Minnesota House of Representatives election, 1996

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Minnesota House of Representatives election, 1996
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All 134 seats in the Minnesota House of Representatives
68 seats needed for a majority

 Majority partyMinority party
 
Leader Irv Anderson Steve Sviggum
Party DFL Republican
Leader sinceSeptember 1, 1993April 17, 1992
Leader's seat3A–International Falls 28B–Kenyon
Last election71 seats63 seats
Seats before6965
Seats won7064
Seat changeIncrease2.svg1Decrease2.svg1
Popular vote1,027,9211,029,783
Speaker before election

Irv Anderson
DFL

Elected Speaker

Phil Carruthers
DFL

The 1996 Minnesota House of Representatives election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 5, 1996, to elect members to the House of Representatives of the 80th Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held on September 10, 1996.

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The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) won a majority of seats, remaining the majority party, followed by the Republican Party of Minnesota. The new Legislature convened on January 7, 1997.

Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party Political party in Minnesota, United States

The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) is a center-left political party in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It is affiliated with the U.S. Democratic Party. Formed by a merger of the Minnesota Democratic Party and the left-wing Minnesota Farmer–Labor Party in 1944, the DFL is one of only two state Democratic party affiliates of a different name.

Republican Party of Minnesota Political party in Minnesota, United States

The Republican Party of Minnesota is a conservative political party in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It is affiliated with the United States Republican Party.

The Independent-Republican Party had changed its name back to the Republican Party on September 23, 1995.

Results

Summary of the November 5, 1996 Minnesota House of Representatives election results
PartyCandidatesVotesSeats
No.∆No.%
Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party 1261,027,92170Increase2.svg152.24
Republican Party of Minnesota 1321,029,78364Decrease2.svg147.76
Reform Party of Minnesota 1416,4590Steady2.svg0.00
Green Party of Minnesota 13,6490Steady2.svg0.00
Natural Law Party of Minnesota 13920Steady2.svg0.00
Independent 37,3830Steady2.svg0.00
Write-in 13,0780Steady2.svg0.00
Total134±0100.00
Turnout (out of 3,319,509 eligible voters) [1] 2,211,16166.61%Increase2.svg11.46 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.
  2. ↑ "Minnesota Election Results 1996" (PDF). Minnesota Secretary of State. pp. 48–62. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Party Control of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1951-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
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