1984 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 David Jennings Harry Sieben (retired) Party Ind.-Republican Democratic (DFL) Leader since 1982 1980 Leader's seat 29A–Truman 37B–Hastings Last election 57 seats 77 seats Seats before 58 76 Seats won 69 65 Seat change 11 11 Popular vote 948,280 981,512
Speaker before election Harry Sieben Democratic (DFL) ElectedSpeaker David Jennings Ind.-Republican

The1984 Minnesota House of Representatives election was held in theU.S. state ofMinnesota on November 6, 1984, to elect members to theHouse of Representatives of the74th Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held on September 11, 1984.

TheIndependent-Republicans of Minnesota won a majority of seats, its first majority since the return of partisan elections to the House in 1974, defeating the majority of theMinnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL). The new Legislature convened on January 8, 1985.

Summary of the November 6, 1984Minnesota House of Representatives election results

Party		Candidates	Votes	Seats
				No.	∆No.	%
	Independent-Republicans of Minnesota	130	948,280	69	11	51.49
	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	131	981,512	65	11	48.51
Total				134	±0	100.00
Turnout (out of 2,982,015 eligible voters)[1]		2,115,317	70.94%		8.60pp
Source:Minnesota Secretary of State,[2] Minnesota Legislative Reference Library[3]

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