US elections: follow the results for the Chamber

The polls for the United States midterm elections have already closed in parts of the states of Indiana and Kentucky, on Tuesday night (3). Voting continues in most of the country. Still, the first results for the Chamber should be released soon.

📊 Until the last update of this report, the results were as follows:

Democrats: 0

Republicans: 0

Awaiting result: 435

Map with the count for the Chamber of Representatives — Photo: AP

There are 435 seats up for grabs in the House of Representatives. To obtain a majority in the House, a party needs to elect 218 deputies.

Opinion polls and projection aggregators indicate that the Democratic Party is the favorite in the race for the Chamber. Projections indicate that the party should win more than 230 seats.

If the projections are confirmed, President Donald Trump's Republican Party will lose control of the House. In the 2024 elections, Republicans won 220 seats.

Unlike Brazil, the United States Congress is partially renewed every two years. When they occur in the middle of the presidential term, these elections are called midterms, or mid-term elections.

US representatives serve two-year terms, while senators serve six-year terms.

As a result, every two years, the country renews the entire Chamber of Representatives and around a third of the Senate.

This year, in addition to the 435 seats in the Chamber, 35 of the 100 seats in the Senate are up for grabs.

US House of Representatives in photo from October 20, 2023 — Photo: Jonathan Ernst/REUTERS