1994 Minnesota House of Representatives election

1994 Minnesota House of Representatives election

November 8, 1994 (1994-11-08)
All 134 seats in the Minnesota House of Representatives 68 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Irv Anderson Steve Sviggum Party Democratic (DFL) Ind.-Republican Leader since September 1, 1993 April 17, 1992 Leader's seat 3A–International Falls 28B–Kenyon Last election 87 seats 47 seats Seats before 84 50 Seats won 71 63 Seat change 13 13 Popular vote 799,973 899,609 Percentage 44.57% 50.13%
Results by winning party vote share Results by gains and holds
Speaker before election Irv Anderson Democratic (DFL) Elected Speaker Irv Anderson Democratic (DFL)

The 1994 Minnesota House of Representatives election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 8, 1994, to elect members to the House of Representatives of the 79th Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held on September 13, 1994.

The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) won a majority of seats, remaining the majority party, followed by the Independent-Republicans of Minnesota. The new Legislature convened on January 3, 1995.

Results

Summary of the November 8, 1994 Minnesota House of Representatives election results

Party		Candidates	Votes	Seats
				No.	∆No.	%
	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	124	799,973	71	13	52.99
	Independent-Republicans of Minnesota	132	899,609	63	13	47.01
	Natural Law Party of Minnesota	1	352	0		0.00
	Independent	4	9,672	0		0.00
Total				134	±0	100.00
Turnout (out of 3,253,779 eligible voters)[1]		1,794,618	55.15%		18.76 pp
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State,[2] Minnesota Legislative Reference Library[3]

See also

• Minnesota Senate election, 1992
• Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1994

References

1. "Minnesota election statistics 1950-2014" (PDF). Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved August 13, 2016.^{[permanent dead link]}
2. "Minnesota Election Results 1994" (PDF). Minnesota Secretary of State. pp. 37–48. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
3. "Party Control of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1951-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved November 27, 2015.

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