Minnesota House of Representatives election, 1974

← 1972

November 5, 1974 (1974-11-05)

1976 →

All 134 seats in the Minnesota House of Representatives
68 seats needed for a majority

	Majority party	Minority party

Leader	Martin Olav Sabo	Aubrey Dirlam
Party	DFL	Republican
Leader since	1968	1970
Leader's seat	57B–Minneapolis	21B–Redwood Falls (retired)
Seats won	104	30
Popular vote	688,590	469,448
Percentage	58.25%	39.71%

Speaker before election

Martin Olav Sabo
DFL

Elected Speaker

Martin Olav Sabo
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.

...
Wikipedia