2020 New Hampshire House of Representatives election

New Hampshire House of Representatives election, 2020
November 3, 2020
All 400 seats in the New Hampshire House of Representatives
201 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Dick Hinch Steve Shurtleff
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seat Hillsborough 21 Merrimack 11
Last election 166 234
Seats before 159 231
Seats won 213 187
Seat change 47 47
Popular vote 1,319,131 1,267,790
Percentage 50.89% 48.91%
Results:
     Democratic gain      Republican gain
     Democratic hold      Republican hold
Speaker before election

Steve Shurtleff
Democratic

 Elected Speaker

Dick Hinch
Republican

The 2020 New Hampshire House of Representatives elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections. New Hampshire voters elected all 400 state representatives from 204 districts. State representatives serve two-year terms in the New Hampshire House of Representatives. A primary election on September 8, 2020, determined which candidates appeared on the November 3 general election ballot. All the members elected would serve in the 167th New Hampshire General Court.

Following the 2018 election, Democrats had control of the New Hampshire House of Representatives with 231 seats to Republicans' 159 seats. Following the 2020 election, the Republicans flipped control of the chamber alongside the New Hampshire Senate.

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