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All 134 seats in theMinnesota House of Representatives 68 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The1996 Minnesota House of Representatives election was held in theU.S. state ofMinnesota on November 5, 1996, to elect members to theHouse of Representatives of the80th Minnesota Legislature. 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.
| Party | Candidates | Votes | Seats | |||
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| 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% | 11.46pp | |||
| Source:Minnesota Secretary of State,[2] Minnesota Legislative Reference Library[3] | ||||||
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