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Minnesota House of Representatives election, 1986

Minnesota House of Representatives election, 1986
Minnesota
← 1984 November 4, 1986 (1986-11-04) 1988 →

All 134 seats in the Minnesota House of Representatives
68 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Fred Norton David Jennings
Party DFL Independent-Republican
Leader since 1984 1982
Leader's seat 65A–Saint Paul 29A–Truman (retired)
Last election 65 seats 69 seats
Seats won 83 51
Seat change Increase18 Decrease18
Popular vote 733,773 612,218

Speaker before election

David Jennings
Independent-Republican

Elected Speaker

Fred Norton
DFL


David Jennings
Independent-Republican

Fred Norton
DFL

The 1986 Minnesota House of Representatives election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 4, 1986, to elect members to the House of Representatives of the 75th Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held on September 9, 1986.

The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) won a majority of seats, defeating the majority of the Independent-Republicans of Minnesota. The new Legislature convened on January 6, 1987.


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