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Minnesota House of Representatives election, 1976
← 1974 November 2, 1976 (1976-11-02) 1978 →
All 134 seats in the Minnesota House of Representatives
68 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Martin Olav Sabo Henry Savelkoul
Party Democratic (DFL) Ind.-Republican
Leader since 1968 1974
Leader's seat 57B–Minneapolis 31A–Albert Lea
Last election 104 seats 30 seats
Seats before 103 31
Seats won 104 30
Seat change Increase1 Decrease1
Popular vote 1,073,268 716,014
Speaker before election

Martin Olav Sabo
Democratic (DFL)

Elected Speaker

Martin Olav Sabo
Democratic (DFL)

The 1976 Minnesota House of Representatives election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 2, 1976, to elect members to the House of Representatives of the 70th Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held on September 14, 1976.

The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) won a majority of seats, remaining the majority party, followed by the Independent-Republicans of Minnesota. The new Legislature convened on January 4, 1977.

Results

Summary of the November 2, 1976 Minnesota House of Representatives election results
Party Candidates Votes Seats
No. ∆No. %
style="background-color:Template:Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party/meta/color" | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party 131 1,073,268 104 Increase1 77.61
style="background-color:Template:Republican Party of Minnesota/meta/color" | Independent-Republicans of Minnesota 123 716,014 30 Decrease1 22.39
style="background-color:Template:American Party (1969)/meta/color" | American Party of Minnesota 1 1,376 0 Steady 0.00
style="background-color:Template:Libertarian Party of Minnesota/meta/color" | Libertarian Party of Minnesota 3 1,061 0 Steady 0.00
style="background-color:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | Independent 6 8,380 0 Steady 0.00
Total 134 ±0 100.00
Turnout (out of 2,710,000 eligible voters)[1] 1,978,590 73.01% Increase23.48 pp
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State,[2] Minnesota Legislative Reference Library[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Minnesota election statistics 1950-2014" (PDF). Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved August 13, 2016.
  2. ^ "Minnesota General Election - November 2, 1976" (PDF). Minnesota Secretary of State. pp. 9–173. Retrieved October 29, 2015.
  3. ^ "Party Control of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1951-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved October 29, 2015.
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