Election Name: | 1988 Minnesota House of Representatives election |
Country: | Minnesota |
Flag Year: | 1983 |
Type: | legislative |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1986 Minnesota House of Representatives election |
Previous Year: | 1986 |
Next Election: | 1990 Minnesota House of Representatives election |
Next Year: | 1990 |
Seats For Election: | All 134 seats in the Minnesota House of Representatives |
Majority Seats: | 68 |
Leader1: | Bob Vanasek |
Party1: | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party |
Leader Since1: | June 2, 1987 |
Last Election1: | 83 seats |
Seats Before1: | 82 |
Seats1: | 81 |
Seat Change1: | 1 |
Popular Vote1: | 1,059,605 |
Leader2: | Bill Schreiber |
Party2: | Independent-Republicans of Minnesota |
Leader Since2: | November 8, 1986 |
Last Election2: | 51 seats |
Seats Before2: | 52 |
Seats2: | 53 |
Seat Change2: | 1 |
Popular Vote2: | 946,820 |
Speaker | |
Before Election: | Bob Vanasek |
Before Party: | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party |
After Election: | Bob Vanasek |
After Party: | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party |
The 1988 Minnesota House of Representatives election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 8, 1988, to elect members to the House of Representatives of the 76th Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held on September 13, 1988.
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 3, 1989.
Party | Candidates | Votes | Seats | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
∆ | % | ||||||
Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | 130 | 1,059,605 | 81 | 1 | 60.45 | ||
Independent-Republicans of Minnesota | 128 | 946,820 | 53 | 1 | 39.55 | ||
American Party of Minnesota | N/A | 1,338 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
Independent | N/A | 3,335 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
Total | 134 | ±0 | 100.00 | ||||
Turnout (out of 3,087,194 eligible voters)[1] | 2,125,119 | 68.84% | 20.67 | ||||