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2012 Florida House of Representatives election

2012 Florida House of Representatives election

← 2010 November 6, 2012 2014 →
120 seats of the Florida House of Representatives 61 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	39.66%
Majority party Minority party   Leader Dean Cannon (term limited) Ron Saunders (retired) Party Republican Democratic Leader since November 16, 2010 November 16, 2010 Leader's seat 35th – Winter Park 120th – Key West Last election 81 39 Seats won 76 44 Seat change 5 5 Popular vote 2,560,166 1,886,911 Percentage 54.08% 39.86%
Results:      Republican gain      Democratic gain      Republican hold      Democratic hold
House Speaker before election Dean Cannon Republican Elected House Speaker Will Weatherford Republican

The elections for the Florida House of Representatives was held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012 to elect all the 120 seats in the Florida House of Representatives. The day also coincided with the 2012 United States presidential election, 2012 United States House of Representatives elections, and 2012 United States Senate election in Florida. The result was gain of 8 seats by the Democrats while Republicans maintained their control of the State House.

The resulting victors of the election took their seats for the 115th session which began in 2013.

Results[edit]

Party		Votes		Seats
		No.	%	No.	+/−	%
	Republican Party of Florida	2,560,166	54.08	74	-7	61.67
	Florida Democratic Party	1,886,911	39.86	46	+8	38.33
	Independent	160,325	3.39	0	0	0.00
	Libertarian Party of Florida	53,193	1.12	0	0	0.00
	Independent Party of Florida	51,258	1.08	0	0	0.00
	Green Party of Florida	20,496	0.43	0	0	0.00
	Write-in	1,340	0.03	0	0	0.00
Total		4,733,689	100.00	120	±0	100.00
Registered voters		11,934,446	100.00
Turnout		4,733,689	39.66
Source: Florida Division of Elections[1][2]

A Republican majority was secured, but was reduced from its prior supermajority by the electoral strengthening of the Democratic minority.

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