Election Name: | 2002 Minnesota House of Representatives election |
Country: | Minnesota |
Flag Year: | 1983 |
Type: | legislative |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2000 Minnesota House of Representatives election |
Previous Year: | 2000 |
Next Election: | 2004 Minnesota House of Representatives election |
Next Year: | 2004 |
Seats For Election: | All 134 seats in the Minnesota House of Representatives |
Majority Seats: | 68 |
Image1: | Steve Sviggum (cropped).jpg |
Party1: | Republican Party of Minnesota |
Leader Since1: | April 17, 1992 |
Leaders Seat1: | 28B–Kenyon |
Last Election1: | 69 seats |
Seats Before1: | 71 |
Seats1: | 82 |
Seat Change1: | 11 |
Popular Vote1: | 1,062,076 |
Percentage1: | 49.13% |
Leader2: | Tom Pugh |
Party2: | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party |
Leader Since2: | January 5, 1999 |
Leaders Seat2: | 39A–South St. Paul |
Last Election2: | 65 seats |
Seats Before2: | 63 |
Seats2: | 52 |
Seat Change2: | 11 |
Popular Vote2: | 1,034,046 |
Percentage2: | 47.84% |
Speaker | |
Before Election: | Steve Sviggum |
Before Party: | Republican Party of Minnesota |
After Election: | Steve Sviggum |
After Party: | Republican Party of Minnesota |
The 2002 Minnesota House of Representatives election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 5, 2002, to elect members to the House of Representatives of the 83rd Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held on September 10, 2002.
The Republican Party of Minnesota won a majority of seats, remaining the majority party, followed by the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL). The new Legislature convened on January 7, 2003.
Party | Candidates | Votes | Seats | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% | ∆ | % | ||||||
Republican Party of Minnesota | 129 | 1,062,076 | 49.13 | 82 | 11 | 61.19 | ||
Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | 131 | 1,034,046 | 47.84 | 52 | 11 | 38.81 | ||
Independence Party of Minnesota | 26 | 43,530 | 2.01 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
Green Party of Minnesota | 17 | 13,164 | 0.61 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
Constitution Party of Minnesota | 1 | 1,324 | 0.06 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
Independent | 1 | 726 | 0.03 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
Write-in | N/A | 6,703 | 0.31 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
Total | 2,161,569 | 100.00 | 134 | ±0 | 100.00 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 121,291 | 5.31 | ||||||
Turnout (out of 3,518,184 eligible voters)[1] | 2,282,860 | 64.89 | 5.22 | |||||