1974 Minnesota House of Representatives election
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{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1974 Minnesota House of Representatives election
| country = Minnesota
| flag_year = 1957
| type = legislative
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1972 Minnesota House of Representatives election
| previous_year = 1972
| next_election = 1976 Minnesota House of Representatives election
| next_year = 1976
| election_date = {{Start date|1974|11|05}}
| seats_for_election = All 134 seats in the Minnesota House of Representatives
| majority_seats = 68
| image1 = 150x150px
| leader1 = Martin Olav Sabo
| party1 = Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party
| leader_since1 = 1968
| leaders_seat1 = 57B–Minneapolis
| seats1 = 104
| popular_vote1 = 688,590
| percentage1 = 58.25%
| image2 =
| leader2 = Aubrey Dirlam
(retired)
| party2 = Republican Party of Minnesota
| leader_since2 = 1970
| leaders_seat2 = {{nowrap|21B–Redwood Falls}}
| seats2 = 30
| popular_vote2 = 469,448
| percentage2 = 39.71%
| title = Speaker
| before_election = Martin Olav Sabo
| before_party = Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party
| after_election = Martin Olav Sabo
| after_party = Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party
}}
The 1974 Minnesota House of Representatives election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 5, 1974, to elect members to the House of Representatives of the 69th Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held on September 10, 1974. This was the first partisan election of the House since 1912.
The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) won a majority of seats, followed by the Minnesota Republican Party. The new Legislature convened on January 7, 1975.
Results
class="wikitable"
|+ Summary of the November 5, 1974 Minnesota House of Representatives election results |
rowspan="2" colspan="2" | Party
! rowspan="2" | Candidates ! colspan="2" | Votes ! colspan="2" | Seats |
---|
{{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! % ! {{Abbr|No.|Number}} ! % |
style="background-color:{{party color|Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party}}" |
| Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | align="right" | 133 | align="right" | 688,590 | align="right" | 58.25 | align="right" | 104 | align="right" | 77.61 |
style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party of Minnesota}}" |
| align="right" | 115 | align="right" | 469,448 | align="right" | 39.71 | align="right" | 30 | align="right" | 22.39 |
style="background-color:{{party color|Independent (politician)}}" |
| align="right" | 10 | align="right" | 17,499 | align="right" | 1.48 | align="right" | 0 | align="right" | 0.00 |
style="background-color:{{party color|write-in candidate}}" |
| Write-in | align="right" | N/A | align="right" | 6,563 | align="right" | 0.56 | align="right" | 0 | align="right" | 0.00 |
colspan="3" align="left" | Total
| align="right" | 1,182,100 | align="right" | 100.00 | align="right" | 134 | align="right" | 100.00 |
colspan="3" align="left" | Invalid/blank votes
| colspan="1" align="right" | 114,109 | colspan="1" align="right" | 8.80 | colspan="2" | |
colspan="3" align="left" | Turnout (out of 2,617,000 eligible voters){{cite web | url=http://www.sos.state.mn.us/media/1744/minnesota-election-statistics-1950-to-2014.pdf | title=Minnesota election statistics 1950-2014 | publisher=Minnesota Secretary of State | access-date=August 13, 2016 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
| colspan="1" align="right" | 1,296,209 | colspan="1" align="right" | 49.53 | colspan="2" align="right" | {{Decrease}}20.78 {{abbr|pp|Percentage points}} |
colspan="7" | {{small|Source: Minnesota Secretary of State{{cite web | url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/archive/sessions/electionresults/1974-11-05-g-sec.pdf | title=Minnesota Election Results - 1974 | publisher=Minnesota Secretary of State | access-date=October 27, 2015 | pages=19–35}}}} |
See also
References
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