Election Name: | 1974 Minnesota House of Representatives election |
Country: | Minnesota |
Flag Year: | 1957 |
Type: | legislative |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1972 Minnesota House of Representatives election |
Previous Year: | 1972 |
Next Election: | 1976 Minnesota House of Representatives election |
Next Year: | 1976 |
Seats For Election: | All 134 seats in the Minnesota House of Representatives |
Majority Seats: | 68 |
Leader1: | Martin Olav Sabo |
Party1: | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party |
Leader Since1: | 1968 |
Leaders Seat1: | 57B–Minneapolis |
Seats1: | 104 |
Popular Vote1: | 688,590 |
Percentage1: | 58.25% |
Leader2: | Aubrey Dirlam (retired) |
Party2: | Republican Party of Minnesota |
Leader Since2: | 1970 |
Seats2: | 30 |
Popular Vote2: | 469,448 |
Percentage2: | 39.71% |
Speaker | |
Before Election: | Martin Olav Sabo |
Before Party: | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party |
After Election: | Martin Olav Sabo |
After Party: | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party |
The 1974 Minnesota House of Representatives election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 5, 1974, to elect members to the House of Representatives of the 69th Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held on September 10, 1974. This was the first partisan election of the House since 1912.
The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) won a majority of seats, followed by the Minnesota Republican Party. The new Legislature convened on January 7, 1975.
Party | Candidates | Votes | Seats | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% | % | ||||||
Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | 133 | 688,590 | 58.25 | 104 | 77.61 | ||
Minnesota Republican Party | 115 | 469,448 | 39.71 | 30 | 22.39 | ||
Independent | 10 | 17,499 | 1.48 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
Write-in | N/A | 6,563 | 0.56 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
Total | 1,182,100 | 100.00 | 134 | 100.00 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 114,109 | 8.80 | |||||
Turnout (out of 2,617,000 eligible voters)[1] | 1,296,209 | 49.53 | 20.78 | ||||