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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 1910.
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.
The Republican Party of Minnesota had changed its name to the Independent-Republican Party of Minnesota on November 15, 1975.
Party | Candidates | Votes | Seats | ||
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No. | % | ||||
Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | 65 | 1,027,602 | 49 | 73.13 | |
Independent-Republicans of Minnesota | 61 | 721,637 | 18 | 26.87 | |
American Party of Minnesota | 2 | 5,963 | 0 | 0.00 | |
Socialist Workers Party of Minnesota | 3 | 1,680 | 0 | 0.00 | |
Freedom Party | 1 | 1,085 | 0 | 0.00 | |
Libertarian Party of Minnesota | 2 | 922 | 0 | 0.00 | |
Independent | 7 | 33,661 | 0 | 0.00 | |
Total | 141 | 1,792,550 | 67 | 100.00 | |
Turnout (out of 2,710,000 eligible voters) [1] | 1,978,590 | 73.01% | 2.70 pp | ||
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State [2] |
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