Election Name: | 1982 Minnesota House of Representatives election |
Country: | Minnesota |
Flag Year: | 1957 |
Type: | legislative |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1980 Minnesota House of Representatives election |
Previous Year: | 1980 |
Next Election: | 1984 Minnesota House of Representatives election |
Next Year: | 1984 |
Seats For Election: | All 134 seats in the Minnesota House of Representatives |
Majority Seats: | 68 |
Leader1: | Harry Sieben |
Party1: | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party |
Leader Since1: | 1980 |
Leaders Seat1: | 37B–Hastings |
Last Election1: | 70 seats |
Seats1: | 77 |
Seat Change1: | 7 |
Popular Vote1: | 935,668 |
Party2: | Independent-Republicans of Minnesota |
Leader Since2: | 1982 |
Leaders Seat2: | 29A–Truman |
Last Election2: | 64 seats |
Seats2: | 57 |
Seat Change2: | 7 |
Popular Vote2: | 766,143 |
Speaker | |
Before Election: | Harry Sieben |
Before Party: | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party |
After Election: | Harry Sieben |
After Party: | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party |
The 1982 Minnesota House of Representatives election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 2, 1982, to elect members to the House of Representatives of the 73rd Minnesota Legislature. 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 | 134 | 935,668 | 77 | 7 | 57.46 | ||
Independent-Republicans of Minnesota | 123 | 766,143 | 57 | 7 | 42.54 | ||
Independent | N/A | 5,618 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
Write-in | N/A | 3,542 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
Total | 134 | ±0 | 100.00 | ||||
Turnout (out of 2,943,169 eligible voters)[1] | 1,834,737 | 62.34% | 9.80 | ||||