1992 Minnesota Senate election
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{{Infobox election
| election_name = Minnesota Senate election, 1992
| country = Minnesota
| flag_year = 1983
| type = legislative
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = Minnesota Senate election, 1990
| previous_year = 1990
| next_election = Minnesota Senate election, 1996
| next_year = 1996
| seats_for_election = All 67 seats in the Minnesota Senate
| majority_seats = 34
| election_date = {{Start date|1992|11|03}}
| image1 = 122px
| leader1 = Roger Moe
| party1 = Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party
| leader_since1 = 1980
| leaders_seat1 = 2nd–Erskine
| last_election1 = 46 seats
| seats1 = 45
| seat_change1 = {{Decrease}}1
| popular_vote1 = 1,247,594
| percentage1 =
| swing1 =
| image2 = 118px
| leader2 = Duane Benson
| party2 = Independent-Republicans of Minnesota
| leader_since2 = January 5, 1987
| leaders_seat2 = 31st–Lanesboro
| last_election2 = 21 seats
| seats2 = 22
| seat_change2 = {{Increase}}1
| popular_vote2 = 970,766
| percentage2 =
| swing2 =
| title = Majority Leader
| before_election = Roger Moe
| before_party = Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party
| after_election = Roger Moe
| after_party = Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party
| map_image = {{switcher
| Districts by margins of victory
| 300px
|Districts by party won
|default=1
}}
}}
The 1992 Minnesota Senate election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 3, 1992, to elect members to the Senate of the 78th and 79th Minnesota Legislatures. 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 Senate 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" | 67 | align="right" | 1,247,594 | align="right" | 45 | align="right" | {{Decrease}}1 | align="right" | 67.16 |
style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party of Minnesota}}" |
| Independent-Republicans of Minnesota | align="right" | 66 | align="right" | 970,766 | align="right" | 22 | align="right" | {{Increase}}1 | align="right" | 32.84 |
style="background-color:{{party color|Grassroots Party}}" |
| Grassroots Party of Minnesota | align="right" | 1 | align="right" | 2,179 | align="right" | 0 | align="right" | {{steady}} | align="right" | 0.00 |
style="background-color:{{party color|Independent (politician)}}" |
| align="right" | 4 | align="right" | 24,460 | align="right" | 0 | align="right" | {{steady}} | align="right" | 0.00 |
colspan="4" align="left" | Total
| align="right" | 67 | align="right" | ±0 | align="right" | 100.00 |
colspan="2" align="left" | Turnout (out of 3,187,255 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" | 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=s | title=Party Control of the Minnesota Senate, 1951-present | publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library | access-date=November 27, 2015}}}} |
See also
References
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{{1992 United States elections}}
{{Minnesota elections}}