| Election Name: | 1976 Minnesota House of Representatives election |
| Country: | Minnesota |
| Flag Year: | 1957 |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1974 Minnesota House of Representatives election |
| Previous Year: | 1974 |
| Next Election: | 1978 Minnesota House of Representatives election |
| Next Year: | 1978 |
| 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 |
| Last Election1: | 104 seats |
| Seats Before1: | 103 |
| Seats1: | 104 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,073,268 |
| Party2: | Independent-Republicans of Minnesota |
| Leader Since2: | 1974 |
| Leaders Seat2: | 31A–Albert Lea |
| Last Election2: | 30 seats |
| Seats Before2: | 31 |
| Seats2: | 30 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Popular Vote2: | 716,014 |
| 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 1976 Minnesota House of Representatives election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 2, 1976, to elect members to the House of Representatives of the 70th Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held on September 14, 1976.
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 4, 1977.
The Republican Party of Minnesota had changed its name to the Independent-Republican Party of Minnesota November 15, 1975.
| Party | Candidates | Votes | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ∆ | % | ||||||
| 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% | 23.48 | ||||