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

|300px

| 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)}}" |

| Independent

| 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}}

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