True. If no presidential candidate receives a majority of the electoral votes, the United States Constitution provides for a process known as a "contingent election" to be held in the House of Representatives. In a contingent election, each state delegation in the House votes to determine which candidate will receive that state's electoral votes. The candidate who receives a majority of the votes in the House of Representatives is declared the winner of the presidential election. This has only happened twice in U.S. history, in the elections of 1800 and 1824.