1977 United States House of Representatives elections

There were four special elections in 1977 to the United States House of Representatives in the 95th United States Congress. Three of the elections were gains by the Republicans at the expense of Democrats.

Elections are listed by date and district.

District	Incumbent			This race
	Representative	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Minnesota 7	Robert Bergland	Democratic	[data unknown/missing]	Incumbent resigned January 22, 1977, to become U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. New member elected February 22, 1977. Republican gain.	Y Arlan Stangeland (Republican) 57.6% Mike Sullivan (Democratic) 36.7% James Born (American) 4.9% Jack Bilbeau (Independent) 0.8%
Georgia 5th	Andrew Young	Democratic	[data unknown/missing]	Incumbent resigned January 29, 1977, to become United States Ambassador to the United Nations . New member elected April 6, 1977. Democratic hold.	Y Wyche Fowler (Democratic) 62.4% John Lewis (Democratic) 37.6%
Washington 7	Brock Adams	Democratic	[data unknown/missing]	Incumbent resigned January 22, 1977, to become U.S. Secretary of Transportation . New member elected May 17, 1977. Republican gain.	Y John E. Cunningham (Republican) 53.9% Marvin Durning (Democratic) 46.1%
Louisiana 1	Richard A. Tonry	Democratic	[data unknown/missing]	Incumbent resigned May 4, 1977. New member elected August 27, 1977. Republican gain.	Y Bob Livingston (Republican) 51.2% Ronald A. Faucheux (Democratic) 37.2% Sanford Krasnoff (Independent) 11.6%

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