1976 Minnesota House of Representatives election

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.

1976 Minnesota House of Representatives election

← 1974 November 2, 1976 (1976-11-02) 1978 →
All 134 seats in the Minnesota House of Representatives 68 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   I-R Leader Martin Olav Sabo Henry Savelkoul Party Democratic (DFL) Ind.-Republican Leader since 1968 1974 Leader's seat 57B–Minneapolis 31A–Albert Lea Last election 104 seats 30 seats Seats before 103 31 Seats won 104 30 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 1,073,268 716,014
Speaker before election Martin Olav Sabo Democratic (DFL) Elected Speaker Martin Olav Sabo Democratic (DFL)

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

Party		Candidates	Votes	Seats
				No.	∆No.	%
	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	131	1,073,268	104	1	77.61
	Independent-Republicans of Minnesota	123	716,014	30	1	22.39
	American Party of Minnesota	1	1,376	0		0.00
	Libertarian Party of Minnesota	3	1,061	0		0.00
	Independent	6	8,380	0		0.00
Total				134	±0	100.00
Turnout (out of 2,710,000 eligible voters)[1]		1,978,590	73.01%		23.48 pp
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State,[2] Minnesota Legislative Reference Library[3]

See also

• Minnesota Senate election, 1976
• Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1974

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.