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1974 Minnesota House of Representatives election
All 134 seats in the Minnesota House of Representatives; 68 seats needed for a majority
Speaker before election; Martin Olav Sabo; Democratic (DFL)	Elected Speaker ; Martin Olav Sabo; Democratic (DFL)

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.

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Summary of the November 5, 1974 Minnesota House of Representatives election results
Party		Candidates	Votes		Seats
Party		Candidates	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]

References edit

^ "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.

[1] "Minnesota election statistics 1950-2014" (PDF). Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved August 13, 2016.^{[permanent dead link]}

[2] "Minnesota Election Results - 1974" (PDF). Minnesota Secretary of State. pp. 19–35. Retrieved October 27, 2015.

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