1976 Minnesota House of Representatives election

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1976 Minnesota House of Representatives election
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  1974 November 2, 1976 (1976-11-02) 1978  

All 134 seats in the Minnesota House of Representatives
68 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
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I-R
Leader Martin Olav Sabo Henry Savelkoul
Party Democratic (DFL) Ind.-Republican
Leader since19681974
Leader's seat57B–Minneapolis 31A–Albert Lea
Last election104 seats30 seats
Seats before10331
Seats won10430
Seat changeIncrease2.svg1Decrease2.svg1
Popular vote1,073,268716,014

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.

Contents

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.

The Republican Party of Minnesota had changed its name to the Independent-Republican Party of Minnesota November 15, 1975.

Results

Summary of the November 2, 1976 Minnesota House of Representatives election results
PartyCandidatesVotesSeats
No.No. %
Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party 1311,073,268104Increase2.svg177.61
Independent-Republicans of Minnesota 123716,01430Decrease2.svg122.39
American Party of Minnesota 11,3760Steady2.svg0.00
Libertarian Party of Minnesota 31,0610Steady2.svg0.00
Independent 68,3800Steady2.svg0.00
Total134±0100.00
Turnout (out of 2,710,000 eligible voters) [1] 1,978,59073.01%Increase2.svg23.48 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 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.