1974 Minnesota House of Representatives election
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The 1974 Minnesota House of Representatives election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 5, 1974, to elect members to the House of Representatives of the 69th Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held on September 10, 1974. This was the first partisan election of the House since 1912.
The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) won a majority of seats, followed by the Minnesota Republican Party. The new Legislature convened on January 7, 1975.
Results
Party | Candidates | Votes | Seats | |||
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No. | % | No. | % | |||
Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | 133 | 688,590 | 58.25 | 104 | 77.61 | |
Minnesota Republican Party | 115 | 469,448 | 39.71 | 30 | 22.39 | |
Independent | 10 | 17,499 | 1.48 | 0 | 0.00 | |
Write-in | N/A | 6,563 | 0.56 | 0 | 0.00 | |
Total | 1,182,100 | 100.00 | 134 | 100.00 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 114,109 | 8.80 | ||||
Turnout (out of 2,617,000 eligible voters)[1] | 1,296,209 | 49.53 | 20.78 pp | |||
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State[2] |
See also
References
- ^ "Minnesota election statistics 1950-2014" (PDF). Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved August 13, 2016.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Minnesota Election Results - 1974" (PDF). Minnesota Secretary of State. pp. 19–35. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
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