| Election Name: | Minnesota Senate election, 1982 |
| Country: | Minnesota |
| Flag Year: | 1957 |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | Minnesota Senate election, 1980 |
| Previous Year: | 1980 |
| Next Election: | Minnesota Senate election, 1986 |
| Next Year: | 1986 |
| Seats For Election: | All 67 seats in the Minnesota Senate |
| Majority Seats: | 34 |
| Leader1: | Roger Moe |
| Party1: | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party |
| Leader Since1: | 1980 |
| Leaders Seat1: | 2nd–Ada |
| Last Election1: | 45 seats |
| Seats Before1: | 44 |
| Seats1: | 42 |
| Seat Change1: | 2 |
| Popular Vote1: | 951,287 |
| Leader2: | Bob Ashbach |
| Party2: | Independent-Republicans of Minnesota |
| Leader Since2: | 1975 |
| Leaders Seat2: | 48th–Saint Paul (retired) |
| Last Election2: | 22 seats |
| Seats Before2: | 23 |
| Seats2: | 25 |
| Seat Change2: | 2 |
| Popular Vote2: | 731,291 |
| Majority Leader | |
| Before Election: | Roger Moe |
| Before Party: | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party |
| After Election: | Roger Moe |
| After Party: | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party |
The 1982 Minnesota Senate election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 2, 1982, to elect members to the Senate of the 73rd and 74th Minnesota Legislatures. A primary election was held on September 14, 1982.
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, 1983.
| Party | Candidates | Votes | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ∆ | % | ||||||
| Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | 65 | 951,287 | 42 | 2 | 62.69 | ||
| Independent-Republicans of Minnesota | 63 | 731,291 | 25 | 2 | 37.31 | ||
| Independent | N/A | 34,437 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Write-in | N/A | 4,371 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Total | 67 | ±0 | 100.00 | ||||
| Turnout (out of 2,943,169 eligible voters)[1] | 1,834,737 | 62.34% | 9.80 | ||||