New Hampshire state legislative special elections, 2021

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In 2021, five special elections were called to fill vacant seats in the New Hampshire General Court.

Click here to read more about the special elections.

House special elections called:

How vacancies are filled in New Hampshire


If there is a vacancy in the New Hampshire General Court, a special election must be held to fill the vacant seat. The governor and executive council must call a special election within 21 days of receiving proof of a vacancy or a request that a vacancy be filled.[1][2][3]

DocumentIcon.jpg See sources: New Hampshire Cons. Part II, Articles 16 and 34 and New Hampshire Rev. Stat. Ann. § 661:8


About the legislature

The New Hampshire General Court is a bicameral body composed of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, with 400 members, and the New Hampshire State Senate, with 24 members.

The boxes below show the partisan composition of both chambers directly before and after the most recent general elections prior to 2021. For the most up-to-date numbers on partisan composition in this legislature, see here (Senate) and here (House).


New Hampshire State Senate
Party As of November 3, 2020 After November 4, 2020
     Democratic Party 14 10
     Republican Party 10 14
Total 24 24


New Hampshire House of Representatives
Party As of November 3, 2020 After November 4, 2020
     Democratic Party 230 187
     Republican Party 156 213
     Libertarian Party 1 0
     Vacancy 13 0
Total 400 400

Special elections

Click [show] to the right of the district name for more information:

April 13, 2021


June 8, 2021


September 7, 2021


October 26, 2021


December 7, 2021


Historical data

There were 782 state legislative special elections that took place from 2010 to 2020. New Hampshire held 29 special elections during the same time period; nearly three per year on average. The largest number of special elections in New Hampshire took place in 2017 when 10 special elections were held.

The table below details how many state legislative special elections were held in a state in a given year.

Special elections throughout the country

See also: State legislative special elections, 2021

In 2021, 66 state legislative special elections were held in 21 states. Between 2011 and 2020, an average of 75 special elections took place each year.

Breakdown of 2021 special elections

In 2021, special elections for state legislative positions were held for the following reasons:

  • 27 due to appointment, election, or the seeking of election to another position
  • 23 due to resignation
  • 4 due to a resignation related to criminal charges
  • 12 due to the death of the incumbent

Impact of special elections on partisan composition

The partisan breakdown for the special elections was as follows:

The table below details how many seats changed parties as the result of a special election in 2021. The number on the left reflects how many vacant seats were originally held by each party, while the number on the right shows how many vacant seats each party won in the special elections. In elections between 2011 and 2020, either the Democratic Party or Republican Party saw an average net gain of four seats across the country.

Note: This table reflects information for elections that were held and not the total number of vacant seats.

Partisan Change from Special Elections (2021)
Party As of Special Election After Special Election
     Democratic Party 33 33
     Republican Party 33 33
     Independent 0 0
Total 66 66

Flipped seats

In 2021, six seats flipped as a result of state legislative special elections.

Seats flipped from D to R

Seats flipped from R to D


See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ State of New Hampshire, "State Constitution-House of Representatives," accessed February 10, 2021 (Sections 12 and 16)
  2. ↑ State of New Hampshire, "State Constitution-Senate," accessed February 10, 2021 (Section 34)
  3. ↑ New Hampshire General Court, "Title LXIII: Elections," accessed February 10, 2021 (Title LXIII, Chapter 661:8)
  4. ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2021 - 2022 Special Elections," accessed January 13, 2021
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 New Hampshire Department of State, "2021 - 2022 Special Elections," accessed January 19, 2020
  6. ↑ Patch, "NH House Speaker Hinch Dies a Week After Being Sworn In: Update," December 9, 2020
  7. ↑ NPR, "Newly Sworn-In GOP N.H. House Speaker Dies Of COVID-19, Autopsy Shows," December 10, 2020
  8. ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2021 - 2022 Special Elections," accessed Februar 23, 2021
  9. ↑ General Court of New Hampshire, "New Hampshire Update," January 13, 2021
  10. ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2021 - 2022 Special Elections," accessed July 7, 2021
  11. ↑ New Hampshire Union Leader, "David J. Danielson," accessed May 25, 2021
  12. ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2021 - 2022 Special Elections," accessed July 7, 2021
  13. ↑ The Center Square, "Former new Hampshire House Majority Leader Doug Ley dies at 62," June 14, 2021
  14. ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2021 - 2022 Special Elections," accessed September 2, 2021
  15. ↑ Derry News, "Special election will fill open state rep seat," August 26, 2021
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