<Li> Results by state </Li> <Li> List of elections in the United States </Li> <P> The House of Representatives has 435 members, elected for a two - year term in single - seat constituencies . House of Representatives elections are held every two years on the first Tuesday after November 1 in even years . Special House elections can occur between if a member dies or resigns during a term . House elections are first - past - the - post elections that elect a Representative from each of 435 House districts which cover the United States . The non-voting delegates of Washington, D.C. and the territories of American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands are also elected . </P> <P> House elections occur every two years, correlated with presidential elections or halfway through a President's term . The House delegate of Puerto Rico, officially known as the Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico, is elected to a four - year term, coinciding with those of the President . </P>

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