1992 Minnesota House of Representatives election

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{{Infobox election

| election_name = 1992 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 = 1990 Minnesota House of Representatives election

| previous_year = 1990

| next_election = 1994 Minnesota House of Representatives election

| next_year = 1994

| election_date = {{Start date|1992|11|03}}

| seats_for_election = All 134 seats in the Minnesota House of Representatives

| majority_seats = 68

| image1 = Representative Dee Long, 1991-1992 Legislative Session, Minnesota Legislature 1991 (cropped).jpg

| leader1 = Dee Long

| party1 = Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party

| leader_since1 = July 11, 1991

| leaders_seat1 = 60A–Minneapolis

| last_election1 = 80 seats

| seats_before1 = 79

| seats1 = 87

| seat_change1 = {{increase}}8

| popular_vote1 = 1,186,532

| image2 = Steve Sviggum (cropped).jpg

| leader2 = {{nowrap|Steve Sviggum}}

| party2 = Independent-Republicans of Minnesota

| leader_since2 = April 17, 1992

| leaders_seat2 = 28B–Kenyon

| last_election2 = 54 seats

| seats_before2 = 55

| seats2 = 47

| seat_change2 = {{decrease}}8

| popular_vote2 = 1,003,381

| title = Speaker

| before_election = Dee Long

| before_party = Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party

| after_election = Dee Long

| after_party = Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party

}}

The 1992 Minnesota House of Representatives election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 3, 1992, to elect members to the House of Representatives of the 78th Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held on September 15, 1992.

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 5, 1993.

Results

class="wikitable"

|+ Summary of the November 3, 1992 Minnesota House of Representatives election results

rowspan="2" colspan="2" | Party

! rowspan="2" | Candidates

! rowspan="2" colspan="1" | Votes

! colspan="3" | Seats

{{Abbr|No.|Number}}

! ∆{{Abbr|No.|Number}}

! %

style="background-color:{{party color|Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party}}" |

| Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party

| align="right" | 127

| align="right" | 1,186,532

| align="right" | 87

| align="right" | {{Increase}}8

| align="right" | 64.93

style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party of Minnesota}}" |

| Independent-Republicans of Minnesota

| align="right" | 130

| align="right" | 1,003,381

| align="right" | 47

| align="right" | {{Decrease}}8

| align="right" | 35.07

style="background-color:{{party color|Libertarian Party of Minnesota}}" |

| Libertarian Party of Minnesota

| align="right" | 1

| align="right" | 593

| align="right" | 0

| align="right" | {{steady}}

| align="right" | 0.00

style="background-color:{{party color|Constitution Party of Minnesota}}" |

| Constitution Party of Minnesota

| align="right" | 1

| align="right" | 253

| align="right" | 0

| align="right" | {{steady}}

| align="right" | 0.00

style="background-color:{{party color|Independent (politician)}}" |

| Independent

| align="right" | 1

| align="right" | 1,387

| align="right" | 0

| align="right" | {{steady}}

| align="right" | 0.00

colspan="4" align="left" | Total

| align="right" | 134

| align="right" | ±0

| align="right" | 100.00

colspan="2" align="left" | Turnout (out of 3,187,255 eligible voters){{cite web | url=https://www.sos.state.mn.us/media/3609/minnesota-election-statistics-1950-to-2018.pdf | title=Minnesota election statistics 1950-2018 | publisher=Minnesota Secretary of State | access-date=February 2, 2025 }}

| colspan="1" align="right" | 2,355,796

| colspan="2" align="right" | 73.91%

| colspan="2" align="right" | {{Increase}}15.15 {{abbr|pp|Percentage points}}

colspan="7" | {{small|Source: Minnesota Secretary of State,{{cite web | url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/archive/sessions/electionresults/1992-11-03-g-sec.pdf | title=Minnesota Election Results 1992 | publisher=Minnesota Secretary of State | access-date=November 1, 2015 | pages=38–53}} Minnesota Legislative Reference Library{{cite web | url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/histleg/caucus?body=h | title=Party Control of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1951-present | publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library | access-date=November 27, 2015}}}}

See also

References

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