2022 Illinois House of Representatives election

2022 Illinois House of Representatives election

November 8, 2022 (2022-11-08)

All 118 seats in the Illinois House of Representatives
60 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Emanuel "Chris" Welch Jim Durkin
Party Democratic Republican
Leader's seat 7th 82nd
Last election 73 45
Seats won 78 40
Seat change 5 5
Popular vote 1,872,947 1,943,438
Percentage 49.08% 50.92%
Swing 9.36% 11.81%

Results:
     Democratic gain      Republican gain
     Democratic hold      Republican hold
Vote Share:
     50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
     50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%

Speaker before election

Emanuel "Chris" Welch
Democratic

Elected Speaker

Emanuel "Chris" Welch
Democratic

The 2022 elections for the Illinois House of Representatives were held on Tuesday, November 8, 2022, to elect representatives from all 118 Representative districts in the Illinois House of Representatives. The primary election occurred on Tuesday, June 28, 2022. The winners of this election would serve in the 103rd General Assembly, with seats apportioned among the state based on the 2020 United States census. The Democratic Party had held a House majority since 1997. 92 Democratic candidates; 104 Republican candidates and one independent candidate ran for a house seat. The inauguration of the 103rd General Assembly occurred on Wednesday, January 11, 2023.

Democrats flipped seven seats and Republicans flipped two seats, which resulted in the Democrats' net gain of five seats, increasing their supermajority to 78 out of 118 seats.