2000 Minnesota House of Representatives election

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{{Infobox election

| election_name = 2000 Minnesota House of Representatives election

| country = Minnesota

| flag_year = 1983

| type = legislative

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 1998 Minnesota House of Representatives election

| previous_year = 1998

| next_election = 2002 Minnesota House of Representatives election

| next_year = 2002

| election_date = {{Start date|2000|11|07}}

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

| majority_seats = 68

| image1 = Steve Sviggum (cropped).jpg

| leader1 = {{nowrap|Steve Sviggum}}

| party1 = Republican Party of Minnesota

| leader_since1 = April 17, 1992

| leaders_seat1 = 28B–Kenyon

| last_election1 = 71 seats

| seats_before1 = 70

| seats1 = 69

| seat_change1 = {{decrease}}1

| popular_vote1 = 1,171,702

| percentage1 =

| image2 =

DFL

| leader2 = Tom Pugh

| party2 = Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party

| leader_since2 = January 5, 1999

| leaders_seat2 = 39A–South St. Paul

| last_election2 = 63 seats

| seats_before2 = 63

| seats2 = 65

| seat_change2 = {{increase}}2

| popular_vote2 = 1,058,824

| percentage2 =

| title = Speaker

| before_election = Steve Sviggum

| before_party = Republican Party of Minnesota

| after_election = Steve Sviggum

| after_party = Republican Party of Minnesota

| map_image = {{Switcher

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| Results by winning party vote share

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| Results by gains and holds}}

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The 2000 Minnesota House of Representatives election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 7, 2000, to elect members to the House of Representatives of the 82nd Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held on September 12, 2000.

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 3, 2001.

Results

class="wikitable"

|+ Summary of the November 7, 2000 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|Republican Party of Minnesota}}" |

| Republican Party of Minnesota

| align="right" | 132

| align="right" | 1,171,702

| align="right" | 69

| align="right" | {{Decrease}}1

| align="right" | 51.49

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

| Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party

| align="right" | 121

| align="right" | 1,058,824

| align="right" | 65

| align="right" | {{Increase}}2

| align="right" | 48.51

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

| Independence Party of Minnesota

| align="right" | 27

| align="right" | 41,051

| align="right" | 0

| align="right" | {{Decrease}}1

| align="right" | 0.00

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

| Constitution Party of Minnesota

| align="right" | 3

| align="right" | 4,221

| align="right" | 0

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

| align="right" | 0.00

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

| Green Party of Minnesota

| align="right" | 1

| align="right" | 2,867

| align="right" | 0

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

| align="right" | 0.00

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

| Libertarian Party of Minnesota

| align="right" | 1

| align="right" | 646

| align="right" | 0

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

| align="right" | 0.00

style="background-color:{{party color|write-in candidate}}" |

| Write-in

| align="right" | 1

| align="right" | 338

| 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 3,506,432 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=March 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

| colspan="1" align="right" | 2,458,303

| colspan="2" align="right" | 70.11%

| colspan="2" align="right" | {{Increase}}7.77 {{abbr|pp|Percentage points}}

colspan="7" | {{small|Source: Minnesota Secretary of State,{{cite web | url=http://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/Results/StateRepresentative/22?districttype=LG | title=Results for all State Representatives | publisher=Minnesota Secretary of State | access-date=January 16, 2018}} 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=October 30, 2015}}}}

See also

References

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