| Election Name: | 1998 Minnesota House of Representatives election |
| Country: | Minnesota |
| Flag Year: | 1983 |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1996 Minnesota House of Representatives election |
| Previous Year: | 1996 |
| Next Election: | 2000 Minnesota House of Representatives election |
| Next Year: | 2000 |
| Seats For Election: | All 134 seats in the Minnesota House of Representatives |
| Majority Seats: | 68 |
| Party1: | Republican Party of Minnesota |
| Leader Since1: | April 17, 1992 |
| Leaders Seat1: | 28B–Kenyon |
| Last Election1: | 64 seats |
| Seats1: | 71 |
| Seat Change1: | 7 |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,050,635 |
| Percentage1: | 52.18% |
| Party2: | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party |
| Leaders Seat2: | 47B–Brooklyn Center |
| Last Election2: | 70 seats |
| Seats2: | 63 |
| Seat Change2: | 7 |
| Popular Vote2: | 934,919 |
| Percentage2: | 46.43% |
| Speaker | |
| Before Election: | Phil Carruthers |
| Before Party: | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party |
| After Election: | Steve Sviggum |
| After Party: | Republican Party of Minnesota |
The 1998 Minnesota House of Representatives election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 3, 1998, to elect members to the House of Representatives of the 81st Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held on September 15, 1998.
The Republican Party of Minnesota won a majority of seats, defeating the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), which had a majority since the 1986 election. The new Legislature convened on January 6, 1999.
| Party | Candidates | Votes | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | ∆ | % | |||||||
| Republican Party of Minnesota | 134 | 1,050,635 | 52.18 | 71 | 7 | 52.99 | |||
| Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | 127 | 934,919 | 46.43 | 63 | 7 | 47.01 | |||
| Reform Party of Minnesota | 14 | 18,949 | 0.94 | 0 | 0.00 | ||||
| Grassroots Party of Minnesota | 1 | 1,270 | 0.06 | 0 | 0.00 | ||||
| Libertarian Party of Minnesota | 1 | 1,121 | 0.06 | 0 | 0.00 | ||||
| Independent | 2 | 1,964 | 0.10 | 0 | 0.00 | ||||
| Write-in | N/A | 4,654 | 0.23 | 0 | 0.00 | ||||
| Total | 2,013,500 | 100.00 | 134 | ±0 | 100.00 | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 92,484 | 4.39 | |||||||
| Turnout (out of 3,378,089 eligible voters)[1] | 2,105,984 | 62.34 | 4.27 | ||||||