Election Name: | 1986 Minnesota House of Representatives election |
Country: | Minnesota |
Flag Image: | File:Flag of Minnesota (1983-2024).svg |
Flag Year: | 1983 |
Type: | legislative |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1984 Minnesota House of Representatives election |
Previous Year: | 1984 |
Next Election: | 1988 Minnesota House of Representatives election |
Next Year: | 1988 |
Seats For Election: | All 134 seats in the Minnesota House of Representatives |
Majority Seats: | 68 |
Leader1: | Fred Norton |
Party1: | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party |
Leader Since1: | 1984 |
Last Election1: | 65 seats |
Seats1: | 83 |
Seat Change1: | 18 |
Popular Vote1: | 733,773 |
Leader2: | (retired) |
Party2: | Independent-Republicans of Minnesota |
Leader Since2: | 1982 |
Leaders Seat2: | 29A–Truman |
Last Election2: | 69 seats |
Seats2: | 51 |
Seat Change2: | 18 |
Popular Vote2: | 612,218 |
Speaker | |
Before Election: | David Jennings |
Before Party: | Independent-Republicans of Minnesota |
After Election: | Fred Norton |
After Party: | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party |
The 1986 Minnesota House of Representatives election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 4, 1986, to elect members to the House of Representatives of the 75th Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held on September 9, 1986.
The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) won a majority of seats, defeating the majority of the Independent-Republicans of Minnesota. The new Legislature convened on January 6, 1987.
Party | Candidates | Votes | Seats | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
∆ | % | ||||||
Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | 129 | 733,773 | 83 | 18 | 61.94 | ||
Independent-Republicans of Minnesota | 127 | 612,218 | 51 | 18 | 38.06 | ||
Independent | N/A | 1,836 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
Total | 134 | ±0 | 100.00 | ||||
Turnout (out of 3,024,070 eligible voters)[1] | 1,456,579 | 48.17% | 22.77 | ||||