Minnesota House of Representatives election, 1988

Minnesota House of Representatives election, 1988

November 8, 1988 (1988-11-08)

All 134 seats in the Minnesota House of Representatives 68 seats needed for a majority   Majority party Minority party   Leader Bob Vanasek Bill Schreiber Party DFL Independent-Republican Leader since June 2, 1987 November 8, 1986 Leader's seat 25A–New Prague 48B–Brooklyn Park Last election 83 seats 51 seats Seats before 82 52 Seats won 81 53 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 1,059,605 946,820

Speaker before election Bob Vanasek DFL Elected Speaker Bob Vanasek DFL

The 1988 Minnesota House of Representatives election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 8, 1988, to elect members to the House of Representatives of the 76th Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held on September 13, 1988.

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 3, 1989.

Results

Summary of the November 8, 1988 Minnesota House of Representatives election results

Party		Candidates	Votes	Seats
				No.	∆No.	%
	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	130	1,059,605	81	1	60.45
	Independent-Republicans of Minnesota	128	946,820	53	1	39.55
	American Party of Minnesota	N/A	1,338	0		0.00
	Independent	N/A	3,335	0		0.00
Total				134	±0	100.00
Turnout (out of 3,087,194 eligible voters)[1]		2,125,119	68.84%		20.67 pp
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State,[2] Minnesota Legislative Reference Library[3]

See also

• Minnesota Senate election, 1986
• Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1986

References

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