1996 Minnesota House of Representatives election

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1996 Minnesota House of Representatives election
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  1994 November 5, 1996 (1996-11-05) 1998  

All 134 seats in the Minnesota House of Representatives
68 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Leader Irv Anderson Steve Sviggum
Party Democratic (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
Democratic (DFL)

Elected Speaker

Phil Carruthers
Democratic (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.

Contents

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.

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.[ permanent dead link ]
  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.