2002 Minnesota House of Representatives election
Appearance
(Redirected from Minnesota House of Representatives election, 2002)
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All 134 seats in the Minnesota House of Representatives 68 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
The 2002 Minnesota House of Representatives election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 5, 2002, to elect members to the House of Representatives of the 83rd Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held on September 10, 2002.
The Republican Party of Minnesota won a majority of seats, remaining the majority party, followed by the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL). The new Legislature convened on January 7, 2003.
Results
[edit]Party | Candidates | Votes | Seats | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | % | No. | ∆No. | % | |||
Republican Party of Minnesota | 129 | 1,062,076 | 49.13 | 82 | 11 | 61.19 | |
Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | 131 | 1,034,046 | 47.84 | 52 | 11 | 38.81 | |
Independence Party of Minnesota | 26 | 43,530 | 2.01 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
Green Party of Minnesota | 17 | 13,164 | 0.61 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
Constitution Party of Minnesota | 1 | 1,324 | 0.06 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
Independent | 1 | 726 | 0.03 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
Write-in | N/A | 6,703 | 0.31 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
Total | 2,161,569 | 100.00 | 134 | ±0 | 100.00 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 121,291 | 5.31 | |||||
Turnout (out of 3,518,184 eligible voters)[1] | 2,282,860 | 64.89 | 5.22 pp | ||||
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State,[2] Minnesota Legislative Reference Library[3] |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Minnesota election statistics 1950-2014" (PDF). Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved August 13, 2016.[permanent dead link ]
- ^ "Results for all State Representatives". Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
- ^ "Party Control of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1951-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved December 9, 2013.