1996 Minnesota Senate election
![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All 67 seats in the Minnesota Senate 34 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
The 1996 Minnesota Senate election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 5, 1996, to elect members to the Senate of the 80th and 81st Minnesota Legislatures. A primary election was held on September 10, 1996.
The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) won a majority of seats, remaining the majority party, followed by the Republican Party of Minnesota. The new Legislature convened on January 7, 1997.
The Independent-Republican Party had changed its name back to the Republican Party on September 23, 1995.
Results[]
Party | Candidates | Votes | Seats | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | ∆No. | % | ||||
Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | 67 | 1,129,095 | 42 | ![]() |
62.69 | |
Republican Party of Minnesota | 65 | 934,906 | 24 | ![]() |
35.82 | |
Reform Party of Minnesota | 8 | 15,289 | 0 | ![]() |
0.00 | |
Libertarian Party of Minnesota | 4 | 3,542 | 0 | ![]() |
0.00 | |
Grassroots Party of Minnesota | 1 | 2,389 | 0 | ![]() |
0.00 | |
Independent | 3 | 19,835 | 1 | ![]() |
1.49 | |
Total | 67 | ±0 | 100.00 | |||
Turnout (out of 3,319,509 eligible voters)[1] | 2,211,161 | 66.61% | ![]() | |||
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State,[2] Minnesota Legislative Reference Library[3] |
See also[]
- Minnesota House of Representatives election, 1996
- Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1994
References[]
- ^ "Minnesota election statistics 1950-2014" (PDF). Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved August 13, 2016.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Minnesota Election Results 1996" (PDF). Minnesota Secretary of State. pp. 42–48. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
- ^ "Party Control of the Minnesota Senate, 1951-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved November 28, 2015.
Categories:
- 1996 Minnesota elections
- 1996 state legislature elections in the United States
- Minnesota Senate elections