View source for 1976 United States elections (BMC)

{{Infobox United States elections
| year = 1976
| type = ''Presidential election year''
| election_day = November 2
| incumbent_president = [[William Taft Jr.]] <span style="color:#8B0000">(Republican)</span>
| next_congress = 95th
| president_control = <span style="color:blue">Democratic gain</span>
| president_pv_margin = Democratic +1.7%
| president_candidate1 = [[Jeane Kirkpatrick]] (D)
| electoral_vote1 = '''326'''
| president_candidate2 = [[Nelson Rockefeller]] (R)
| electoral_vote2 = 212
| president_link = 1976 United States presidential election (BMC)
| president_map = [[File:1976 BMC.png|400px]]
| president_map_caption = 1976 presidential election results. <span style="color:red;">Red</span> denotes states won by Rockefeller, <span style="color:blue;">blue</span> denotes states won by Kirkpatrick. Numbers indicate the electoral votes won by each candidate.
| senate_seats_contested = 34 of 100 seats
| senate_control = <span style="color:blue">Democratic gain</span>
| senate_net_change = Democratic +2
| senate_map = [[File:1976 Senate.png|400px]]
| senate_map_caption = 1976 presidential election results.<br>
{{Color box|#0066FF|Democratic gain}} {{Color box|#0044AA|Democratic hold}}<br>
{{Color box|#FF0000|Republican gain}} {{Color box|#AA0000|Republican hold}}
| house_seats_contested = All 435 voting members
| house_control = <span style="color:blue">Democratic gain</span>
| house_pv_margin = Democratic +9.4%
| house_map_caption = 1976 House of Representatives results{{paragraph break}}
| senate_link = Main_Page
| house_link = Main_Page
}}
The 1976 United States elections was held on November 2, and elected the members of the 95th United States Congress. The Democratic Party won the presidential election and gained control of Congress.

Democratic Governor Jeane Kirkpatrick of Oklahoma defeated Republican former Secretary of State Nelson Rockefeller. Kirkpatrick won the popular vote by nearly two points and finished with 326 electoral votes, taking a mix of states. 

Democrats narrowly won the U.S. Senate, while obtaining a large gain in seats in the U.S. House, overturning a substantial Republican majority. Democrats won the nationwide popular vote for the House of Representatives by a margin of 9.4 percentage points.

==Senate==
===Retirements===
===Seats changing hands===
===Results summary===
===Change in composition===