2016 Tennessee House of Representatives election

For related races, see 2016 United States state legislative elections.
Not to be confused with 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee.

2016 Tennessee House of Representatives election
November 8, 2016
99 Seats in the Tennessee House of Representatives
50 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Beth Harwell Craig Fitzhugh
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seat 56th: Nashville 82nd: Ripley
Last election 73 seats 26 seats
Seats won 74 25
Seat change 1 1
Popular vote 1,459,065 695,269
Percentage 65.79% 31.35%
Swing 5.87% 4.45%

     Republican gain      Democratic gain
     Republican hold      Democratic hold

     50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
     50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Speaker of the House before election

Beth Harwell
Republican

Elected Speaker of the House

Beth Harwell
Republican

The 2016 Tennessee House of Representatives election was held on November 8, 2016, to elect 99 seats for the Tennessee House of Representatives. The elections coincided with the Presidential, U.S. House, and State Senate elections.

Primary elections were held on August 4th, 2016.

Republican Paul Sherrell flipped the rural 43rd district, and Republican Michael Curcio flipped the rural 69th district, while Democrat Dwayne Thompson flipped Memphis's suburban 96th district. The Republican Party also maintained their supermajority in the state house.

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