1986 Minnesota House of Representatives election

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All 134 seats in theMinnesota House of Representatives 68 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Fred Norton David Jennings (retired) Party Democratic (DFL) Ind.-Republican Leader since 1984 1982 Leader's seat 65A–Saint Paul 29A–Truman Last election 65 seats 69 seats Seats won 83 51 Seat change 18 18 Popular vote 733,773 612,218
Speaker before election David Jennings Ind.-Republican ElectedSpeaker Fred Norton Democratic (DFL)

The1986 Minnesota House of Representatives election was held in theU.S. state ofMinnesota on November 4, 1986, to elect members to theHouse of Representatives of the75th Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held on September 9, 1986.

TheMinnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) won a majority of seats, defeating the majority of theIndependent-Republicans of Minnesota. The new Legislature convened on January 6, 1987.

Summary of the November 4, 1986Minnesota House of Representatives election results

Party		Candidates	Votes	Seats
				No.	∆No.	%
	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	129	733,773	83	18	61.94
	Independent-Republicans of Minnesota	127	612,218	51	18	38.06
	Independent	N/A	1,836	0		0.00
Total				134	±0	100.00
Turnout (out of 3,024,070 eligible voters)[1]		1,456,579	48.17%		22.77pp
Source:Minnesota Secretary of State,[2] Minnesota Legislative Reference Library[3]

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