darren Jackson Party Republican Democratic Leader's seat District 111 District 39 Last election 74 46 Seats before 74 45[lower-alpha 1] Seats won 74 46 Seat change Popular vote 2,150,258 1,929,943 Percentage 52.01% 46.68%
Speaker before election Tim Moore Republican Elected Speaker Tim Moore Republican

There was no change in the composition of the House (compared to the results of the 2014 elections) as Republicans retained their three-fifths supermajority, winning 74 seats compared to 46 seats for the Democrats.[1]

Results

Statewide

Party		Candi- dates	Votes		Seats
			No.	%	No.	+/–	%
	Republican Party	89	2,150,258	52.01%	74		61.67%
	Democratic Party	91	1,929,943	46.68%	46		38.33%
	Independent	3	36,273	0.88%	0		0.00%
	Libertarian Party	6	16,102	0.39%	0		0.00%
	Write-in	2	1,810	0.04%	0		0.00%
Total		191	4,134,386	100.00%	120		100.00%

Popular vote Republican   52.01% Democratic   46.68% Other   1.31%

House seats Republican   61.67% Democratic   38.33%

District

Results of the 2016 North Carolina House of Representatives election by district:[2]

District	Democratic		Republican		Others		Total		Result
	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
District 1	14,240	35.96%	25,363	64.04%	-	-	39,603	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 2	14,775	39.36%	22,760	60.64%	-	-	37,535	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 3	12,638	35.19%	23,273	64.81%	-	-	35,911	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 4	-	-	24,646	100.00%	-	-	24,646	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 5	25,961	100.00%	-	-	-	-	25,961	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 6	20,471	48.17%	22,022	51.83%	-	-	42,493	100.00%	Republican GAIN
District 7	23,329	67.81%	11,072	32.19%	-	-	34,401	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 8	21,166	49.81%	21,329	50.19%	-	-	42,495	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 9	17,007	42.65%	22,869	57.35%	-	-	39,876	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 10	10,514	28.45%	26,440	71.55%	-	-	36,954	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 11	24,624	60.88%	12,924	31.95%	2,897	7.16%	40,445	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 12	23,689	100.00%	-	-	-	-	23,689	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 13	12,024	29.18%	29,188	70.82%	-	-	41,212	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 14	-	-	18,908	100.00%	-	-	18,908	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 15	5,797	30.40%	13,273	69.60%	-	-	19,070	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 16	11,656	33.02%	23,649	66.98%	-	-	35,305	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 17	16,549	33.56%	32,757	66.44%	-	-	49,306	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 18	22,006	61.10%	14,011	38.90%	-	-	36,017	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 19	-	-	31,133	100.00%	-	-	31,133	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 20	-	-	32,576	100.00%	-	-	32,576	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 21	24,565	100.00%	-	-	-	-	24,565	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 22	21,091	100.00%	-	-	-	-	21,091	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 23	27,208	100.00%	-	-	-	-	27,208	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 24	26,895	100.00%	-	-	-	-	26,895	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 25	13,099	31.90%	27,969	68.10%	-	-	41,068	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 26	18,716	41.95%	25,899	58.05%	-	-	44,615	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 27	29,200	100.00%	-	-	-	-	29,200	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 28	10,897	29.41%	26,161	70.59%	-	-	37,058	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 29	39,607	100.00%	-	-	-	-	39,607	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 30	37,094	73.85%	13,132	26.15%	-	-	50,226	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 31	34,540	100.00%	-	-	-	-	34,540	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 32	29,142	100.00%	-	-	-	-	29,142	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 33	33,094	100.00%	-	-	-	-	33,094	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 34	31,335	67.56%	15,049	32.44%	-	-	46,384	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 35	22,145	46.86%	25,117	53.14%	-	-	47,262	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 36	23,875	46.49%	25,295	49.26%	2,184	4.25%	51,354	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 37	22,569	43.00%	27,448	52.29%	2,474	4.71%	52,491	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 38	28,990	84.80%	-	-	5,196	15.20%	34,186	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 39	31,901	100.00%	-	-	-	-	31,901	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 40	23,786	50.41%	23,402	49.59%	-	-	47,188	100.00%	Democratic GAIN
District 41	27,491	56.99%	20,745	43.01%	-	-	48,236	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 42	24,213	100.00%	-	-	-	-	24,213	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 43	27,121	100.00%	-	-	-	-	27,121	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 44	15,433	50.57%	15,086	49.43%	-	-	30,519	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 45	-	-	23,495	100.00%	-	-	23,495	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 46	11,836	36.42%	19,607	60.34%	1,052	3.24%	32,495	100.00%	Republican GAIN
District 47	17,366	100.00%	-	-	-	-	17,366	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 48	24,076	100.00%	-	-	-	-	24,076	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 49	26,975	48.67%	26,155	47.19%	2,299	4.15%	55,429	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 50	27,278	57.28%	20,347	42.72%	-	-	47,625	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 51	14,262	44.34%	17,904	55.66%	-	-	32,166	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 52	-	-	31,146	100.00%	-	-	31,146	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 53	12,678	39.34%	19,548	60.66%	-	-	32,226	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 54	24,773	57.20%	18,534	42.80%	-	-	43,307	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 55	13,719	39.63%	20,901	60.37%	-	-	34,620	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 56	43,144	100.00%	-	-	-	-	43,144	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 57	31,518	100.00%	-	-	-	-	31,518	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 58	35,176	100.00%	-	-	-	-	35,176	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 59	19,060	39.68%	28,980	60.32%	-	-	48,040	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 60	27,035	100.00%	-	-	-	-	27,035	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 61	-	-	31,767	100.00%	-	-	31,767	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 62	-	-	32,010	100.00%	-	-	32,010	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 63	-	-	26,068	100.00%	-	-	26,068	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 64	-	-	23,857	100.00%	-	-	23,857	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 65	14,336	39.61%	21,857	60.39%	-	-	36,193	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 66	23,396	100.00%	-	-	-	-	23,396	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 67	10,637	27.74%	20,421	53.25%	7,288	19.01%	38,346	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 68	-	-	30,953	100.00%	-	-	30,953	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 69	11,970	33.99%	23,249	66.01%	-	-	35,219	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 70	7,789	23.86%	24,856	76.14%	-	-	32,645	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 71	25,414	100.00%	-	-	-	-	25,414	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 72	28,192	100.00%	-	-	-	-	28,192	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 73	-	-	30,354	100.00%	-	-	30,354	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 74	15,626	36.48%	27,209	63.52%	-	-	42,835	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 75	-	-	30,831	100.00%	-	-	30,831	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 76	-	-	29,590	100.00%	-	-	29,590	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 77	-	-	27,699	100.00%	-	-	27,699	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 78	7,579	21.89%	27,040	78.11%	-	-	34,619	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 79	-	-	31,255	100.00%	-	-	31,255	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 80	-	-	31,287	100.00%	-	-	31,287	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 81	11,438	31.93%	24,379	68.07%	-	-	35,817	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 82	17,900	42.08%	24,636	57.92%	-	-	42,536	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 83	13,407	36.90%	22,927	63.10%	-	-	36,334	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 84	11,266	30.71%	25,414	69.29%	-	-	36,680	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 85	-	-	29,064	100.00%	-	-	29,064	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 86	12,766	37.56%	21,226	62.44%	-	-	33,992	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 87	-	-	29,066	94.14%	1,810	5.86%	30,876	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 88	21,754	50.54%	21,286	49.46%	-	-	43,040	100.00%	Democratic GAIN
District 89	-	-	28,409	100.00%	-	-	28,409	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 90	8,641	26.74%	23,678	73.26%	-	-	32,319	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 91	12,430	33.53%	24,639	66.47%	-	-	37,069	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 92	22,941	54.38%	19,246	45.62%	-	-	42,187	100.00%	Democratic GAIN
District 93	19,433	47.00%	21,910	53.00%	-	-	41,343	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 94	8,372	25.49%	24,467	74.51%	-	-	32,839	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 95	-	-	33,298	100.00%	-	-	33,298	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 96	-	-	26,595	100.00%	-	-	26,595	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 97	-	-	31,390	100.00%	-	-	31,390	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 98	-	-	25,428	56.48%	19,597	43.52%	45,025	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 99	28,838	100.00%	-	-	-	-	28,838	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 100	25,736	100.00%	-	-	-	-	25,736	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 101	27,476	75.97%	8,691	24.03%	-	-	36,167	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 102	27,836	100.00%	-	-	-	-	27,836	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 103	16,922	43.81%	21,702	56.19%	-	-	38,624	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 104	19,952	44.68%	24,700	55.32%	-	-	44,652	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 105	17,689	44.73%	21,853	55.27%	-	-	39,542	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 106	27,247	100.00%	-	-	-	-	27,247	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 107	34,305	100.00%	-	-	-	-	34,305	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 108	-	-	24,636	100.00%	-	-	24,636	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 109	13,755	38.81%	21,687	61.19%	-	-	35,442	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 110	-	-	24,931	100.00%	-	-	24,931	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 111	-	-	25,398	100.00%	-	-	25,398	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 112	-	-	22,938	70.96%	9,388	29.04%	32,326	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 113	16,726	38.39%	26,848	61.61%	-	-	43,574	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 114	39,243	100.00%	-	-	-	-	39,243	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 115	25,257	55.58%	20,183	44.42%	-	-	45,440	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 116	28,014	100.00%	-	-	-	-	28,014	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 117	-	-	30,659	100.00%	-	-	30,659	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 118	17,549	44.65%	21,754	55.35%	-	-	39,303	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 119	17,480	49.61%	17,757	50.39%	-	-	35,237	100.00%	Republican GAIN
District 120	11,282	27.97%	29,047	72.03%	-	-	40,329	100.00%	Republican Hold
Total	1,929,943	46.68%	2,150,258	52.01%	54,185	1.31%	4,134,386	100.00%

Notes

1. One Democrat elected in 2014, Paul Tine, changed his registration to unaffiliated in 2015.

References

1. Tomsic, Michael (November 9, 2016). "GOP Maintains Supermajority In NC Legislature". WFAE. Charlotte, U.S.A. Retrieved November 26, 2018.
2. "11/08/2016 Official General Election Results - Statewide". Raleigh, U.S.A.: North Carolina State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement. Retrieved November 26, 2018.