1984 Minnesota House of Representatives election

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1984 Minnesota House of Representatives election
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All 134 seats in the Minnesota House of Representatives
68 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
 
I-R
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Leader David Jennings Harry Sieben
(retired)
Party Ind.-Republican Democratic (DFL)
Leader since19821980
Leader's seat29A–Truman 37B–Hastings
Last election57 seats77 seats
Seats before5876
Seats won6965
Seat changeIncrease2.svg11Decrease2.svg11
Popular vote948,280981,512
Speaker before election

Harry Sieben
Democratic (DFL)

Elected Speaker

David Jennings
Ind.-Republican

The 1984 Minnesota House of Representatives election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 6, 1984, to elect members to the House of Representatives of the 74th Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held on September 11, 1984.

Contents

The Independent-Republicans of Minnesota won a majority of seats, its first majority since the return of partisan elections to the House in 1974, defeating the majority of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL). The new Legislature convened on January 8, 1985.

Results

Summary of the November 6, 1984 Minnesota House of Representatives election results
PartyCandidatesVotesSeats
No.∆No. %
Independent-Republicans of Minnesota 130948,28069Increase2.svg1151.49
Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party 131981,51265Decrease2.svg1148.51
Total134±0100.00
Turnout (out of 2,982,015 eligible voters) [1] 2,115,31770.94%Increase2.svg8.60 pp
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State, [2] Minnesota Legislative Reference Library [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Minnesota election statistics 1950-2014" (PDF). Minnesota Secretary of State . Retrieved August 13, 2016.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. ↑ "Minnesota Election Results, 1984" (PDF). Minnesota Secretary of State. pp. 20–231. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Party Control of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1951-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
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