1976 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   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) ElectedSpeaker Martin Olav Sabo Democratic (DFL)

The1976 Minnesota House of Representatives election was held in theU.S. state ofMinnesota on November 2, 1976, to elect members to theHouse of Representatives of the 70thMinnesota Legislature. A primary election was held on September 14, 1976.

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

Summary of the November 2, 1976Minnesota 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%		23.48pp
Source:Minnesota Secretary of State,[2] Minnesota Legislative Reference Library[3]

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