Minnesota Senate election, 1996

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All 67 seats in theMinnesota Senate 34 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Roger Moe Dean Johnson Party Democratic (DFL) Republican Leader since 1980 November 10, 1992 Leader's seat 2nd–Erskine 15th–Willmar Last election 45 seats 22 seats Seats before 41 25 Seats won 42 24 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 1,129,095 934,906
Districts by margins of victory Districts by party won
Majority Leader before election Roger Moe Democratic (DFL) ElectedMajority Leader Roger Moe Democratic (DFL)

The1996 Minnesota Senate election was held in theU.S. state ofMinnesota on November 5, 1996, to elect members to theSenate of the80th and81st Minnesota Legislatures. A primary election was held on September 10, 1996.

TheMinnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) won a majority of seats, remaining the majority party, followed by theRepublican 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.

Summary of the November 5, 1996Minnesota Senate election results

Party		Candidates	Votes	Seats
				No.	∆No.	%
	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	67	1,129,095	42	1	62.69
	Republican Party of Minnesota	65	934,906	24	1	35.82
	Reform Party of Minnesota	8	15,289	0		0.00
	Libertarian Party of Minnesota	4	3,542	0		0.00
	Grassroots Party of Minnesota	1	2,389	0		0.00
	Independent	3	19,835	1		1.49
Total				67	±0	100.00
Turnout (out of 3,319,509 eligible voters)[1]		2,211,161	66.61%		7.30pp
Source:Minnesota Secretary of State,[2] Minnesota Legislative Reference Library[3]

• Minnesota House of Representatives election, 1996
• Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1994

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