1996 Minnesota House of Representatives election

November 5, 1996 (1996-11-05)
All 134 seats in the Minnesota House of Representatives 68 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Irv Anderson Steve Sviggum Party Democratic (DFL) Republican Leader since September 1, 1993 April 17, 1992 Leader's seat 3A–International Falls 28B–Kenyon Last election 71 seats 63 seats Seats before 69 65 Seats won 70 64 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 1,027,921 1,029,783
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.

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

Party		Candidates	Votes	Seats
				No.	∆No.	%
	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	126	1,027,921	70	1	52.24
	Republican Party of Minnesota	132	1,029,783	64	1	47.76
	Reform Party of Minnesota	14	16,459	0		0.00
	Green Party of Minnesota	1	3,649	0		0.00
	Natural Law Party of Minnesota	1	392	0		0.00
	Independent	3	7,383	0		0.00
	Write-in	1	3,078	0		0.00
Total				134	±0	100.00
Turnout (out of 3,319,509 eligible voters)[1]		2,211,161	66.61%		11.46 pp
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State,[2] Minnesota Legislative Reference Library[3]

See also

• Minnesota Senate election, 1996
• Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1994

References