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Minnesota Senate election, 1976
The 1976 Minnesota Senate election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 2, 1976, to elect members to the Senate of the 70th and 71st Minnesota Legislatures . A primary election was held on September 14, 1976. This was the first partisan election of the Senate since the 1910 election.
The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) won a majority of seats, followed by the Independent-Republicans of Minnesota . The new Legislature convened on January 4, 1977.
Results
Summary of the November 2, 1976 Minnesota Senate election results
Party
Candidates
Votes
Seats
No.
%
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Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party
65
1,027,602
49
73.13
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Independent-Republicans of Minnesota
61
721,637
18
26.87
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American Party of Minnesota
2
5,963
0
0.00
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Socialist Workers Party of Minnesota
3
1,680
0
0.00
Free For All
1
1,221
0
0.00
Freedom Party
1
1,085
0
0.00
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Libertarian Party of Minnesota
2
922
0
0.00
Conservative
1
584
0
0.00
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Independent
5
31,856
0
0.00
Total
67
100.00
Turnout (out of 2,710,000 eligible voters)[ 1]
1,978,590
73.01%
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Source: Minnesota Secretary of State [ 2]
See also
References
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